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

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Aug 8
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
157 head
87 vs last sale 244 92 vs year ago 249 · 36.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
21 vs last sale 13 10 vs year ago 44 · 22.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $157.72/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$157.72
31 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$788
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.80
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1479166.5379811thin
Medium and Large 2511152.8878120
One grade step is worth $13.65/cwt here — about $17 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 sale31 hd
157.72
AL average14 barns · 1,348 hd
153.92
+3.80
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
BullsHigh1,41896.701,3723thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18779.1594013
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38278.671,0874thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12269.387783thin

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 1517151.34/cwt150.00–154.007823
BullsMedium and Large 1558145.00/cwt145.00–145.008092
BullsMedium and Large 1330210.00/cwt210.00–210.006931
BullsMedium and Large 1450164.00/cwt164.00–164.007381
BullsMedium and Large 2417167.42/cwt164.00–170.006983
BullsMedium and Large 2365188.00/cwt188.00–188.006861
HeifersMedium and Large 2355165.00/cwt165.00–165.005862
SteersMedium and Large 2485161.00/cwt161.00–161.007811
SteersMedium and Large 2510158.00/cwt158.00–158.008061
HeifersMedium and Large 2608128.98/cwt127.00–131.007842
HeifersMedium and Large 2410151.54/cwt148.00–155.006212
HeifersMedium and Large 2511135.04/cwt132.00–138.006904
HeifersMedium and Large 2460143.48/cwt142.00–145.006602
HeifersMedium and Large 3490135.00/cwt135.00–135.006621
HeifersMedium and Large 3525133.00/cwt133.00–133.006981
HeifersMedium and Large 3403143.52/cwt141.00–146.005782
BullsMedium and Large 1700126.00/cwt126.00–126.008821
BullsMedium and Large 2330198.00/cwt198.00–198.006531
HeifersMedium and Large 1380170.00/cwt170.00–170.006461
HeifersMedium and Large 1608136.49/cwt135.00–138.008302
BullsMedium and Large 1358204.90/cwt200.00–210.007342
HeifersMedium and Large 2575132.59/cwt130.00–135.007622
BullsMedium and Large 2482156.40/cwt154.00–161.007543
BullsMedium and Large 2515147.35/cwt146.00–149.007596
BullsMedium and Large 2583140.98/cwt140.00–143.008223
BullsMedium and Large 2635136.00/cwt136.00–136.008641
BullsMedium and Large 2675128.50/cwt128.00–129.008672
BullsMedium and Large 1410178.00/cwt178.00–178.007301
Bulls1,675107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,7921
Bulls1,29091.55/cwt91.00–92.001,1812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14476.11/cwt73.00–78.008717
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41376.34/cwt75.00–78.001,0792
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0942
CowsLean 85-90%1,12269.38/cwt68.00–70.007783
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23882.69/cwt80.00–85.001,0246

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.