Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2019-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.27/cwt on 290 head.

Average price

$114.27

290 head · 434 lb average

Value per head Derived

$496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$14.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.89

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	470	117.49	552	117
Medium and Large 2	398	115.01	458	132
Medium and Large 3	448	102.74	460	41

One grade step is worth $14.74/cwt here — about $92 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 sale290 hd

114.27

—

GA average15 barns · 1,735 hd

111.39

+2.89

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	—	Average	1,725	76.71	1,323	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,229	53.91	663	68
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,663	49.21	818	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,024	44.45	455	55

Every lot, as filed

91 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	150.44/cwt	148.00–153.00	709	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	309	165.80/cwt	162.00–167.00	512	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	114.28/cwt	114.00–115.00	792	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	409	139.57/cwt	135.00–142.00	571	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	140.07/cwt	135.00–141.00	682	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	156.53/cwt	149.00–159.00	636	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	288	163.51/cwt	162.00–165.00	471	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	156.92/cwt	152.00–162.00	518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	124.93/cwt	120.00–130.00	552	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	596	113.33/cwt	113.00–115.00	675	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	124.00/cwt	121.00–125.00	831	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	591	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	106.60/cwt	105.00–110.00	664	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	383	134.73/cwt	130.00–140.00	516	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	108.03/cwt	106.00–111.00	629	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	111.77/cwt	111.00–113.00	585	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	99.00/cwt	98.00–100.00	619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	487	101.00/cwt	95.00–105.00	492	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	93.85/cwt	89.00–95.00	585	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	511	99.81/cwt	95.00–103.00	510	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	126.40/cwt	121.00–130.00	465	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	102.51/cwt	102.00–103.00	577	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	133.34/cwt	133.00–135.00	756	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	152.24/cwt	150.00–155.00	566	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	121.66/cwt	121.00–123.00	775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	758	111.52/cwt	109.00–114.00	845	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	14,700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	467	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	906	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	134.17/cwt	131.00–140.00	696	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	127.36/cwt	124.00–130.00	790	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	159.34/cwt	157.00–160.00	577	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	987	621.33/cwt	525.00–700.00	6,133	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,160	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	7,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	848.02/cwt	825.00–875.00	8,845	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,640	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	875	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	8,750	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,190	897.37/cwt	875.00–925.00	10,679	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	803	634.65/cwt	600.00–675.00	5,096	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	279	164.90/cwt	160.00–167.00	460	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	109.68/cwt	107.00–112.00	732	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	243	169.01/cwt	167.00–170.00	411	3
Bulls	—	—	1,841	78.17/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,439	7
Bulls	—	—	1,790	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,539	1
Bulls	—	—	1,285	66.94/cwt	65.00–69.00	860	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	267	150.13/cwt	145.00–155.00	401	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	320	126.74/cwt	122.00–132.00	406	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	374	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	501	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	214	136.02/cwt	130.00–140.00	291	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	100.71/cwt	97.00–105.00	579	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	535	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	371	154.19/cwt	150.00–160.00	572	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	283	125.22/cwt	120.00–130.00	354	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	116.50/cwt	115.00–125.00	544	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	241	153.62/cwt	150.00–155.00	370	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	576	108.81/cwt	108.00–109.00	627	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	362	140.27/cwt	137.00–147.00	508	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	617	114.40/cwt	114.00–116.00	706	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	97.42/cwt	95.00–100.00	656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	603	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	633	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	116.98/cwt	115.00–119.00	620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	113.33/cwt	110.00–120.00	482	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	150.06/cwt	145.00–155.00	620	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	39.46/cwt	35.00–41.00	422	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	464	136.90/cwt	134.00–143.00	635	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	121.24/cwt	120.00–122.00	635	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	438	126.62/cwt	125.00–130.00	555	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	160.47/cwt	157.00–167.00	522	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	106.55/cwt	105.00–109.00	451	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	108.34/cwt	105.00–110.00	572	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	238	125.79/cwt	124.00–127.00	299	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	121.03/cwt	120.00–125.00	387	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	120.71/cwt	120.00–125.00	338	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	116.28/cwt	113.00–120.00	440	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	109.63/cwt	107.00–112.00	523	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	105.14/cwt	100.00–110.00	389	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	553	97.01/cwt	95.00–99.00	536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	117.83/cwt	113.00–123.00	540	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	105.72/cwt	103.00–107.00	719	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	127.06/cwt	127.00–127.50	417	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	230	113.19/cwt	110.00–120.00	260	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	312	108.40/cwt	105.00–110.00	338	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	258	111.42/cwt	110.00–115.00	287	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	114.21/cwt	110.00–116.00	475	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	61.82/cwt	60.00–67.00	760	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	47.86/cwt	44.00–51.00	579	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	55.66/cwt	52.00–59.00	689	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,663	49.21/cwt	48.00–51.00	818	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	46.32/cwt	43.00–50.00	466	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	123.40/cwt	120.00–127.00	515	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	116.48/cwt	115.00–120.00	665	11

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 Dec 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,440Last week 1,134Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 197Last week 185Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 71Last week 59Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	471	148.00–153.00	150.44
14	—	309	162.00–167.00	165.80
36	—	406	149.00–159.00	156.53
7	—	670	121.00–125.00	124.00
12	—	567	133.00–135.00	133.34
7	—	270	173.00	173.00
4	—	755	120.00	120.00
32	—	519	131.00–140.00	134.17
19	—	620	124.00–130.00	127.36
14	—	362	157.00–160.00	159.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	693	114.00–115.00	114.28
10	—	409	135.00–142.00	139.57
16	—	487	135.00–141.00	140.07
2	—	288	162.00–165.00	163.51
2	—	330	152.00–162.00	156.92
5	—	372	150.00–155.00	152.24
3	—	637	121.00–123.00	121.66
2	—	758	109.00–114.00	111.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	442	120.00–130.00	124.93
6	—	596	113.00–115.00	113.33
3	—	537	110.00	110.00
3	—	623	105.00–110.00	106.60
3	—	383	130.00–140.00	134.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	582	106.00–111.00	108.03
23	—	523	111.00–113.00	111.77
26	—	368	121.00–130.00	126.40
24	—	458	113.00–123.00	117.83
6	—	680	103.00–107.00	105.72
8	—	328	127.00–127.50	127.06
11	—	417	120.00–127.00	123.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	98.00–100.00	99.00
2	—	563	102.00–103.00	102.51
9	—	528	105.00–110.00	108.34
10	—	238	124.00–127.00	125.79
25	—	320	120.00–125.00	121.03
14	—	280	120.00–125.00	120.71
16	—	378	113.00–120.00	116.28
40	—	477	107.00–112.00	109.63
13	—	416	110.00–116.00	114.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	487	95.00–105.00	101.00
7	—	623	89.00–95.00	93.85
10	—	511	95.00–103.00	99.81
4	—	423	105.00–109.00	106.55
2	—	370	100.00–110.00	105.14
2	—	553	95.00–99.00	97.01
3	—	230	110.00–120.00	113.19
3	—	312	105.00–110.00	108.40
5	—	258	110.00–115.00	111.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	279	160.00–167.00	164.90
3	—	667	107.00–112.00	109.68
3	—	243	167.00–170.00	169.01
18	—	371	150.00–160.00	154.19
5	—	617	114.00–116.00	114.40
18	—	413	145.00–155.00	150.06
15	—	464	134.00–143.00	136.90
12	—	524	120.00–122.00	121.24
22	—	325	157.00–167.00	160.47
11	—	571	115.00–120.00	116.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	267	145.00–155.00	150.13
16	—	467	115.00–125.00	116.50
10	—	241	150.00–155.00	153.62
5	—	576	108.00–109.00	108.81
3	—	362	137.00–147.00	140.27
2	—	673	95.00–100.00	97.42
2	—	603	105.00	105.00
2	—	530	115.00–119.00	116.98
3	—	438	125.00–130.00	126.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	320	122.00–132.00	126.74
4	—	374	134.00	134.00
4	—	214	130.00–140.00	136.02
3	—	575	97.00–105.00	100.71
2	—	535	105.00	105.00
2	—	283	120.00–130.00	125.22
3	—	425	110.00–120.00	113.33

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	2	—	1,400	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	875	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,190	875.00–925.00	897.37
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	987	525.00–700.00	621.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,160	625.00	625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	803	600.00–675.00	634.65
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,043	825.00–875.00	848.02
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,080	800.00	800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,841	75.00–82.00	78.17
1	—	1,790	86.00	86.00
2	—	1,285	65.00–69.00	66.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,069	35.00–41.00	39.46
40	—	1,007	43.00–50.00	46.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,230	60.00–67.00	61.82
20	—	1,210	44.00–51.00	47.86
42	—	1,238	52.00–59.00	55.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,663	48.00–51.00	49.21

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle