Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2026-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 5.00 to 7.00 lower, slaughter bulls sharply lower, all feeder classes sharply higher and replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $404.98/cwt on 56 head, down $9.21 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 33 comparable sales and sits +3.19 against this barn's trailing median of $401.79.

Average price

$404.98

▼ 9.21 vs prior sale

56 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,270

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$62.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.79

vs GA average

−26.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	422.91	2,305	37
Medium and Large 2	589	379.13	2,233	10thin
Medium and Large 3	593	360.00	2,135	9thin

One grade step is worth $62.91/cwt here — about $170 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 sale56 hd

404.98

—

GA average12 barns · 394 hd

393.19

+11.79

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

−26.56

This barn, trailing median33 sales

401.79

+3.19

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	1,645	209.40	3,444	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,298	179.32	2,328	87
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,429	173.50	2,479	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,075	152.09	1,635	13

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)	1,062	$3,119	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,217	$2,869	25
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,066	$2,415	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,225	$3,292	12

Every lot, as filed

100 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	657.65/cwt	650.00–660.00	2,098	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	620.41/cwt	600.00–640.00	2,283	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	514.16/cwt	505.00–540.00	2,257	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	565.10/cwt	560.00–570.00	1,356	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,232	3,031.01/head	2,900.00–3,200.00	3,031	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	610.84/cwt	595.00–630.00	1,973	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,540	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,559	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	595.92/cwt	580.00–600.00	2,026	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	541.96/cwt	530.00–555.00	2,038	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	330.83/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,233	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	394	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,305	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	379.13/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,233	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	783	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,340	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	1,518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,545	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	983	2,286.44/head	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,286	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,205	2,741.03/head	2,500.00–2,850.00	2,741	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	458.41/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,733	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,512	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,953	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	439.21/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,862	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	443.30/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,106	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	355.07/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,981	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,386	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,688	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	890	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	200	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,020	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	402.53/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,952	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,168	2,623.13/head	2,500.00–2,750.00	2,623	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,494	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	327	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,472	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	429.83/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,656	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,413	193.43/cwt	186.00–203.00	2,733	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	179.56/cwt	172.00–185.00	2,298	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,544	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,348	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,157	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	168.99/cwt	160.00–174.00	2,123	23
Bulls	—	—	1,448	188.19/cwt	184.00–195.00	2,725	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,949	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,452	175.66/cwt	173.00–178.00	2,551	3
Bulls	—	—	1,606	203.20/cwt	199.00–210.00	3,263	5
Bulls	—	—	1,710	217.28/cwt	210.00–225.00	3,715	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	160.58/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,693	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	150.69/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,626	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,002	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	273	529.72/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,446	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,024	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,937	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	593	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,135	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	274	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,452	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,680	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	519.86/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,835	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	426.59/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,295	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	421.63/cwt	415.00–455.00	2,433	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	1,633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,496	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	536.49/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,446	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	620.77/cwt	600.00–645.00	2,340	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	1,938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	453.49/cwt	447.00–465.00	2,181	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	281	788.86/cwt	750.00–810.00	2,217	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	485.94/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,075	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	457.37/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,227	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,292	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,378	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,253	3,626.70/head	3,250.00–3,900.00	3,627	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	369.29/cwt	365.00–372.00	2,696	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	3,273.76/head	3,000.00–3,650.00	3,274	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	403.02/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,261	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	704.65/cwt	700.00–710.00	1,515	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,498	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	482.13/cwt	465.00–520.00	2,256	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	356.34/cwt	355.00–357.00	2,826	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	384.99/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,325	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	1,634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	412.97/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,329	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,862	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	610.84/cwt	600.00–640.00	2,566	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	450.89/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,566	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	570.51/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,848	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	724.71/cwt	690.00–760.00	2,196	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	596.24/cwt	550.00–610.00	2,457	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	423.27/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,806	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	267	623.31/cwt	590.00–680.00	1,664	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	493.76/cwt	490.00–495.00	2,642	4

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 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 621Last week 411Year ago 1,334

Slaughter CattleReceipts 160Last week 149Year ago 245

Replacement CattleReceipts 127Last week 110Year ago 158

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 5.00 to 7.00 lower, slaughter bulls sharply lower, all feeder classes sharply higher and replacement cows unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	710.00	710.00
1	250–300	285	680.00	680.00
4	300–350	319	650.00–660.00	657.65
2	350–400	368	600.00–640.00	620.41
10	400–450	412	550.00–610.00	596.24
24	450–500	468	465.00–520.00	482.13
1	500–550	545	460.00	460.00
8	550–600	577	415.00–455.00	421.63
1	600–650	625	395.00	395.00
4	650–700	675	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	705	365.00	365.00
6	800–850	800	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	340	580.00–600.00	595.92
22	350–400	376	530.00–555.00	541.96
6	400–450	439	505.00–540.00	514.16
8	450–500	487	450.00–470.00	457.37
1	500–550	515	450.00	450.00
5	550–600	561	400.00–415.00	403.02
1	650–700	655	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	723	330.00	330.00
4	750–800	783	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	274	530.00	530.00
1	300–350	345	480.00	480.00
1	350–400	375	450.00	450.00
3	450–500	475	440.00–445.00	443.30
1	500–550	545	410.00	410.00
2	550–600	558	340.00–370.00	355.07
1	600–650	610	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	690.00	690.00
1	250–300	265	660.00	660.00
6	300–350	323	595.00–630.00	610.84
2	350–400	394	585.00	585.00
1	400–450	445	540.00	540.00
2	450–500	493	465.00	465.00
10	500–550	548	427.00	427.00
3	550–600	595	430.00	430.00
2	600–650	635	400.00	400.00
11	650–700	661	380.00	380.00
3	700–750	713	357.00	357.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	520.00	520.00
2	400–450	413	490.00	490.00
2	450–500	488	488.00	488.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	760.00	760.00
5	250–300	281	750.00–810.00	788.86
2	300–350	303	690.00–760.00	724.71
7	350–400	377	600.00–645.00	620.77
9	400–450	420	600.00–640.00	610.84
8	450–500	456	500.00–550.00	536.49
4	500–550	535	490.00–495.00	493.76
22	550–600	569	440.00–460.00	450.89
4	600–650	616	435.00	435.00
3	650–700	663	420.00–430.00	423.27
11	700–750	730	365.00–372.00	369.29
3	750–800	793	355.00–357.00	356.34
8	800–850	804	356.00	356.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	560.00–570.00	565.10
5	300–350	332	450.00	450.00
19	350–400	378	450.00–480.00	458.41
12	400–450	424	430.00–440.00	439.21
2	450–500	465	420.00	420.00
10	550–600	589	370.00–385.00	379.13
1	600–650	630	350.00	350.00
6	650–700	675	330.00–335.00	330.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	200	510.00	510.00
2	250–300	273	520.00–540.00	529.72
6	300–350	327	450.00	450.00
2	400–450	433	420.00–440.00	429.83
2	450–500	485	400.00–405.00	402.53
9	550–600	593	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	615	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	700.00–710.00	704.65
3	250–300	267	590.00–680.00	623.31
8	300–350	324	560.00–600.00	570.51
4	350–400	353	500.00–540.00	519.86
12	400–450	427	460.00–510.00	485.94
23	450–500	481	447.00–465.00	453.49
27	500–550	538	420.00–430.00	426.59
10	550–600	564	410.00–420.00	412.97
6	600–650	604	380.00–390.00	384.99
4	650–700	657	362.00	362.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,315	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,232	2,900.00–3,200.00	3,031.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,105	3,000.00–3,650.00	3,273.76
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	983	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,286.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,205	2,500.00–2,850.00	2,741.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	2,500.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,168	2,500.00–2,750.00	2,623.13
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,253	3,250.00–3,900.00	3,626.70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,413	186.00–203.00	193.43
48	—	1,280	172.00–185.00	179.56
23	—	1,256	160.00–174.00	168.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,103	140.00	140.00
4	—	1,054	160.00–162.00	160.58
7	—	1,079	145.00–156.00	150.69
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	160.00	160.00
1	—	1,520	194.00	194.00
3	—	1,452	173.00–178.00	175.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,448	184.00–195.00	188.19
5	—	1,606	199.00–210.00	203.20
12	—	1,710	210.00–225.00	217.28

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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