Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2026-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 10.00 to 12.00 lower. slaughter bulls lightly tested, all feeder classes and replacement cows sharply lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.86/cwt on 62 head, down $28.71 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −81.00 against this barn's trailing median of $441.86.

Average price

$360.86

▼ 28.71 vs prior sale

62 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

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

$56.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.77

vs GA average

−26.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	380.00	2,052	26
Medium and Large 2	563	349.19	1,968	33
Medium and Large 3	545	323.35	1,763	3thin

One grade step is worth $56.65/cwt here — about $288 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

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 sale62 hd

360.86

—

GA average12 barns · 296 hd

359.09

+1.77

National average75 barns · 3,130 hd

387.75

−26.89

This barn, trailing median33 sales

441.86

−81.00

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	1,780	207.31	3,690	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,331	167.16	2,224	58
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,335	166.50	2,223	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,138	147.44	1,678	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,148	$2,551	23
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,145	$2,220	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,053	$2,183	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,430	$3,500	2thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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 1	600–650	614	329.25/cwt	327.00–330.00	2,022	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,434	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	3,051.42/head	2,850.00–3,550.00	3,051	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	287	457.07/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,312	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	321.25/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,828	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	339.99/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,754	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,631	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	375.14/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,576	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	384.90/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,805	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	403.08/cwt	397.00–425.00	1,725	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	359.52/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,852	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	334.95/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,733	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	327.97/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,840	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	375.06/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,538	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	397.40/cwt	397.00–405.00	1,530	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	352.40/cwt	352.00–355.00	1,621	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	389.77/cwt	387.00–397.00	1,937	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,070	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	590.18/cwt	580.00–600.00	1,653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	344.84/cwt	342.00–347.00	2,097	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	330.60/cwt	327.00–332.00	2,248	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,430	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	444.64/cwt	435.00–470.00	1,641	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	424.38/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,765	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	325.38/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,352	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	383.74/cwt	377.00–395.00	2,007	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	374.01/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,121	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	484	330.03/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	392.38/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,256	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	342.20/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,283	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,623	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	277.54/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,132	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,152	151.17/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,741	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	139.86/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,627	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	158.98/cwt	158.00–160.00	1,622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	631	291.41/cwt	265.00–300.00	1,839	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	312.48/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,906	2
Bulls	—	—	1,780	207.31/cwt	205.00–209.00	3,690	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	181.36/cwt	177.00–189.00	2,441	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	154.51/cwt	147.00–162.00	1,910	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,371	170.10/cwt	164.00–176.00	2,332	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,248	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,198	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	431	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,422	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	755	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	298.74/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,658	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	338.99/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,241	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	252.02/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,676	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	325.02/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,749	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,332	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,132	2,331.73/head	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,332	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	584	298.03/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,740	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,049	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,906	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	322.04/cwt	315.00–327.00	1,726	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,199	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,145	2,219.87/head	2,000.00–2,350.00	2,220	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,053	2,183.19/head	1,900.00–2,400.00	2,183	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	294.85/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,975	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,220	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,748	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	341.69/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,965	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	422.82/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,400	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,251	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	366.45/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,968	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	351.64/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,494	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	413.16/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,351	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	366.16/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,366	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	403.38/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	336.08/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,596	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	357.15/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,704	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	480.55/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,312	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,086	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	420.56/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,636	26

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 Aug 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 744Last week 1,058Year ago 1,106

Slaughter CattleReceipts 106Last week 188Year ago 212

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 98Year ago 137

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 10.00 to 12.00 lower. slaughter bulls lightly tested, all feeder classes and replacement cows sharply lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	440.00	440.00
18	350–400	385	397.00–405.00	397.40
2	400–450	410	370.00–380.00	375.06
30	450–500	460	352.00–355.00	352.40
3	500–550	517	330.00–340.00	334.95
10	550–600	561	325.00–330.00	327.97
4	600–650	614	327.00–330.00	329.25
19	650–700	657	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	450.00	450.00
2	300–350	320	390.00–395.00	392.38
4	350–400	375	325.00–350.00	342.20
7	400–450	431	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
5	550–600	584	295.00–310.00	298.03
4	600–650	631	265.00–300.00	291.41
3	650–700	665	240.00–275.00	252.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	510.00	510.00
2	250–300	278	450.00	450.00
3	300–350	327	400.00–420.00	413.16
4	350–400	373	360.00–370.00	366.16
17	400–450	425	350.00–360.00	351.64
16	450–500	475	330.00–345.00	336.08
34	500–550	536	315.00–327.00	322.04
2	600–650	625	305.00	305.00
5	650–700	670	280.00–300.00	294.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	460.00–500.00	480.55
26	350–400	389	420.00–435.00	420.56
1	400–450	435	405.00	405.00
7	450–500	460	380.00	380.00
10	500–550	537	350.00–370.00	366.45
23	550–600	575	330.00–345.00	341.69
2	650–700	673	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	725	310.00	310.00
19	750–800	785	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	580.00–600.00	590.18
1	300–350	325	480.00	480.00
1	350–400	385	450.00	450.00
8	400–450	416	420.00–425.00	424.38
30	450–500	497	387.00–397.00	389.77
16	500–550	523	377.00–395.00	383.74
10	550–600	567	365.00–375.00	374.01
21	600–650	608	342.00–347.00	344.84
21	650–700	680	327.00–332.00	330.60
13	700–750	723	325.00–330.00	325.38
5	800–850	830	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	435	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	484	320.00–350.00	330.03
2	500–550	538	320.00–330.00	325.02
1	550–600	560	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	610	310.00–315.00	312.48
1	750–800	755	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	287	450.00–480.00	457.07
8	300–350	331	410.00–450.00	422.82
3	350–400	380	400.00–410.00	403.38
5	400–450	420	370.00–390.00	375.14
7	450–500	477	350.00–365.00	357.15
20	500–550	516	330.00–350.00	339.99
4	550–600	569	320.00–325.00	321.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	610.00	610.00
1	250–300	275	590.00	590.00
3	300–350	322	470.00	470.00
5	350–400	369	435.00–470.00	444.64
11	400–450	428	397.00–425.00	403.08
5	450–500	469	380.00–390.00	384.90
13	500–550	515	355.00–365.00	359.52
3	600–650	605	320.00	320.00
2	750–800	768	275.00–280.00	277.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	400.00	400.00
3	350–400	366	330.00–355.00	338.99
1	450–500	490	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	545	320.00	320.00
4	550–600	555	295.00–300.00	298.74
1	650–700	685	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	745	275.00	275.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,183	2,850.00–3,550.00	3,051.42
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,132	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,331.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,145	2,000.00–2,350.00	2,219.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,053	1,900.00–2,400.00	2,183.19
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,430	3,500.00	3,500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,152	149.00–155.00	151.17
6	—	1,163	135.00–142.00	139.86
2	—	1,020	158.00–160.00	158.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,346	177.00–189.00	181.36
16	—	1,236	147.00–162.00	154.51
35	—	1,371	164.00–176.00	170.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	169.00	169.00
1	—	1,340	164.00	164.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,780	205.00–209.00	207.31

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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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle