Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers and bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower. 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 $274.45/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −121.26 against this barn's trailing median of $395.71.

Average price

$274.45

9 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,509

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.57

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	520	280.00	1,456	1thin
Medium and Large 1	558	278.34	1,554	6thin
Medium and Large 3	540	260.00	1,404	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $52 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

22 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $460.42, low $357.03, median $395.71 across 22 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 sale9 hd

274.45

—

AL average15 barns · 298 hd

272.88

+1.57

This barn, trailing median22 sales

395.71

−121.26

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	1,594	133.88	2,134	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,174	111.09	1,304	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,418	109.32	1,551	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,000	97.53	975	9thin

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)	—	$1,842	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,542	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,413	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,325	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,063	4thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,217	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,246	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,066	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	226.52/cwt	224.00–228.00	1,309	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,162	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	222.05/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,414	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	305.18/cwt	304.00–306.00	1,260	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	231.03/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,224	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	780	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	235.35/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,349	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	237.94/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,478	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,239	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	117.94/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,291	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	107.94/cwt	107.00–109.00	1,002	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	92.60/cwt	92.00–93.00	941	5
Bulls	—	—	1,649	137.59/cwt	136.00–141.00	2,269	4
Bulls	—	—	1,483	126.47/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,876	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,541.67/head	1,475.00–1,600.00	1,542	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,062.50/head	1,875.00–2,250.00	2,063	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,575.00/head	1,550.00–1,600.00	1,575	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,975.00/head	1,875.00–2,125.00	1,975	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,325.00/head	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,325	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,412.50/head	1,400.00–1,450.00	1,413	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	788	198.99/cwt	198.00–200.00	1,568	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,270	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	111.48/cwt	110.00–113.00	1,555	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,538	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	110.30/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,325	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	99.43/cwt	99.00–100.00	1,024	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,559	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	320.70/cwt	318.00–322.00	1,379	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,404	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,372	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	271.51/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,548	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,286	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,068	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,081	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,565	1

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 Dec 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 400Last week 343Year ago 329

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 21Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 13Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	336.00	336.00
1	300–350	340	318.00	318.00
1	350–400	390	312.00	312.00
1	650–700	655	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	365	292.00	292.00
4	400–450	415	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	515	242.00	242.00
3	550–600	573	230.00–238.00	235.35
2	600–650	620	220.00–224.00	222.05
1	650–700	690	218.00	218.00
1	700–750	735	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	230.00–232.00	231.03
4	550–600	578	224.00–228.00	226.52
1	750–800	780	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	318.00	318.00
5	400–450	413	304.00–306.00	305.18
1	500–550	520	280.00	280.00
4	600–650	621	232.00–240.00	237.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	350.00	350.00
3	350–400	385	334.00	334.00
3	400–450	430	318.00–322.00	320.70
1	450–500	475	310.00	310.00
2	500–550	535	292.00	292.00
4	550–600	570	270.00–272.00	271.51
1	650–700	655	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	505	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	292.00	292.00
1	450–500	490	280.00	280.00
2	750–800	788	198.00–200.00	198.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	282.00	282.00
1	600–650	625	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	675	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	107.00	107.00
2	—	1,095	117.00–119.00	117.94
7	—	1,201	109.00–113.00	110.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	107.00–109.00	107.94
5	—	1,016	92.00–93.00	92.60
2	—	1,030	99.00–100.00	99.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,395	110.00–113.00	111.48
1	—	1,465	105.00	105.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,649	136.00–141.00	137.59
2	—	1,483	125.00–128.00	126.47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,475.00–1,600.00	1,541.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,550.00–1,600.00	1,575.00
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	—	—	1,875.00–2,125.00	1,975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,325.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,400.00–1,450.00	1,412.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,875.00–2,250.00	2,062.50

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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