Ashville Stockyard Market Report

Ashville, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 23, 2026

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

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	280	220	344
Feeder cattle	234	178	286
Slaughter cattle	14	8	22
Replacement cattle	32	34	36

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

▲ Feeder cattle: Feeder cattle sold sharply higher
→ Replacement cows: Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady
→ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady
→ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	340	3	560.00–570.00	$566.76	$1,927	—
375–390	383	4	540.00–555.00	$547.35	$2,096	—
415–445	435	3	500.00–515.00	$510.23	$2,220	—
455–490	473	9	495.00–510.00	$500.41	$2,367	—
515–545	527	5	470.00–480.00	$474.14	$2,499	+37.45
605–615	612	3	380.00–385.00	$383.35	$2,346	+3.35
660	660	2	345.00	$345.00	$2,277	-5.00
780	780	2	316.00	$316.00	$2,465	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	700.00	$700.00	$1,435	—
280	280	1	725.00	$725.00	$2,030	+85.00
305–330	322	3	635.00–690.00	$652.38	$2,101	+92.38
365–390	378	4	580.00–590.00	$585.17	$2,212	—
575	575	1	455.00	$455.00	$2,616	—
680	680	5	404.00	$404.00	$2,747	—
805	805	4	316.00	$316.00	$2,544	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	535.00	$535.00	$1,819	—
365	365	2	535.00	$535.00	$1,953	+40.00
430	430	3	490.00	$490.00	$2,107	—
505	505	1	460.00	$460.00	$2,323	+48.00
645	645	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,290	+6.00

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	605.00	$605.00	$1,694	+75.00
320–330	325	4	535.00–540.00	$537.46	$1,747	+21.14
355–370	363	4	520.00–530.00	$524.90	$1,905	—
405–430	416	5	500.00–510.00	$505.91	$2,105	+31.27
460–475	468	4	450.00–470.00	$459.84	$2,152	+39.84
515	515	1	405.00	$405.00	$2,086	+18.72
555–590	575	7	392.00–398.00	$395.46	$2,274	+30.46
735	735	4	340.00	$340.00	$2,499	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	3	580.00	$580.00	$1,682	+80.00
335	335	2	525.00	$525.00	$1,759	+20.00
360	360	3	500.00	$500.00	$1,800	+19.89
410–440	425	4	480.00–495.00	$487.76	$2,073	+32.76
470–485	478	4	430.00–440.00	$434.92	$2,079	+34.92
525	525	2	395.00	$395.00	$2,074	+31.00
575	575	2	380.00	$380.00	$2,185	+36.04
670	670	2	335.00	$335.00	$2,244	—
735	735	4	316.00	$316.00	$2,323	—
845	845	3	302.00	$302.00	$2,552	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	560.00	$560.00	$1,568	—
345	345	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,742	+20.00
355–365	360	4	480.00–490.00	$485.07	$1,746	—
415–420	418	5	465.00–470.00	$468.01	$1,956	—
470	470	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,927	+16.03
560–590	580	3	360.00–365.00	$363.39	$2,108	+31.39

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	640.00	$640.00	$1,472	—
265	265	3	590.00	$590.00	$1,564	+23.54
305–340	327	7	550.00–570.00	$560.98	$1,834	+28.63
370–390	379	5	535.00–545.00	$539.89	$2,046	+6.05
410–435	423	8	495.00–515.00	$506.24	$2,141	+12.88
455–475	465	6	490.00–510.00	$500.14	$2,326	+30.14
510–530	518	4	435.00–450.00	$443.70	$2,298	+16.23
565	565	2	420.00	$420.00	$2,373	—
625–645	635	4	348.00–360.00	$354.98	$2,254	+4.04
665	665	1	334.00	$334.00	$2,221	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–210	208	4	650.00–660.00	$655.06	$1,363	—
265–290	278	4	605.00–610.00	$607.61	$1,689	+21.26
310–345	333	3	580.00–590.00	$583.10	$1,942	+37.13
365–380	373	6	550.00–560.00	$555.10	$2,071	+8.49
415	415	1	530.00	$530.00	$2,200	+7.47
460–465	463	3	515.00–530.00	$525.04	$2,431	+40.09
505–535	521	8	470.00–485.00	$476.16	$2,481	+29.43
635	635	1	390.00	$390.00	$2,476	—
705–710	708	2	375.00–380.00	$377.49	$2,673	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–445	438	7	480.00–490.00	$485.05	$2,125	+7.51
455	455	2	460.00	$460.00	$2,093	—
540	540	1	425.00	$425.00	$2,295	—
590	590	1	395.00	$395.00	$2,330	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940	940	85-90%	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,278	—
920–1120	1054	85-90%	4	149.00–154.00	$150.82	$1,590	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080	1080	80-85%	1	173.00	$173.00	$1,868	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1485–1885	1702	3	213.00–215.00	$213.97	$3,642	—
1715	1715	1	209.00	$209.00	$3,584	—

↑ Back to top

Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,750.00–2,400.00	$2,016.67

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,800.00–3,250.00	$3,025.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00

↑ Back to top

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	6	3,700.00–4,000.00	$3,833.33	—

↑ Back to top

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.