Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2023-09-11

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Sep 11
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
324 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 311▲ 73 vs year ago 251 · +29.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 35▼ 9 vs year ago 46 · −19.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 12▲ 25 vs year ago 16 · +156.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cow sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 6.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $212.05/cwt on 144 head.
Average price
$212.05
144 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,025
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$193
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.92
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511222.951,13934
Medium and Large 2488216.691,05845
Medium and Large 3465203.1494665
One grade step is worth $19.81/cwt here — about $193 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 sale144 hd
212.05
—
AL average12 barns · 1,770 hd
221.98
−9.92
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—High1,581126.832,0065thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13398.431,11611
CowsLean 85-90%Low97187.348489thin

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)—$1,3673thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,2547
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,0855
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,46916

Every lot, as filed

58 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 2—545208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,1341
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528219.56/cwt218.00–220.001,1599
HeifersMedium and Large 2—582207.24/cwt200.00–211.001,20611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—379228.03/cwt224.00–232.008647
HeifersMedium and Large 1—393239.99/cwt238.00–242.009434
HeifersMedium and Large 2—485216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0483
HeifersMedium and Large 3—340216.00/cwt216.00–216.007342
SteersMedium and Large 2—583237.97/cwt236.00–244.001,3874
SteersMedium and Large 1—522268.63/cwt266.00–270.001,4023
SteersMedium and Large 1—365298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,0881
HeifersMedium and Large 3—743175.99/cwt172.00–180.001,3082
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560216.52/cwt214.00–222.001,21312
HeifersMedium and Large 2—621205.19/cwt202.00–208.001,2745
SteersMedium and Large 3—574231.49/cwt230.00–232.001,3294
SteersMedium and Large 2—490261.05/cwt256.00–266.001,2792
SteersMedium and Large 2—631226.75/cwt226.00–227.001,4318
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323233.97/cwt232.00–236.007567
HeifersMedium and Large 2—730188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3721
SteersMedium and Large 3—540232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2531
SteersMedium and Large 2—675222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4991
SteersMedium and Large 2—425265.07/cwt262.00–268.001,1272
HeifersMedium and Large 2—683194.99/cwt194.00–196.001,3322
HeifersMedium and Large 2—431222.19/cwt216.00–226.009588
BullsMedium and Large 2—670202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3531
BullsMedium and Large 2—540224.62/cwt222.00–230.001,2133
BullsMedium and Large 2—333259.32/cwt258.00–260.008643
BullsMedium and Large 2—625206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2881
BullsMedium and Large 1—520237.96/cwt234.00–242.001,2372
BullsMedium and Large 1—570222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2651
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,135106.51/cwt105.00–108.001,2092
CowsLean 85-90%—86282.77/cwt81.00–86.007133
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02689.63/cwt87.00–92.009206
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13396.64/cwt95.00–98.001,0959
Bulls——1,945134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,6061
Bulls——1,473128.52/cwt127.00–130.001,8932
Bulls——1,508121.55/cwt121.00–122.001,8332
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,253.57/head1,150.00–1,375.001,2547
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,366.67/head1,225.00–1,450.001,3673
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,085.00/head1,025.00–1,275.001,0855
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,439.29/head1,300.00–1,525.001,43914
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy——1,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6752
BullsMedium and Large 3—376239.50/cwt238.00–240.009014
BullsMedium and Large 3—571206.00/cwt202.00–208.001,1768
BullsMedium and Large 3—620200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2401
BullsMedium and Large 3—265254.00/cwt254.00–254.006732
BullsMedium and Large 2—490232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1372
BullsMedium and Large 3—408234.99/cwt234.00–236.009592
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375210.52/cwt208.00–212.007898
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413235.01/cwt230.00–240.009716
BullsMedium and Large 2—385256.00/cwt256.00–256.009862
BullsMedium and Large 3—324245.51/cwt244.00–246.007954
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3043
BullsMedium and Large 3—768182.72/cwt180.00–186.001,4033
HeifersMedium and Large 3—585194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,1351
HeifersMedium and Large 3—515198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,0201
HeifersMedium and Large 3—290226.00/cwt226.00–226.006551
BullsMedium and Large 3—473223.32/cwt220.00–226.001,0563
HeifersMedium and Large 3—474202.36/cwt202.00–208.0095950

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.