Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers and bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $274.40/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −121.55 against this barn's trailing median of $395.95.

Average price

$274.40

26 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,481

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$13.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.93

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	283.33	1,551	9thin
Medium and Large 2	535	269.67	1,444	17thin

One grade step is worth $13.65/cwt here — about $107 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

21 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $460.42, low $357.03, median $395.95 across 21 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 sale26 hd

274.40

—

AL average13 barns · 294 hd

273.47

+0.93

This barn, trailing median21 sales

395.95

−121.55

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	1,862	155.67	2,898	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,099	118.19	1,298	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,450	111.00	1,610	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	104.55	1,056	10

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)	—	$1,475	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$1,742	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,450	2thin

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	—	—	1,775	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,680	1
Bulls	—	—	1,905	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	3,010	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	121.61/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,400	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,067	116.14/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,239	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,610	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	107.53/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,101	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	481	294.84/cwt	288.00–298.00	1,418	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	310.69/cwt	310.00–314.00	1,143	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	306.63/cwt	304.00–308.00	1,273	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,308	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	260.90/cwt	256.00–264.00	1,383	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	327.17/cwt	326.00–330.00	1,233	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	275.42/cwt	274.00–280.00	1,451	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,336	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	325.91/cwt	322.00–330.00	1,069	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	272.87/cwt	272.00–276.00	1,304	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	312.99/cwt	312.00–316.00	1,233	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	305.04/cwt	302.00–308.00	1,113	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	340.95/cwt	340.00–344.00	1,091	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	833	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	1,125.00/head	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,125	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,375.00/head	2,300.00–2,450.00	2,375	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,725.00/head	1,550.00–1,900.00	1,725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	265.07/cwt	262.00–268.00	1,256	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	242.01/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,416	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	279.92/cwt	278.00–282.00	1,198	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	265.18/cwt	262.00–266.00	1,533	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	293.33/cwt	292.00–294.00	1,144	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	100.07/cwt	99.00–101.00	991	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,607	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	345.97/cwt	342.00–350.00	1,290	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	292.99/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,556	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	318.98/cwt	316.00–322.00	1,014	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,531	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	892	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	253.08/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,589	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	990	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	349.54/cwt	346.00–352.00	1,174	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	250.99/cwt	248.00–252.00	1,413	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,448	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,404	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.

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

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Mon May 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 175Last week 316Year ago 244

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 83Year ago 62

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 40Year ago 35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,775	151.00	151.00
2	—	1,905	158.00	158.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,151	121.00–125.00	121.61
10	—	1,067	114.00–119.00	116.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	111.00	111.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,024	106.00–110.00	107.53
4	—	990	99.00–101.00	100.07

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	338.00	338.00
5	350–400	377	326.00–330.00	327.17
2	400–450	415	322.00	322.00
4	450–500	470	308.00	308.00
13	500–550	527	274.00–280.00	275.42
4	550–600	563	248.00–252.00	250.99
1	600–650	635	242.00	242.00
1	650–700	655	234.00	234.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	316.00–322.00	318.98
6	350–400	368	310.00–314.00	310.69
3	400–450	415	304.00–308.00	306.63
5	450–500	481	288.00–298.00	294.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	370.00	370.00
2	250–300	275	360.00	360.00
5	300–350	336	346.00–352.00	349.54
4	350–400	373	342.00–350.00	345.97
6	500–550	531	290.00–300.00	292.99
3	550–600	580	264.00	264.00
2	600–650	628	250.00–256.00	253.08
1	700–750	725	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	292.00–294.00	293.33
2	400–450	428	278.00–282.00	279.92
4	450–500	474	262.00–268.00	265.07
1	500–550	515	254.00	254.00
3	550–600	585	240.00–244.00	242.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	322.00–330.00	325.91
2	350–400	365	302.00–308.00	305.04
11	450–500	478	272.00–276.00	272.87
7	500–550	530	256.00–264.00	260.90
1	700–750	745	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	364.00	364.00
1	250–300	290	344.00	344.00
4	300–350	320	340.00–344.00	340.95
4	350–400	394	312.00–316.00	312.99
6	500–550	520	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	655	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	322.00	322.00
1	550–600	555	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	735	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	578	262.00–266.00	265.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	312.00	312.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,450.00	1,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,300.00–2,450.00	2,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,550.00–1,900.00	1,725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,475.00	1,475.00

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

Bulls · 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

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