Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2019-11-13

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Nov 13
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,053 head
▲ 441 vs last sale 612▲ 1,053 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
189 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 117▲ 189 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 67▲ 55 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 5.00 higher, bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher, feeder bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher, steer and heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher, bull calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.16/cwt on 251 head.
Average price
$118.16
251 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$524
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.04
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1459121.47558162
Medium and Large 2459113.0351950
Medium and Large 3357110.9839639
One grade step is worth $10.48/cwt here — about $162 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 sale251 hd
118.16
—
GA average16 barns · 1,577 hd
112.12
+6.04
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
Bulls—Low1,53975.781,1668thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23255.4168370
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52054.008211thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03847.0948945

Every lot, as filed

76 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 1—583112.52/cwt109.00–115.0065614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—335126.08/cwt126.00–127.0042212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632107.52/cwt106.00–110.0068011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—230140.98/cwt140.00–142.003242
BullsMedium and Large 3—432114.46/cwt111.00–121.004947
BullsMedium and Large 3—363123.76/cwt120.00–130.004497
SteersMedium and Large 1—676129.43/cwt129.00–129.5087521
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04549.40/cwt46.00–53.0051633
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01940.73/cwt37.00–44.0041512
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52054.00/cwt54.00–54.008211
Bulls——1,42871.87/cwt69.00–74.001,0265
Bulls——1,70379.45/cwt76.00–82.001,3532
Bulls——1,76588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,5531
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,098671.27/cwt550.00–750.007,3715
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24355.67/cwt53.00–60.0069247
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24051.10/cwt48.00–53.0063415
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15561.98/cwt60.00–66.007168
BullsMedium and Large 3—264132.73/cwt130.00–140.003506
BullsMedium and Large 3—488116.50/cwt115.00–117.005694
BullsMedium and Large 3—518103.66/cwt100.00–110.005373
BullsMedium and Large 3—72593.45/cwt91.00–96.006782
BullsMedium and Large 2—468124.54/cwt121.00–130.0058323
BullsMedium and Large 2—629108.56/cwt106.00–111.006839
BullsMedium and Large 2—530118.38/cwt112.00–120.006278
BullsMedium and Large 2—419134.81/cwt128.00–137.005658
BullsMedium and Large 2—663107.19/cwt104.00–108.007115
BullsMedium and Large 2—575112.42/cwt110.00–117.006465
BullsMedium and Large 2—373138.92/cwt135.00–142.005183
BullsMedium and Large 2—340140.33/cwt137.00–142.004773
BullsMedium and Large 1—376146.92/cwt144.00–152.0055227
BullsMedium and Large 1—413142.36/cwt140.00–147.0058818
BullsMedium and Large 1—462133.19/cwt131.00–136.0061517
BullsMedium and Large 1—528125.15/cwt123.00–129.0066114
BullsMedium and Large 1—327154.41/cwt152.00–157.0050514
BullsMedium and Large 1—280162.80/cwt160.00–167.004564
BullsMedium and Large 1—562122.99/cwt119.00–125.006913
BullsMedium and Large 1—227161.51/cwt157.00–165.003673
BullsMedium and Large 1—620113.00/cwt113.00–113.007012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,353723.15/cwt650.00–750.009,7843
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—888628.17/cwt550.00–700.005,5784
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,169865.77/cwt700.00–950.0010,12112
SteersMedium and Large 3—323141.53/cwt137.00–145.004573
SteersMedium and Large 2—381148.47/cwt142.00–150.0056628
SteersMedium and Large 2—474136.92/cwt136.00–137.0064912
SteersMedium and Large 2—433143.02/cwt141.00–144.0061912
SteersMedium and Large 2—333154.98/cwt150.00–157.005168
SteersMedium and Large 2—663120.00/cwt119.00–121.007962
SteersMedium and Large 2—573126.45/cwt123.00–130.007252
SteersMedium and Large 2—285159.41/cwt157.00–162.004542
SteersMedium and Large 1—571135.64/cwt131.00–140.0077520
SteersMedium and Large 1—532136.27/cwt134.00–141.007259
SteersMedium and Large 1—488141.64/cwt140.00–142.006918
SteersMedium and Large 1—807118.61/cwt115.00–121.009575
SteersMedium and Large 1—412147.01/cwt145.00–150.006065
SteersMedium and Large 1—877111.73/cwt108.00–113.009804
SteersMedium and Large 1—316175.54/cwt170.00–180.005554
SteersMedium and Large 1—628130.96/cwt129.00–133.008222
SteersMedium and Large 1—358163.47/cwt162.00–165.005852
HeifersMedium and Large 3—310118.91/cwt118.00–119.0036912
HeifersMedium and Large 3—419100.56/cwt97.00–107.004217
HeifersMedium and Large 3—238120.00/cwt120.00–120.002867
HeifersMedium and Large 3—277117.28/cwt110.00–119.003255
HeifersMedium and Large 3—57891.02/cwt89.00–95.005264
HeifersMedium and Large 3—472101.77/cwt100.00–103.004804
HeifersMedium and Large 2—324122.38/cwt120.00–125.0039716
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424118.18/cwt115.00–120.005019
HeifersMedium and Large 2—93377.00/cwt77.00–77.007185
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521109.40/cwt109.00–111.005705
HeifersMedium and Large 2—495111.20/cwt109.00–112.005505
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575105.21/cwt100.00–108.006054
HeifersMedium and Large 2—283120.97/cwt120.00–122.003424
HeifersMedium and Large 2—388118.43/cwt115.00–122.004602
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428125.39/cwt123.00–130.0053751
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479120.72/cwt119.00–126.0057833
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379125.00/cwt123.00–126.0047423
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528116.93/cwt112.00–119.0061716

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.