Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2025-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder steers 2.00 to 4.00 lower,feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers, steer, heifer,, bull calves unevenly steady and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $276.73/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −125.06 against this barn's trailing median of $401.79.

Average price

$276.73

53 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,507

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$39.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.87

vs GA average

−22.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	289.22	1,610	23
Medium and Large 2	542	272.47	1,476	23
Medium and Large 3	515	249.69	1,285	7thin

One grade step is worth $39.53/cwt here — about $325 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale53 hd

276.73

—

GA average16 barns · 580 hd

267.86

+8.87

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−22.13

This barn, trailing median33 sales

401.79

−125.06

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	—	Low	1,660	183.08	3,039	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,583	147.37	2,332	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,184	144.47	1,711	141
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	976	126.83	1,238	26

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)	1,133	$2,080	33
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,063	$1,875	17
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,119	$1,685	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,232	$2,885	22

Every lot, as filed

99 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	261.32/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,228	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	321.99/cwt	315.00–327.00	1,539	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	247.76/cwt	245.00–248.00	2,111	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	770	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	900–950	909	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,018	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	770	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	722	218.29/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,576	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	311.22/cwt	305.00–312.00	1,758	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	290.05/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,839	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	268.56/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,899	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	328.51/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,209	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	306.79/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,301	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	340.96/cwt	332.00–350.00	1,725	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	386.62/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,604	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	349.76/cwt	347.00–352.00	1,661	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	326.54/cwt	320.00–335.00	996	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,788	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	275.73/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,475	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	368	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,295	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	308.02/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,589	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	252.44/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,974	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	863	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,071	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,040	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	416.04/cwt	402.00–465.00	1,535	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	865	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,007	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	353.47/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,326	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	352.58/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,530	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,658	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	323.92/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,866	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	733	245.05/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,796	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	689	269.29/cwt	268.00–275.00	1,855	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	332.49/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	408.97/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,366	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,789	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	298	381.14/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,136	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	408	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,224	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	309.60/cwt	305.00–312.00	1,659	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	143.75/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,679	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	115.14/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,124	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	136.12/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,322	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,705	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,302	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	151.76/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,302	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	146.98/cwt	146.00–148.00	2,381	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	127.85/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,252	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	133.92/cwt	126.00–138.00	1,520	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	154.27/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,945	34
Bulls	—	—	1,450	169.63/cwt	162.00–176.00	2,460	6
Bulls	—	—	1,841	193.82/cwt	190.00–200.00	3,568	7
Bulls	—	—	1,659	184.00/cwt	181.00–188.00	3,053	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,276	3,425.49/head	2,850.00–3,575.00	3,425	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	815	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,270	2,051.05/head	1,750.00–2,350.00	2,051	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,040	1,690.08/head	1,400.00–1,900.00	1,690	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	2,307.34/head	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,307	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,122	1,572.28/head	1,250.00–1,800.00	1,572	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,106	2,214.66/head	2,000.00–2,350.00	2,215	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,046	1,838.19/head	1,550.00–2,000.00	1,838	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	207	473.06/cwt	465.00–490.00	979	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	318.49/cwt	317.00–320.00	1,663	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,682	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	345.94/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,456	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	369.04/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,439	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,205	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	434.59/cwt	430.00–435.00	978	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	329.56/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,552	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	373.56/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,199	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	271.34/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,704	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	387.90/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,385	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	256	436.47/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,117	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	347.06/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,197	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	329.20/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,383	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	231.60/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,776	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,654	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	307.52/cwt	300.00–320.00	999	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	294	326.36/cwt	300.00–335.00	959	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	312.05/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,507	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,473	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,213	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	220	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	221.01/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	242.50/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	507	252.97/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,283	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,760	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	274.76/cwt	274.00–277.00	1,616	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	357.34/cwt	350.00–365.00	858	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 Feb 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,334Last week 1,170Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 245Last week 204Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 158Last week 79Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	320.00	320.00
4	250–300	294	300.00–335.00	326.36
10	300–350	325	300.00–320.00	307.52
1	400–450	425	280.00	280.00
8	450–500	470	260.00–270.00	261.32
6	500–550	507	250.00–260.00	252.97
1	550–600	560	230.00	230.00
2	600–650	640	230.00	230.00
2	650–700	675	220.00–222.00	221.01
3	700–750	722	210.00–225.00	218.29
1	750–800	770	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	350.00–365.00	357.34
17	300–350	345	340.00–350.00	347.06
30	350–400	368	325.00–330.00	328.51
31	400–450	420	325.00–335.00	329.20
24	450–500	483	310.00–317.00	312.05
10	500–550	516	300.00–310.00	308.02
13	550–600	588	274.00–277.00	274.76
6	600–650	624	265.00	265.00
27	650–700	693	254.00	254.00
8	700–750	701	255.00	255.00
10	750–800	767	230.00–232.00	231.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	305	320.00–335.00	326.54
1	350–400	385	315.00	315.00
44	400–450	424	300.00–320.00	306.79
2	450–500	450	280.00	280.00
19	500–550	535	270.00–280.00	275.73
4	550–600	573	257.00	257.00
1	600–650	600	250.00	250.00
2	650–700	665	240.00–245.00	242.50
1	750–800	765	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	368	352.00	352.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	375	350.00–370.00	353.47
1	400–450	400	330.00	330.00
6	450–500	478	315.00–327.00	321.99
1	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	575	280.00	280.00
2	700–750	733	240.00–250.00	245.05
1	750–800	770	237.00	237.00
1	850–900	865	232.00	232.00
9	900–950	909	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	369	402.00–465.00	416.04
9	400–450	415	385.00–390.00	386.62
14	450–500	475	347.00–352.00	349.76
8	500–550	506	332.00–350.00	340.96
10	550–600	576	320.00–340.00	323.92
5	600–650	634	285.00–295.00	290.05
25	700–750	707	267.00–270.00	268.56
17	750–800	797	256.00	256.00
13	850–900	852	245.00–248.00	247.76
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	395	380.00	380.00
8	400–450	434	350.00–365.00	352.58
2	450–500	468	330.00–335.00	332.49
9	550–600	565	305.00–312.00	311.22
7	600–650	603	275.00	275.00
24	650–700	689	268.00–275.00	269.29
1	700–750	745	265.00	265.00
2	750–800	770	250.00–255.00	252.44
5	850–900	863	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	207	465.00–490.00	473.06
7	250–300	256	435.00–440.00	436.47
10	300–350	334	400.00–415.00	408.97
7	350–400	357	385.00–395.00	387.90
12	450–500	471	325.00–330.00	329.56
6	500–550	522	317.00–320.00	318.49
4	550–600	576	292.00	292.00
11	600–650	628	267.00–275.00	271.34
9	650–700	688	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	200–250	225	430.00–435.00	434.59
13	250–300	298	380.00–395.00	381.14
9	300–350	321	360.00–385.00	373.56
8	350–400	390	355.00–375.00	369.04
31	400–450	421	330.00–355.00	345.94
14	500–550	536	305.00–312.00	309.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	350.00	350.00
7	350–400	365	330.00	330.00
6	400–450	408	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,168	139.00–149.00	143.75
26	—	1,135	126.00–138.00	133.92
34	—	1,261	150.00–164.00	154.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	976	110.00–120.00	115.14
6	—	971	133.00–139.00	136.12
14	—	979	125.00–131.00	127.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	135.00	135.00
3	—	1,517	150.00–155.00	151.76
2	—	1,620	146.00–148.00	146.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,450	162.00–176.00	169.63
7	—	1,841	190.00–200.00	193.82
6	—	1,659	181.00–188.00	184.00

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	14	—	1,276	2,850.00–3,575.00	3,425.49
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	815	1,600.00	1,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,270	1,750.00–2,350.00	2,051.05
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,040	1,400.00–1,900.00	1,690.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,122	1,250.00–1,800.00	1,572.28
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,046	1,550.00–2,000.00	1,838.19
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,215	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,307.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,105	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,106	2,000.00–2,350.00	2,214.66

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Ashburn

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle