Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.08/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −122.22 against this barn's trailing median of $372.29.

Average price

$250.08

22 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,388

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$17

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$6.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.88

vs AL average

−21.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	250.69	1,389	20
Medium and Large 2	563	244.00	1,373	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.69/cwt here — about $17 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

22 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.27, low $335.60, median $372.29 across 22 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale22 hd

250.08

—

AL average4 barns · 81 hd

244.19

+5.88

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−21.83

This barn, trailing median22 sales

372.29

−122.22

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,595	123.00	1,962	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,285	119.00	1,529	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,151	103.00	1,186	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	895	85.56	766	3thin

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)	—	$1,788	13
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,450	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,208	32

Every lot, as filed

53 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,256	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	253.74/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,619	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,085	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,056	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,593	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,388	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,194	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	289.10/cwt	288.00–292.00	1,541	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	246.52/cwt	246.00–248.00	1,647	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	330.01/cwt	328.00–332.00	1,261	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,056	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,395	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,326	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	934	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,411	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	856	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	82.34/cwt	80.00–85.00	723	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,529	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	98.37/cwt	97.00–100.00	1,193	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	105.32/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,180	4
Bulls	—	—	1,595	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,962	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	950.00/head	900.00–1,000.00	950	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,940.91/head	1,700.00–2,350.00	1,941	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,450.00/head	1,225.00–1,525.00	1,450	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,725.00/head	1,525.00–1,850.00	1,725	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,319.23/head	2,000.00–2,625.00	2,319	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	870	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,275	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,176	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	973	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,230	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	276.41/cwt	276.00–278.00	1,471	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	252.71/cwt	252.00–258.00	1,324	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,383	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	353.38/cwt	352.00–354.00	1,177	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	248.21/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,467	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	992	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,501	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	269.09/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,297	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,327	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,388	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,484	1

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Mon Mar 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 271Last week 572Year ago 318

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 48Year ago 32

Replacement CattleReceipts 56Last week 28Year ago 38

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	330.00	330.00
3	350–400	382	328.00–332.00	330.01
1	400–450	445	312.00	312.00
1	500–550	520	266.00	266.00
1	600–650	645	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	322.00	322.00
1	400–450	445	298.00	298.00
1	500–550	545	256.00	256.00
1	650–700	685	214.00	214.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	352.00–354.00	353.38
1	350–400	380	340.00	340.00
4	400–450	435	318.00	318.00
5	500–550	532	276.00–278.00	276.41
1	550–600	585	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	310	320.00	320.00
5	350–400	390	322.00	322.00
5	400–450	430	286.00	286.00
15	450–500	482	262.00–272.00	269.09
11	500–550	524	252.00–258.00	252.71
9	550–600	591	248.00–250.00	248.21
5	600–650	610	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	290	300.00	300.00
2	300–350	325	290.00	290.00
3	400–450	405	268.00	268.00
2	450–500	470	254.00	254.00
1	500–550	535	248.00	248.00
1	550–600	590	240.00	240.00
3	600–650	625	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	282.00	282.00
1	350–400	385	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	490	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	685	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	330.00	330.00
7	500–550	533	288.00–292.00	289.10
4	600–650	638	250.00–255.00	253.74
4	650–700	668	246.00–248.00	246.52
1	750–800	760	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	262.00	262.00
8	700–750	705	226.00	226.00
1	750–800	795	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	635	242.00	242.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	92.00	92.00
2	—	878	80.00–85.00	82.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,285	119.00	119.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,213	97.00–100.00	98.37
4	—	1,120	104.00–108.00	105.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	123.00	123.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	900.00–1,000.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	—	1,700.00–2,350.00	1,940.91
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	1,225.00–1,525.00	1,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,525.00–1,850.00	1,725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	—	2,000.00–2,625.00	2,319.23

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

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