Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady. 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 $303.64/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −92.31 against this barn's trailing median of $395.95.

Average price

$303.64

38 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$23.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.69

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	314.00	1,821	10thin
Medium and Large 2	551	302.95	1,670	21
Medium and Large 3	570	290.87	1,658	7thin

One grade step is worth $23.13/cwt here — about $163 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale38 hd

303.64

—

AL average16 barns · 499 hd

325.32

−21.69

This barn, trailing median21 sales

395.95

−92.31

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	—	High	1,607	198.50	3,189	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,500	161.16	2,417	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,128	159.52	1,799	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,002	133.33	1,336	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)	—	$2,550	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,350	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,850	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,405	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,863	8

Every lot, as filed

68 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 2	600–650	625	291.34/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	386.56/cwt	386.00–388.00	1,844	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,136	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,403	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	314.26/cwt	312.00–316.00	1,678	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	295.43/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,708	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	311.23/cwt	310.00–314.00	1,625	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,337	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	288.93/cwt	286.00–292.00	1,823	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	359.30/cwt	358.00–360.00	1,527	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	343.96/cwt	340.00–346.00	1,634	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,064	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,822	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	349.35/cwt	348.00–350.00	1,537	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	353.00/cwt	352.00–354.00	2,040	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,516	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	310.47/cwt	308.00–312.00	1,779	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	629	278.66/cwt	276.00–282.00	1,753	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,693	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,637	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	588	287.22/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,689	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	738	248.69/cwt	246.00–250.00	1,835	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	477	312.63/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,491	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	152.62/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,661	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	167.87/cwt	167.00–169.00	2,011	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	161.53/cwt	159.00–164.00	1,806	2
Bulls	—	—	1,610	206.45/cwt	205.00–208.00	3,324	2
Bulls	—	—	1,580	197.70/cwt	196.00–199.00	3,124	3
Bulls	—	—	1,680	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	3,108	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	369.02/cwt	368.00–370.00	1,771	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	322.95/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,702	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	373.96/cwt	370.00–376.00	2,001	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,196	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	303.33/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,023	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	322.97/cwt	320.00–326.00	1,841	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	365.34/cwt	364.00–366.00	1,545	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,913	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	349.34/cwt	348.00–350.00	1,635	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,821	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	277.99/cwt	276.00–280.00	1,774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,274	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,927	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,597	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	321.52/cwt	316.00–326.00	1,395	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	299.98/cwt	298.00–302.00	1,860	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,606	157.78/cwt	157.00–158.00	2,534	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	163.49/cwt	162.00–165.00	2,237	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,278	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,233	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,427	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,339	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,862.50/head	2,750.00–2,950.00	2,863	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,264.29/head	3,000.00–3,450.00	3,264	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,733.33/head	3,600.00–3,800.00	3,733	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,775.00/head	1,750.00–1,800.00	1,775	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	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 Jul 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 390Last week 300Year ago 308

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 22Year ago 98

Replacement CattleReceipts 46Last week 26Year ago 37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	330.00	330.00
6	450–500	465	326.00	326.00
8	500–550	534	312.00–316.00	314.26
4	550–600	573	308.00–312.00	310.47
3	600–650	625	290.00–292.00	291.34
1	650–700	665	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	386.00	386.00
4	400–450	434	316.00–326.00	321.52
3	450–500	477	310.00–318.00	312.63
1	500–550	535	306.00	306.00
2	600–650	638	276.00–280.00	277.99
3	700–750	738	246.00–250.00	248.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	325	410.00	410.00
7	500–550	527	320.00–330.00	322.95
2	550–600	570	320.00–326.00	322.97
2	600–650	620	298.00–302.00	299.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	410.00	410.00
7	450–500	477	386.00–388.00	386.56
3	500–550	535	370.00–376.00	373.96
3	550–600	590	362.00	362.00
1	600–650	610	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	425.00	425.00
2	400–450	415	394.00	394.00
2	450–500	480	368.00–370.00	369.02
2	550–600	578	352.00–354.00	353.00
8	600–650	645	320.00	320.00
3	650–700	667	300.00–305.00	303.33
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	370.00	370.00
5	450–500	465	364.00	364.00
1	550–600	570	338.00	338.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	358.00–360.00	359.30
5	450–500	475	340.00–346.00	343.96
10	500–550	522	310.00–314.00	311.23
11	550–600	578	292.00–300.00	295.43
9	600–650	631	286.00–292.00	288.93
1	700–750	715	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	348.00–350.00	349.35
1	450–500	490	326.00	326.00
2	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
5	550–600	588	285.00–290.00	287.22
9	600–650	629	276.00–282.00	278.66
3	650–700	690	264.00	264.00
1	700–750	745	256.00	256.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	423	364.00–366.00	365.34
3	450–500	468	348.00–350.00	349.34
10	550–600	580	314.00	314.00
2	650–700	655	292.00	292.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,088	151.00–155.00	152.62
2	—	1,198	167.00–169.00	167.87
2	—	1,118	159.00–164.00	161.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,606	157.00–158.00	157.78
2	—	1,368	162.00–165.00	163.49
1	—	1,340	170.00	170.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	134.00	134.00
1	—	1,005	142.00	142.00
1	—	1,080	124.00	124.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,610	205.00–208.00	206.45
3	—	1,580	196.00–199.00	197.70
1	—	1,680	185.00	185.00

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	8	—	—	2,750.00–2,950.00	2,862.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	3,000.00–3,450.00	3,264.29
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	3,600.00–3,800.00	3,733.33
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	—	—	2,550.00	2,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,750.00–1,800.00	1,775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,350.00	2,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	2,550.00	2,550.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00

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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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

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

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