Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-03-18

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Mar 18
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
380 head
97 vs last sale 477 380 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
153 head
17 vs last sale 136 153 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
11 vs last sale 79 90 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 1.00 to 2.00 higher, with one outstanding boners at 82.00 to 84.00, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, bulls and steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves 3.00 to 8.00 lower, bull calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower and replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $135.16/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 74.23 against this barn's trailing median of $209.40.
Average price
$135.16
99 head · 418 lb average
Value per head Derived
$565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$261
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.99
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1412140.2157748
Medium and Large 2431130.4356249
Medium and Large 3243130.053162thin
One grade step is worth $10.16/cwt here — about $261 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

31 sales
235217198180median 209.4012/1702/1804/1506/1008/12
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $220.56, low $194.42, median $209.40 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale99 hd
135.16
GA average15 barns · 755 hd
121.18
+13.99
This barn, trailing median31 sales
209.40
−74.23
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
BullsAverage1,80490.261,6289thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19368.6681986
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39068.509522thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03757.0359137

Every lot, as filed

61 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 1368127.96/cwt126.00–131.004718
HeifersMedium and Large 1509110.85/cwt109.00–114.005647
HeifersMedium and Large 1337133.02/cwt132.00–135.004485
HeifersMedium and Large 179679.50/cwt78.00–80.006334
HeifersMedium and Large 163397.00/cwt96.00–98.006142
BullsMedium and Large 3243130.05/cwt125.00–135.003162
BullsMedium and Large 2436132.55/cwt128.00–135.0057823
BullsMedium and Large 2533118.39/cwt115.00–125.006318
BullsMedium and Large 2478123.63/cwt120.00–129.005916
BullsMedium and Large 2372137.65/cwt133.00–139.005125
BullsMedium and Large 2288138.65/cwt137.00–145.003995
BullsMedium and Large 2333136.00/cwt136.00–136.004532
BullsMedium and Large 1425143.71/cwt140.00–146.0061117
BullsMedium and Large 1322150.35/cwt145.00–152.0048415
BullsMedium and Large 1556116.55/cwt116.00–118.006489
BullsMedium and Large 1468133.73/cwt131.00–135.006264
BullsMedium and Large 1279149.31/cwt149.00–150.004173
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3600600.00/cwt600.00–600.003,6002
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2980950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,3102
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,2351,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,3502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2151,187.60/cwt1,175.00–1,200.0014,4294
SteersMedium and Large 3215137.50/cwt135.00–140.002963
SteersMedium and Large 3360122.06/cwt120.00–124.004392
SteersMedium and Large 2430135.53/cwt134.00–137.005832
SteersMedium and Large 2315143.52/cwt143.00–144.004522
SteersMedium and Large 1514130.39/cwt129.00–134.0067013
SteersMedium and Large 1797101.00/cwt101.00–101.0080512
SteersMedium and Large 195080.00/cwt80.00–80.007609
SteersMedium and Large 1493137.15/cwt135.00–138.006767
SteersMedium and Large 1634121.03/cwt115.00–123.007674
SteersMedium and Large 1384149.00/cwt149.00–149.005724
SteersMedium and Large 1413141.02/cwt138.00–144.005822
HeifersMedium and Large 3340119.73/cwt118.00–120.004077
HeifersMedium and Large 352596.02/cwt94.00–98.005042
HeifersMedium and Large 3493103.99/cwt103.00–105.005132
HeifersMedium and Large 3440105.00/cwt105.00–105.004622
HeifersMedium and Large 3260118.96/cwt118.00–120.003092
HeifersMedium and Large 2432117.04/cwt115.00–118.0050616
HeifersMedium and Large 2518105.00/cwt105.00–105.005444
HeifersMedium and Large 2585102.00/cwt100.00–104.005973
HeifersMedium and Large 2200130.00/cwt130.00–130.002603
CowsLean 85-90%1,04358.69/cwt56.00–62.0061223
CowsLean 85-90%1,01651.83/cwt47.00–55.0052711
CowsLean 85-90%1,06263.31/cwt63.00–64.006723
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,0511
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36063.00/cwt63.00–63.008571
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14867.58/cwt65.00–72.0077644
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24276.98/cwt73.00–80.0095622
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23961.89/cwt58.00–64.0076720
Bulls1,97092.72/cwt90.00–95.001,8275
Bulls1,44380.58/cwt79.00–82.001,1633
Bulls2,055107.00/cwt107.00–107.002,1991
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,016721.78/cwt625.00–850.007,33316
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,037718.76/cwt600.00–850.007,4549
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,030673.30/cwt575.00–750.006,9353
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,182855.15/cwt825.00–900.0010,1086
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,164896.11/cwt875.00–925.0010,4315
HeifersMedium and Large 2463110.50/cwt110.00–111.005122
HeifersMedium and Large 1416126.12/cwt123.00–127.005259
HeifersMedium and Large 1570110.13/cwt110.00–111.006288
HeifersMedium and Large 1464114.62/cwt114.00–118.005328

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.