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Ashville Stockyards

Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jan 12

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003

← Jan 5Jan 12Jan 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

288 head

▲ 39 vs last sale 249▲ 108 vs year ago 180 · +60.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 34 vs last sale 39▼ 12 vs year ago 17 · −70.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

31 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 58▲ 16 vs year ago 15 · +106.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold sharply higher, feeder bulls sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls market lightly tested. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

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 $363.56/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 12 of 23 comparable sales and sits −8.25 against this barn's trailing median of $371.81.

Average price

$363.56

25 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,009

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$46.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.60

vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	376.24	2,052	8thin
Medium and Large 2	546	366.09	1,998	13thin
Medium and Large 3	590	330.00	1,947	4thin

One grade step is worth $46.24/cwt here — about $105 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 sale25 hd

363.56

—

AL average15 barns · 407 hd

396.16

−32.60

This barn, trailing median23 sales

371.81

−8.25

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	—	Low	1,780	180.00	3,204	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,090	162.00	1,766	1thin

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)	—	$2,133	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,120	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,683	6
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,100	8

Every lot

63 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,680	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,910	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	511.52/cwt	505.00–515.00	1,908	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,786	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	452.12/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,881	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	424	443.04/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,878	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	470.11/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,045	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,068	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	452.77/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,191	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,010	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,997	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,179	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	389.99/cwt	382.00–392.00	2,207	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,419	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,220	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	613	338.68/cwt	332.00–342.00	2,076	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	333.00/cwt	332.00–334.00	2,191	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	215	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,150	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	499.94/cwt	490.00–505.00	1,625	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	326	471.01/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,535	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	487.60/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,877	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	392	462.02/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,811	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	446.98/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,855	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	464.99/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,009	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	426.82/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,857	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	427.97/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,960	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	476	359.23/cwt	354.00–364.00	1,710	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,920	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	397.35/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,046	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	371.89/cwt	364.00–380.00	1,971	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	531	335.72/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,783	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	339.21/cwt	332.00–344.00	1,944	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	583	327.04/cwt	324.00–330.00	1,907	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	334.59/cwt	330.00–338.00	2,101	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	318.28/cwt	316.00–324.00	2,015	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,974	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,539	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	289	584.42/cwt	580.00–590.00	1,689	9
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,650	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	538.27/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,798	7
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	337	485.10/cwt	475.00–490.00	1,635	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	363	441.74/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,604	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	466.19/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,767	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	439.33/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,841	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	456.23/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,966	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	431	421.36/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,816	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	408.61/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,880	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	423.92/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,988	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	393.49/cwt	392.00–394.00	2,019	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	379.89/cwt	372.00–384.00	1,987	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	358.98/cwt	358.00–360.00	2,075	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	582	344.01/cwt	340.00–346.00	2,002	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	590	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,947	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	624	336.80/cwt	334.00–338.00	2,102	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	315.48/cwt	310.00–318.00	2,303	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,780	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,204	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,090	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,766	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,275.00/head	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,275	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,133.33/head	2,100.00–2,200.00	2,133	3
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,100.00/head	1,950.00–2,300.00	2,100	8
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	4

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 Jan 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 288Last week 249Year ago 180

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 39Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 58Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	465.00–475.00	471.01
5	350–400	392	460.00–465.00	462.02
5	400–450	415	440.00–455.00	446.98
2	450–500	480	400.00	400.00
5	500–550	530	364.00–380.00	371.89
13	550–600	573	332.00–344.00	339.21
6	600–650	633	316.00–324.00	318.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	435	420.00–430.00	426.82
7	450–500	476	354.00–364.00	359.23
6	500–550	531	330.00–340.00	335.72
2	550–600	583	324.00–330.00	327.04
1	600–650	645	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	535.00	535.00
5	300–350	325	490.00–505.00	499.94
4	350–400	385	480.00–495.00	487.60
7	400–450	432	460.00–470.00	464.99
10	450–500	458	410.00–430.00	427.97
2	500–550	515	390.00–405.00	397.35
3	600–650	628	330.00–338.00	334.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	470.00	470.00
5	400–450	416	450.00–460.00	452.12
4	450–500	470	440.00	440.00
6	500–550	505	398.00	398.00
5	550–600	566	382.00–392.00	389.99
1	600–650	610	364.00	364.00
2	650–700	658	332.00–334.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	424	440.00–445.00	443.04
2	500–550	520	384.00	384.00
3	600–650	613	332.00–342.00	338.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	600.00	600.00
3	300–350	335	570.00	570.00
3	350–400	373	505.00–515.00	511.52
12	400–450	435	465.00–480.00	470.11
7	450–500	484	450.00–460.00	452.77
2	500–550	525	415.00	415.00
1	550–600	590	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	570.00	570.00
2	300–350	330	500.00	500.00
7	350–400	379	460.00–475.00	466.19
6	400–450	419	435.00–445.00	439.33
5	450–500	469	415.00–430.00	423.92
8	500–550	523	372.00–384.00	379.89
5	550–600	582	340.00–346.00	344.01
5	600–650	624	334.00–338.00	336.80
4	700–750	730	310.00–318.00	315.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	475.00–490.00	485.10
6	350–400	363	440.00–445.00	441.74
7	400–450	431	420.00–430.00	421.36
5	450–500	460	405.00–410.00	408.61
4	550–600	590	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	289	580.00–590.00	584.42
7	300–350	334	530.00–550.00	538.27
8	400–450	431	450.00–460.00	456.23
4	500–550	513	392.00–394.00	393.49
4	550–600	578	358.00–360.00	358.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,780	180.00	180.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,500.00	1,500.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,275.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	2,100.00–2,200.00	2,133.33

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	1,950.00–2,300.00	2,100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	3,550.00	3,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,250.00	2,250.00

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.