Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2024-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sharply higher, feeder steers steady, feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.55/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −148.24 against this barn's trailing median of $401.79.

Average price

$253.55

49 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,387

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$29.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.55

vs GA average

−22.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	268.11	1,455	10thin
Medium and Large 2	550	250.73	1,378	36
Medium and Large 3	530	239.00	1,266	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.11/cwt here — about $189 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $421.20, low $321.40, median $401.79 across 33 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 sale49 hd

253.55

—

GA average14 barns · 357 hd

250.00

+3.55

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−22.62

This barn, trailing median33 sales

401.79

−148.24

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	1,711	146.49	2,507	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,266	125.47	1,589	84
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,453	121.58	1,767	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,028	103.19	1,061	23

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)	1,060	$1,428	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	987	$1,253	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	885	$1,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,080	$1,750	2thin

Every lot, as filed

88 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	550–600	573	285.61/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,637	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	326.70/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,673	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	1,577.25/head	1,450.00–1,725.00	1,577	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	284.90/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,453	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	298	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,043	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,378	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	322.38/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,541	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	252.47/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,712	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	731	213.21/cwt	212.00–217.00	1,559	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	334.61/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,238	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	273.85/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,290	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	300.98/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,436	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	208	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	258.80/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,361	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	243.50/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,390	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,614	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	226.00/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,406	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,752	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	338.92/cwt	330.00–343.00	1,549	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	371.40/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,344	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,609	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	1,367.05/head	1,325.00–1,400.00	1,367	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	288.70/cwt	280.00–296.00	1,244	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,532	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	260.85/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,484	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	376.23/cwt	370.00–377.00	1,313	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	355.98/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,438	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	329.12/cwt	327.00–335.00	1,353	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	323.61/cwt	317.00–330.00	1,492	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	299.65/cwt	295.00–302.00	926	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	278.99/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,403	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	103.58/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,072	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	957	94.73/cwt	92.00–96.00	907	3
Bulls	—	—	1,872	146.78/cwt	142.00–152.00	2,748	5
Bulls	—	—	1,395	131.03/cwt	121.00–138.00	1,828	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,361	132.54/cwt	128.00–138.00	1,804	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	123.08/cwt	117.00–127.00	1,514	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	370.22/cwt	360.00–372.00	1,081	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	303.35/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,568	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	110.67/cwt	105.00–116.00	1,195	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	112.32/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,205	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	121.58/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,767	6
Bulls	—	—	1,803	158.57/cwt	155.00–164.00	2,859	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	512	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,229	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	211	278.32/cwt	270.00–290.00	587	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	304.16/cwt	299.00–315.00	1,168	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	288.85/cwt	282.00–297.00	1,369	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,705	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	362.49/cwt	352.00–375.00	1,345	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,339	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	581	278.18/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,616	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,210	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	267.56/cwt	260.00–275.00	864	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	253.47/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,179	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	709	187.48/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,329	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,139	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	579	258.29/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,495	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,247	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	203	335.86/cwt	320.00–340.00	682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	689	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,433	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	223.96/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,395	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	414	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,035	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	251.24/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	263	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	257.81/cwt	250.00–260.00	944	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,717	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	980	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	898	1,204.74/head	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,205	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	280.42/cwt	280.00–282.00	911	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	262	329.30/cwt	325.00–330.00	863	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	790	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,398	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	267.36/cwt	263.00–275.00	1,676	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	731	233.72/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,708	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	224.86/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,522	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	298.52/cwt	297.00–300.00	1,412	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	276.22/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,058	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	774	207.17/cwt	205.00–208.00	1,603	7

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 Mar 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,053Last week 797Year ago 1,374

Slaughter CattleReceipts 138Last week 115Year ago 244

Replacement CattleReceipts 65Last week 48Year ago 69

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	360.00	360.00
3	400–450	415	332.00	332.00
5	450–500	478	315.00–325.00	322.38
26	550–600	573	280.00–292.00	285.61
20	600–650	627	263.00–275.00	267.36
2	650–700	678	250.00–255.00	252.47
8	700–750	731	232.00–240.00	233.72
1	750–800	785	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	349	370.00–377.00	376.23
7	350–400	362	370.00–380.00	371.40
5	400–450	404	345.00–360.00	355.98
19	450–500	457	330.00–343.00	338.92
16	500–550	512	320.00–330.00	326.70
6	600–650	609	280.00	280.00
2	700–750	715	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	335.00	335.00
8	350–400	378	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	473	297.00–300.00	298.52
11	550–600	581	270.00–279.00	278.18
3	600–650	615	240.00–257.00	251.24
1	650–700	695	247.00	247.00
1	700–750	735	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	208	365.00	365.00
4	250–300	298	350.00	350.00
12	350–400	370	330.00–335.00	334.61
10	450–500	477	300.00–310.00	300.98
2	500–550	510	280.00–290.00	284.90
1	550–600	585	275.00	275.00
5	650–700	667	242.00	242.00
1	700–750	735	217.00	217.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	292	360.00–372.00	370.22
14	350–400	371	352.00–375.00	362.49
13	400–450	411	327.00–335.00	329.12
12	450–500	461	317.00–330.00	323.61
3	500–550	517	300.00–310.00	303.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	203	320.00–340.00	335.86
7	250–300	262	325.00–330.00	329.30
1	300–350	345	330.00	330.00
9	400–450	430	290.00	290.00
6	550–600	579	250.00–260.00	258.29
2	600–650	630	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	305.00	305.00
5	300–350	325	280.00–282.00	280.42
8	350–400	383	270.00–285.00	276.22
7	450–500	471	270.00–277.00	273.85
17	500–550	526	255.00–260.00	258.80
19	550–600	571	240.00–250.00	243.50
5	600–650	622	225.00–230.00	226.00
6	650–700	677	220.00–227.00	224.86
4	700–750	731	212.00–217.00	213.21
7	750–800	774	205.00–208.00	207.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	309	295.00–302.00	299.65
50	350–400	384	299.00–315.00	304.16
17	400–450	431	280.00–296.00	288.70
38	450–500	474	282.00–297.00	288.85
4	500–550	503	270.00–282.00	278.99
6	550–600	569	255.00–267.00	260.85
1	600–650	600	260.00	260.00
8	650–700	666	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	735	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	211	270.00–290.00	278.32
2	250–300	263	267.00	267.00
2	300–350	323	260.00–275.00	267.56
9	350–400	366	250.00–260.00	257.81
9	400–450	414	250.00	250.00
8	450–500	465	250.00–260.00	253.47
2	500–550	512	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	565	237.00	237.00
19	600–650	623	220.00–225.00	223.96
6	650–700	689	208.00	208.00
4	700–750	709	180.00–200.00	187.48
1	750–800	790	177.00	177.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,080	1,750.00	1,750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,168	1,450.00–1,725.00	1,577.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	990	1,325.00–1,400.00	1,367.05
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	898	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,204.74

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,035	100.00–108.00	103.58
3	—	957	92.00–96.00	94.73
2	—	1,073	110.00–115.00	112.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,361	128.00–138.00	132.54
35	—	1,230	117.00–127.00	123.08
12	—	1,080	105.00–116.00	110.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,453	118.00–125.00	121.58
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,872	142.00–152.00	146.78
4	—	1,395	121.00–138.00	131.03
5	—	1,803	155.00–164.00	158.57

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 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

Turner County Stockyard - Ashburn, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle