Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $308.45/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −63.84 against this barn's trailing median of $372.29.

Average price

$308.45

33 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,677

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$25.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.00

vs AL average

−89.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	325.99	1,804	7thin
Medium and Large 2	551	312.15	1,719	7thin
Medium and Large 3	537	300.62	1,616	19thin

One grade step is worth $25.37/cwt here — about $189 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

22 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.27, low $335.60, median $372.29 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 sale33 hd

308.45

—

AL average13 barns · 439 hd

334.45

−26.00

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−89.41

This barn, trailing median22 sales

372.29

−63.84

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	1,868	185.78	3,470	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,395	160.03	2,232	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,213	151.22	1,834	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,006	133.30	1,341	7thin

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)	—	$2,500	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,283	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,917	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,550	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,725	4thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,919	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	423.72/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,754	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,568	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,984	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	413.81/cwt	410.00–418.00	1,759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,261	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,868	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	339.96/cwt	338.00–342.00	1,751	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	293	393.79/cwt	393.00–395.00	1,154	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,105	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,752	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	408.51/cwt	408.00–410.00	1,524	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	370.96/cwt	370.00–373.00	1,781	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	706	276.26/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,950	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	317.52/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	418.39/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,602	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	340.85/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,595	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	291.65/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,677	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,388	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,658	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,981	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	427.38/cwt	422.00–430.00	1,782	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	295.38/cwt	288.00–298.00	1,817	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	311.00/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,782	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	138.44/cwt	134.00–142.00	1,596	2
Bulls	—	—	1,913	185.55/cwt	185.00–186.00	3,550	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	137.49/cwt	136.00–139.00	1,375	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	160.03/cwt	159.00–161.00	2,232	4
Bulls	—	—	1,605	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,825	1
Bulls	—	—	2,040	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	3,998	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,500.00/head	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,500	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,550.00/head	3,300.00–3,700.00	3,550	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,916.67/head	1,700.00–2,050.00	1,917	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,725.00/head	2,550.00–2,900.00	2,725	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	350.99/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,871	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	384	352.26/cwt	352.00–353.00	1,353	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,751	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	524	303.83/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,592	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	159.74/cwt	157.00–161.00	2,002	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	131.63/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,327	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	596.45/cwt	575.00–620.00	1,282	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,964	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,406	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,083	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	1,971	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	363.95/cwt	360.00–366.00	1,918	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	506.99/cwt	505.00–508.00	1,582	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	431.55/cwt	428.00–435.00	1,661	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	470.09/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,340	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	383.22/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,820	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,885	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	327.32/cwt	326.00–328.00	1,696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	297.35/cwt	296.00–298.00	1,894	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	292.03/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,983	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,921	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	328.94/cwt	325.00–332.00	1,875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,174	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,704	9

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 Oct 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 354Last week 247Year ago 590

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 16Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 46Last week 28Year ago 59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	465.00–475.00	470.09
1	350–400	380	450.00	450.00
3	400–450	445	443.00	443.00
7	450–500	475	404.00	404.00
5	600–650	635	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	390	425.00	425.00
3	400–450	417	422.00–430.00	427.38
1	500–550	505	388.00	388.00
1	550–600	565	340.00	340.00
4	650–700	690	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	440	398.00	398.00
1	450–500	490	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	533	350.00–352.00	350.99
3	600–650	635	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	575.00–620.00	596.45
2	250–300	290	555.00	555.00
3	300–350	312	505.00–508.00	506.99
4	350–400	385	428.00–435.00	431.55
4	400–450	414	420.00–435.00	423.72
1	450–500	455	398.00	398.00
3	500–550	527	360.00–366.00	363.95
3	550–600	570	325.00–332.00	328.94
1	600–650	610	322.00	322.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	490.00	490.00
6	350–400	383	415.00–425.00	418.39
2	400–450	425	410.00–418.00	413.81
5	450–500	475	380.00–385.00	383.22
4	500–550	515	338.00–342.00	339.96
1	600–650	640	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	465.00	465.00
4	350–400	373	408.00–410.00	408.51
2	400–450	405	398.00	398.00
3	450–500	480	370.00–373.00	370.96
2	550–600	573	310.00–312.00	311.00
4	600–650	615	288.00–298.00	295.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	293	393.00–395.00	393.79
3	300–350	330	382.00	382.00
2	350–400	375	370.00	370.00
7	450–500	468	340.00–342.00	340.85
2	500–550	515	315.00–320.00	317.52
5	550–600	565	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	660	283.00	283.00
8	700–750	706	275.00–280.00	276.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	384	352.00–353.00	352.26
14	500–550	524	300.00–310.00	303.83
5	550–600	575	285.00–295.00	291.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	480	355.00	355.00
3	500–550	518	326.00–328.00	327.32
4	550–600	580	325.00	325.00
6	600–650	637	296.00–298.00	297.35
4	650–700	679	290.00–298.00	292.03
1	750–800	755	288.00	288.00
4	850–900	875	275.00	275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,153	134.00–142.00	138.44
3	—	1,253	157.00–161.00	159.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	136.00–139.00	137.49
5	—	1,008	130.00–133.00	131.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,395	159.00–161.00	160.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,913	185.00–186.00	185.55
1	—	1,605	176.00	176.00
1	—	2,040	196.00	196.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,500.00
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	—	—	2,850.00	2,850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,700.00–2,050.00	1,916.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	3,300.00–3,700.00	3,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,550.00–2,900.00	2,725.00

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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Heifers · 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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