Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2025-06-02

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jun 2
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
236 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 235▲ 44 vs year ago 192 · +22.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 37▲ 15 vs year ago 32 · +46.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 34▲ 11 vs year ago 24 · +45.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder cattle sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $324.50/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 3 of 23 comparable sales and sits −47.31 against this barn's trailing median of $371.81.
Average price
$324.50
25 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,787
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$190
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.34
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554336.741,8649thin
Medium and Large 2559324.781,8168thin
Medium and Large 3539310.441,6748thin
One grade step is worth $26.30/cwt here — about $190 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale25 hd
324.50
—
AL average14 barns · 246 hd
326.84
−2.34
This barn, trailing median23 sales
371.81
−47.31
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales
474417360302median 371.8103/0204/1307/2009/2111/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $460.42, low $316.09, median $371.81 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,935191.673,7093thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,507167.332,5213thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,170156.681,83320
CowsLean 85-90%High1,033134.141,38611

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)—$2,0755
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,7833thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,36712
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,6006

Every lot

66 lots · USDA AMS · Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3420379.37/cwt378.00–382.001,5933
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,9762
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540339.25/cwt338.00–340.001,8328
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3567320.78/cwt318.00–326.001,8193
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,1362
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,9752
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,9742
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3675246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6611
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3705240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6921
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1795270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1477
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,2211
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325371.97/cwt370.00–374.001,2096
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4442
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,4925
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,4511
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467337.97/cwt334.00–342.001,5786
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483321.49/cwt320.00–322.001,5534
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529316.48/cwt314.00–324.001,6744
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535309.71/cwt305.00–312.001,6573
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3545288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,5703
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3568281.00/cwt280.00–282.001,5962
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577314.66/cwt314.00–316.001,8163
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585297.66/cwt292.00–302.001,7415
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608299.59/cwt298.00–302.001,8225
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623292.05/cwt288.00–296.001,8194
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685259.26/cwt258.00–268.001,7768
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,8184
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3789229.19/cwt228.00–234.001,8085
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2790242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9122
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,2324
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,2292
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315422.90/cwt420.00–425.001,3325
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3532
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3338385.02/cwt382.00–390.001,3014
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2366376.70/cwt374.00–378.001,3796
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373391.52/cwt388.00–395.001,4604
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418382.36/cwt380.00–386.001,5986
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3419355.64/cwt352.00–358.001,4906
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,6102
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467377.30/cwt375.00–382.001,7623
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476341.18/cwt338.00–344.001,6248
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3483327.41/cwt322.00–330.001,5813
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530340.11/cwt336.00–346.001,8035
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3532311.65/cwt308.00–318.001,6587
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535326.04/cwt322.00–330.001,7444
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1583332.53/cwt330.00–340.001,9394
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583323.53/cwt322.00–325.001,8864
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3590302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,7821
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1690272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,8772
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3705240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6921
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,645199.00/cwt199.00–199.003,2741
Bulls——2,080188.00/cwt188.00–188.003,9102
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033132.52/cwt130.00–135.001,3697
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,034136.98/cwt136.00–139.001,4164
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,115155.20/cwt152.00–158.001,73012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,227148.32/cwt147.00–151.001,8203
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267165.26/cwt162.00–167.002,0945
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,3911
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,565165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,5822
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,200.00/head2,025.00–2,400.002,2004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,987.50/head1,950.00–2,025.001,9882
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2—1,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,600.00/head3,500.00–3,650.003,6006
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,133.33/head3,050.00–3,200.003,1336
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—2,600.00/head2,500.00–2,800.002,6006

This sale against other markets

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.