Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2026-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady. Replacement Cattle steady. All Feeder Classes and Calf Classes steady with higher undertone.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $409.25/cwt on 55 head, down $11.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 33 comparable sales and sits +7.46 against this barn's trailing median of $401.79.

Average price

$409.25

▼ 11.86 vs prior sale

55 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,216

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$28.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.27

vs GA average

−9.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	417.99	2,236	38
Medium and Large 2	556	389.72	2,166	17thin

One grade step is worth $28.27/cwt here — about $71 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 sale55 hd

409.25

—

GA average15 barns · 473 hd

390.98

+18.27

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

−9.01

This barn, trailing median33 sales

401.79

+7.46

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	1,622	216.80	3,517	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,447	178.88	2,588	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,242	177.20	2,200	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	167.28	1,722	45

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)	1,221	$2,898	21
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,171	$2,748	29
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,083	$2,550	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	965	$3,511	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	950	$3,400	4thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	238	599.83/cwt	580.00–610.00	1,428	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	410.09/cwt	370.00–420.00	2,301	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	432.10/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,277	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	344	591.85/cwt	570.00–595.00	2,036	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	407.98/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,293	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	555.97/cwt	540.00–580.00	2,013	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	394.91/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,674	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,378	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	537.82/cwt	530.00–545.00	2,044	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	614.33/cwt	600.00–630.00	1,382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	342.56/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,278	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	363.34/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,583	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	372.52/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,190	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	444.62/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,094	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	655.60/cwt	650.00–670.00	1,790	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	496.20/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,915	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	779	335.04/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,610	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	432.43/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,422	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	542.75/cwt	525.00–560.00	1,769	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	640.01/cwt	620.00–660.00	2,074	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,318	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	281	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,630	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	423.19/cwt	395.00–435.00	2,205	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,983	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	472.88/cwt	450.00–495.00	1,972	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	2,856.83/head	2,700.00–3,050.00	2,857	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	3,067.23/head	2,700.00–3,950.00	3,067	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	401.09/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,471	9
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	866	2,196.83/head	1,900.00–2,450.00	2,197	4
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	910	1,858.04/head	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,858	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	795	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	890	2,865.73/head	2,500.00–3,200.00	2,866	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	903	3,638.09/head	3,400.00–3,850.00	3,638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,324	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	865	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	931	2,573.03/head	2,500.00–2,650.00	2,573	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	875	3,402.86/head	3,300.00–3,500.00	3,403	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	950	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,461	183.66/cwt	180.00–187.50	2,683	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	176.83/cwt	170.00–184.00	2,216	36
Bulls	—	—	1,694	223.41/cwt	219.00–232.00	3,785	9
Bulls	—	—	1,373	202.79/cwt	200.00–205.00	2,784	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	155.86/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,661	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	170.14/cwt	163.00–175.00	1,735	36
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,188	2,409.44/head	2,100.00–2,600.00	2,409	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	171.95/cwt	164.00–176.00	2,495	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	189.07/cwt	188.00–190.00	2,609	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	164.17/cwt	154.00–168.00	1,998	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	188.51/cwt	186.00–193.00	2,326	15
Bulls	—	—	1,604	212.87/cwt	207.00–217.00	3,414	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	424.93/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,585	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,067	3,382.81/head	3,300.00–3,450.00	3,383	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,219	2,493.85/head	2,000.00–2,650.00	2,494	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,281	3,004.73/head	2,700.00–3,750.00	3,005	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	3,800.74/head	3,700.00–3,900.00	3,801	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,123	2,350.52/head	2,300.00–2,400.00	2,351	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	327.58/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,047	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	223	509.44/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,136	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	376.53/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,365	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	524.57/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,521	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	233	564.19/cwt	550.00–580.00	1,315	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	281	490.98/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,380	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	476.37/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,067	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	501.57/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,645	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	420.08/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,945	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	494.98/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,247	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	580.16/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,915	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	573.08/cwt	570.00–590.00	2,166	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	512.01/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,007	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	545.27/cwt	540.00–550.00	1,527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	497.84/cwt	470.00–520.00	1,708	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	421.06/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,008	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	387	486.77/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,884	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	446.21/cwt	430.00–500.00	2,360	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,321	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	448.40/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,139	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	350.53/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,247	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	427.12/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,760	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	260.14/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,860	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	461.40/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,989	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,305	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	405.01/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,134	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	513.11/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,206	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	726	321.30/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,333	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	447	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,699	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	463.69/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,720	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	412.45/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,594	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	435.03/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,884	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	587	418.42/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,456	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,247	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	446.62/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,510	8

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 May 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 799Last week 874Year ago 931

Slaughter CattleReceipts 195Last week 148Year ago 172

Replacement CattleReceipts 257Last week 281Year ago 36

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady. Replacement Cattle steady. All Feeder Classes and Calf Classes steady with higher undertone.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	238	580.00–610.00	599.83
5	300–350	330	550.00–600.00	580.16
19	350–400	380	530.00–545.00	537.82
18	400–450	430	500.00–515.00	513.11
13	450–500	454	480.00–500.00	494.98
12	500–550	529	430.00–500.00	446.21
2	550–600	553	430.00	430.00
8	600–650	629	410.00–425.00	412.45
3	650–700	677	390.00–400.00	394.91
4	750–800	779	330.00–340.00	335.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	305	650.00	650.00
6	350–400	378	570.00–590.00	573.08
2	650–700	670	410.00	410.00
3	700–750	703	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	434	470.00–485.00	476.37
2	500–550	535	420.00	420.00
6	550–600	587	410.00–420.00	418.42
3	600–650	628	365.00–385.00	376.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	600.00–630.00	614.33
14	300–350	344	570.00–595.00	591.85
22	350–400	392	500.00–530.00	512.01
14	400–450	431	450.00–485.00	461.40
28	450–500	477	440.00–460.00	448.40
14	500–550	527	415.00–440.00	432.10
29	550–600	561	370.00–420.00	410.09
3	600–650	623	370.00	370.00
5	650–700	663	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	273	650.00–670.00	655.60
14	300–350	324	620.00–660.00	640.01
13	350–400	362	540.00–580.00	555.97
5	450–500	483	480.00	480.00
2	550–600	560	425.00–440.00	432.43
9	600–650	616	395.00–415.00	401.09
6	700–750	711	355.00–365.00	363.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	550.00–580.00	564.19
2	250–300	290	500.00–550.00	524.57
6	300–350	328	490.00–520.00	501.57
3	350–400	387	480.00–490.00	486.77
2	400–450	433	430.00–440.00	435.03
8	450–500	463	400.00–430.00	420.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	281	580.00	580.00
11	300–350	326	525.00–560.00	542.75
20	350–400	386	490.00–520.00	496.20
9	400–450	417	450.00–495.00	472.88
14	450–500	471	435.00–450.00	444.62
25	500–550	521	395.00–435.00	423.19
13	550–600	562	390.00–420.00	407.98
2	600–650	628	370.00	370.00
2	650–700	665	340.00–345.00	342.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	540.00–550.00	545.27
11	300–350	343	470.00–520.00	497.84
5	350–400	371	450.00–480.00	463.69
12	400–450	412	420.00–435.00	427.12
13	450–500	477	410.00–430.00	421.06
9	500–550	527	395.00–415.00	405.01
8	550–600	588	350.00–380.00	372.52
19	600–650	641	350.00–360.00	350.53
4	700–750	726	315.00–325.00	321.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	500.00–520.00	509.44
5	250–300	281	470.00–500.00	490.98
8	300–350	338	440.00–465.00	446.62
7	350–400	373	420.00–440.00	424.93
3	400–450	447	380.00	380.00
4	600–650	625	320.00–330.00	327.58
2	700–750	715	250.00–270.00	260.14

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	1	—	1,075	3,700.00	3,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,067	3,300.00–3,450.00	3,382.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,008	3,700.00–3,900.00	3,800.74
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	903	3,400.00–3,850.00	3,638.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	865	3,300.00	3,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	875	3,300.00–3,500.00	3,402.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	950	3,400.00	3,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,153	2,700.00–3,050.00	2,856.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,243	2,700.00–3,950.00	3,067.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,281	2,700.00–3,750.00	3,004.73
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	866	1,900.00–2,450.00	2,196.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	910	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,858.04
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	795	3,100.00	3,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	890	2,500.00–3,200.00	2,865.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	931	2,500.00–2,650.00	2,573.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,188	2,100.00–2,600.00	2,409.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,219	2,000.00–2,650.00	2,493.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,123	2,300.00–2,400.00	2,350.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,461	180.00–187.50	183.66
12	—	1,451	164.00–176.00	171.95
3	—	1,380	188.00–190.00	189.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,253	170.00–184.00	176.83
12	—	1,217	154.00–168.00	164.17
15	—	1,234	186.00–193.00	188.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,066	150.00–160.00	155.86
36	—	1,020	163.00–175.00	170.14
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,694	219.00–232.00	223.41
2	—	1,373	200.00–205.00	202.79
8	—	1,604	207.00–217.00	212.87

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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