Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $329.38/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −66.33 against this barn's trailing median of $395.71.

Average price

$329.38

27 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$11

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

$13.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.53

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	548	331.96	1,817	22
Medium and Large 3	575	318.03	1,829	5thin

One grade step is worth $13.93/cwt here — about −$11 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 sale27 hd

329.38

—

AL average5 barns · 178 hd

346.91

−17.53

This barn, trailing median22 sales

395.71

−66.33

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	1,743	180.50	3,146	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,160	150.86	1,750	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,104	138.07	1,524	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)	—	$2,305	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,205	26
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,975	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,825	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,775	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,717	3thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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	400–450	419	378.57/cwt	376.00–380.00	1,586	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	364.98/cwt	362.00–368.00	1,712	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,909	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	329.92/cwt	324.00–334.00	1,881	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,070	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	441.22/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,227	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	317.74/cwt	317.00–322.00	1,614	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	431	378.71/cwt	374.00–388.00	1,632	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	366.05/cwt	362.00–370.00	1,409	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,892	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	419.77/cwt	416.00–425.00	1,612	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	363.11/cwt	356.00–366.00	1,518	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	348.63/cwt	342.00–352.00	1,517	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	582	301.34/cwt	300.00–304.00	1,754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	328.87/cwt	322.00–332.00	1,529	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,460	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,266	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	318.03/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,829	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	354.69/cwt	352.00–356.00	1,319	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	369.94/cwt	366.00–374.00	1,239	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,685	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	582	314.02/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	683	301.05/cwt	296.00–306.00	2,056	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	923	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,418	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	135.33/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,525	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	140.12/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,522	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	145.50/cwt	145.00–146.00	1,637	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	154.43/cwt	153.00–155.00	1,827	3
Bulls	—	—	1,743	180.50/cwt	178.00–183.00	3,146	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,641.67/head	1,550.00–1,775.00	1,642	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,716.67/head	1,700.00–1,725.00	1,717	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,775.00/head	1,725.00–1,800.00	1,775	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,173.68/head	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,174	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,462.50/head	2,300.00–2,550.00	2,463	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,200.00/head	2,150.00–2,250.00	2,200	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,775.00/head	2,650.00–3,000.00	2,775	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,490	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	338.28/cwt	334.00–340.00	1,793	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	308.97/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,931	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	371.04/cwt	370.00–372.00	1,755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,489	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	434.05/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,576	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	457.93/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,241	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	379.46/cwt	372.00–382.00	1,738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,038	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	425.23/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,140	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	310.33/cwt	308.00–312.00	1,946	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	333.99/cwt	332.00–336.00	1,753	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	373.56/cwt	370.00–374.00	1,647	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,463	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,247	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	316.86/cwt	314.00–320.00	1,974	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	381.57/cwt	376.00–386.00	1,255	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	380.98/cwt	380.00–382.00	1,772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	431.70/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,416	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	340.87/cwt	336.00–346.00	1,629	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 Dec 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 286Last week 305Year ago 343

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 31Year ago 21

Replacement CattleReceipts 57Last week 30Year ago 13

No trends available

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	278	435.00–445.00	441.22
3	300–350	328	425.00–435.00	431.70
7	350–400	384	416.00–425.00	419.77
10	400–450	419	376.00–380.00	378.57
8	450–500	469	362.00–368.00	364.98
11	500–550	525	332.00–336.00	333.99
11	550–600	570	324.00–334.00	329.92
6	600–650	627	308.00–312.00	310.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	415.00	415.00
2	350–400	365	408.00	408.00
2	400–450	440	360.00	360.00
5	550–600	575	312.00–320.00	318.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	271	455.00–460.00	457.93
2	300–350	315	450.00	450.00
5	350–400	363	430.00–440.00	434.05
4	450–500	458	372.00–382.00	379.46
7	600–650	623	314.00–320.00	316.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	410.00	410.00
5	300–350	329	376.00–386.00	381.57
2	350–400	385	362.00–370.00	366.05
16	400–450	418	356.00–366.00	363.11
2	450–500	478	336.00–346.00	340.87
7	500–550	508	317.00–322.00	317.74
2	600–650	645	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	366.00–374.00	369.94
3	350–400	372	352.00–356.00	354.69
4	400–450	435	342.00–352.00	348.63
4	450–500	465	322.00–332.00	328.87
4	500–550	540	312.00	312.00
3	550–600	582	300.00–304.00	301.34
1	600–650	620	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	268	420.00–430.00	425.23
4	300–350	315	396.00	396.00
2	350–400	390	382.00	382.00
17	400–450	441	370.00–374.00	373.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	465	380.00–382.00	380.98
1	550–600	570	332.00	332.00
1	600–650	625	322.00	322.00
4	650–700	655	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	374.00–388.00	378.71
2	450–500	473	370.00–372.00	371.04
7	500–550	530	334.00–340.00	338.28
3	550–600	582	310.00–318.00	314.02
2	600–650	625	308.00–310.00	308.97
2	650–700	683	296.00–306.00	301.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	410	408.00	408.00
1	500–550	545	374.00	374.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,127	135.00–136.00	135.33
4	—	1,086	138.00–143.00	140.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,125	145.00–146.00	145.50
3	—	1,183	153.00–155.00	154.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,743	178.00–183.00	180.50

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,675.00	1,675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,525.00	1,525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,550.00–1,775.00	1,641.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,700.00–1,725.00	1,716.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,725.00–1,800.00	1,775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,825.00	1,825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	—	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,173.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	2,300.00–2,550.00	2,462.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	2,150.00–2,250.00	2,200.00
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	—	—	2,650.00–3,000.00	2,775.00

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

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