Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2025-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows sharply lower, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer and heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 5.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.32/cwt on 182 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −86.47 against this barn's trailing median of $401.79.

Average price

$315.32

182 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,745

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$14.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.68

vs GA average

−6.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	316.97	1,777	142
Medium and Large 2	528	309.79	1,637	38
Medium and Large 3	528	302.58	1,598	2thin

One grade step is worth $14.39/cwt here — about $180 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 sale182 hd

315.32

—

GA average14 barns · 482 hd

303.63

+11.68

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−6.42

This barn, trailing median33 sales

401.79

−86.47

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	1,742	188.14	3,277	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,486	141.07	2,096	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,189	140.41	1,669	148
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,032	130.01	1,342	31

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)	1,186	$2,433	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,163	$1,877	10
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,105	$1,600	2thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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 2	350–400	397	373.24/cwt	360.00–374.00	1,482	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	264.98/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,651	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	667	241.66/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,612	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	363.24/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,235	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	294.03/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,697	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	445.35/cwt	440.00–450.00	958	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	332.59/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,726	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	315.42/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,612	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	316.27/cwt	312.00–325.00	1,502	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	267.54/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	341.64/cwt	337.00–343.00	1,623	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	274.93/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,828	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	284.88/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,758	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	394.50/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,456	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	382.81/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,550	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	339	420.97/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,427	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,829	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	780	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	352.55/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	300.65/cwt	290.00–302.00	2,023	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	371.20/cwt	365.00–372.00	1,830	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	339.72/cwt	337.00–342.00	1,977	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	678	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,878	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	459.09/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,446	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	434.74/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,700	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	382.91/cwt	377.00–392.00	1,811	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	298.52/cwt	292.00–299.00	2,140	45
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,505	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	321.65/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,026	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,015	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,341	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	372.07/cwt	372.00–375.00	1,991	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	351.52/cwt	347.00–365.00	1,965	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	332.76/cwt	327.00–336.00	2,043	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,750	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	431.48/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,640	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	468.22/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,264	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	297.38/cwt	297.00–315.00	1,853	76
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	406.09/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,693	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	348.29/cwt	345.00–352.00	1,794	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	133.47/cwt	128.00–136.00	1,564	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	121.20/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,231	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	137.40/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,426	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	130.77/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,357	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,608	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,364	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,461	139.88/cwt	135.00–144.00	2,044	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	151.17/cwt	148.00–157.00	1,938	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	141.45/cwt	137.00–147.00	1,668	91
Bulls	—	—	1,819	191.85/cwt	188.00–195.00	3,490	9
Bulls	—	—	1,626	179.37/cwt	174.00–184.00	2,917	8
Bulls	—	—	1,858	206.54/cwt	204.00–209.00	3,838	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,105	1,600.45/head	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,152	1,706.30/head	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,706	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,179	2,132.03/head	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,132	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,235	1,947.57/head	1,800.00–2,100.00	1,948	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,161	2,676.16/head	2,550.00–2,900.00	2,676	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	375.53/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,611	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	260	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,174	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	351.77/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,513	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	316.45/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,671	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,140	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,362	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	347.94/cwt	340.00–357.00	1,520	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	369	332.91/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,228	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	739	227.92/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,684	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	331.16/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,467	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	302.58/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	543.82/cwt	510.00–580.00	1,213	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	334.12/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,871	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,138	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	262.36/cwt	257.00–265.00	2,012	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	310.85/cwt	305.00–327.00	1,794	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	289	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,243	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	268.97/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,915	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	374.97/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,699	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	800–850	807	224.66/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,813	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	433.63/cwt	425.00–436.00	1,470	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	352.06/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,718	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	412.37/cwt	412.00–415.00	1,348	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	406.60/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,545	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	785	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,845	1

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 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,452Last week 1,378Year ago 1,121

Slaughter CattleReceipts 243Last week 253Year ago 196

Replacement CattleReceipts 123Last week 88Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	440.00–450.00	445.35
1	300–350	340	390.00	390.00
17	350–400	397	360.00–374.00	373.24
17	400–450	437	340.00–357.00	347.94
18	450–500	475	312.00–325.00	316.27
28	500–550	511	310.00–317.00	315.42
10	550–600	577	290.00–295.00	294.03
2	600–650	623	260.00–270.00	264.98
1	650–700	665	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	350.00–370.00	363.24
3	350–400	369	325.00–350.00	332.91
31	400–450	443	330.00–332.00	331.16
2	450–500	490	310.00	310.00
2	500–550	528	300.00–305.00	302.58
2	600–650	640	250.00	250.00
6	650–700	667	230.00–245.00	241.66
12	700–750	739	210.00–230.00	227.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	510.00–580.00	543.82
6	250–300	289	430.00	430.00
12	350–400	369	385.00–400.00	394.50
16	400–450	405	380.00–390.00	382.81
62	450–500	475	337.00–343.00	341.64
40	500–550	519	320.00–340.00	332.59
102	550–600	577	305.00–327.00	310.85
28	600–650	617	275.00–300.00	284.88
37	650–700	665	270.00–282.00	274.93
6	700–750	712	267.00–270.00	268.97
3	750–800	767	257.00–265.00	262.36
2	850–900	855	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	420.00–425.00	420.97
1	350–400	390	370.00	370.00
3	400–450	430	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	470	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	560	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	620	295.00	295.00
6	650–700	678	277.00	277.00
2	700–750	710	265.00–270.00	267.54
1	750–800	780	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	400.00	400.00
8	450–500	493	365.00–372.00	371.20
2	500–550	510	350.00–355.00	352.55
18	550–600	582	337.00–342.00	339.72
6	600–650	630	320.00–325.00	321.65
18	650–700	673	290.00–302.00	300.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	445.00–475.00	459.09
14	350–400	391	430.00–470.00	434.74
8	400–450	405	432.00	432.00
50	450–500	473	377.00–392.00	382.91
41	500–550	535	372.00–375.00	372.07
23	550–600	559	347.00–365.00	351.52
12	600–650	614	327.00–336.00	332.76
3	650–700	650	310.00	310.00
45	700–750	717	292.00–299.00	298.52
2	900–950	918	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	570.00	570.00
6	250–300	270	455.00–475.00	468.22
13	300–350	339	425.00–436.00	433.63
4	350–400	380	420.00–445.00	431.48
27	400–450	417	405.00–415.00	406.09
6	450–500	453	370.00–385.00	374.97
14	500–550	515	345.00–352.00	348.29
6	550–600	560	325.00–340.00	334.12
76	600–650	623	297.00–315.00	297.38
1	700–750	700	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	465.00	465.00
8	300–350	327	412.00–415.00	412.37
3	350–400	380	405.00–410.00	406.60
10	400–450	429	370.00–390.00	375.53
7	450–500	488	350.00–365.00	352.06
1	700–750	710	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	400.00	400.00
15	300–350	305	385.00	385.00
2	350–400	368	370.00	370.00
8	400–450	430	350.00–365.00	351.77
1	450–500	455	340.00	340.00
4	500–550	528	300.00–325.00	316.45
1	600–650	610	295.00	295.00
1	750–800	785	235.00	235.00
6	800–850	807	220.00–227.00	224.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,172	128.00–136.00	133.47
17	—	1,282	148.00–157.00	151.17
91	—	1,179	137.00–147.00	141.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,016	115.00–125.00	121.20
8	—	1,038	135.00–141.00	137.40
15	—	1,038	127.00–134.00	130.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,608	147.00	147.00
10	—	1,461	135.00–144.00	139.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,819	188.00–195.00	191.85
8	—	1,626	174.00–184.00	179.37
2	—	1,858	204.00–209.00	206.54

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,105	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,600.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,152	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,706.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,235	1,800.00–2,100.00	1,947.57
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,179	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,132.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,161	2,550.00–2,900.00	2,676.16

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

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