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
BullsAverage1,46986.631,27321
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 1650119.00/cwt119.00–119.007741
BullsMedium and Large 1265165.96/cwt165.00–167.004402
BullsMedium and Large 1425150.13/cwt147.00–152.006386
BullsMedium and Large 1379163.12/cwt159.00–169.006187
BullsMedium and Large 1333170.24/cwt165.00–172.005678
BullsMedium and Large 1454147.98/cwt143.00–149.0067210
BullsMedium and Large 1528140.84/cwt132.00–142.0074413
BullsMedium and Large 1615123.83/cwt120.00–128.0076218
BullsMedium and Large 2223166.08/cwt165.00–167.003702
BullsMedium and Large 2368149.83/cwt145.00–155.005512
BullsMedium and Large 2608110.00/cwt110.00–110.006692
BullsMedium and Large 2528128.97/cwt125.00–131.006813
BullsMedium and Large 2484135.99/cwt134.00–138.006584
BullsMedium and Large 2571121.25/cwt118.00–124.006924
BullsMedium and Large 2323158.94/cwt155.00–162.005136
BullsMedium and Large 2413142.92/cwt140.00–145.0059011
BullsMedium and Large 3418128.51/cwt127.00–130.005372
BullsMedium and Large 3468114.48/cwt110.00–119.005362
BullsMedium and Large 3523110.48/cwt110.00–111.005782
BullsMedium and Large 3583107.49/cwt105.00–110.006272
BullsMedium and Large 372583.94/cwt82.00–86.006092
HeifersMedium and Large 3205135.00/cwt135.00–135.002771
HeifersMedium and Large 3390117.00/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 2631105.00/cwt105.00–105.0066315
HeifersMedium and Large 2529117.16/cwt115.00–120.0062015
HeifersMedium and Large 2386132.61/cwt130.00–137.0051210
HeifersMedium and Large 2325139.36/cwt135.00–142.004538
HeifersMedium and Large 273293.58/cwt90.00–97.006857
HeifersMedium and Large 2569112.22/cwt110.00–113.006394
HeifersMedium and Large 2473118.48/cwt118.00–119.005604
HeifersMedium and Large 2431123.47/cwt122.00–126.005324
HeifersMedium and Large 2695102.00/cwt102.00–102.007092
HeifersMedium and Large 2293142.00/cwt142.00–142.004162
HeifersMedium and Large 2235142.50/cwt142.50–142.503351
HeifersMedium and Large 1428130.87/cwt128.00–137.0056014
HeifersMedium and Large 1563118.91/cwt117.00–120.0066913
HeifersMedium and Large 1474124.73/cwt123.00–130.0059112
HeifersMedium and Large 1533121.34/cwt120.00–125.006476
HeifersMedium and Large 1366139.20/cwt138.00–142.005095
HeifersMedium and Large 1700101.00/cwt101.00–101.007073
HeifersMedium and Large 182091.00/cwt91.00–91.007462
HeifersMedium and Large 1750100.00/cwt100.00–100.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 1270147.00/cwt147.00–147.003971
HeifersMedium and Large 1205152.00/cwt152.00–152.003121
BullsMedium and Large 3323142.93/cwt140.00–150.004626
BullsMedium and Large 3382135.73/cwt132.00–140.005183
BullsMedium and Large 3282141.31/cwt140.00–142.003983
SteersMedium and Large 2617121.65/cwt116.00–125.007513
SteersMedium and Large 2277167.28/cwt165.00–172.004633
SteersMedium and Large 1670124.03/cwt121.00–126.0083120
SteersMedium and Large 1557139.40/cwt135.00–145.0077615
SteersMedium and Large 1378168.00/cwt168.00–168.0063514
SteersMedium and Large 1827108.28/cwt103.00–112.0089513
SteersMedium and Large 1639128.00/cwt128.00–128.008187
SteersMedium and Large 11,24181.84/cwt81.00–82.001,0166
SteersMedium and Large 1530153.00/cwt153.00–153.008113
SteersMedium and Large 1410159.00/cwt159.00–159.006523
SteersMedium and Large 1770118.49/cwt118.00–119.009122
SteersMedium and Large 1703116.01/cwt113.00–119.008162
SteersMedium and Large 1458154.54/cwt152.00–157.007082
SteersMedium and Large 1323175.00/cwt175.00–175.005652
HeifersMedium and Large 370482.52/cwt79.00–88.005814
HeifersMedium and Large 363597.22/cwt96.00–100.006174
HeifersMedium and Large 3320128.85/cwt125.00–132.004124
HeifersMedium and Large 3282128.99/cwt127.00–130.003643
HeifersMedium and Large 379079.00/cwt79.00–79.006242
HeifersMedium and Large 3473114.52/cwt114.00–115.005422
HeifersMedium and Large 3555108.00/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
Bulls1,48588.68/cwt86.00–93.001,31715
Bulls1,42981.51/cwt78.00–85.001,1656
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3974744.90/cwt600.00–825.007,2554
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3960700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,7201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2925900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,3251
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3915769.88/cwt650.00–875.007,0444
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,005762.56/cwt750.00–775.007,6644
SteersMedium and Large 3495137.98/cwt134.00–143.006834
SteersMedium and Large 3517131.00/cwt129.00–133.006773
SteersMedium and Large 3410145.49/cwt145.00–146.005972
SteersMedium and Large 3370145.96/cwt145.00–147.005402
SteersMedium and Large 3565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
SteersMedium and Large 2562131.15/cwt126.00–133.0073716
SteersMedium and Large 2435155.46/cwt150.00–158.0067613
SteersMedium and Large 2491146.33/cwt145.00–147.0071812
SteersMedium and Large 21,04479.32/cwt79.00–82.008289
SteersMedium and Large 2517141.35/cwt139.00–146.007318
HeifersMedium and Large 3540114.00/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.