Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers and bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady. 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 $383.03/cwt on 4 head, down $8.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 22 comparable sales and sits +10.74 against this barn's trailing median of $372.29.

Average price

$383.03

▼ 8.85 vs prior sale

4 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,116

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$38.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.16

vs AL average

−35.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	412.00	2,328	1thin
Medium and Large 3	548	373.37	2,047	3thin

One grade step is worth $38.63/cwt here — about $280 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 sale4 hd

383.03

—

AL average15 barns · 395 hd

405.19

−22.16

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

−35.23

This barn, trailing median22 sales

372.29

+10.74

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	1,225	184.00	2,254	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,445	183.52	2,652	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,287	174.05	2,239	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,010	151.00	1,525	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)	—	$3,750	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,775	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,275	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,150	4thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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 3	250–300	290	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,450	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	557.44/cwt	555.00–560.00	1,828	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,081	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,474	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,183	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	461.57/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	514.88/cwt	505.00–520.00	2,162	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	418.39/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,975	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	463.97/cwt	425.00–485.00	1,499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,445	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,311	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,002	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,205	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,971	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	506.68/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,153	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,204	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,310	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	186.78/cwt	185.00–189.00	2,830	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	167.58/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,170	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,375	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,311	1
Bulls	—	—	1,225	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,254	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,150.00/head	1,950.00–2,400.00	2,150	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,775.00/head	2,600.00–2,950.00	2,775	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,275.00/head	3,250.00–3,300.00	3,275	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,750.00/head	3,700.00–3,800.00	3,750	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	392.54/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,817	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	568.28/cwt	560.00–575.00	1,546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,947	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,280	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	437.49/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,332	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,079	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	513	425.02/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,180	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,110	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,479	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,360	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	461.82/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,963	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	583	356.02/cwt	352.00–360.00	2,076	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	376.06/cwt	370.00–382.00	2,031	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	445.87/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,890	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,117	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	417.47/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,116	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 May 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 119Last week 186Year ago 235

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 29Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 89Year ago 34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	500.00	500.00
3	400–450	425	455.00–465.00	461.82
1	450–500	495	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	530	415.00	415.00
2	550–600	583	352.00–360.00	356.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	570.00	570.00
4	300–350	328	555.00–560.00	557.44
1	350–400	390	540.00	540.00
6	400–450	420	505.00–520.00	514.88
1	500–550	545	455.00	455.00
1	550–600	565	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	555.00	555.00
1	300–350	310	525.00	525.00
2	350–400	365	520.00	520.00
2	450–500	490	450.00	450.00
2	500–550	533	435.00–440.00	437.49
1	550–600	590	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	535.00	535.00
3	300–350	323	425.00–485.00	463.97
3	350–400	360	455.00–465.00	461.57
6	400–450	424	445.00–450.00	445.87
6	450–500	472	415.00–420.00	418.39
1	600–650	605	344.00	344.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	560.00–575.00	568.28
3	400–450	415	475.00	475.00
1	550–600	565	412.00	412.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	510.00	510.00
2	350–400	360	415.00–420.00	417.47
1	400–450	430	425.00	425.00
4	450–500	463	385.00–400.00	392.54
2	500–550	540	370.00–382.00	376.06
1	550–600	565	368.00	368.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	510.00	510.00
3	550–600	570	434.00	434.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	605.00	605.00
1	300–350	330	590.00	590.00
1	350–400	385	520.00	520.00
2	400–450	425	490.00–525.00	506.68
3	450–500	475	480.00	480.00
3	500–550	535	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	490.00	490.00
1	400–450	435	485.00	485.00
2	450–500	465	455.00	455.00
2	500–550	513	420.00–430.00	425.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	177.00	177.00
2	—	1,515	185.00–189.00	186.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	165.00–170.00	167.58
1	—	1,270	187.00	187.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	141.00	141.00
1	—	1,090	161.00	161.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	184.00	184.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,950.00–2,400.00	2,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	2,600.00–2,950.00	2,775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	3,700.00–3,800.00	3,750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,500.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	3,250.00–3,300.00	3,275.00

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

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle