Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2019-11-20

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Nov 20
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
883 head
170 vs last sale 1,053 883 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
61 vs last sale 189 128 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
9 vs last sale 55 46 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 2.00 to 4.00 higher, bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves 2.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder heifers unevenly steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower, bull calves unevenly steady and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.44/cwt on 225 head.
Average price
$129.44
225 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$710
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.90
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2461133.3061456
Medium and Large 1582128.39747163
Medium and Large 3458122.155606thin
One grade step is worth $11.15/cwt here — about $54 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 sale225 hd
129.44
GA average15 barns · 1,417 hd
135.34
−5.90
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
BullsLow1,90978.041,4904thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29760.5678640
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37454.007425thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09849.4054340

Every lot, as filed

77 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
BullsMedium and Large 2573109.23/cwt108.00–110.006264
BullsMedium and Large 2335148.01/cwt145.00–150.004964
BullsMedium and Large 2233148.71/cwt147.00–152.003463
BullsMedium and Large 266095.50/cwt95.00–96.006302
BullsMedium and Large 2525109.03/cwt108.00–110.005722
BullsMedium and Large 1331154.41/cwt152.00–159.0051122
BullsMedium and Large 1478129.62/cwt127.00–134.0062018
BullsMedium and Large 1368147.67/cwt144.00–152.005439
BullsMedium and Large 1653111.00/cwt111.00–111.007258
BullsMedium and Large 1507124.76/cwt119.00–128.006338
BullsMedium and Large 1412141.35/cwt137.00–147.005827
BullsMedium and Large 1568116.98/cwt114.00–120.006646
BullsMedium and Large 1242160.63/cwt160.00–162.003893
BullsMedium and Large 1280160.98/cwt160.00–162.004512
SteersMedium and Large 1408141.20/cwt139.00–144.0057613
SteersMedium and Large 1771116.42/cwt112.00–118.008987
SteersMedium and Large 1808114.00/cwt114.00–114.009214
SteersMedium and Large 1360153.01/cwt152.00–155.005514
HeifersMedium and Large 376974.00/cwt74.00–74.005694
HeifersMedium and Large 3268106.80/cwt100.00–110.002864
HeifersMedium and Large 3323103.25/cwt100.00–110.003333
HeifersMedium and Large 343597.56/cwt95.00–100.004242
HeifersMedium and Large 2483108.35/cwt105.00–111.0052322
HeifersMedium and Large 2270119.29/cwt115.00–121.0032212
HeifersMedium and Large 2318119.33/cwt115.00–120.003797
HeifersMedium and Large 2523105.02/cwt100.00–109.005496
HeifersMedium and Large 2369117.57/cwt115.00–120.004345
HeifersMedium and Large 2581103.19/cwt100.00–107.006004
HeifersMedium and Large 261398.26/cwt95.00–100.006023
HeifersMedium and Large 2420115.37/cwt110.00–118.004853
HeifersMedium and Large 1413123.66/cwt118.00–128.0051130
HeifersMedium and Large 1582111.26/cwt110.00–115.0064829
HeifersMedium and Large 1517113.51/cwt113.00–116.0058729
HeifersMedium and Large 1468116.43/cwt113.00–121.0054517
HeifersMedium and Large 1687102.92/cwt100.00–106.0070713
HeifersMedium and Large 1376124.53/cwt121.00–128.0046813
HeifersMedium and Large 1329125.21/cwt121.00–129.0041213
HeifersMedium and Large 1604110.25/cwt108.00–113.006664
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30966.09/cwt65.00–69.0086510
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50751.88/cwt48.00–54.007826
Bulls2,07076.50/cwt76.00–77.001,5842
Bulls1,74879.58/cwt79.00–80.001,3912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,002676.27/cwt650.00–725.006,7766
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,140755.37/cwt725.00–800.008,6114
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,120900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,0802
SteersMedium and Large 3480122.02/cwt120.00–124.005864
SteersMedium and Large 3415122.41/cwt120.00–125.005082
SteersMedium and Large 2468131.77/cwt131.00–133.0061718
SteersMedium and Large 2427135.54/cwt130.00–137.0057915
SteersMedium and Large 2529129.00/cwt129.00–129.006825
SteersMedium and Large 2613116.74/cwt115.00–119.007164
SteersMedium and Large 2271159.21/cwt157.00–160.004314
SteersMedium and Large 2560114.00/cwt114.00–114.006383
SteersMedium and Large 2385142.03/cwt139.00–147.005473
SteersMedium and Large 2658114.52/cwt110.00–119.007542
SteersMedium and Large 2315157.00/cwt157.00–157.004952
SteersMedium and Large 1568129.62/cwt127.00–131.0073633
SteersMedium and Large 1619122.86/cwt120.00–126.0076128
SteersMedium and Large 1484134.87/cwt134.00–139.0065322
SteersMedium and Large 1525133.28/cwt131.00–137.0070020
SteersMedium and Large 1724115.98/cwt113.00–119.0084016
SteersMedium and Large 1667125.16/cwt120.00–127.0083516
CowsLean 85-90%1,09753.14/cwt49.00–56.0058324
CowsLean 85-90%1,10043.79/cwt40.00–47.0048216
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29256.64/cwt56.00–58.007323
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49850.04/cwt49.00–51.007502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24060.42/cwt57.00–64.0074924
HeifersMedium and Large 174898.00/cwt98.00–98.007332
BullsMedium and Large 3441114.41/cwt110.00–120.005057
BullsMedium and Large 3466105.15/cwt100.00–110.004905
BullsMedium and Large 3229128.08/cwt125.00–130.002935
BullsMedium and Large 3265122.45/cwt120.00–130.003244
BullsMedium and Large 2428132.67/cwt129.00–135.0056818
BullsMedium and Large 2607102.78/cwt100.00–105.006249
BullsMedium and Large 2385139.72/cwt137.00–141.005387
BullsMedium and Large 2271148.95/cwt142.00–152.004047
BullsMedium and Large 2474119.81/cwt115.00–122.005685

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.