Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls 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 $322.40/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −73.31 against this barn's trailing median of $395.71.

Average price

$322.40

23 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,748

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$20.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.43

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	333.20	1,833	5thin
Medium and Large 2	543	321.36	1,744	14thin
Medium and Large 3	531	312.50	1,660	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.70/cwt here — about $172 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.

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 sale23 hd

322.40

—

AL average14 barns · 322 hd

319.96

+2.43

This barn, trailing median22 sales

395.71

−73.31

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	—	Low	1,720	162.00	2,786	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,305	145.00	1,892	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,118	142.85	1,597	3thin

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)	—	$1,911	14
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,850	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,750	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,738	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,669	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,550	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,765	20

Every lot, as filed

58 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	389.35/cwt	388.00–390.00	1,655	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	324.15/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,715	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	316.35/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,794	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,851	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	351.03/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,327	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	285.70/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,946	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,559	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,813	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	272.98/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,870	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	316.99/cwt	316.00–318.00	1,452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	323.95/cwt	320.00–326.00	1,361	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,627	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	503.17/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,696	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,842	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,892	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	142.85/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,597	3
Bulls	—	—	1,720	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,786	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,525.00/head	1,500.00–1,550.00	1,525	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,550.00/head	1,525.00–1,575.00	1,550	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,750.00/head	1,700.00–1,775.00	1,750	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,737.50/head	1,700.00–1,775.00	1,738	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,012.50/head	1,975.00–2,050.00	2,013	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,750.00/head	1,700.00–1,850.00	1,750	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,975.00/head	1,800.00–2,150.00	1,975	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,600.00/head	2,500.00–2,750.00	2,600	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,012.50/head	2,950.00–3,200.00	3,013	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	371.62/cwt	370.00–372.00	1,394	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	308	448.64/cwt	446.00–450.00	1,382	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,825	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	291.49/cwt	288.00–292.00	1,772	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,090	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,685	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,131	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	295.03/cwt	292.00–298.00	1,696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,461	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,849	7

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 Apr 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 135Last week 315Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 49Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 75Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	480.00	480.00
3	400–450	425	388.00–390.00	389.35
2	450–500	455	386.00	386.00
9	500–550	529	320.00–330.00	324.15
5	550–600	567	312.00–320.00	316.35
2	600–650	605	306.00	306.00
4	650–700	681	282.00–290.00	285.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	308	446.00–450.00	448.64
1	400–450	430	372.00	372.00
2	450–500	490	370.00	370.00
3	500–550	515	316.00	316.00
1	550–600	580	302.00	302.00
1	600–650	645	296.00	296.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	500.00–510.00	503.17
2	350–400	380	430.00	430.00
5	400–450	405	416.00	416.00
3	500–550	540	338.00	338.00
2	550–600	565	326.00	326.00
1	600–650	610	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	375.00	375.00
2	300–350	335	360.00	360.00
2	350–400	378	350.00–352.00	351.03
1	400–450	440	334.00	334.00
2	450–500	458	316.00–318.00	316.99
2	550–600	575	292.00–298.00	295.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	420	320.00–326.00	323.95
1	450–500	480	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	565	276.00	276.00
1	600–650	645	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	370.00–372.00	371.62
10	400–450	415	352.00	352.00
1	450–500	470	332.00	332.00
1	500–550	525	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	580	302.00	302.00
8	600–650	608	288.00–292.00	291.49
7	650–700	670	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	388.00	388.00
1	450–500	490	358.00	358.00
1	600–650	630	292.00	292.00
2	650–700	685	270.00–276.00	272.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	362.00	362.00
1	600–650	645	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	745	286.00	286.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	145.00	145.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,118	140.00–145.00	142.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	162.00	162.00

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	—	—	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,500.00–1,550.00	1,525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,525.00	1,525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	1,525.00–1,575.00	1,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,700.00–1,775.00	1,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,700.00–1,775.00	1,737.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,975.00–2,050.00	2,012.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,700.00–1,850.00	1,750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	—	1,800.00–2,150.00	1,975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	2,500.00–2,750.00	2,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	2,950.00–3,200.00	3,012.50

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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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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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