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
Bulls—High1,41896.701,3723thin
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 1—517151.34/cwt150.00–154.007823
BullsMedium and Large 1—558145.00/cwt145.00–145.008092
BullsMedium and Large 1—330210.00/cwt210.00–210.006931
BullsMedium and Large 1—450164.00/cwt164.00–164.007381
BullsMedium and Large 2—417167.42/cwt164.00–170.006983
BullsMedium and Large 2—365188.00/cwt188.00–188.006861
HeifersMedium and Large 2—355165.00/cwt165.00–165.005862
SteersMedium and Large 2—485161.00/cwt161.00–161.007811
SteersMedium and Large 2—510158.00/cwt158.00–158.008061
HeifersMedium and Large 2—608128.98/cwt127.00–131.007842
HeifersMedium and Large 2—410151.54/cwt148.00–155.006212
HeifersMedium and Large 2—511135.04/cwt132.00–138.006904
HeifersMedium and Large 2—460143.48/cwt142.00–145.006602
HeifersMedium and Large 3—490135.00/cwt135.00–135.006621
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525133.00/cwt133.00–133.006981
HeifersMedium and Large 3—403143.52/cwt141.00–146.005782
BullsMedium and Large 1—700126.00/cwt126.00–126.008821
BullsMedium and Large 2—330198.00/cwt198.00–198.006531
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380170.00/cwt170.00–170.006461
HeifersMedium and Large 1—608136.49/cwt135.00–138.008302
BullsMedium and Large 1—358204.90/cwt200.00–210.007342
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575132.59/cwt130.00–135.007622
BullsMedium and Large 2—482156.40/cwt154.00–161.007543
BullsMedium and Large 2—515147.35/cwt146.00–149.007596
BullsMedium and Large 2—583140.98/cwt140.00–143.008223
BullsMedium and Large 2—635136.00/cwt136.00–136.008641
BullsMedium and Large 2—675128.50/cwt128.00–129.008672
BullsMedium and Large 1—410178.00/cwt178.00–178.007301
Bulls——1,675107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,7921
Bulls——1,29091.55/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.