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Ashburn

Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, May 15

● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939

← May 8May 15May 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

853 head

▲ 193 vs last sale 660▼ 176 vs year ago 1,029 · −17.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

103 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 108▼ 61 vs year ago 164 · −37.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

92 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 76▼ 26 vs year ago 118 · −22.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers 3.00 to 7.00 lower, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower, bull calves 4.00 to 8.00 lower and replacement cows steady.

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 $246.50/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −138.73 against this barn's trailing median of $385.23.

Average price

$246.50

59 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,330

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$23.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.64

vs GA average

−23.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	252.93	1,395	15thin
Medium and Large 2	533	246.73	1,315	38
Medium and Large 3	549	228.98	1,257	6thin

One grade step is worth $23.95/cwt here — about $138 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale59 hd

246.50

—

GA average15 barns · 510 hd

245.86

+0.64

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−23.50

This barn, trailing median34 sales

385.23

−138.73

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	1,577	150.93	2,379	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,223	125.26	1,532	55
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,480	113.73	1,684	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,040	111.39	1,158	12

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)	1,132	$1,693	11
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,115	$1,656	10
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,040	$1,454	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,146	$2,033	44

Every lot

98 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	267	386.81/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,033	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,235	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,172	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	373	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,164	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,294	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	333.64/cwt	325.00–337.00	1,415	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	314.14/cwt	314.00–315.00	1,332	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	439	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,295	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	319.66/cwt	318.00–323.00	1,483	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	488	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,366	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	498	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,554	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	303.95/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,587	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	314.46/cwt	309.00–325.00	1,651	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	309.90/cwt	305.00–311.00	1,745	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	266.00/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,543	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,676	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,607	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	268.99/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,668	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,457	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	266.53/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,743	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,621	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,788	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,812	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	843	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,770	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 3	963	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,656	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	225	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	720	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	954	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	283.19/cwt	280.00–290.00	901	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	326	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	864	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	371	253.02/cwt	250.00–265.00	939	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	287.46/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,098	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	271.99/cwt	267.00–280.00	1,055	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	252.38/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,060	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,269	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	263.61/cwt	259.00–269.00	1,147	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	256.79/cwt	251.00–261.00	1,197	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,250	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	468	246.92/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,156	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	523	233.98/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,224	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	247.54/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,307	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,412	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	249.63/cwt	247.00–253.00	1,388	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	556	243.12/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,352	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	223.97/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,288	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,438	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,415	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	633	216.65/cwt	210.00–219.00	1,371	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,408	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	670	204.67/cwt	197.00–210.00	1,371	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	730	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,314	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,485	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,598	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	817	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,389	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 3	898	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,482	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	967	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	270	318.50/cwt	310.00–327.00	860	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	285	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	969	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	302	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,057	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	305	311.21/cwt	300.00–320.00	949	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	335.95/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,058	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	339.64/cwt	332.00–347.00	1,246	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	376	301.60/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,134	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	381	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,181	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	412	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,154	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,339	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	299.30/cwt	299.00–300.00	1,284	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	294.30/cwt	292.00–297.00	1,354	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	281.89/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,342	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	250.98/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,305	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	531	274.81/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,459	18
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,551	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	278.50/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,574	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	573	248.55/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,424	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	266.45/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,537	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,558	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,683	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	659	228.86/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,508	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	675	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,519	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,694	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,515	141.85/cwt	139.00–146.00	2,149	3
Bulls	—	—	1,548	152.98/cwt	149.00–156.00	2,368	4
Bulls	—	—	1,875	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	3,188	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	998	106.37/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,062	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,081	116.40/cwt	111.00–120.00	1,258	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,169	114.61/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,340	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,224	124.68/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,526	34
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	133.32/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,670	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,453	122.09/cwt	119.00–125.00	1,774	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,535	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,489	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	932	1,346.65/head	1,250.00–1,475.00	1,347	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,040	1,453.61/head	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,454	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,101	1,537.74/head	1,475.00–1,625.00	1,538	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,158	1,821.83/head	1,750.00–1,925.00	1,822	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,193	1,787.96/head	1,700.00–1,875.00	1,788	7
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	935	1,992.42/head	1,700.00–2,200.00	1,992	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 2-3	1,083	1,211.61/head	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,212	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,160	1,774.14/head	1,575.00–1,900.00	1,774	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,240	2,252.02/head	2,000.00–2,475.00	2,252	24

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 May 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 853Last week 660Year ago 1,029

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 108Year ago 164

Replacement CattleReceipts 92Last week 76Year ago 118

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)	7	—	1,193	1,700.00–1,875.00	1,787.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,158	1,750.00–1,925.00	1,821.83

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,040	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,453.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	932	1,250.00–1,475.00	1,346.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,101	1,475.00–1,625.00	1,537.74

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	24	—	1,240	2,000.00–2,475.00	2,252.02

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,083	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,211.61

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	935	1,700.00–2,200.00	1,992.42

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	6	—	1,160	1,575.00–1,900.00	1,774.14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	320.00	320.00
5	300–350	318	300.00	300.00
5	350–400	382	285.00–295.00	287.46
1	400–450	430	295.00	295.00
2	450–500	468	267.00	267.00
4	500–550	539	262.00	262.00
11	550–600	556	247.00–253.00	249.63
7	600–650	604	238.00	238.00
6	700–750	740	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	280.00–290.00	283.19
21	350–400	388	267.00–280.00	271.99
16	400–450	435	259.00–269.00	263.61
26	450–500	466	251.00–261.00	256.79
31	500–550	528	240.00–255.00	247.54
7	550–600	556	237.00–245.00	243.12
1	600–650	615	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	655	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	735	202.00	202.00
3	800–850	817	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	265.00	265.00
10	350–400	371	250.00–265.00	253.02
2	400–450	420	250.00–255.00	252.38
13	450–500	468	240.00–250.00	246.92
3	500–550	523	230.00–237.00	233.98
3	550–600	575	220.00–227.00	223.97
9	600–650	633	210.00–219.00	216.65
4	650–700	670	197.00–210.00	204.67
1	700–750	730	180.00	180.00
2	850–900	898	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	267	385.00–390.00	386.81
3	300–350	348	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	375	345.00	345.00
17	400–450	424	325.00–337.00	333.64
14	450–500	464	318.00–323.00	319.66
20	500–550	525	309.00–325.00	314.46
11	550–600	563	305.00–311.00	309.90
18	600–650	620	265.00–272.00	268.99
11	650–700	654	262.00–267.00	266.53
1	700–750	715	250.00	250.00
2	750–800	755	240.00	240.00
2	800–850	843	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	330.00	330.00
7	400–450	424	314.00–315.00	314.14
6	450–500	498	312.00	312.00
3	500–550	522	300.00–306.00	303.95
2	550–600	588	285.00	285.00
6	600–650	618	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	670	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	312.00	312.00
4	400–450	439	295.00	295.00
2	450–500	488	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	580	262.00–270.00	266.00
1	600–650	620	235.00	235.00
3	950–1000	963	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	340.00	340.00
10	300–350	315	330.00–340.00	335.95
4	350–400	381	310.00	310.00
10	400–450	429	299.00–300.00	299.30
5	450–500	476	280.00–290.00	281.89
18	500–550	531	270.00–282.00	274.81
8	550–600	577	265.00–272.00	266.45
2	600–650	623	250.00	250.00
7	650–700	659	227.00–230.00	228.86
1	750–800	770	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	365.00	365.00
3	300–350	302	350.00	350.00
3	350–400	367	332.00–347.00	339.64
2	400–450	425	315.00	315.00
11	450–500	460	292.00–297.00	294.30
5	500–550	533	291.00	291.00
2	550–600	565	277.00–280.00	278.50
2	650–700	655	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	310.00–327.00	318.50
5	300–350	305	300.00–320.00	311.21
5	350–400	376	300.00–302.00	301.60
3	400–450	412	280.00	280.00
2	500–550	520	250.00–252.00	250.98
2	550–600	573	247.00–250.00	248.55
1	650–700	675	225.00	225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,548	149.00–156.00	152.98
3	—	1,515	139.00–146.00	141.85
1	—	1,875	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,253	130.00–137.00	133.32
34	—	1,224	120.00–129.00	124.68
8	—	1,169	110.00–119.00	114.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	998	105.00–109.00	106.37
6	—	1,081	111.00–120.00	116.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	97.00	97.00
2	—	1,453	119.00–125.00	122.09

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.