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Ashburn

Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Mar 20

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939

← Mar 13Mar 20Mar 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,210 head

▲ 157 vs last sale 1,053▲ 281 vs year ago 929 · +30.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

311 head

▲ 173 vs last sale 138▲ 183 vs year ago 128 · +143.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

85 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 65▲ 32 vs year ago 53 · +60.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 5.00 to 8.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, bulls lightly tested, steer, heifer, bull calves unevenly steady and replacement cows sharply higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.60/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −127.63 against this barn's trailing median of $385.23.

Average price

$257.60

43 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$47.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.19

vs GA average

−19.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	262.15	1,427	32
Medium and Large 2	572	247.31	1,415	10thin
Medium and Large 3	585	215.00	1,258	1thin

One grade step is worth $47.15/cwt here — about $169 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale43 hd

257.60

—

GA average14 barns · 531 hd

253.41

+4.19

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−19.62

This barn, trailing median34 sales

385.23

−127.63

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $421.11, low $305.15, median $385.23 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,507	150.43	2,267	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,154	130.06	1,501	161
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,496	126.07	1,886	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	978	112.89	1,105	34

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)	990	$1,372	18
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,015	$1,250	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	819	$1,187	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,097	$1,493	10

Every lot

82 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	310	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,039	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,294	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	349.69/cwt	345.00–352.00	1,273	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	373	332.65/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,241	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,370	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	342.50/cwt	337.00–347.00	1,476	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	469	297.75/cwt	297.00–300.00	1,396	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	325.18/cwt	324.00–327.00	1,567	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	318.48/cwt	315.00–322.00	1,570	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	322.16/cwt	319.00–330.00	1,711	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,635	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	299.28/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,712	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	289.33/cwt	289.00–290.00	1,664	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	594	264.52/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,571	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	272.87/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,678	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,696	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,794	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	697	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,777	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	249.83/cwt	247.00–251.00	1,779	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,877	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	230	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	713	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	271	296.45/cwt	295.00–300.00	803	7
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	280	282.84/cwt	275.00–287.00	792	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	961	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	954	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	324	280.56/cwt	277.00–290.00	909	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	315.62/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,161	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	368	274.77/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,011	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	298.19/cwt	297.00–300.00	1,145	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	295.42/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,273	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,144	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	279.31/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,232	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	281.82/cwt	276.00–290.00	1,308	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,116	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	260.81/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,273	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	263.99/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,404	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,338	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	260.06/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,451	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,258	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	246.15/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,447	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	241.50/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,509	33
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	233.32/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,489	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,582	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	723	211.06/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,526	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,647	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	215	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	796	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 3	226	336.56/cwt	330.00–350.00	761	7
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	276	347.10/cwt	335.00–350.00	958	18
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	279	328.13/cwt	320.00–330.00	915	8
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,215	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,120	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,136	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	343.55/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,244	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	334.67/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,422	18
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	308.68/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,346	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	304.40/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,455	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	312.41/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,543	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	502	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,431	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,524	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,549	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,629	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,614	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,701	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	220.99/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,719	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,226	138.48/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,698	5
Bulls	—	—	1,483	149.93/cwt	145.00–154.00	2,223	10
Bulls	—	—	1,741	159.68/cwt	156.00–163.00	2,780	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	969	113.17/cwt	109.00–117.00	1,097	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	988	101.15/cwt	97.00–105.00	999	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,001	120.41/cwt	118.00–122.00	1,205	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,077	120.39/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,297	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,149	128.26/cwt	124.00–133.00	1,474	90
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,201	138.07/cwt	134.00–146.00	1,658	48
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,408	112.75/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,588	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,486	127.82/cwt	122.00–130.00	1,899	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,760	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,411	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	819	1,187.14/head	1,075.00–1,250.00	1,187	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	943	1,235.92/head	1,100.00–1,400.00	1,236	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,015	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,048	1,540.98/head	1,450.00–1,650.00	1,541	8
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,097	1,493.14/head	1,375.00–1,600.00	1,493	10

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,210Last week 1,053Year ago 929

Slaughter CattleReceipts 311Last week 138Year ago 128

Replacement CattleReceipts 85Last week 65Year ago 53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	250–300	276	335.00–350.00	347.10
1	350–400	355	320.00	320.00
4	400–450	436	300.00–320.00	308.68
8	450–500	478	300.00–307.00	304.40
7	550–600	580	267.00	267.00
3	600–650	633	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	370.00	370.00
5	300–350	331	367.00	367.00
11	350–400	362	340.00–355.00	343.55
18	400–450	425	325.00–340.00	334.67
8	450–500	494	307.00–315.00	312.41
3	500–550	502	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	550	277.00	277.00
1	600–650	610	267.00	267.00
1	650–700	675	252.00	252.00
5	750–800	778	217.00–222.00	220.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	226	330.00–350.00	336.56
8	250–300	279	320.00–330.00	328.13
1	350–400	350	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	364	345.00–352.00	349.69
1	400–450	415	330.00	330.00
2	450–500	493	315.00–322.00	318.48
4	500–550	536	305.00	305.00
3	550–600	575	289.00–290.00	289.33
2	600–650	640	265.00	265.00
18	650–700	697	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	375.00	375.00
18	400–450	431	337.00–347.00	342.50
12	450–500	482	324.00–327.00	325.18
21	500–550	531	319.00–330.00	322.16
7	550–600	572	295.00–300.00	299.28
7	600–650	615	270.00–275.00	272.87
5	650–700	672	267.00	267.00
7	700–750	712	247.00–251.00	249.83
8	750–800	782	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	335.00	335.00
2	350–400	373	330.00–335.00	332.65
4	450–500	469	297.00–300.00	297.75
10	550–600	594	260.00–265.00	264.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	310.00	310.00
7	250–300	271	295.00–300.00	296.45
3	300–350	318	300.00	300.00
5	350–400	384	297.00–300.00	298.19
14	400–450	441	270.00–280.00	279.31
6	450–500	488	260.00–265.00	260.81
3	500–550	535	250.00	250.00
7	550–600	588	245.00–247.00	246.15
3	600–650	638	230.00–235.00	233.32
15	700–750	723	210.00–212.00	211.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	310.00	310.00
13	350–400	368	307.00–320.00	315.62
26	400–450	431	290.00–302.00	295.42
15	450–500	464	276.00–290.00	281.82
17	500–550	532	260.00–272.00	263.99
15	550–600	558	255.00–263.00	260.06
33	600–650	625	240.00–243.00	241.50
8	650–700	673	235.00	235.00
5	800–850	836	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	280	275.00–287.00	282.84
13	300–350	324	277.00–290.00	280.56
3	350–400	368	265.00–280.00	274.77
1	400–450	440	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	485	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	585	215.00	215.00
1	600–650	645	220.00	220.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,048	1,450.00–1,650.00	1,540.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,015	1,250.00	1,250.00

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)	4	—	819	1,075.00–1,250.00	1,187.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	943	1,100.00–1,400.00	1,235.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,097	1,375.00–1,600.00	1,493.14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	137.00	137.00
9	—	1,486	122.00–130.00	127.82
2	—	1,408	110.00–116.00	112.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,077	114.00–123.00	120.39
48	—	1,201	134.00–146.00	138.07
90	—	1,149	124.00–133.00	128.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,001	118.00–122.00	120.41
22	—	969	109.00–117.00	113.17
5	—	988	97.00–105.00	101.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,483	145.00–154.00	149.93
7	—	1,741	156.00–163.00	159.68
5	—	1,226	135.00–141.00	138.48

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.