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Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-26

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Oct 26

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 24▼ 7 vs year ago 37 · −18.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

68 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 69▲ 29 vs year ago 39 · +74.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle market not recorded. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

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	—	Average	1,880	173.53	3,262	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,447	134.75	1,950	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,182	127.47	1,507	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,107	111.61	1,235	9thin

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)	—	$2,556	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,375	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,063	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,950	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,825	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,488	8
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,942	24

Every lot, as filed

16 lots · USDA AMS · Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,880	173.53/cwt	173.00–174.00	3,262	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	107.70/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,131	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,123	112.73/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,266	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,178	131.35/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,547	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,184	123.72/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,465	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,190	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,642	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,443	136.63/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,972	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,455	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,906	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,941.67/head	1,700.00–2,350.00	1,942	24
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,492.86/head	2,350.00–2,750.00	2,493	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,375.00/head	2,350.00–2,400.00	2,375	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	2,062.50/head	1,950.00–2,100.00	2,063	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	—	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,825.00/head	1,750.00–1,900.00	1,825	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	3,487.50/head	3,400.00–3,600.00	3,488	8

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 Oct 26, 2026

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 24Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 68Last week 69Year ago 39

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle market not recorded. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

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	24	—	—	1,700.00–2,350.00	1,941.67

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,750.00–1,900.00	1,825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	2,350.00–2,400.00	2,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	2,350.00–2,750.00	2,492.86

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)	1	—	—	1,950.00	1,950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,950.00–2,100.00	2,062.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	3,000.00	3,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	3,400.00–3,600.00	3,487.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,880	173.00–174.00	173.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,178	127.00–135.00	131.35
1	—	1,190	138.00	138.00
8	—	1,184	120.00–125.00	123.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	135.00–138.00	136.63
1	—	1,455	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,123	111.00–116.00	112.73
2	—	1,050	106.00–109.00	107.70

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.