Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2026-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers steady to 2.00 lower, feeder bulls and heifers had limited comparable sales from week before, steer and heifer calves sharply lower, bull calves 10.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $385.48/cwt on 114 head, down $20.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −56.38 against this barn's trailing median of $441.86.

Average price

$385.48

▼ 20.85 vs prior sale

114 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,111

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$269

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

$66.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.88

vs GA average

−13.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	399.54	2,171	65
Medium and Large 2	549	375.64	2,061	39
Medium and Large 3	572	332.55	1,902	10thin

One grade step is worth $66.99/cwt here — about $269 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.34, low $360.86, median $441.86 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 sale114 hd

385.48

—

GA average13 barns · 384 hd

369.61

+15.88

National average142 barns · 3,877 hd

399.29

−13.81

This barn, trailing median33 sales

441.86

−56.38

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	1,819	221.71	4,033	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,643	189.74	3,118	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,279	188.97	2,416	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,116	173.86	1,941	14

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,168	$3,159	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	925	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,395	$3,587	2thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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	400–450	425	370.58/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,575	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	376.09/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,839	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	319.76/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,999	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	409.84/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,926	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	406.27/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,292	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	338.87/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,766	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	383.39/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,411	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	353.30/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,180	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	346.17/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,665	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	503.40/cwt	470.00–510.00	1,626	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	318.79/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,769	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	372.37/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,149	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	271	491.24/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,331	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	321.78/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,989	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	572	332.55/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,902	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	479.31/cwt	465.00–495.00	1,558	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	313.25/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,392	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	354.42/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,637	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	291.64/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,995	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	413.67/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,804	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	441.87/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	323.38/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,497	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	171.46/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,920	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	154.53/cwt	154.00–155.00	1,692	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	178.95/cwt	175.00–184.00	2,004	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	3,343	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	178.10/cwt	172.00–181.00	2,141	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	187.75/cwt	182.00–192.00	2,448	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	377.91/cwt	372.00–387.00	1,999	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	333.90/cwt	315.00–340.00	2,411	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	332.53/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,205	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	405.54/cwt	390.00–417.00	2,137	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	390.53/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,218	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,395	3,587.10/head	3,500.00–3,700.00	3,587	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	3,158.67/head	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,159	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,288	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	352.54/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,809	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	375.18/cwt	372.00–382.00	2,322	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	439.40/cwt	437.00–440.00	1,845	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	351.01/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,843	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	509	472.82/cwt	445.00–500.00	2,407	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	349.96/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	368.96/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,723	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	323.41/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,316	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	426.78/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,784	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	377.29/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,992	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	446	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,007	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	342.63/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,466	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,410	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,161	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	632	311.45/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,968	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	359.10/cwt	357.00–360.00	2,352	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	364.93/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,055	2
Bulls	—	—	1,883	218.31/cwt	215.00–221.00	4,111	7
Bulls	—	—	1,595	233.60/cwt	228.00–238.00	3,726	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	196.83/cwt	194.00–200.00	2,492	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	185.11/cwt	182.00–189.00	3,008	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	376.91/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,738	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	609	292.30/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,780	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 Jul 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 683Last week 909Year ago 681

Slaughter CattleReceipts 113Last week 86Year ago 139

Replacement CattleReceipts 65Last week 112Year ago 105

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	271	450.00–500.00	491.24
11	300–350	318	400.00–420.00	406.27
9	350–400	368	370.00–395.00	383.39
10	400–450	425	360.00–375.00	370.58
5	450–500	481	340.00–350.00	346.17
9	500–550	521	330.00–345.00	338.87
8	550–600	555	310.00–330.00	318.79
5	600–650	618	315.00–325.00	321.78
6	650–700	684	290.00–300.00	291.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	328	430.00	430.00
8	400–450	428	320.00–350.00	342.63
3	450–500	463	320.00–330.00	323.38
4	600–650	609	270.00–300.00	292.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	303	425.00	425.00
10	450–500	467	365.00–375.00	368.96
10	500–550	525	350.00–352.00	351.01
4	700–750	722	315.00–340.00	333.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	446	450.00	450.00
4	500–550	509	445.00–500.00	472.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	470.00–510.00	503.40
5	350–400	364	430.00–450.00	441.87
14	450–500	489	375.00–390.00	376.09
2	500–550	513	350.00–355.00	352.54
2	600–650	625	310.00–330.00	319.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	435.00	435.00
7	450–500	462	330.00–375.00	354.42
3	500–550	523	300.00–340.00	313.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	418	420.00–450.00	426.78
15	500–550	528	370.00–380.00	377.29
2	550–600	563	360.00–370.00	364.93
2	600–650	618	340.00–360.00	349.96
4	700–750	716	310.00–330.00	323.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	465.00–495.00	479.31
27	450–500	470	400.00–420.00	409.84
23	500–550	529	372.00–387.00	377.91
16	550–600	577	370.00–375.00	372.37
3	600–650	617	350.00–360.00	353.30
2	650–700	663	330.00–335.00	332.53
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	436	410.00–415.00	413.67
8	450–500	461	375.00–380.00	376.91
10	550–600	572	325.00–340.00	332.55
3	600–650	632	300.00–335.00	311.45
2	650–700	670	320.00–325.00	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	420	437.00–440.00	439.40
39	500–550	527	390.00–417.00	405.54
26	550–600	568	380.00–410.00	390.53
28	600–650	619	372.00–382.00	375.18
20	650–700	655	357.00–360.00	359.10

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,168	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,158.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,395	3,500.00–3,700.00	3,587.10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,120	170.00–175.00	171.46
2	—	1,095	154.00–155.00	154.53
9	—	1,120	175.00–184.00	178.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	199.00	199.00
2	—	1,625	182.00–189.00	185.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,202	172.00–181.00	178.10
28	—	1,304	182.00–192.00	187.75
14	—	1,266	194.00–200.00	196.83
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,883	215.00–221.00	218.31
2	—	1,595	228.00–238.00	233.60

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

Steers · 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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