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Ashville Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Apr 15
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
13 vs last sale 72 56 vs year ago 115 · 48.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
72 vs last sale 100 152 vs year ago 180 · 84.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls sold 10.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. No feeder market recorded.

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
BullsAverage1,391142.241,9794thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,279133.651,7096thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,126131.801,48422
CowsLean 85-90%Average989110.731,0957thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,3426
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,2848
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,3926
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)$1,2252thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Bulls1,755150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,6331
CowsBoner 80-85%1,110132.94/cwt131.00–134.001,47613
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,323131.50/cwt131.00–132.001,7402
CowsLean 85-90%1,008111.70/cwt109.00–113.001,1263
CowsBoner 80-85%1,148136.98/cwt136.00–138.001,5734
CowsLean 85-90%948118.09/cwt117.00–119.001,1192
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,212137.64/cwt137.00–138.001,6683
Bulls1,270139.65/cwt138.00–141.001,7743
CowsBoner 80-85%1,150124.69/cwt123.00–128.001,4345
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,390126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,7511
CowsLean 85-90%1,000101.93/cwt101.00–103.001,0192
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8752
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,150.00/head1,125.00–1,175.001,1504
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,225.00/head1,175.00–1,275.001,2252
Bred CowsSmall 1-2925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,335.71/head1,225.00–1,450.001,3367
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,341.67/head1,200.00–1,400.001,3426

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.