Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $371.81/cwt on 19 head, up $8.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 21 comparable sales and sits −24.13 against this barn's trailing median of $395.95.

Average price

$371.81

▲ 8.46 vs prior sale

19 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,990

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$38.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.17

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	388.82	2,083	9thin
Medium and Large 2	518	369.95	1,916	3thin
Medium and Large 3	542	350.75	1,901	7thin

One grade step is worth $38.07/cwt here — about $182 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 sale19 hd

371.81

—

AL average16 barns · 451 hd

370.64

+1.17

This barn, trailing median21 sales

395.95

−24.13

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	1,675	180.00	3,015	1thin

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)	—	$3,150	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,500	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,433	3thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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	600–650	610	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,013	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	356.26/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,835	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	342.50/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,261	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	313.36/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,288	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	458.70/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,720	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,577	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	322.49/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,186	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	369.95/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,916	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	611	340.87/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,083	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	337.64/cwt	334.00–340.00	1,985	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,122	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,843	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	397.40/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,086	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,951	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,998	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,535	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	424.08/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,976	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,155	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,354	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	396.97/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,239	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	371.65/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,070	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,500.00/head	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,500	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,433.33/head	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,433	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,150.00/head	2,850.00–3,450.00	3,150	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	343.40/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,985	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	428.80/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,608	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	440.98/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,874	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	381.68/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,668	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	312.46/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,984	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,892	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	409.17/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,956	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	422.54/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,787	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	340.81/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,592	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,126	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	467.47/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,800	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,288	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	452.99/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,889	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	442.60/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,085	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,363	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,015	1

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 Aug 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 162Last week 266Year ago 422

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 14Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 39Year ago 29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	425.00–430.00	428.80
2	400–450	423	420.00–425.00	422.54
6	450–500	478	400.00–415.00	409.17
4	500–550	515	350.00–360.00	356.26
3	550–600	578	340.00–345.00	343.40
3	600–650	610	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	675	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	480.00	480.00
4	350–400	375	455.00–460.00	458.70
5	400–450	425	435.00–445.00	440.98
5	450–500	466	420.00–430.00	424.08
3	500–550	518	365.00–375.00	369.95
6	600–650	611	340.00–345.00	340.87
2	650–700	678	320.00–325.00	322.49
3	700–750	730	310.00–315.00	313.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	520.00	520.00
4	350–400	385	465.00–470.00	467.47
5	400–450	417	450.00–455.00	452.99
4	450–500	471	440.00–450.00	442.60
6	500–550	525	395.00–400.00	397.40
3	550–600	557	365.00–375.00	371.65
2	650–700	685	345.00	345.00
3	700–750	715	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	415.00	415.00
3	400–450	437	380.00–385.00	381.68
2	450–500	480	350.00	350.00
14	550–600	588	334.00–340.00	337.64
1	750–800	790	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	465.00	465.00
1	500–550	505	365.00	365.00
3	550–600	555	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	445	365.00	365.00
7	450–500	467	335.00–345.00	340.81
2	500–550	545	338.00	338.00
2	600–650	635	310.00–315.00	312.46
1	650–700	695	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	615	345.00	345.00
4	650–700	660	335.00–345.00	342.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	470.00	470.00
1	450–500	465	460.00	460.00
5	550–600	564	395.00–400.00	396.97
3	600–650	645	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	440.00	440.00
1	450–500	465	420.00	420.00

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)	4	—	—	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,850.00–3,450.00	3,150.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,433.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	180.00	180.00

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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Replacement Cattle

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