Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-02-12

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Feb 12
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,112 head
▲ 198 vs last sale 914▲ 1,112 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
189 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 165▲ 189 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 32▲ 82 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 and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder steers and bulls steady, feeder heifers steady to 4.00 higher, steer calves 4.00 to 10.00 higher, heifer calves 2.00 to 6.00 higher, bull calves 2.00 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 $130.44/cwt on 290 head.
Average price
$130.44
290 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.73
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1491133.14654231
Medium and Large 2480124.8960036
Medium and Large 3525112.0658823
One grade step is worth $21.08/cwt here — about $66 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
130.44
—
GA average15 barns · 1,202 hd
126.71
+3.73
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—Low1,46182.171,20015
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24662.0677483
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50859.628998thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00554.0054345

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 3—443142.00/cwt142.00–142.006292
BullsMedium and Large 1—323173.74/cwt170.00–177.005612
BullsMedium and Large 1—575137.93/cwt134.00–142.007932
BullsMedium and Large 1—665126.41/cwt125.00–128.008415
BullsMedium and Large 1—292187.30/cwt182.00–192.005477
BullsMedium and Large 1—425161.07/cwt158.00–166.006859
BullsMedium and Large 1—629127.99/cwt126.00–129.008059
BullsMedium and Large 1—527141.35/cwt140.00–145.0074511
BullsMedium and Large 1—384172.97/cwt172.00–174.0066429
BullsMedium and Large 1—457155.71/cwt150.00–159.0071246
BullsMedium and Large 2—473142.62/cwt140.00–145.006752
BullsMedium and Large 2—725117.00/cwt117.00–117.008482
BullsMedium and Large 2—217172.91/cwt170.00–177.003753
BullsMedium and Large 2—517135.65/cwt135.00–137.007013
BullsMedium and Large 2—279171.38/cwt167.00–177.004784
BullsMedium and Large 2—673123.00/cwt123.00–123.008284
BullsMedium and Large 2—414151.39/cwt150.00–155.006275
BullsMedium and Large 2—366164.46/cwt160.00–167.0060211
BullsMedium and Large 2—322165.77/cwt160.00–168.0053412
BullsMedium and Large 2—559130.34/cwt130.00–131.0072912
BullsMedium and Large 3—465132.58/cwt130.00–135.006162
BullsMedium and Large 3—503124.48/cwt120.00–129.006262
SteersMedium and Large 3—263160.95/cwt160.00–162.004232
SteersMedium and Large 2—584140.09/cwt139.00–141.0081811
HeifersMedium and Large 3—493115.99/cwt115.00–117.005722
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423122.51/cwt120.00–125.005182
HeifersMedium and Large 2—483125.10/cwt124.00–127.0060410
HeifersMedium and Large 2—594113.38/cwt110.00–115.006738
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518121.74/cwt119.00–124.006314
HeifersMedium and Large 2—326137.77/cwt137.00–140.004494
HeifersMedium and Large 2—440130.02/cwt128.00–131.005723
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383137.99/cwt133.00–141.005293
HeifersMedium and Large 2—663108.00/cwt108.00–108.007162
HeifersMedium and Large 2—270140.00/cwt140.00–140.003782
HeifersMedium and Large 1—561124.91/cwt120.00–127.0070171
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473133.98/cwt131.00–139.0063444
HeifersMedium and Large 1—377149.71/cwt145.00–155.0056441
HeifersMedium and Large 1—436139.60/cwt139.00–144.0060929
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529128.18/cwt125.00–132.0067820
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626112.00/cwt111.00–115.0070116
HeifersMedium and Large 1—293161.01/cwt160.00–162.004724
HeifersMedium and Large 1—667111.68/cwt109.00–114.007453
HeifersMedium and Large 1—322156.84/cwt150.00–160.005053
BullsMedium and Large 3—419136.95/cwt130.00–140.005744
BullsMedium and Large 3—368140.10/cwt135.00–145.005164
CowsLean 85-90%—98854.82/cwt51.00–58.0054228
CowsLean 85-90%—96346.38/cwt43.00–50.0044710
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13161.62/cwt59.00–65.006977
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50859.62/cwt57.00–63.008998
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22662.45/cwt60.00–67.0076656
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28956.32/cwt52.00–59.0072617
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28969.61/cwt68.00–73.0089710
Bulls——1,25575.49/cwt73.00–80.009477
Bulls——1,53084.79/cwt82.00–88.001,2975
Bulls——1,82593.38/cwt92.00–94.001,7043
BullsMedium and Large 3—263144.86/cwt140.00–150.003814
BullsMedium and Large 3—337146.63/cwt140.00–150.004943
BullsMedium and Large 3—228155.82/cwt152.00–160.003553
SteersMedium and Large 2—543153.26/cwt151.00–154.008324
SteersMedium and Large 2—772114.02/cwt112.00–115.008803
SteersMedium and Large 2—613123.00/cwt123.00–123.007542
SteersMedium and Large 2—475153.87/cwt151.00–157.007312
SteersMedium and Large 2—420158.42/cwt155.00–162.006652
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—415178.00/cwt178.00–178.007392
SteersMedium and Large 1—627140.58/cwt134.00–142.0088176
SteersMedium and Large 1—533156.87/cwt155.00–165.0083627
SteersMedium and Large 1—774124.64/cwt120.00–128.0096523
SteersMedium and Large 1—482167.04/cwt161.00–170.0080522
HeifersMedium and Large 3—538110.99/cwt110.00–112.005972
HeifersMedium and Large 3—565102.57/cwt100.00–105.005802
HeifersMedium and Large 3—62899.94/cwt95.00–105.006282
SteersMedium and Large 3—580125.00/cwt125.00–125.007252
SteersMedium and Large 3—660115.53/cwt111.00–120.007622
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3811,177.73/cwt1,100.00–1,225.0016,26418
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,157923.67/cwt725.00–1,050.0010,68718
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,080825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,9102
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,025925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,4812
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,000898.38/cwt875.00–925.008,9842
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,097745.05/cwt600.00–850.008,17311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—958654.34/cwt550.00–775.006,2698
HeifersMedium and Large 3—68397.53/cwt95.00–100.006662
HeifersMedium and Large 3—708100.00/cwt100.00–100.007082
HeifersMedium and Large 3—77392.99/cwt90.00–96.007192
HeifersMedium and Large 3—313130.67/cwt130.00–132.004093
HeifersMedium and Large 3—379125.08/cwt120.00–130.004744
SteersMedium and Large 1—325185.00/cwt185.00–185.006013
SteersMedium and Large 1—881110.00/cwt110.00–110.009695
SteersMedium and Large 1—427167.67/cwt166.00–175.007167
SteersMedium and Large 1—581147.36/cwt144.00–154.008568
SteersMedium and Large 1—720131.47/cwt129.00–134.0094710
SteersMedium and Large 1—675134.45/cwt133.00–136.0090811

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.