Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-04-22

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Apr 22
● Final94 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
606 head
▲ 125 vs last sale 481▼ 198 vs year ago 804 · −24.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
157 head
▲ 86 vs last sale 71▲ 38 vs year ago 119 · +31.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 24▼ 41 vs year ago 69 · −59.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 higher, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 7.00 higher, feeder steers 5.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers 3.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves 8.00 to 12.00 higher, heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher, bull calves 6.00 to 12.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.44/cwt on 165 head.
Average price
$133.44
165 head · 603 lb average
Value per head Derived
$804
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$201
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$4.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.54
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3471137.3264712thin
Medium and Large 2574134.1777064
Medium and Large 1641132.3984989
One grade step is worth $4.93/cwt here — about −$201 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 sale165 hd
133.44
—
GA average15 barns · 597 hd
133.97
−0.54
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—Average1,46986.631,27321
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23770.6187355
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,50667.261,01311
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03558.1060123

Every lot, as filed

94 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 1—650119.00/cwt119.00–119.007741
BullsMedium and Large 1—265165.96/cwt165.00–167.004402
BullsMedium and Large 1—425150.13/cwt147.00–152.006386
BullsMedium and Large 1—379163.12/cwt159.00–169.006187
BullsMedium and Large 1—333170.24/cwt165.00–172.005678
BullsMedium and Large 1—454147.98/cwt143.00–149.0067210
BullsMedium and Large 1—528140.84/cwt132.00–142.0074413
BullsMedium and Large 1—615123.83/cwt120.00–128.0076218
BullsMedium and Large 2—223166.08/cwt165.00–167.003702
BullsMedium and Large 2—368149.83/cwt145.00–155.005512
BullsMedium and Large 2—608110.00/cwt110.00–110.006692
BullsMedium and Large 2—528128.97/cwt125.00–131.006813
BullsMedium and Large 2—484135.99/cwt134.00–138.006584
BullsMedium and Large 2—571121.25/cwt118.00–124.006924
BullsMedium and Large 2—323158.94/cwt155.00–162.005136
BullsMedium and Large 2—413142.92/cwt140.00–145.0059011
BullsMedium and Large 3—418128.51/cwt127.00–130.005372
BullsMedium and Large 3—468114.48/cwt110.00–119.005362
BullsMedium and Large 3—523110.48/cwt110.00–111.005782
BullsMedium and Large 3—583107.49/cwt105.00–110.006272
BullsMedium and Large 3—72583.94/cwt82.00–86.006092
HeifersMedium and Large 3—205135.00/cwt135.00–135.002771
HeifersMedium and Large 3—390117.00/cwt117.00–117.004561
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05359.82/cwt57.00–62.0063014
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01452.68/cwt50.00–56.005347
CowsLean 85-90%—97865.00/cwt65.00–65.006362
HeifersMedium and Large 2—631105.00/cwt105.00–105.0066315
HeifersMedium and Large 2—529117.16/cwt115.00–120.0062015
HeifersMedium and Large 2—386132.61/cwt130.00–137.0051210
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325139.36/cwt135.00–142.004538
HeifersMedium and Large 2—73293.58/cwt90.00–97.006857
HeifersMedium and Large 2—569112.22/cwt110.00–113.006394
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473118.48/cwt118.00–119.005604
HeifersMedium and Large 2—431123.47/cwt122.00–126.005324
HeifersMedium and Large 2—695102.00/cwt102.00–102.007092
HeifersMedium and Large 2—293142.00/cwt142.00–142.004162
HeifersMedium and Large 2—235142.50/cwt142.50–142.503351
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428130.87/cwt128.00–137.0056014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—563118.91/cwt117.00–120.0066913
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474124.73/cwt123.00–130.0059112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—533121.34/cwt120.00–125.006476
HeifersMedium and Large 1—366139.20/cwt138.00–142.005095
HeifersMedium and Large 1—700101.00/cwt101.00–101.007073
HeifersMedium and Large 1—82091.00/cwt91.00–91.007462
HeifersMedium and Large 1—750100.00/cwt100.00–100.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 1—270147.00/cwt147.00–147.003971
HeifersMedium and Large 1—205152.00/cwt152.00–152.003121
BullsMedium and Large 3—323142.93/cwt140.00–150.004626
BullsMedium and Large 3—382135.73/cwt132.00–140.005183
BullsMedium and Large 3—282141.31/cwt140.00–142.003983
SteersMedium and Large 2—617121.65/cwt116.00–125.007513
SteersMedium and Large 2—277167.28/cwt165.00–172.004633
SteersMedium and Large 1—670124.03/cwt121.00–126.0083120
SteersMedium and Large 1—557139.40/cwt135.00–145.0077615
SteersMedium and Large 1—378168.00/cwt168.00–168.0063514
SteersMedium and Large 1—827108.28/cwt103.00–112.0089513
SteersMedium and Large 1—639128.00/cwt128.00–128.008187
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,24181.84/cwt81.00–82.001,0166
SteersMedium and Large 1—530153.00/cwt153.00–153.008113
SteersMedium and Large 1—410159.00/cwt159.00–159.006523
SteersMedium and Large 1—770118.49/cwt118.00–119.009122
SteersMedium and Large 1—703116.01/cwt113.00–119.008162
SteersMedium and Large 1—458154.54/cwt152.00–157.007082
SteersMedium and Large 1—323175.00/cwt175.00–175.005652
HeifersMedium and Large 3—70482.52/cwt79.00–88.005814
HeifersMedium and Large 3—63597.22/cwt96.00–100.006174
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320128.85/cwt125.00–132.004124
HeifersMedium and Large 3—282128.99/cwt127.00–130.003643
HeifersMedium and Large 3—79079.00/cwt79.00–79.006242
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473114.52/cwt114.00–115.005422
HeifersMedium and Large 3—555108.00/cwt108.00–108.005991
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46363.20/cwt60.00–66.009256
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,55872.14/cwt69.00–76.001,1245
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24770.49/cwt67.00–74.0087933
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21563.68/cwt61.00–66.0077412
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22979.30/cwt77.00–85.0097510
Bulls——1,48588.68/cwt86.00–93.001,31715
Bulls——1,42981.51/cwt78.00–85.001,1656
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—974744.90/cwt600.00–825.007,2554
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—960700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,7201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—925900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,3251
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—915769.88/cwt650.00–875.007,0444
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,005762.56/cwt750.00–775.007,6644
SteersMedium and Large 3—495137.98/cwt134.00–143.006834
SteersMedium and Large 3—517131.00/cwt129.00–133.006773
SteersMedium and Large 3—410145.49/cwt145.00–146.005972
SteersMedium and Large 3—370145.96/cwt145.00–147.005402
SteersMedium and Large 3—565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
SteersMedium and Large 2—562131.15/cwt126.00–133.0073716
SteersMedium and Large 2—435155.46/cwt150.00–158.0067613
SteersMedium and Large 2—491146.33/cwt145.00–147.0071812
SteersMedium and Large 2—1,04479.32/cwt79.00–82.008289
SteersMedium and Large 2—517141.35/cwt139.00–146.007318
HeifersMedium and Large 3—540114.00/cwt114.00–114.006161

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.