Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bull market lightly tested. 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 $272.30/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −123.65 against this barn's trailing median of $395.95.

Average price

$272.30

7 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,511

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$8.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.90

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	274.52	1,554	4thin
Medium and Large 2	538	271.01	1,458	2thin
Medium and Large 3	545	266.00	1,450	1thin

One grade step is worth $8.52/cwt here — about $104 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 sale7 hd

272.30

—

AL average14 barns · 184 hd

275.21

−2.90

This barn, trailing median21 sales

395.95

−123.65

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,067	130.56	1,393	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,001	112.79	1,128	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,413	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,119	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,650	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,650	2thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	951	116.77/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,110	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	133.80/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,442	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,052	126.23/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,328	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	108.80/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,142	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,483	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	923	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	783	201.51/cwt	200.00–206.00	1,578	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	213.01/cwt	212.00–214.00	1,459	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,349	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,242	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,239	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,478	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	788	224.97/cwt	222.00–228.00	1,773	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,516	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	376.42/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,193	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	270.03/cwt	268.00–272.00	1,574	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	250.65/cwt	248.00–252.00	1,579	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,197	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,232	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	271.01/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	986	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,073	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,118.75/head	1,925.00–2,200.00	2,119	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,581.25/head	1,500.00–1,775.00	1,581	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,412.50/head	2,275.00–2,550.00	2,413	2

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 Feb 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 80Last week 267Year ago 555

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 35Year ago 44

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 54Year ago 83

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bull market lightly tested. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	951	115.00–119.00	116.77
5	—	1,050	107.00–112.00	108.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,078	132.00–135.00	133.80
3	—	1,052	124.00–129.00	126.23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	370.00–380.00	376.42
1	500–550	515	288.00	288.00
3	550–600	583	268.00–272.00	270.03
3	600–650	630	248.00–252.00	250.65
1	650–700	660	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	362.00	362.00
2	350–400	390	346.00	346.00
2	400–450	440	336.00	336.00
2	450–500	480	304.00	304.00
2	500–550	538	270.00–272.00	271.01
1	600–650	620	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	306.00	306.00
1	500–550	545	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	328.00	328.00
2	450–500	490	294.00	294.00
2	650–700	685	212.00–214.00	213.01
1	700–750	715	212.00	212.00
4	750–800	783	200.00–206.00	201.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	316.00	316.00
1	500–550	540	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	352.00	352.00
2	300–350	310	346.00	346.00
1	350–400	380	334.00	334.00
1	500–550	530	278.00	278.00
1	550–600	555	258.00	258.00
1	750–800	765	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	788	222.00–228.00	224.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,925.00–2,200.00	2,118.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	1,500.00–1,775.00	1,581.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,275.00–2,550.00	2,412.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,925.00	1,925.00

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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