Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2020-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers 4.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower, heifer calves 7.00 to 10.00 lower and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.11/cwt on 152 head.

Average price

$120.11

152 head · 447 lb average

Value per head Derived

$536

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$18.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.22

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	420	127.61	535	76
Medium and Large 2	500	114.83	574	44
Medium and Large 3	438	109.57	480	32

One grade step is worth $18.05/cwt here — about $55 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 sale152 hd

120.11

—

GA average16 barns · 1,398 hd

118.89

+1.22

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	—	Low	1,586	86.28	1,368	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,336	66.89	893	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,445	60.65	876	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,046	54.56	571	26

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	89.52/cwt	85.00–94.00	546	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	99.03/cwt	98.00–100.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	103.98/cwt	103.00–105.00	551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	273	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	328	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	118.43/cwt	113.00–123.00	566	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	105.18/cwt	104.00–109.00	613	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	103.00/cwt	101.00–105.00	644	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	113.42/cwt	110.00–115.00	588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	121.65/cwt	120.00–125.00	517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	127.33/cwt	127.00–128.00	493	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	277	131.68/cwt	130.00–134.00	365	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	130.14/cwt	129.00–134.00	496	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	127.23/cwt	127.00–128.00	557	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	628	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	138.35/cwt	136.00–139.00	459	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	272	143.92/cwt	139.00–146.00	391	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	670	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	597	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	687	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	709	93.51/cwt	90.00–94.00	663	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	689	97.27/cwt	95.00–98.00	670	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	259	151.95/cwt	150.00–154.00	394	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	478	129.10/cwt	125.00–131.00	617	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	107.61/cwt	105.00–110.00	563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	592	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	333	141.02/cwt	140.00–142.00	470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	160.05/cwt	155.00–163.00	525	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	381	148.65/cwt	148.00–150.00	566	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	402	143.40/cwt	143.00–144.00	576	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	275	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	459	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	507	127.67/cwt	126.00–130.00	647	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	136.43/cwt	133.00–140.00	662	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	556	131.57/cwt	130.00–136.00	732	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	603	120.98/cwt	116.00–126.00	730	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	56.46/cwt	54.00–61.00	630	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	50.28/cwt	49.00–53.00	446	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,541	62.93/cwt	62.00–64.00	970	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,348	58.37/cwt	55.00–61.00	787	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Value Added	—	1,315	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,091	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	66.13/cwt	63.00–70.00	893	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	61.06/cwt	59.00–62.00	804	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	74.56/cwt	72.00–79.00	948	6
Bulls	—	—	1,516	82.62/cwt	79.00–86.00	1,253	4
Bulls	—	—	1,725	93.60/cwt	93.00–94.00	1,615	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	931	668.09/cwt	575.00–775.00	6,220	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	905	653.45/cwt	550.00–725.00	5,914	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	748	775.75/cwt	750.00–800.00	5,803	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	914.56/cwt	825.00–1,000.00	9,219	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,072	934.13/cwt	850.00–1,050.00	10,014	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	940	1,001.86/cwt	950.00–1,050.00	9,417	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,220	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	11,895	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	138.34/cwt	137.00–140.00	584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	125.08/cwt	120.00–130.00	573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	147.92/cwt	146.00–150.00	562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	343	151.01/cwt	150.00–152.00	518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	139.92/cwt	136.00–146.00	659	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	134.42/cwt	130.00–137.00	699	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	115.49/cwt	115.00–118.00	800	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	780	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	134.34/cwt	132.00–138.00	828	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	848	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	841	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	120.96/cwt	119.00–125.00	820	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	142.49/cwt	141.00–144.00	769	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	107.70/cwt	105.00–111.00	494	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	115.17/cwt	115.00–116.00	486	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	114.24/cwt	110.00–118.00	440	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	118.73/cwt	115.00–120.00	383	5

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 Mar 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 477Last week 752Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 136Last week 118Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 79Last week 63Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	85.00–94.00	89.52
2	—	573	98.00–100.00	99.03
2	—	530	103.00–105.00	103.98
2	—	273	120.00	120.00
6	—	459	105.00–111.00	107.70
6	—	422	115.00–116.00	115.17
5	—	385	110.00–118.00	114.24
5	—	323	115.00–120.00	118.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	478	113.00–123.00	118.43
10	—	583	104.00–109.00	105.18
5	—	625	101.00–105.00	103.00
5	—	518	110.00–115.00	113.42
3	—	425	120.00–125.00	121.65
3	—	387	127.00–128.00	127.33
3	—	277	130.00–134.00	131.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	381	129.00–134.00	130.14
26	—	438	127.00–128.00	127.23
8	—	566	111.00	111.00
6	—	332	136.00–139.00	138.35
5	—	272	139.00–146.00	143.92
3	—	650	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	597	115.00	115.00
8	—	709	90.00–94.00	93.51
4	—	689	95.00–98.00	97.27
4	—	259	150.00–154.00	151.95
3	—	478	125.00–131.00	129.10
2	—	523	105.00–110.00	107.61
2	—	445	133.00	133.00
2	—	333	140.00–142.00	141.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	328	155.00–163.00	160.05
6	—	381	148.00–150.00	148.65
5	—	402	143.00–144.00	143.40
5	—	275	167.00	167.00
3	—	507	126.00–130.00	127.67
2	—	485	133.00–140.00	136.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	556	130.00–136.00	131.57
2	—	603	116.00–126.00	120.98
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	137.00–140.00	138.34
2	—	458	120.00–130.00	125.08
2	—	380	146.00–150.00	147.92
2	—	343	150.00–152.00	151.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	471	136.00–146.00	139.92
9	—	520	130.00–137.00	134.42
6	—	693	115.00–118.00	115.49
5	—	629	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	616	132.00–138.00	134.34
5	—	778	109.00	109.00
4	—	580	145.00	145.00
3	—	678	119.00–125.00	120.96
2	—	540	141.00–144.00	142.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,116	54.00–61.00	56.46
8	—	888	49.00–53.00	50.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,541	62.00–64.00	62.93
5	—	1,348	55.00–61.00	58.37
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	83.00	83.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,350	63.00–70.00	66.13
6	—	1,317	59.00–62.00	61.06
6	—	1,272	72.00–79.00	74.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,516	79.00–86.00	82.62
2	—	1,725	93.00–94.00	93.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	931	575.00–775.00	668.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	905	550.00–725.00	653.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	748	750.00–800.00	775.75
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,008	825.00–1,000.00	914.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,072	850.00–1,050.00	934.13
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	940	950.00–1,050.00	1,001.86
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,220	975.00	975.00

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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Ashburn

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Turner County Stockyard - Ashburn, GA

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle