Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2023-10-16

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Oct 16
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
319 head
6 vs last sale 325 6 vs year ago 313 · +1.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
2 vs last sale 73 10 vs year ago 65 · +15.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
84 head
44 vs last sale 40 60 vs year ago 24 · +250.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $217.19/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$217.19
67 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,106
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$0
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.06
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1495225.851,11831
Medium and Large 3409216.508854thin
Medium and Large 2536208.881,11932
One grade step is worth $16.97/cwt here — about −$0 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 sale67 hd
217.19
AL average13 barns · 843 hd
209.13
+8.06
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
BullsAverage1,624109.621,7817thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32193.241,2325thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12589.251,00430
CowsLean 85-90%Low96574.0371414

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)$1,44013
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,23520
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,54418

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 2787172.66/cwt170.00–174.001,3593
HeifersMedium and Large 3475182.29/cwt180.00–188.008666
BullsMedium and Large 3390230.00/cwt230.00–230.008971
BullsMedium and Large 2738178.46/cwt176.00–182.001,3174
HeifersMedium and Large 3745166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2371
HeifersMedium and Large 3432194.81/cwt194.00–196.008425
SteersMedium and Large 1405262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,0611
SteersMedium and Large 1515238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,2261
SteersMedium and Large 1495246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2181
HeifersMedium and Large 3633173.71/cwt170.00–178.001,1008
HeifersMedium and Large 2616188.80/cwt186.00–190.001,1635
HeifersMedium and Large 2680178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2101
SteersMedium and Large 2590222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3101
SteersMedium and Large 3545218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,1881
SteersMedium and Large 3705202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,4244
SteersMedium and Large 3445234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,0411
SteersMedium and Large 2625220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3752
SteersMedium and Large 1365288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,0511
SteersMedium and Large 1585234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,3692
SteersMedium and Large 2490238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,1661
SteersMedium and Large 2515230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1853
SteersMedium and Large 1625223.49/cwt223.00–224.001,3978
SteersMedium and Large 2325254.00/cwt254.00–254.008261
BullsMedium and Large 1362261.93/cwt258.00–264.009483
BullsMedium and Large 1671196.99/cwt194.00–198.001,3224
BullsMedium and Large 2528206.43/cwt202.00–210.001,0908
BullsMedium and Large 1765186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4231
BullsMedium and Large 2365240.00/cwt240.00–240.008763
BullsMedium and Large 1705188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3251
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35692.05/cwt91.00–94.001,2484
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09996.21/cwt95.00–98.001,0574
CowsLean 85-90%1,01971.12/cwt69.00–73.007258
CowsLean 85-90%89377.91/cwt75.00–80.006966
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,18098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,1561
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13590.39/cwt88.00–93.001,02616
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11884.64/cwt82.00–87.0094610
Bulls1,749109.79/cwt108.00–112.001,9204
Bulls1,795116.00/cwt116.00–116.002,0821
Bulls1,290106.08/cwt105.00–107.001,3682
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,117.31/head1,000.00–1,225.001,11713
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,440.38/head1,300.00–1,550.001,44013
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,453.57/head1,350.00–1,550.001,4547
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,544.44/head1,400.00–1,650.001,54418
BullsMedium and Large 1328263.96/cwt260.00–266.008663
BullsMedium and Large 1515218.39/cwt216.00–224.001,1256
BullsMedium and Large 2489213.21/cwt212.00–214.001,0435
BullsMedium and Large 2345256.00/cwt256.00–256.008833
BullsMedium and Large 2425218.00/cwt218.00–218.009271
BullsMedium and Large 2680181.50/cwt181.00–182.001,2342
HeifersMedium and Large 2425208.00/cwt208.00–208.008842
BullsMedium and Large 3415212.00/cwt212.00–212.008803
BullsMedium and Large 2583200.46/cwt194.00–210.001,1694
BullsMedium and Large 2635191.02/cwt190.00–192.001,2132
BullsMedium and Large 1470226.73/cwt224.00–230.001,06610
BullsMedium and Large 1445228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,0153
HeifersMedium and Large 2382218.77/cwt216.00–220.008365
HeifersMedium and Large 3527173.95/cwt172.00–182.009175

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.