Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2024-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 6.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady, heifer, bull calves and replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.86/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −156.93 against this barn's trailing median of $401.79.

Average price

$244.86

30 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,356

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

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

$25.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.66

vs GA average

−25.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	257.08	1,364	9thin
Medium and Large 2	562	242.18	1,360	16thin
Medium and Large 3	570	231.41	1,319	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.68/cwt here — about $46 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale30 hd

244.86

—

GA average14 barns · 400 hd

247.52

−2.66

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−25.33

This barn, trailing median33 sales

401.79

−156.93

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	—	High	1,464	140.89	2,063	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,189	120.27	1,430	52
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	113.13	1,629	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,023	107.01	1,095	22

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)	1,055	$1,479	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	980	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	975	$1,295	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,245	$1,817	16

Every lot, as filed

96 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,134	1,603.50/head	1,550.00–1,725.00	1,604	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	1,422.92/head	1,375.00–1,475.00	1,423	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	285.51/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,325	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,578	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	328.88/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,345	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	337.26/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,046	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,556	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	243	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	875	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	289	340.99/cwt	340.00–350.00	985	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	298.23/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,312	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,521	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	253.02/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,435	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	348.54/cwt	347.00–350.00	1,091	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	264.65/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,119	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	326.72/cwt	325.00–327.00	1,271	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	267.72/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,438	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	244.90/cwt	242.00–247.00	1,335	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	295.23/cwt	290.00–300.00	977	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	241.11/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,579	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	257	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	797	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,343	1,906.47/head	1,875.00–2,000.00	1,906	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,055	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	268.36/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,296	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	256.72/cwt	254.00–270.00	1,353	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	285.61/cwt	282.00–292.00	1,477	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	278.79/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,149	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	273.90/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,556	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	333.61/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,244	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	258.18/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,585	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	231.70/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,453	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	900	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	279	358.25/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,000	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	346.33/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,122	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,326	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,672	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	98.31/cwt	92.00–103.00	1,002	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	113.13/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,629	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	112.23/cwt	106.00–117.00	1,369	18
Bulls	—	—	1,487	149.77/cwt	146.00–153.00	2,227	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	137.79/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,630	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	121.69/cwt	118.00–129.00	1,425	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	268.45/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,664	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	313.78/cwt	311.00–315.00	1,578	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	289.25/cwt	289.00–290.00	1,652	8
Bulls	—	—	1,444	141.22/cwt	135.00–145.00	2,039	31
Bulls	—	—	1,531	130.58/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,999	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	109.57/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,122	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	740	181.00/cwt	180.00–182.00	1,339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	226.00/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,526	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	302.20/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,318	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	308.72/cwt	305.00–317.00	1,034	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	264.15/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,738	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	347.94/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,260	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,415	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	317.31/cwt	317.00–320.00	1,253	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	743	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,672	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	588	261.94/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	244.94/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,041	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	257.66/cwt	250.00–265.00	935	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	456	245.35/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,119	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	586	231.76/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,358	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,507	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	983	1,231.10/head	1,050.00–1,350.00	1,231	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,315	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,162	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	281.07/cwt	277.00–285.00	857	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	827	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	279.91/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,170	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	476	266.82/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,270	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	728	194.77/cwt	187.00–200.00	1,418	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	503	250.97/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,262	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	763	189.11/cwt	189.00–190.00	1,443	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	959	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	975	1,354.97/head	1,175.00–1,500.00	1,355	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,421	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	215.95/cwt	212.00–222.00	1,330	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	731	194.16/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,419	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	303.47/cwt	297.00–306.00	1,454	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	258.48/cwt	250.00–263.00	1,173	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	238.68/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,392	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	212.43/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,419	2

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 Apr 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 751Last week 1,125Year ago 985

Slaughter CattleReceipts 144Last week 132Year ago 151

Replacement CattleReceipts 107Last week 58Year ago 153

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,134	1,550.00–1,725.00	1,603.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	960	1,375.00–1,475.00	1,422.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	983	1,050.00–1,350.00	1,231.10
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	975	1,175.00–1,500.00	1,354.97
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,343	1,875.00–2,000.00	1,906.47
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	1,725.00	1,725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	1,375.00	1,375.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	243	360.00	360.00
10	250–300	289	340.00–350.00	340.99
4	300–350	310	330.00–340.00	337.26
7	350–400	389	325.00–327.00	326.72
23	400–450	440	297.00–310.00	298.23
25	450–500	464	280.00–292.00	285.51
8	500–550	537	267.00–270.00	267.72
7	550–600	567	250.00–255.00	253.02
8	650–700	655	235.00–242.00	241.11
1	700–750	735	207.00	207.00
2	750–800	778	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	279	355.00–360.00	358.25
4	300–350	324	345.00–350.00	346.33
16	350–400	373	330.00–345.00	333.61
2	400–450	408	325.00	325.00
6	500–550	517	282.00–292.00	285.61
7	550–600	568	270.00–277.00	273.90
7	600–650	614	257.00–265.00	258.18
1	700–750	743	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	418	275.00–285.00	279.91
8	450–500	476	260.00–275.00	266.82
2	500–550	503	245.00–257.00	250.97
1	550–600	555	237.00	237.00
1	600–650	600	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	685	220.00	220.00
3	700–750	728	187.00–200.00	194.77
9	750–800	763	189.00–190.00	189.11
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	347.00–350.00	348.54
1	350–400	370	340.00	340.00
4	400–450	409	320.00–332.00	328.88
18	450–500	479	297.00–306.00	303.47
2	500–550	530	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	565	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	670	240.00	240.00
2	700–750	705	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	755	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	362	345.00–360.00	347.94
10	500–550	503	311.00–315.00	313.78
8	550–600	571	289.00–290.00	289.25
2	600–650	620	267.00–270.00	268.45
6	650–700	658	260.00–269.00	264.15
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	395	317.00–320.00	317.31
13	400–450	436	300.00–307.00	302.20
1	500–550	545	270.00	270.00
2	550–600	588	257.00–267.00	261.94
1	600–650	615	230.00	230.00
2	650–700	675	220.00–232.00	226.00
4	700–750	743	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	257	310.00	310.00
8	300–350	335	305.00–317.00	308.72
1	350–400	370	285.00	285.00
39	400–450	412	275.00–285.00	278.79
13	450–500	483	265.00–272.00	268.36
8	500–550	527	254.00–270.00	256.72
1	550–600	560	260.00	260.00
3	600–650	627	225.00–235.00	231.70
1	650–700	655	222.00	222.00
4	800–850	801	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	332.00	332.00
20	300–350	331	290.00–300.00	295.23
1	350–400	355	270.00	270.00
6	400–450	423	262.00–270.00	264.65
22	450–500	454	250.00–263.00	258.48
9	500–550	545	242.00–247.00	244.90
7	550–600	583	237.00–245.00	238.68
4	600–650	616	212.00–222.00	215.95
2	650–700	668	210.00–215.00	212.43
12	700–750	731	190.00–200.00	194.16
1	750–800	760	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	290.00	290.00
2	300–350	305	277.00–285.00	281.07
2	350–400	363	250.00–265.00	257.66
2	400–450	425	240.00–250.00	244.94
12	450–500	456	230.00–247.00	245.35
1	500–550	505	230.00	230.00
4	550–600	586	230.00–235.00	231.76
1	650–700	650	200.00	200.00
2	700–750	740	180.00–182.00	181.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,019	92.00–103.00	98.31
17	—	1,024	105.00–115.00	109.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	111.00–115.00	113.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,220	106.00–117.00	112.23
6	—	1,183	134.00–141.00	137.79
28	—	1,171	118.00–129.00	121.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,487	146.00–153.00	149.77
31	—	1,444	135.00–145.00	141.22
7	—	1,531	125.00–134.00	130.58

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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How this sale compares

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