Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 10.00 to 12.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower, slaughter bulls market lightly tested. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $402.23/cwt on 10 head, down $30.10 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 9 comparable sales and sits +5.25 against this barn's trailing median of $396.98.

Average price

$402.23

▼ 30.10 vs prior sale

10 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,249

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$41.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.00

vs AL average

−69.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	549	414.62	2,277	7thin
Medium and Large 3	582	373.30	2,173	3thin

One grade step is worth $41.32/cwt here — about $105 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

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $432.32, low $382.60, median $396.98 across 9 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 sale10 hd

402.23

—

AL average13 barns · 176 hd

434.23

−32.00

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

−69.97

This barn, trailing median9 sales

396.98

+5.25

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	1,548	174.84	2,707	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,108	164.32	1,821	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)	—	$2,800	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,483	3thin

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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,800.00/head	2,500.00–3,100.00	2,800	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	167.48/cwt	167.00–168.00	1,909	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,045	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,651	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	174.84/cwt	172.00–178.00	2,707	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,126	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,351	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,868	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	422.53/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,944	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	358.09/cwt	352.00–364.00	1,873	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	512.62/cwt	510.00–515.00	1,912	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	430.89/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,801	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,269	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	412	458.28/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,888	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	434.95/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,131	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,266	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	487	379.38/cwt	374.00–388.00	1,848	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	487	438.36/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,135	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	582	373.30/cwt	370.00–376.00	2,173	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	430.09/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,279	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,226	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,219	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,029	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,147	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	482.47/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,243	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,147	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	457.58/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,174	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	442	411.60/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,819	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	235	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,617	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,483.33/head	2,300.00–2,750.00	2,483	3

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 Mar 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 101Last week 324Year ago 214

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 25Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 33Year ago 60

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,550.00	2,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	2,500.00–3,100.00	2,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	2,300.00–2,750.00	2,483.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,140	167.00–168.00	167.48
1	—	1,045	158.00	158.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,548	172.00–178.00	174.84

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	575.00	575.00
3	350–400	390	545.00	545.00
1	400–450	405	530.00	530.00
1	500–550	515	450.00	450.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	510.00	510.00
1	300–350	330	490.00	490.00
1	350–400	365	465.00	465.00
1	400–450	415	450.00	450.00
2	450–500	460	420.00–425.00	422.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	510.00–515.00	512.62
1	400–450	410	465.00	465.00
2	450–500	490	430.00–440.00	434.95
1	500–550	530	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	470.00	470.00
1	300–350	330	455.00	455.00
6	400–450	442	410.00–420.00	411.60
3	450–500	487	374.00–388.00	379.38
2	500–550	523	352.00–364.00	358.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	490.00	490.00
5	400–450	418	425.00–435.00	430.89
2	500–550	540	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	570	356.00	356.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	420.00	420.00
1	600–650	645	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	540.00	540.00
1	400–450	435	510.00	510.00
2	450–500	475	455.00–460.00	457.58
4	500–550	530	425.00–435.00	430.09
3	550–600	575	394.00	394.00
1	600–650	615	362.00	362.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	412	455.00–460.00	458.28
3	450–500	487	435.00–440.00	438.36
3	550–600	582	370.00–376.00	373.30
1	600–650	605	354.00	354.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	530.00	530.00
2	450–500	465	480.00–485.00	482.47

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

Steers · 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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