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Ashville Stockyards

Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Dec 1

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003

← Nov 10Dec 1Dec 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

286 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 305▼ 57 vs year ago 343 · −16.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

23 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 31▲ 2 vs year ago 21 · +9.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

57 head

▲ 27 vs last sale 30▲ 44 vs year ago 13 · +338.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $329.38/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 4 of 23 comparable sales and sits −42.44 against this barn's trailing median of $371.81.

Average price

$329.38

27 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$11

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$13.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.53

vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	548	331.96	1,817	22
Medium and Large 3	575	318.03	1,829	5thin

One grade step is worth $13.93/cwt here — about −$11 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale27 hd

329.38

—

AL average5 barns · 178 hd

346.91

−17.53

This barn, trailing median23 sales

371.81

−42.44

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,743	180.50	3,146	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,160	150.86	1,750	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,104	138.07	1,524	7thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,305	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,205	26
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,975	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,825	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,775	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,717	3thin

Every lot

64 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,463	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,460	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,673	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	431	378.71/cwt	374.00–388.00	1,632	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	380.98/cwt	380.00–382.00	1,772	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	473	371.04/cwt	370.00–372.00	1,755	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	338.28/cwt	334.00–340.00	1,793	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,038	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,892	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	582	314.02/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,828	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,013	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	625	308.97/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,931	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,070	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	683	301.05/cwt	296.00–306.00	2,056	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	225	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	923	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	268	425.23/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,140	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,247	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	329	381.57/cwt	376.00–386.00	1,255	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	335	369.94/cwt	366.00–374.00	1,239	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	372	354.69/cwt	352.00–356.00	1,319	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	366.05/cwt	362.00–370.00	1,409	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,490	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	363.11/cwt	356.00–366.00	1,518	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	348.63/cwt	342.00–352.00	1,517	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	373.56/cwt	370.00–374.00	1,647	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	328.87/cwt	322.00–332.00	1,529	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	340.87/cwt	336.00–346.00	1,629	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	508	317.74/cwt	317.00–322.00	1,614	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,685	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	582	301.34/cwt	300.00–304.00	1,754	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,748	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,909	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	271	457.93/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,241	5
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	278	441.22/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,227	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	305	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,266	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,418	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	431.70/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,416	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	434.05/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,576	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,489	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	419.77/cwt	416.00–425.00	1,612	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	378.57/cwt	376.00–380.00	1,586	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	379.46/cwt	372.00–382.00	1,738	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	364.98/cwt	362.00–368.00	1,712	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	333.99/cwt	332.00–336.00	1,753	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	329.92/cwt	324.00–334.00	1,881	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	318.03/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,829	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	316.86/cwt	314.00–320.00	1,974	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	310.33/cwt	308.00–312.00	1,946	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,743	180.50/cwt	178.00–183.00	3,146	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,086	140.12/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,522	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,125	145.50/cwt	145.00–146.00	1,637	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,127	135.33/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,525	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	154.43/cwt	153.00–155.00	1,827	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	2,775.00/head	2,650.00–3,000.00	2,775	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,462.50/head	2,300.00–2,550.00	2,463	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,200.00/head	2,150.00–2,250.00	2,200	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,173.68/head	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,174	19
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	1,775.00/head	1,725.00–1,800.00	1,775	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	1,716.67/head	1,700.00–1,725.00	1,717	3
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	1,641.67/head	1,550.00–1,775.00	1,642	3
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1

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.

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

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Mon Dec 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 286Last week 305Year ago 343

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 31Year ago 21

Replacement CattleReceipts 57Last week 30Year ago 13

No trends available

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	278	435.00–445.00	441.22
3	300–350	328	425.00–435.00	431.70
7	350–400	384	416.00–425.00	419.77
10	400–450	419	376.00–380.00	378.57
8	450–500	469	362.00–368.00	364.98
11	500–550	525	332.00–336.00	333.99
11	550–600	570	324.00–334.00	329.92
6	600–650	627	308.00–312.00	310.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	415.00	415.00
2	350–400	365	408.00	408.00
2	400–450	440	360.00	360.00
5	550–600	575	312.00–320.00	318.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	271	455.00–460.00	457.93
2	300–350	315	450.00	450.00
5	350–400	363	430.00–440.00	434.05
4	450–500	458	372.00–382.00	379.46
7	600–650	623	314.00–320.00	316.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	410.00	410.00
5	300–350	329	376.00–386.00	381.57
2	350–400	385	362.00–370.00	366.05
16	400–450	418	356.00–366.00	363.11
2	450–500	478	336.00–346.00	340.87
7	500–550	508	317.00–322.00	317.74
2	600–650	645	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	366.00–374.00	369.94
3	350–400	372	352.00–356.00	354.69
4	400–450	435	342.00–352.00	348.63
4	450–500	465	322.00–332.00	328.87
4	500–550	540	312.00	312.00
3	550–600	582	300.00–304.00	301.34
1	600–650	620	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	268	420.00–430.00	425.23
4	300–350	315	396.00	396.00
2	350–400	390	382.00	382.00
17	400–450	441	370.00–374.00	373.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	465	380.00–382.00	380.98
1	550–600	570	332.00	332.00
1	600–650	625	322.00	322.00
4	650–700	655	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	374.00–388.00	378.71
2	450–500	473	370.00–372.00	371.04
7	500–550	530	334.00–340.00	338.28
3	550–600	582	310.00–318.00	314.02
2	600–650	625	308.00–310.00	308.97
2	650–700	683	296.00–306.00	301.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	410	408.00	408.00
1	500–550	545	374.00	374.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,127	135.00–136.00	135.33
4	—	1,086	138.00–143.00	140.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,125	145.00–146.00	145.50
3	—	1,183	153.00–155.00	154.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,743	178.00–183.00	180.50

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,675.00	1,675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,525.00	1,525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,550.00–1,775.00	1,641.67

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,700.00–1,725.00	1,716.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,725.00–1,800.00	1,775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,825.00	1,825.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	—	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,173.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	2,300.00–2,550.00	2,462.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	2,150.00–2,250.00	2,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	2,650.00–3,000.00	2,775.00

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.