Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2025-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested. Steer calves sharply higher, heifer calves unevenly steady, bulll calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher and replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.97/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −77.82 against this barn's trailing median of $401.79.

Average price

$323.97

47 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$43.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.72

vs GA average

−5.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	326.94	1,743	41
Medium and Large 2	531	313.75	1,666	4thin
Medium and Large 3	528	283.58	1,497	2thin

One grade step is worth $43.36/cwt here — about $245 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 sale47 hd

323.97

—

GA average14 barns · 430 hd

308.25

+15.72

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−5.37

This barn, trailing median33 sales

401.79

−77.82

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	1,538	181.65	2,794	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,157	146.12	1,691	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,641	137.79	2,262	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	990	127.00	1,257	10

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,030	$2,267	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,011	$2,220	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	938	$2,050	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,254	$2,334	16

Every lot, as filed

104 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	373	355.92/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,328	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	415.49/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,342	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	367.81/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,416	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	371.50/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,256	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	335.67/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,470	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	398.02/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,154	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	276.00/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,703	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	764	244.39/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,867	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,013	1,898.42/head	1,650.00–2,050.00	1,898	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	953	1,844.62/head	1,500.00–2,200.00	1,845	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	363.20/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,228	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,011	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	269.38/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,773	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	228	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	958	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	352.13/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,634	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	329.91/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,577	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	288	438.29/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,262	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	325.88/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,076	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	323.28/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,700	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	318.09/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,823	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,658	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	379.40/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,776	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	415.23/cwt	415.00–417.00	1,507	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	2,755.37/head	2,600.00–2,850.00	2,755	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	333.32/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,540	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	349.39/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,443	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	392	373.85/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,465	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,205	1,848.76/head	1,700.00–2,150.00	1,849	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,928	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	768	265.08/cwt	260.00–270.00	2,036	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	250	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	370.52/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,556	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	452	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,605	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	283.58/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	494	301.94/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,492	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	311.65/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,381	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	333.21/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,226	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	240	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	912	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	137.36/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,587	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	146.11/cwt	141.00–151.00	1,683	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	157.85/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,867	6
Bulls	—	—	1,708	193.28/cwt	190.00–203.00	3,301	6
Bulls	—	—	1,505	170.99/cwt	165.00–176.00	2,573	8
Bulls	—	—	1,462	183.21/cwt	179.00–188.00	2,679	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	347.00/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,110	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	643	257.53/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,656	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	113.89/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,188	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	132.62/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,282	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	134.80/cwt	132.00–137.00	2,100	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,697	139.79/cwt	139.00–141.00	2,372	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	433.31/cwt	420.00–436.00	1,764	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	401.69/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,832	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	342	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,358	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	286	368.31/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,053	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	474.55/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,329	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	321.73/cwt	312.00–325.00	2,207	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,105	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	342.46/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,757	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	292.54/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	375.56/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,408	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	358.50/cwt	355.00–362.00	2,018	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	345.44/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,610	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	298.43/cwt	290.00–304.00	1,844	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	424.69/cwt	415.00–427.00	1,588	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	224	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,120	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	437.14/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,128	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,393	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	406.63/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,667	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	358.22/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,834	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,925	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	357.62/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,706	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	312	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,622	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	372.31/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,605	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,988	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	412.88/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,680	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,283	2,625.86/head	2,300.00–2,900.00	2,626	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,046	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	316.28/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,765	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,106	2,688.64/head	2,550.00–2,850.00	2,689	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	391.16/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,459	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	356.09/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,510	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	449.50/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,470	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	283.65/cwt	277.00–290.00	1,886	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,186	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	308.47/cwt	307.00–310.00	1,922	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,857	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	367.93/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,902	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	398.17/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,298	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	491.79/cwt	465.00–505.00	1,377	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	478.44/cwt	470.00–495.00	1,531	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	271.92/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,917	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	329.52/cwt	322.00–335.00	1,737	33

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 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,105Last week 1,181Year ago 1,124

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 132Year ago 147

Replacement CattleReceipts 118Last week 169Year ago 109

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	228	420.00	420.00
5	250–300	290	395.00–400.00	398.02
3	300–350	338	360.00–370.00	363.20
29	350–400	373	350.00–365.00	355.92
15	400–450	438	325.00–340.00	335.67
19	450–500	478	320.00–335.00	329.91
3	500–550	518	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	570	295.00	295.00
5	600–650	617	275.00–280.00	276.00
10	650–700	658	267.00–270.00	269.38
13	750–800	764	237.00–245.00	244.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	380.00	380.00
9	250–300	286	355.00–370.00	368.31
7	300–350	320	330.00–350.00	347.00
3	350–400	368	330.00–340.00	333.21
3	400–450	443	310.00–315.00	311.65
5	450–500	494	300.00–310.00	301.94
2	500–550	528	280.00–287.00	283.58
2	600–650	643	250.00–265.00	257.53
1	700–750	730	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	218	480.00	480.00
2	250–300	258	425.00–450.00	437.14
11	300–350	326	390.00–400.00	398.17
18	350–400	375	360.00–395.00	375.56
50	400–450	424	345.00–360.00	356.09
20	450–500	466	335.00–350.00	345.44
33	500–550	527	322.00–335.00	329.52
8	550–600	558	310.00–325.00	316.28
26	600–650	618	290.00–304.00	298.43
2	650–700	665	277.00–290.00	283.65
13	700–750	705	270.00–275.00	271.92
14	850–900	864	253.00	253.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	400.00–430.00	415.49
4	350–400	373	380.00–400.00	391.16
15	400–450	431	370.00–380.00	372.31
7	450–500	464	350.00–360.00	352.13
6	500–550	526	320.00–330.00	323.28
6	550–600	573	300.00–325.00	318.09
4	600–650	600	280.00	280.00
4	700–750	713	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	370.00	370.00
6	300–350	338	360.00–390.00	371.50
4	350–400	385	350.00–375.00	367.81
8	400–450	413	330.00–360.00	349.39
6	450–500	462	320.00–340.00	333.32
1	500–550	510	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	595	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	775	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	224	500.00	500.00
2	250–300	280	450.00–500.00	474.55
20	300–350	327	445.00–450.00	449.50
8	350–400	374	415.00–427.00	424.69
14	400–450	407	410.00–420.00	412.88
18	450–500	477	355.00–365.00	357.62
2	500–550	513	340.00–345.00	342.46
2	550–600	568	327.00	327.00
2	600–650	623	307.00–310.00	308.47
2	650–700	660	290.00–295.00	292.54
1	750–800	750	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	312	520.00	520.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	288	435.00–440.00	438.29
9	350–400	363	415.00–417.00	415.23
3	400–450	410	405.00–410.00	406.63
26	450–500	468	375.00–385.00	379.40
6	500–550	512	350.00–360.00	358.22
10	550–600	568	350.00	350.00
50	600–650	637	325.00–330.00	325.88
1	650–700	655	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	400.00	400.00
6	300–350	342	397.00	397.00
8	350–400	392	365.00–375.00	373.85
14	400–450	420	360.00–375.00	370.52
8	450–500	452	355.00	355.00
1	500–550	530	335.00	335.00
6	550–600	567	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	600	290.00	290.00
2	750–800	768	260.00–270.00	265.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	465.00–505.00	491.79
16	300–350	320	470.00–495.00	478.44
33	400–450	407	420.00–436.00	433.31
18	450–500	456	390.00–410.00	401.69
10	500–550	517	365.00–370.00	367.93
36	550–600	563	355.00–362.00	358.50
2	600–650	610	345.00	345.00
4	650–700	686	312.00–325.00	321.73
8	900–950	903	265.00	265.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,013	1,650.00–2,050.00	1,898.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	953	1,500.00–2,200.00	1,844.62
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	820	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,055	2,300.00	2,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,008	2,600.00–2,850.00	2,755.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,106	2,550.00–2,850.00	2,688.64
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,205	1,700.00–2,150.00	1,848.76
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,283	2,300.00–2,900.00	2,625.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,155	135.00–140.00	137.36
26	—	1,152	141.00–151.00	146.11
6	—	1,183	154.00–164.00	157.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,043	110.00–120.00	113.89
7	—	967	130.00–135.00	132.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,558	132.00–137.00	134.80
3	—	1,697	139.00–141.00	139.79
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,708	190.00–203.00	193.28
8	—	1,505	165.00–176.00	170.99
10	—	1,462	179.00–188.00	183.21

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Turner County Stockyard - Ashburn, GA

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