Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2026-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 8.00 to 12.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, all feeder classes sharply lower and replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $318.97/cwt on 51 head, down $2.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 34 comparable sales and sits −81.02 against this barn's trailing median of $399.99.

Average price

$318.97

▼ 2.43 vs prior sale

51 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,735

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$15.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.87

vs GA average

−19.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	321.44	1,754	43
Medium and Large 2	535	305.67	1,634	8thin

One grade step is worth $15.77/cwt here — about $120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $421.20, low $305.15, median $399.99 across 34 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 sale51 hd

318.97

—

GA average13 barns · 301 hd

309.10

+9.87

National average160 barns · 6,296 hd

338.02

−19.05

This barn, trailing median34 sales

399.99

−81.02

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	1,696	207.21	3,514	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,300	157.85	2,053	65
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,556	157.39	2,449	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,120	139.00	1,557	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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	938	$2,498	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,145	$2,495	15

Every lot, as filed

80 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	350–400	365	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,351	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	318.87/cwt	317.00–320.00	1,818	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	274	425.80/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,167	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,696	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	401.14/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,484	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,885	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	311.25/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,628	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	409.40/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,367	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	345.82/cwt	345.00–347.00	1,843	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	303.94/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	303	410.08/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	314.50/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,484	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	357.76/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,667	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	312.19/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,745	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	331.49/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,412	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	370.15/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,425	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	325.17/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,398	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	348.31/cwt	340.00–356.00	1,303	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,104	2,284.33/head	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,284	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	347.10/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,617	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	332	406.65/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,350	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	281	398.31/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,119	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	306.48/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,612	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,946	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	327.45/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,572	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	755	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,888	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	282.82/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,640	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	285.07/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,468	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	890	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	414	301.26/cwt	270.00–320.00	1,247	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	336	359.86/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,209	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	138.35/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,565	9
Bulls	—	—	1,755	213.79/cwt	211.00–215.00	3,752	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,228	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,596	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	160.62/cwt	158.00–165.00	2,535	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	172.14/cwt	167.00–178.00	2,219	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	158.20/cwt	152.00–165.00	2,068	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	374.36/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,542	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,917	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	358.84/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,722	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	384.04/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,767	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,206	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	474.56/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,068	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	420.59/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,581	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	376.14/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,711	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	324.90/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,151	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	332.71/cwt	330.00–333.00	2,119	35
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,166	2,600.84/head	2,500.00–2,900.00	2,601	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	947	2,637.28/head	2,500.00–3,000.00	2,637	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	310.60/cwt	307.00–312.00	1,898	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	322.56/cwt	317.00–327.00	1,726	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	523	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,144	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	488	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,294	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,748	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	351.22/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,858	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	345.24/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,992	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	438.17/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,810	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	348	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,914	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,058	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	362.41/cwt	355.00–400.00	1,486	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	506.03/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,387	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	396.59/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,670	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	328.33/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,208	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	382	378.29/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,445	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	260	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	910	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	342	383.46/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,311	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	418	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,090	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	150.94/cwt	150.00–152.00	1,454	2
Bulls	—	—	1,795	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	3,482	1
Bulls	—	—	1,558	203.94/cwt	199.00–208.00	3,177	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	144.49/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,883	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	147.68/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,200	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	225	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	968	1

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 26, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 816Last week 744Year ago 1,109

Slaughter CattleReceipts 114Last week 106Year ago 239

Replacement CattleReceipts 87Last week 80Year ago 170

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 8.00 to 12.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, all feeder classes sharply lower and replacement cows unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	370.00	370.00
12	400–450	410	355.00–400.00	362.41
61	450–500	480	340.00–370.00	358.84
30	500–550	535	317.00–327.00	322.56
13	550–600	570	317.00–320.00	318.87
20	600–650	611	307.00–312.00	310.60
5	650–700	693	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	274	420.00–430.00	425.80
2	300–350	303	400.00–420.00	410.08
24	350–400	374	340.00–356.00	348.31
43	400–450	426	325.00–350.00	331.49
10	450–500	472	310.00–335.00	314.50
7	500–550	526	305.00–310.00	306.48
1	550–600	595	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	605	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	650	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	430.00	430.00
6	250–300	281	390.00–400.00	398.31
14	300–350	336	340.00–370.00	359.86
3	350–400	368	325.00–330.00	328.33
5	400–450	414	270.00–320.00	301.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	348	550.00	550.00
5	400–450	418	500.00	500.00
5	450–500	488	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	415.00	415.00
5	400–450	424	400.00	400.00
18	450–500	466	340.00–360.00	357.76
10	500–550	533	345.00–347.00	345.82
1	750–800	760	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	332	390.00–410.00	406.65
9	350–400	382	350.00–385.00	378.29
1	500–550	500	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	413	425.00–440.00	438.17
5	450–500	460	370.00–400.00	384.04
20	500–550	529	340.00–375.00	351.22
36	550–600	577	330.00–360.00	345.24
35	600–650	637	330.00–333.00	332.71
11	650–700	662	320.00–326.00	324.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
45	500–550	523	410.00	410.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	470.00–480.00	474.56
2	250–300	268	450.00	450.00
6	300–350	334	400.00–430.00	409.40
18	350–400	370	400.00–410.00	401.14
8	400–450	412	370.00–375.00	374.36
5	450–500	466	335.00–350.00	347.10
8	500–550	523	310.00–320.00	311.25
9	550–600	559	310.00–320.00	312.19
3	600–650	617	300.00–306.00	303.94
1	650–700	695	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	710	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	350.00	350.00
3	300–350	342	370.00–390.00	383.46
4	350–400	385	345.00–380.00	370.15
2	400–450	430	320.00–330.00	325.17
2	450–500	480	325.00–330.00	327.45
4	500–550	515	270.00–295.00	285.07
2	550–600	580	270.00–295.00	282.82
1	600–650	630	290.00	290.00
2	750–800	755	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	550.00	550.00
7	250–300	274	500.00–520.00	506.03
17	350–400	376	420.00–430.00	420.59
6	400–450	421	380.00–400.00	396.59
17	450–500	455	365.00–380.00	376.14
6	500–550	514	340.00	340.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,104	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,284.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,166	2,500.00–2,900.00	2,600.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	947	2,500.00–3,000.00	2,637.28

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,131	135.00–142.00	138.35
2	—	1,228	130.00	130.00
2	—	963	150.00–152.00	150.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,578	158.00–165.00	160.62
2	—	1,490	145.00–150.00	147.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,289	167.00–178.00	172.14
25	—	1,307	152.00–165.00	158.20
21	—	1,303	140.00–150.00	144.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,755	211.00–215.00	213.79
1	—	1,795	194.00	194.00
2	—	1,558	199.00–208.00	203.94

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

Heifers · 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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