Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2019-11-06

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Nov 6
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
612 head
190 vs last sale 802 612 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
117 head
27 vs last sale 144 117 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
43 vs last sale 24 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 higher, bulls lightly tested, feeder steers 3.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 1.00 to 5.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher and replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.59/cwt on 167 head.
Average price
$111.59
167 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$503
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.31
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508114.2758171
Medium and Large 2425111.6447465
Medium and Large 3373105.3239331
One grade step is worth $8.96/cwt here — about $188 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 sale167 hd
111.59
GA average14 barns · 1,312 hd
110.28
+1.31
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,60377.641,2458thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59554.008611thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26752.0766054
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08945.9450020

Every lot, as filed

66 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2320120.08/cwt115.00–124.0038414
HeifersMedium and Large 2471105.16/cwt102.00–108.0049512
HeifersMedium and Large 2377115.99/cwt110.00–120.0043711
HeifersMedium and Large 2526105.49/cwt105.00–108.005558
HeifersMedium and Large 260798.00/cwt97.00–99.005953
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005331
HeifersMedium and Large 1428121.24/cwt118.00–128.0051916
HeifersMedium and Large 1625103.14/cwt100.00–105.0064514
HeifersMedium and Large 1583111.05/cwt108.00–113.0064713
HeifersMedium and Large 1530110.85/cwt109.00–114.0058813
HeifersMedium and Large 1372125.49/cwt122.00–128.0046710
HeifersMedium and Large 1473115.00/cwt113.00–118.005444
BullsMedium and Large 3430113.59/cwt113.00–114.004887
BullsMedium and Large 3221132.22/cwt130.00–140.002925
BullsMedium and Large 3468110.56/cwt107.00–114.005174
BullsMedium and Large 3357112.59/cwt110.00–120.004024
BullsMedium and Large 3267135.53/cwt135.00–137.003624
BullsMedium and Large 3508103.99/cwt100.00–109.005283
BullsMedium and Large 362096.50/cwt96.00–97.005982
BullsMedium and Large 3313132.44/cwt130.00–135.004152
BullsMedium and Large 2377137.92/cwt132.00–142.0052018
BullsMedium and Large 2468123.23/cwt123.00–125.0057713
BullsMedium and Large 2533117.47/cwt115.00–120.0062610
BullsMedium and Large 2573113.02/cwt111.00–114.006483
BullsMedium and Large 2403131.48/cwt129.00–134.005302
BullsMedium and Large 2328142.99/cwt142.00–144.004692
BullsMedium and Large 1413142.43/cwt140.00–147.0058816
BullsMedium and Large 1329149.65/cwt147.00–155.0049214
BullsMedium and Large 1481130.21/cwt129.00–132.0062610
BullsMedium and Large 1569119.63/cwt117.00–127.006815
BullsMedium and Large 1288154.04/cwt150.00–157.004444
BullsMedium and Large 1389143.67/cwt143.00–144.005593
BullsMedium and Large 1623114.00/cwt114.00–114.007102
CowsLean 85-90%1,13847.81/cwt43.00–50.0054415
CowsLean 85-90%94240.34/cwt37.00–42.003805
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59554.00/cwt54.00–54.008611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24953.07/cwt50.00–57.0066342
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33847.64/cwt45.00–49.0063711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25559.00/cwt59.00–59.007401
Bulls1,59077.40/cwt75.00–80.001,2315
Bulls1,45571.57/cwt71.00–72.001,0412
Bulls1,96591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,7881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,006633.70/cwt525.00–675.006,3754
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,053816.86/cwt775.00–850.008,6025
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2902808.48/cwt750.00–825.007,2924
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,304880.44/cwt850.00–925.0011,4814
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3815575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,6862
SteersMedium and Large 3475125.65/cwt124.00–128.005973
SteersMedium and Large 2376143.89/cwt140.00–146.0054121
SteersMedium and Large 2414141.12/cwt136.00–145.0058410
SteersMedium and Large 2629122.71/cwt120.00–124.007727
SteersMedium and Large 2566118.17/cwt115.00–122.006697
SteersMedium and Large 2470134.05/cwt129.00–137.006307
SteersMedium and Large 2337146.98/cwt143.00–149.004953
SteersMedium and Large 2710107.46/cwt105.00–110.007632
SteersMedium and Large 1527134.19/cwt130.00–138.0070728
SteersMedium and Large 1460141.31/cwt139.00–143.0065019
SteersMedium and Large 1612131.90/cwt125.00–135.008079
SteersMedium and Large 1687127.26/cwt120.00–129.008745
SteersMedium and Large 1420152.92/cwt150.00–155.006423
HeifersMedium and Large 3430102.73/cwt95.00–105.004428
HeifersMedium and Large 3369100.36/cwt99.00–104.003706
HeifersMedium and Large 3330111.16/cwt111.00–112.003676
HeifersMedium and Large 3265115.00/cwt115.00–115.003056
HeifersMedium and Large 346696.77/cwt91.00–101.004515
HeifersMedium and Large 2429111.76/cwt106.00–115.0047917

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.