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 1—425176.00/cwt176.00–176.007481
BullsMedium and Large 1—515144.00/cwt144.00–144.007421
BullsMedium and Large 1—372198.64/cwt196.00–200.007393
BullsMedium and Large 1—560138.00/cwt138.00–138.007733
BullsMedium and Large 1—288206.00/cwt206.00–206.005935
BullsMedium and Large 2—583133.50/cwt133.00–134.007782
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620134.09/cwt133.00–137.008319
SteersMedium and Large 2—350196.00/cwt196.00–196.006861
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465149.50/cwt149.00–150.006952
SteersMedium and Large 2—415184.00/cwt184.00–184.007641
SteersMedium and Large 2—538162.26/cwt160.00–163.008734
SteersMedium and Large 2—475173.99/cwt170.00–178.008263
SteersMedium and Large 1—358202.00/cwt202.00–202.007232
HeifersMedium and Large 1—500148.00/cwt148.00–148.007401
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566139.00/cwt139.00–139.007874
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380162.00/cwt162.00–162.006161
SteersMedium and Large 1—560163.00/cwt163.00–163.009131
SteersMedium and Large 1—463182.59/cwt180.00–188.008453
SteersMedium and Large 1—415196.00/cwt196.00–196.008131
HeifersMedium and Large 2—529139.63/cwt138.00–142.007398
BullsMedium and Large 2—620130.00/cwt130.00–130.008061
HeifersMedium and Large 3—528133.52/cwt132.00–135.007052
HeifersMedium and Large 2—324162.69/cwt162.00–164.005273
HeifersMedium and Large 3—488142.00/cwt142.00–142.006933
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—662141.00/cwt141.00–141.0093314
BullsMedium and Large 2—670125.00/cwt125.00–125.008382
BullsMedium and Large 2—516141.00/cwt141.00–141.007284
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415158.00/cwt158.00–158.006561
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468154.07/cwt152.00–156.007212
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—562153.00/cwt153.00–153.008606
HeifersMedium and Large 2—387157.46/cwt154.00–158.006097
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——800.00/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.