Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls market lightly tested. 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 $316.09/cwt on 24 head, down $20.66 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −79.62 against this barn's trailing median of $395.71.

Average price

$316.09

▼ 20.66 vs prior sale

24 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$20.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.69

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	326.18	1,770	8thin
Medium and Large 2	552	315.29	1,739	9thin
Medium and Large 3	548	305.59	1,674	7thin

One grade step is worth $20.59/cwt here — about $96 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

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $460.42, low $316.09, median $395.71 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 sale24 hd

316.09

—

AL average15 barns · 383 hd

330.78

−14.69

This barn, trailing median22 sales

395.71

−79.62

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	1,400	158.39	2,217	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,120	145.00	1,624	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)	—	$3,350	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,350	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,340	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,750	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,050	16

Every lot, as filed

60 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 3	—	—	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,050.00/head	1,850.00–2,450.00	2,050	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,340.00/head	2,250.00–2,500.00	2,340	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,096	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,916	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	404.90/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,204	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,513	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	730	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	690	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,432	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	343.24/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,963	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,032	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	412.47/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,732	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	310.21/cwt	308.00–313.00	1,954	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	345.00/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,777	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	319.96/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,792	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	332.40/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,745	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	320.33/cwt	316.00–325.00	1,682	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	290.64/cwt	288.00–296.00	1,953	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	440.06/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,694	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,373	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	304.96/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,708	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	418.90/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,567	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	359.33/cwt	358.00–360.00	1,552	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	425.93/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,423	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,932	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	398.97/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,700	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,908	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	302.01/cwt	298.00–304.00	1,721	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	310.36/cwt	308.00–315.00	1,608	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	381.51/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,602	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,161	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	311.25/cwt	306.00–313.00	1,783	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	296.81/cwt	294.00–300.00	1,897	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,368	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	632	281.95/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,782	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	344.08/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,624	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	408.07/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,498	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	378.25/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,241	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	304.00/cwt	303.00–305.00	1,651	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	476	331.06/cwt	328.00–335.00	1,576	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	402.37/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,320	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	351.70/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,688	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	635	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,223	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	505	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	790	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,765	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	158.39/cwt	157.00–160.00	2,217	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,624	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 31, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 168Last week 170Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 9Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 39Year ago 0

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,350.00	2,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	2,250.00–2,500.00	2,340.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	3,350.00	3,350.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	—	1,850.00–2,450.00	2,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,750.00	2,750.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	525	365.00	365.00
11	550–600	572	340.00–350.00	343.24
5	600–650	645	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	710	318.00	318.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	425.00	425.00
2	450–500	460	420.00	420.00
2	500–550	545	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	415.00	415.00
3	450–500	470	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	475.00	475.00
2	300–350	345	415.00	415.00
2	350–400	363	400.00–410.00	404.90
2	400–450	415	380.00	380.00
2	500–550	515	340.00–350.00	345.00
1	600–650	645	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	375.00–380.00	378.25
2	350–400	380	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	445	340.00	340.00
8	450–500	476	328.00–335.00	331.06
2	500–550	543	303.00–305.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	635	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	690	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	730	350.00	350.00
2	750–800	790	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	400.00–405.00	402.37
3	400–450	432	358.00–360.00	359.33
5	450–500	472	340.00–348.00	344.08
2	500–550	525	310.00	310.00
2	550–600	560	300.00–310.00	304.96
1	700–750	745	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	415.00	415.00
5	350–400	367	405.00–410.00	408.07
3	400–450	420	375.00–385.00	381.51
6	450–500	480	350.00–355.00	351.70
3	500–550	518	308.00–315.00	310.36
4	550–600	570	298.00–304.00	302.01
6	600–650	632	280.00–292.00	281.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	450.00	450.00
4	350–400	385	435.00–445.00	440.06
6	400–450	420	410.00–415.00	412.47
3	450–500	465	380.00	380.00
4	500–550	525	330.00–335.00	332.40
4	550–600	560	315.00–325.00	319.96
5	600–650	630	308.00–313.00	310.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	334	420.00–430.00	425.93
5	350–400	374	415.00–425.00	418.90
5	400–450	426	395.00–405.00	398.97
2	450–500	470	365.00	365.00
4	500–550	525	316.00–325.00	320.33
5	550–600	573	306.00–313.00	311.25
5	600–650	639	294.00–300.00	296.81
3	650–700	672	288.00–296.00	290.64

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,400	157.00–160.00	158.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	145.00	145.00

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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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

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