Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher, slaughter bulls market lightly tested. 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 $331.53/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −40.77 against this barn's trailing median of $372.29.

Average price

$331.53

41 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,785

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$24.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.15

vs AL average

−46.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	344.67	1,876	9thin
Medium and Large 2	538	330.53	1,777	24
Medium and Large 3	533	319.72	1,704	8thin

One grade step is worth $24.95/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

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 sale41 hd

331.53

—

AL average16 barns · 578 hd

340.67

−9.15

National average184 barns · 19,282 hd

377.96

−46.43

This barn, trailing median22 sales

372.29

−40.77

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	1,625	169.13	2,748	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,593	160.17	2,552	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,143	157.00	1,794	2thin

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)	—	$2,925	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,535	13
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,508	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,275	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,083	9
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	—	$1,855	5
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,786	7

Every lot, as filed

67 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	330	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,452	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	371.11/cwt	368.00–374.00	1,755	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	339.31/cwt	338.00–340.00	1,944	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	399.19/cwt	398.00–400.00	1,904	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,909	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	392.99/cwt	392.00–394.00	1,474	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	340.68/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,942	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	321.35/cwt	320.00–322.00	2,031	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	336.73/cwt	330.00–342.00	1,727	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	384.93/cwt	376.00–400.00	1,624	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	320.20/cwt	316.00–326.00	1,854	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,279	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,456	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,012	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	264.65/cwt	262.00–266.00	1,919	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,948	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	354.57/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,656	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	464	384.42/cwt	378.00–388.00	1,784	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	723	291.98/cwt	290.00–294.00	2,111	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	367.34/cwt	366.00–368.00	1,627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	790	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,054	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	353.36/cwt	352.00–354.00	1,866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	326	383.82/cwt	382.00–385.00	1,251	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,316	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	156.66/cwt	155.00–158.00	2,491	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	161.92/cwt	161.00–163.00	2,583	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,900	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,691	1
Bulls	—	—	1,625	169.13/cwt	167.00–171.00	2,748	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,083.33/head	1,850.00–2,200.00	2,083	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,925.00/head	2,900.00–2,950.00	2,925	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,855.00/head	1,825.00–1,975.00	1,855	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,479.17/head	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,479	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,275.00/head	2,250.00–2,300.00	2,275	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,785.71/head	1,700.00–1,900.00	1,786	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,508.33/head	2,400.00–2,550.00	2,508	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,985	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	324.96/cwt	320.00–328.00	2,034	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	308.65/cwt	306.00–310.00	1,722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,883	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	326.37/cwt	324.00–328.00	1,691	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	342.46/cwt	338.00–346.00	1,623	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,192	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	396.92/cwt	394.00–400.00	1,858	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	363.99/cwt	360.00–366.00	1,845	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	472.67/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,598	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,093	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	419.30/cwt	418.00–425.00	1,606	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	315.35/cwt	314.00–316.00	1,977	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	358.83/cwt	354.00–360.00	2,053	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,944	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	347.35/cwt	346.00–348.00	1,841	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,866	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	415.67/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,816	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	350.66/cwt	350.00–352.00	2,027	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	411.93/cwt	408.00–418.00	1,788	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	422.43/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,808	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	377.90/cwt	374.00–386.00	1,810	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	361.98/cwt	358.00–366.00	1,947	6

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 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 431Last week 286Year ago 400

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 23Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 77Last week 57Year ago 28

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher, slaughter bulls market lightly tested. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	440.00	440.00
6	400–450	437	410.00–420.00	415.67
6	450–500	479	374.00–386.00	377.90
3	500–550	530	352.00	352.00
3	550–600	570	340.00–342.00	340.68
3	600–650	632	320.00–322.00	321.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	545	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	565	332.00	332.00
1	600–650	645	312.00	312.00
3	700–750	723	290.00–294.00	291.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	470.00	470.00
3	350–400	380	435.00	435.00
1	400–450	435	430.00	430.00
4	450–500	468	394.00–400.00	396.92
3	500–550	507	360.00–366.00	363.99
3	550–600	578	350.00–352.00	350.66
4	600–650	626	320.00–328.00	324.96
1	650–700	685	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	210	415.00	415.00
4	350–400	375	392.00–394.00	392.99
13	400–450	422	376.00–400.00	384.93
7	450–500	467	350.00–360.00	354.57
15	500–550	513	330.00–342.00	336.73
9	550–600	579	316.00–326.00	320.20
3	600–650	645	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	383	418.00–425.00	419.30
8	400–450	434	408.00–418.00	411.93
4	450–500	473	368.00–374.00	371.11
6	500–550	530	346.00–348.00	347.35
3	550–600	573	338.00–340.00	339.31
6	600–650	627	314.00–316.00	315.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	382.00–385.00	383.82
3	400–450	443	366.00–368.00	367.34
12	450–500	474	338.00–346.00	342.46
5	500–550	518	324.00–328.00	326.37
3	550–600	558	306.00–310.00	308.65
2	600–650	645	292.00	292.00
3	700–750	725	262.00–266.00	264.65
1	750–800	790	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	455.00	455.00
5	450–500	477	398.00–400.00	399.19
6	500–550	538	358.00–366.00	361.98
2	550–600	555	344.00	344.00
2	700–750	735	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	464	378.00–388.00	384.42
3	500–550	528	352.00–354.00	353.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	465.00–480.00	472.67
3	350–400	355	450.00	450.00
4	400–450	428	420.00–425.00	422.43
5	450–500	465	418.00	418.00
2	500–550	525	378.00	378.00
5	550–600	572	354.00–360.00	358.83
2	600–650	605	346.00	346.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,590	155.00–158.00	156.66
4	—	1,595	161.00–163.00	161.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	161.00	161.00
1	—	1,105	153.00	153.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,625	167.00–171.00	169.13

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	1,850.00–2,200.00	2,083.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	2,400.00–2,550.00	2,508.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	3,200.00	3,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	2,900.00–2,950.00	2,925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	—	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,479.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	2,250.00–2,300.00	2,275.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,825.00–1,975.00	1,855.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,700.00–1,900.00	1,785.71

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

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

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Slaughter Cattle

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