Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market lightly tested due to weather conditions, no trends available.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $393.23/cwt on 9 head, up $9.38 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 21 comparable sales and sits −2.71 against this barn's trailing median of $395.95.

Average price

$393.23

▲ 9.38 vs prior sale

9 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,121

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$36.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.45

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	420.02	2,155	2thin
Medium and Large 3	535	395.00	2,113	1thin
Medium and Large 2	549	384.01	2,108	6thin

One grade step is worth $36.01/cwt here — about $46 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

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 sale9 hd

393.23

—

AL average8 barns · 51 hd

400.69

−7.45

This barn, trailing median21 sales

395.95

−2.71

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,465	185.00	2,710	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,225	168.95	2,070	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	985	149.50	1,473	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)	—	$2,288	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,050	5
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,905	5

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,000	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	164.93/cwt	164.00–166.00	2,100	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,710	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,380	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	339.02/cwt	338.00–340.00	2,146	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	459.87/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	408.64/cwt	406.00–410.00	2,084	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	255	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,109	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,171	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	359.38/cwt	352.00–366.00	2,113	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	447.53/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,924	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	361.05/cwt	356.00–366.00	1,751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,093	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,971	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	450.05/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,318	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,844	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	436.64/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,039	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	326.95/cwt	324.00–330.00	1,896	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,938	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	420.02/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,155	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	1,574	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	360.55/cwt	356.00–365.00	2,228	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,370	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	442.55/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,651	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	790	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,291	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,223	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,093	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,050.00/head	1,950.00–2,175.00	2,050	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,905.00/head	1,850.00–2,025.00	1,905	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,287.50/head	2,275.00–2,300.00	2,288	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 Feb 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 107Last week 515Year ago 461

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 30Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 49Year ago 25

Market lightly tested due to weather conditions, no trends available.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	177.00	177.00
2	—	1,273	164.00–166.00	164.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	185.00	185.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	155.00	155.00
1	—	1,080	144.00	144.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	510.00	510.00
1	400–450	405	475.00	475.00
2	450–500	460	455.00	455.00
2	500–550	513	415.00–425.00	420.02
2	600–650	618	356.00–365.00	360.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	455.00–465.00	459.87
4	400–450	430	445.00–450.00	447.53
3	450–500	467	435.00–440.00	436.64
3	500–550	510	406.00–410.00	408.64
3	550–600	588	352.00–366.00	359.38
2	600–650	633	338.00–340.00	339.02
1	650–700	675	314.00	314.00
1	750–800	790	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	373	440.00–445.00	442.55
1	400–450	410	430.00	430.00
1	450–500	490	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	535	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	490.00	490.00
1	450–500	465	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	565	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	635.00	635.00
1	350–400	365	540.00	540.00
2	500–550	515	445.00–455.00	450.05
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	435.00	435.00
1	350–400	390	415.00	415.00
1	750–800	790	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	356.00–366.00	361.05
2	500–550	515	358.00	358.00
2	550–600	580	324.00–330.00	326.95
1	700–750	705	308.00	308.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	492.00	492.00
1	450–500	475	390.00	390.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	1,950.00–2,175.00	2,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,275.00–2,300.00	2,287.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,850.00–2,025.00	1,905.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

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