Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2022-08-22

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Aug 22
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
339 head
▲ 182 vs last sale 157▼ 46 vs year ago 385 · −11.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 34▲ 25 vs year ago 46 · +54.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 0▼ 10 vs year ago 23 · −43.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 10.00 higher with high dressing boning cows up to 100.00 cwt, and high dressing bulls sold up to 125.00 cwt. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade active with good demand. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $165.50/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$165.50
38 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$793
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.91
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1479174.4683514thin
Medium and Large 2476162.2277221
Medium and Large 3505146.677413thin
One grade step is worth $27.79/cwt here — about $94 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
165.50
—
AL average16 barns · 1,575 hd
159.59
+5.91
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—Average1,792112.382,0145thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35191.301,23332
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44986.021,2464thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03777.007983thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,0101thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$9801thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—500147.00/cwt147.00–147.007351
HeifersMedium and Large 2—683126.49/cwt124.00–129.008642
HeifersMedium and Large 3—400148.00/cwt148.00–148.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 3—485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375158.00/cwt158.00–158.005931
HeifersMedium and Large 3—515133.01/cwt132.00–134.006852
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480147.60/cwt144.00–150.007085
SteersMedium and Large 2—485170.00/cwt170.00–170.008251
SteersMedium and Large 1—455180.00/cwt180.00–180.008191
SteersMedium and Large 1—430190.00/cwt190.00–190.008171
SteersMedium and Large 1—760145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1021
HeifersMedium and Large 1—550142.00/cwt142.00–142.007811
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420155.00/cwt152.00–158.006514
HeifersMedium and Large 2—560132.66/cwt130.00–136.007433
SteersMedium and Large 1—585172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0061
SteersMedium and Large 2—730143.53/cwt142.00–145.001,0482
HeifersMedium and Large 1—410162.00/cwt162.00–162.006641
BullsMedium and Large 2—424174.08/cwt170.00–176.007384
BullsMedium and Large 1—338211.07/cwt208.00–214.007132
BullsMedium and Large 1—377202.69/cwt200.00–208.007643
BullsMedium and Large 1—673139.03/cwt138.00–140.009362
BullsMedium and Large 1—523156.00/cwt156.00–156.008162
BullsMedium and Large 1—425184.09/cwt180.00–188.007822
HeifersMedium and Large 1—455155.00/cwt155.00–155.007051
BullsMedium and Large 2—454156.26/cwt152.00–158.007094
BullsMedium and Large 3—520140.00/cwt140.00–140.007281
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740130.00/cwt130.00–130.009621
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618139.00/cwt138.00–140.008592
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525140.07/cwt136.00–142.007354
BullsMedium and Large 2—384188.04/cwt184.00–194.007224
BullsMedium and Large 2—565145.40/cwt141.00–148.008225
BullsMedium and Large 1—550151.33/cwt150.00–154.008323
BullsMedium and Large 2—530151.55/cwt146.00–154.008034
BullsMedium and Large 3—415166.00/cwt166.00–166.006891
BullsMedium and Large 3—580134.00/cwt134.00–134.007771
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——980.00/head980.00–980.009801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,010.00/head1,010.00–1,010.001,0101
Bulls——1,720114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,9611
Bulls——1,690118.51/cwt117.00–120.002,0032
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34688.25/cwt86.00–90.001,18811
Bulls——1,930105.43/cwt105.00–106.002,0352
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47788.02/cwt87.00–89.001,3003
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0921
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03777.00/cwt75.00–81.007983
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,40695.60/cwt91.00–98.001,34417
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12981.45/cwt80.00–83.009204

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.