Ashville Stockyard Market Report

Ashville, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 18, 2025

278 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Ashville Stockyard report →

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $351.10/cwt +1.68 vs last sale · ≈ $1,489/hd at 424 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $345.56/cwt +11.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,652/hd at 478 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	278	476	366
Feeder cattle	207	422	291
Slaughter cattle	26	25	33
Replacement cattle	45	29	42

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder bulls sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,357	—
380–390	387	3	430.00–440.00	$436.72	$1,690	+14.19
420–440	430	2	414.00–415.00	$414.51	$1,782	+5.71
480–490	487	3	382.00–386.00	$383.32	$1,867	+4.17
505	505	1	342.00	$342.00	$1,727	+7.98
790	790	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,370	+4.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,710	—
405–440	426	5	435.00–450.00	$440.70	$1,877	+5.70
470	470	2	415.00	$415.00	$1,950	+5.00
520	520	1	378.00	$378.00	$1,966	—
585	585	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,106	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	372.00	$372.00	$1,841	+2.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	410.00	$410.00	$1,250	+5.00
365	365	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,350	+18.30
405–435	424	14	344.00–358.00	$351.10	$1,489	+1.68
465–490	478	10	340.00–354.00	$345.56	$1,652	+11.56
530	530	6	332.00–344.00	$336.00	$1,781	+19.91
570–580	577	5	330.00–340.00	$335.61	$1,936	—
630	630	2	314.00	$314.00	$1,978	—
670	670	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,943	+2.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–230	225	3	465.00–470.00	$466.59	$1,050	—
305–330	313	6	415.00–425.00	$420.80	$1,317	+0.80
385	385	2	385.00	$385.00	$1,482	+10.00
515–545	523	6	358.00–362.00	$359.00	$1,878	—
560–565	563	4	342.00–350.00	$346.02	$1,948	—
615–640	632	3	320.00–322.00	$320.65	$2,027	+10.89
690	690	7	300.00	$300.00	$2,070	-2.00
715	715	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,074	—
790	790	4	286.00	$286.00	$2,259	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,020	—
375–390	384	5	350.00–354.00	$352.44	$1,353	+18.44
440–445	441	4	326.00–330.00	$328.99	$1,451	-4.89
460–495	477	6	322.00–332.00	$326.33	$1,557	+9.52
515–540	528	3	312.00–324.00	$317.94	$1,679	+16.94
555–590	576	5	312.00–322.00	$317.24	$1,827	+23.88
620	620	1	306.00	$306.00	$1,897	—
655	655	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,834	+12.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,242	—
365–385	379	5	420.00–435.00	$427.94	$1,622	+20.42
420–445	436	4	370.00–380.00	$376.06	$1,640	+12.42
465–490	478	4	360.00–370.00	$364.87	$1,744	+24.02
505–535	523	8	346.00–352.00	$349.49	$1,828	+26.18
590	590	2	342.00	$342.00	$2,018	+22.01
625	625	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,062	+26.00
660–665	663	2	290.00–296.00	$292.99	$1,943	+4.54
765–780	770	3	276.00–286.00	$279.38	$2,151	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	515.00	$515.00	$1,056	—
260–290	280	3	490.00–500.00	$496.90	$1,391	+36.90
390	390	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,755	—
445	445	1	386.00	$386.00	$1,718	—
465–470	466	4	380.00–386.00	$384.49	$1,792	—
510–520	517	3	354.00–366.00	$357.95	$1,851	—
575–580	578	2	350.00–352.00	$351.00	$2,029	+23.04
615–625	620	2	340.00–348.00	$344.03	$2,133	+19.26
655	655	1	314.00	$314.00	$2,057	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,070	—
290	290	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,262	—
455–470	464	9	354.00–358.00	$355.54	$1,650	+26.12
525–540	535	3	330.00–340.00	$336.73	$1,802	+23.12
630	630	1	318.00	$318.00	$2,003	—
780	780	1	265.00	$265.00	$2,067	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1220	1127	80-85%	3	157.00–159.00	$158.06	$1,781	—
1090–1275	1213	80-85%	3	165.00	$165.00	$2,001	—
1215	1215	80-85%	1	185.00	$185.00	$2,248	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1145	1033	85-90%	2	150.00–154.00	$152.22	$1,572	—
1040–1120	1080	85-90%	2	136.00–140.00	$137.93	$1,490	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320	1320	75-80%	1	174.00	$174.00	$2,297	—
1345	1345	75-80%	1	165.00	$165.00	$2,219	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220	1220	1	192.00	$192.00	$2,342	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,550.00–1,850.00	$1,675.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,150.00–2,450.00	$2,337.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,250.00–2,300.00	$2,275.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,000.00–2,400.00	$2,091.67

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,925.00–2,050.00	$2,008.33

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,100.00–3,300.00	$3,200.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.