Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 7.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. No feeder market reported.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,756	120.73	2,120	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,143	96.81	1,107	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,369	95.85	1,312	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	971	85.78	833	17

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,084	32
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,002	30
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$988	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,277	76
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$718	14

Every lot, as filed

22 lots · USDA AMS · Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,546.88/head	1,475.00–1,600.00	1,547	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,375.00/head	1,350.00–1,400.00	1,375	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,312.50/head	1,275.00–1,350.00	1,313	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	890.00/head	850.00–950.00	890	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	987.50/head	975.00–1,000.00	988	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,105.56/head	1,025.00–1,225.00	1,106	9
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	913.16/head	800.00–1,000.00	913	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,141.67/head	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,142	18
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	717.86/head	650.00–900.00	718	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,301.47/head	1,200.00–1,450.00	1,301	34
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	1,078.85/head	925.00–1,175.00	1,079	26
Bulls	—	—	1,711	118.98/cwt	116.00–121.00	2,036	5
Bulls	—	—	1,870	125.09/cwt	123.00–128.00	2,339	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	98.07/cwt	96.00–101.00	1,049	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	103.73/cwt	102.00–106.00	1,302	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,534	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	92.78/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,234	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	80.87/cwt	80.00–81.00	799	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	91.62/cwt	89.00–94.00	1,030	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,420	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	84.92/cwt	82.00–87.00	881	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	906	92.08/cwt	89.00–94.00	834	6

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.

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Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Mon Apr 17, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 115Last week 27Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 180Last week 19Year ago 20

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 7.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. No feeder market reported.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	—	1,475.00–1,600.00	1,546.88
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	34	—	—	1,200.00–1,450.00	1,301.47
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	—	925.00–1,175.00	1,078.85
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,350.00–1,400.00	1,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,275.00–1,350.00	1,312.50
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	850.00–950.00	890.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	—	800.00–1,000.00	913.16
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	975.00–1,000.00	987.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	—	1,025.00–1,225.00	1,105.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	—	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,141.67
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	650.00–900.00	717.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,711	116.00–121.00	118.98
2	—	1,870	123.00–128.00	125.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,070	96.00–101.00	98.07
10	—	1,255	102.00–106.00	103.73
16	—	1,124	89.00–94.00	91.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	104.00	104.00
4	—	1,330	90.00–95.00	92.78
1	—	1,420	100.00	100.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	988	80.00–81.00	80.87
4	—	1,038	82.00–87.00	84.92
6	—	906	89.00–94.00	92.08

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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