Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2022-08-01

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Aug 1
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
244 head
254 vs last sale 498 67 vs year ago 311 · 21.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
63 vs last sale 76 44 vs year ago 57 · 77.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
73 vs last sale 78 63 vs year ago 68 · 92.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.93/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$144.93
63 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$784
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$34
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.84
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2442150.3266520
Medium and Large 1598142.9285438
Medium and Large 3504138.616995thin
One grade step is worth $11.71/cwt here — about −$34 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 sale63 hd
144.93
AL average13 barns · 1,476 hd
141.08
+3.84
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16575.538807thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$8001thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1425176.00/cwt176.00–176.007481
BullsMedium and Large 1515144.00/cwt144.00–144.007421
BullsMedium and Large 1372198.64/cwt196.00–200.007393
BullsMedium and Large 1560138.00/cwt138.00–138.007733
BullsMedium and Large 1288206.00/cwt206.00–206.005935
BullsMedium and Large 2583133.50/cwt133.00–134.007782
HeifersMedium and Large 1620134.09/cwt133.00–137.008319
SteersMedium and Large 2350196.00/cwt196.00–196.006861
HeifersMedium and Large 2465149.50/cwt149.00–150.006952
SteersMedium and Large 2415184.00/cwt184.00–184.007641
SteersMedium and Large 2538162.26/cwt160.00–163.008734
SteersMedium and Large 2475173.99/cwt170.00–178.008263
SteersMedium and Large 1358202.00/cwt202.00–202.007232
HeifersMedium and Large 1500148.00/cwt148.00–148.007401
HeifersMedium and Large 1566139.00/cwt139.00–139.007874
HeifersMedium and Large 1380162.00/cwt162.00–162.006161
SteersMedium and Large 1560163.00/cwt163.00–163.009131
SteersMedium and Large 1463182.59/cwt180.00–188.008453
SteersMedium and Large 1415196.00/cwt196.00–196.008131
HeifersMedium and Large 2529139.63/cwt138.00–142.007398
BullsMedium and Large 2620130.00/cwt130.00–130.008061
HeifersMedium and Large 3528133.52/cwt132.00–135.007052
HeifersMedium and Large 2324162.69/cwt162.00–164.005273
HeifersMedium and Large 3488142.00/cwt142.00–142.006933
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added662141.00/cwt141.00–141.0093314
BullsMedium and Large 2670125.00/cwt125.00–125.008382
BullsMedium and Large 2516141.00/cwt141.00–141.007284
HeifersMedium and Large 1415158.00/cwt158.00–158.006561
HeifersMedium and Large 1468154.07/cwt152.00–156.007212
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added562153.00/cwt153.00–153.008606
HeifersMedium and Large 2387157.46/cwt154.00–158.006097
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2800.00/head800.00–800.008001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20375.94/cwt74.00–78.009145
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21080.00/cwt80.00–80.009681
CowsBoner 80-85%93069.00/cwt69.00–69.006421

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.