Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2022-06-13

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jun 13
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
273 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 228▲ 23 vs year ago 250 · +9.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 32▲ 9 vs year ago 39 · +23.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 25▼ 13 vs year ago 21 · −61.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.88/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$145.88
38 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.61
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490152.007459thin
Medium and Large 2470146.5268820
Medium and Large 3479138.346629thin
One grade step is worth $13.66/cwt here — about $83 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale38 hd
145.88
—
AL average14 barns · 1,043 hd
145.27
+0.61
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,398103.551,4482thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47586.331,2733thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22285.171,0409thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02573.207502thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$8452thin

Every lot, as filed

40 lots · USDA AMS · Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—558142.51/cwt140.00–145.007952
BullsMedium and Large 1—608135.50/cwt135.00–136.008242
BullsMedium and Large 1—310178.00/cwt178.00–178.005521
BullsMedium and Large 2—675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
BullsMedium and Large 2—563135.01/cwt134.00–136.007602
BullsMedium and Large 2—509135.77/cwt134.00–138.006914
HeifersMedium and Large 2—539136.60/cwt132.00–139.0073610
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421148.25/cwt147.00–150.006244
SteersMedium and Large 1—780144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1231
HeifersMedium and Large 1—710121.01/cwt120.00–122.008592
HeifersMedium and Large 1—695125.00/cwt125.00–125.008691
SteersMedium and Large 2—553157.00/cwt157.00–157.008684
SteersMedium and Large 2—430161.00/cwt161.00–161.006921
SteersMedium and Large 2—670146.00/cwt146.00–146.009781
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570129.43/cwt127.00–132.007382
HeifersMedium and Large 3—535128.47/cwt127.00–130.006872
HeifersMedium and Large 2—608121.51/cwt119.00–124.007392
HeifersMedium and Large 1—770118.00/cwt118.00–118.009091
HeifersMedium and Large 2—456141.82/cwt138.00–145.006475
HeifersMedium and Large 1—610133.50/cwt133.00–134.008142
BullsMedium and Large 1—413161.03/cwt160.00–162.006652
BullsMedium and Large 2—318167.64/cwt165.00–170.005332
BullsMedium and Large 2—473148.47/cwt144.00–152.007024
BullsMedium and Large 3—483140.66/cwt139.00–142.006793
BullsMedium and Large 2—358159.01/cwt158.00–160.005692
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473134.48/cwt134.00–135.006362
BullsMedium and Large 3—528132.00/cwt132.00–132.006972
BullsMedium and Large 3—415144.02/cwt143.00–145.005983
BullsMedium and Large 1—473155.97/cwt155.00–157.007382
BullsMedium and Large 3—560127.00/cwt127.00–127.007111
BullsMedium and Large 2—600129.00/cwt129.00–129.007741
BullsMedium and Large 2—429155.29/cwt152.00–157.006664
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——845.00/head840.00–850.008452
Bulls——1,398103.55/cwt103.00–104.001,4482
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15381.35/cwt81.00–82.009383
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,2592
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,59581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,2921
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02573.20/cwt71.00–75.007502
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24086.49/cwt83.00–89.001,0725
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,33590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2021

How this sale compares

Alabama weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.