Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2024-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers unevenly steady, steer, heifer, bull calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $228.48/cwt on 272 head.

Average price

$228.48

272 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,180

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$29.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.33

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	237.05	1,242	145
Medium and Large 2	510	223.79	1,141	88
Medium and Large 3	503	207.18	1,042	39

One grade step is worth $29.87/cwt here — about $200 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale272 hd

228.48

—

GA average15 barns · 1,627 hd

230.81

−2.33

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,550	118.79	1,841	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,560	111.52	1,740	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,269	104.75	1,329	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,015	85.80	871	29

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)	1,019	$1,216	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	921	$979	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	900	$925	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,142	$1,265	8

Every lot, as filed

92 lots · USDA AMS · Turner County Stockyard - Ashburn, GA

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	232.48/cwt	230.00–235.00	844	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	730	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,241	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	198.53/cwt	197.00–200.00	1,112	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	288	244.94/cwt	235.00–255.00	705	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	604	206.71/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,249	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,409	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	194.62/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,407	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	261.94/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,092	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	973	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	229.76/cwt	228.00–231.00	1,282	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,351	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	230.80/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,108	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	272.44/cwt	262.00–280.00	1,033	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	211.33/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,617	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	315.96/cwt	310.00–322.00	1,115	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	241.09/cwt	232.00–245.00	1,001	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	247.98/cwt	240.00–250.00	890	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	235.52/cwt	232.00–245.00	1,236	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	194.11/cwt	192.00–202.00	1,297	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	231.92/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,463	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	234.92/cwt	230.00–240.00	740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	218	305.80/cwt	295.00–315.00	667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	486	252.62/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,228	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	775	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,473	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,592	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	254.29/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,439	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,308	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	269	271.65/cwt	265.00–275.00	731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	677	208.06/cwt	205.00–217.00	1,409	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	269.54/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,283	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	241.13/cwt	239.00–247.00	1,505	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,071	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	289.03/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,344	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	562	238.04/cwt	237.00–242.00	1,338	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	854	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	280.97/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,203	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	310	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	946	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	527	221.95/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,170	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	395	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,027	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	330	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	243.04/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,154	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	111.52/cwt	111.00–112.00	1,740	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	117.52/cwt	113.00–123.00	1,622	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	106.22/cwt	100.00–111.00	1,354	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	78.60/cwt	75.00–82.00	789	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	88.01/cwt	84.00–92.00	929	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	837	97.98/cwt	97.00–100.00	820	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	94.47/cwt	88.00–99.00	1,125	26
Bulls	—	—	1,670	121.02/cwt	119.00–124.00	2,021	8
Bulls	—	—	1,465	113.47/cwt	106.00–118.00	1,662	9
Bulls	—	—	1,499	126.30/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,893	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	890.80/head	700.00–1,000.00	891	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	1,294.69/head	1,250.00–1,375.00	1,295	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	990	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	1,375.71/head	1,250.00–1,500.00	1,376	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	908	976.93/head	750.00–1,100.00	977	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	900	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	1,066.56/head	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,067	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	295	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	974	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	230	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	310.03/cwt	307.00–325.00	1,194	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	244.45/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,369	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,299	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	740	184.99/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,369	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	227.47/cwt	225.00–230.00	967	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	634	184.74/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,171	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	173.72/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,147	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	219.22/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,247	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	216.42/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,151	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	413	252.48/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,043	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	379	295.23/cwt	285.00–297.00	1,119	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	460	264.26/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,216	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	239.58/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,136	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	218.74/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,358	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	211.74/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,393	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	210.02/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,277	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	593	213.51/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,266	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	251.05/cwt	249.00–257.00	1,323	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	479	212.93/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,020	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	201.03/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,347	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	711	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,386	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	240	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	264.49/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,272	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	238.65/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,248	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	296.93/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,277	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	316	315.59/cwt	310.00–325.00	997	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	270.84/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,165	5

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Turner County Stockyard - Ashburn, GA

Wed Jan 24, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,052Last week 748Year ago 741

Slaughter CattleReceipts 179Last week 134Year ago 157

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 35Year ago 156

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	300.00	300.00
5	—	631	230.00–235.00	231.92
16	—	476	267.00–277.00	269.54
2	—	428	280.00–282.00	280.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	765	210.00–212.00	211.33
2	—	353	310.00–322.00	315.96
6	—	689	231.00	231.00
22	—	566	250.00–258.00	254.29
8	—	503	260.00	260.00
16	—	624	239.00–247.00	241.13
2	—	340	315.00	315.00
10	—	465	282.00–300.00	289.03
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	486	245.00–260.00	252.62
2	—	775	190.00	190.00
4	—	677	205.00–217.00	208.06
1	—	360	280.00	280.00
5	—	562	237.00–242.00	238.04
2	—	305	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	230.00–235.00	232.48
1	—	730	170.00	170.00
2	—	560	197.00–200.00	198.53
6	—	288	235.00–255.00	244.94
1	—	545	210.00	210.00
2	—	315	230.00–240.00	234.92
4	—	425	225.00–230.00	227.47
6	—	634	180.00–187.00	184.74
8	—	660	170.00–180.00	173.72
7	—	479	210.00–215.00	212.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	604	205.00–210.00	206.71
1	—	325	260.00	260.00
3	—	730	185.00	185.00
5	—	480	230.00–232.00	230.80
19	—	415	232.00–245.00	241.09
13	—	359	240.00–250.00	247.98
9	—	668	192.00–202.00	194.11
3	—	269	265.00–275.00	271.65
6	—	569	215.00–222.00	219.22
5	—	532	215.00–222.00	216.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	819	172.00	172.00
11	—	723	190.00–200.00	194.62
9	—	417	250.00–267.00	261.94
5	—	345	282.00	282.00
23	—	558	228.00–231.00	229.76
12	—	379	262.00–280.00	272.44
25	—	525	232.00–245.00	235.52
2	—	218	295.00–315.00	305.80
29	—	474	235.00–244.00	239.58
7	—	621	217.00–220.00	218.74
8	—	658	210.00–217.00	211.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	460	262.00–267.00	264.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	190.00	190.00
1	—	310	305.00	305.00
1	—	585	222.00	222.00
13	—	379	285.00–297.00	295.23
2	—	608	205.00–215.00	210.02
2	—	670	200.00–202.00	201.03
5	—	711	195.00	195.00
17	—	481	260.00–272.00	264.49
2	—	523	235.00–242.00	238.65
5	—	430	265.00–275.00	270.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	527	220.00–230.00	221.95
1	—	395	260.00	260.00
1	—	330	280.00	280.00
10	—	475	240.00–255.00	243.04
3	—	740	180.00–190.00	184.99
2	—	413	250.00–255.00	252.48
2	—	593	210.00–217.00	213.51
1	—	240	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	330.00	330.00
1	—	230	315.00	315.00
22	—	385	307.00–325.00	310.03
18	—	560	240.00–250.00	244.45
24	—	527	249.00–257.00	251.05
5	—	430	295.00–305.00	296.93
10	—	316	310.00–325.00	315.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,560	111.00–112.00	111.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,380	113.00–123.00	117.52
43	—	1,275	100.00–111.00	106.22
26	—	1,191	88.00–99.00	94.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,004	75.00–82.00	78.60
16	—	1,055	84.00–92.00	88.01
3	—	837	97.00–100.00	97.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,670	119.00–124.00	121.02
9	—	1,465	106.00–118.00	113.47
4	—	1,499	125.00–129.00	126.30

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	815	700.00–1,000.00	890.80
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	908	750.00–1,100.00	976.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	925.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,093	1,250.00–1,500.00	1,375.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,027	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,066.56
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,193	1,250.00–1,375.00	1,294.69
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	990	1,175.00	1,175.00

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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Turner County Stockyard - Ashburn, GA

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle