Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2019-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers ,heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower, heifer calves 2.00 to 7.00 lower, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.14/cwt on 186 head.

Average price

$129.14

186 head · 460 lb average

Value per head Derived

$594

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$14.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.70

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	462	132.95	614	104
Medium and Large 2	464	127.56	591	52
Medium and Large 3	450	118.67	534	30

One grade step is worth $14.28/cwt here — about $80 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale186 hd

129.14

—

GA average15 barns · 1,252 hd

126.44

+2.70

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	—	Low	1,582	78.51	1,242	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	56.61	666	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,003	48.84	490	38

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	50.95/cwt	48.00–55.00	520	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	43.65/cwt	40.00–47.00	419	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	56.21/cwt	53.00–60.00	681	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	50.25/cwt	47.00–52.00	585	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	64.76/cwt	61.00–69.00	695	14
Bulls	—	—	1,649	75.41/cwt	71.00–79.00	1,244	7
Bulls	—	—	1,453	82.23/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,195	3
Bulls	—	—	1,505	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,339	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,107	1,476.89/cwt	1,300.00–1,575.00	16,349	60
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,084	649.33/cwt	575.00–725.00	7,039	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	303	167.50/cwt	167.00–168.00	508	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	677	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	136.35/cwt	135.00–139.00	686	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	157.79/cwt	157.00–158.00	587	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	459	140.50/cwt	135.00–144.00	645	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	148.24/cwt	145.00–153.00	629	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	151.86/cwt	147.00–156.00	574	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	128.73/cwt	126.00–133.00	669	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	337	161.15/cwt	159.00–165.00	543	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	328	144.37/cwt	142.00–147.00	474	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	126.02/cwt	122.00–130.00	596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	137.66/cwt	131.00–141.00	589	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	621	111.77/cwt	110.00–116.00	694	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	143.81/cwt	140.00–145.00	525	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	561	124.20/cwt	124.00–125.00	697	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	271	150.75/cwt	150.00–151.00	409	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	873	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	118.43/cwt	118.00–119.00	779	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	119.94/cwt	116.00–126.00	710	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	138.57/cwt	130.00–150.00	443	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	132.15/cwt	132.00–133.00	704	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	133.43/cwt	131.00–136.00	631	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	140.10/cwt	139.00–141.00	516	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	135.51/cwt	135.00–136.00	576	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	117.00/cwt	116.00–118.00	723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	772	101.67/cwt	101.00–103.00	785	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	138.42/cwt	135.00–140.00	466	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	128.58/cwt	125.00–131.00	609	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	129.98/cwt	127.00–134.00	549	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	123.45/cwt	122.00–129.00	663	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	133.14/cwt	130.00–137.00	486	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	120.53/cwt	119.00–122.00	528	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	111.07/cwt	107.00–115.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	730	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	601	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,065	784.47/cwt	675.00–875.00	8,355	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,121	632.53/cwt	550.00–700.00	7,091	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	10,869	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	1,059.34/cwt	1,025.00–1,100.00	10,996	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	856.79/cwt	800.00–925.00	9,853	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	930	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,208	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	970	1,415.62/cwt	1,375.00–1,425.00	13,732	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,120	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,320	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,124	1,078.37/cwt	900.00–1,250.00	12,121	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	141.50/cwt	140.00–145.00	613	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	133.89/cwt	130.00–136.00	627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	150.58/cwt	147.00–155.00	557	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	108.51/cwt	107.00–110.00	776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	137.50/cwt	137.00–138.00	736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	149.01/cwt	145.00–151.00	788	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	822	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	152.66/cwt	152.00–153.00	733	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	155.66/cwt	155.00–157.00	654	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	161.65/cwt	161.00–162.00	582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	887	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	136.37/cwt	132.00–139.00	911	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	155.27/cwt	143.00–163.00	668	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	128.49/cwt	128.00–132.00	935	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	156.55/cwt	154.00–157.00	712	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	118.97/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,051	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	593	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	138.18/cwt	136.00–142.00	871	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	149.80/cwt	149.00–150.00	843	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	773	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	121.24/cwt	115.00–125.00	455	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	118.06/cwt	115.00–120.00	567	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	125.40/cwt	122.00–130.00	420	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	273	131.88/cwt	127.00–135.00	360	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	612	112.36/cwt	110.00–114.00	688	3

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 May 8, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 638Last week 938Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 157Last week 180Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 113Last week 130Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,021	48.00–55.00	50.95
11	—	960	40.00–47.00	43.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,211	53.00–60.00	56.21
15	—	1,165	47.00–52.00	50.25
14	—	1,073	61.00–69.00	64.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,649	71.00–79.00	75.41
3	—	1,453	80.00–84.00	82.23
1	—	1,505	89.00	89.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	60	—	1,107	1,300.00–1,575.00	1,476.89
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	930	775.00	775.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	970	1,375.00–1,425.00	1,415.62
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,120	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,124	900.00–1,250.00	1,078.37
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,084	575.00–725.00	649.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,065	675.00–875.00	784.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,121	550.00–700.00	632.53
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,038	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,059.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,150	800.00–925.00	856.79

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	303	167.00–168.00	167.50
3	—	413	164.00	164.00
3	—	503	135.00–139.00	136.35
10	—	372	157.00–158.00	157.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	459	135.00–144.00	140.50
7	—	424	145.00–153.00	148.24
9	—	378	147.00–156.00	151.86
12	—	520	126.00–133.00	128.73
13	—	337	159.00–165.00	161.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	142.00–147.00	144.37
2	—	473	122.00–130.00	126.02
4	—	428	131.00–141.00	137.66
4	—	621	110.00–116.00	111.77
5	—	365	140.00–145.00	143.81
5	—	561	124.00–125.00	124.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	271	150.00–151.00	150.75
4	—	801	109.00	109.00
7	—	658	118.00–119.00	118.43
10	—	592	116.00–126.00	119.94
13	—	320	130.00–150.00	138.57
13	—	533	132.00–133.00	132.15
14	—	473	131.00–136.00	133.43
19	—	368	139.00–141.00	140.10
20	—	425	135.00–136.00	135.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	116.00–118.00	117.00
3	—	772	101.00–103.00	101.67
5	—	337	135.00–140.00	138.42
7	—	474	125.00–131.00	128.58
8	—	422	127.00–134.00	129.98
12	—	537	122.00–129.00	123.45
14	—	365	130.00–137.00	133.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	119.00–122.00	120.53
2	—	575	107.00–115.00	111.07
2	—	730	93.00	93.00
3	—	523	115.00	115.00
6	—	375	115.00–125.00	121.24
4	—	480	115.00–120.00	118.06
4	—	335	122.00–130.00	125.40
4	—	273	127.00–135.00	131.88
3	—	612	110.00–114.00	112.36
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	433	140.00–145.00	141.50
3	—	468	130.00–136.00	133.89
3	—	370	147.00–155.00	150.58
2	—	715	107.00–110.00	108.51
2	—	535	137.00–138.00	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	529	145.00–151.00	149.01
7	—	587	140.00	140.00
3	—	480	152.00–153.00	152.66
3	—	420	155.00–157.00	155.66
3	—	360	161.00–162.00	161.65
2	—	680	130.00–131.00	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	668	132.00–139.00	136.37
11	—	430	143.00–163.00	155.27
8	—	728	128.00–132.00	128.49
7	—	455	154.00–157.00	156.55
6	—	883	118.00–124.00	118.97
6	—	353	168.00	168.00
5	—	630	136.00–142.00	138.18
5	—	563	149.00–150.00	149.80
3	—	502	154.00	154.00
2	—	278	180.00	180.00

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 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Turner County Stockyard - Ashburn, GA

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Replacement Cattle

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