Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-05-20

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, May 20
● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
874 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 842▲ 341 vs year ago 533 · +64.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
87 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 87▼ 39 vs year ago 126 · −31.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 32▼ 9 vs year ago 75 · −12.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, bull calves steady 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 $121.75/cwt on 283 head.
Average price
$121.75
283 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$584
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.71
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490124.75611172
Medium and Large 2477118.5856681
Medium and Large 3423113.1647930
One grade step is worth $11.59/cwt here — about $132 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 sale283 hd
121.75
—
GA average17 barns · 1,818 hd
119.04
+2.71
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—Average1,60991.201,4685thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20168.3282043
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,30061.337973thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06957.9762024

Every lot, as filed

93 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 3—488121.89/cwt116.00–126.0059510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—76597.50/cwt97.00–98.007462
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328134.75/cwt134.00–137.504429
HeifersMedium and Large 1—611114.26/cwt110.00–117.0069813
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370135.08/cwt132.00–137.0050017
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468126.88/cwt125.00–129.0059417
SteersMedium and Large 3—332139.47/cwt135.00–145.0046323
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,067984.19/cwt800.00–1,050.0010,50118
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—9731,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0010,4604
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—925977.02/cwt950.00–1,000.009,03714
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,250975.00/cwt975.00–975.0012,1881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,022958.44/cwt925.00–975.009,7953
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—840704.88/cwt600.00–750.005,9215
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,060769.30/cwt725.00–800.008,1556
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—963748.22/cwt600.00–875.007,2058
Bulls——2,17599.50/cwt99.00–100.002,1642
Bulls——1,23285.67/cwt83.00–87.001,0553
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27359.36/cwt55.00–62.007566
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21574.66/cwt72.00–79.0090711
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17867.71/cwt64.00–71.0079826
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,03056.00/cwt56.00–56.005771
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43563.99/cwt63.00–65.009182
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11365.58/cwt65.00–66.007302
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03853.79/cwt51.00–56.005588
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08159.27/cwt56.00–63.0064114
HeifersMedium and Large 3—77385.70/cwt84.00–89.006623
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320117.46/cwt115.00–120.003764
HeifersMedium and Large 3—519104.75/cwt100.00–110.005444
HeifersMedium and Large 3—431114.72/cwt111.00–116.004946
HeifersMedium and Large 3—265125.63/cwt120.00–130.003337
SteersMedium and Large 1—733121.49/cwt121.00–122.008912
SteersMedium and Large 1—777118.00/cwt118.00–118.009173
SteersMedium and Large 1—577134.00/cwt134.00–134.007738
SteersMedium and Large 1—485146.46/cwt142.00–149.0071010
SteersMedium and Large 1—658127.96/cwt124.00–129.0084214
SteersMedium and Large 1—621127.58/cwt126.00–130.0079236
SteersMedium and Large 1—527142.93/cwt140.00–148.0075353
SteersMedium and Large 2—380143.68/cwt142.00–145.005463
SteersMedium and Large 2—470136.96/cwt135.00–141.006443
SteersMedium and Large 2—520132.02/cwt130.00–135.006873
SteersMedium and Large 2—777103.00/cwt102.00–105.008003
SteersMedium and Large 2—323147.00/cwt147.00–147.004755
SteersMedium and Large 2—619119.96/cwt115.00–123.007435
SteersMedium and Large 2—573130.02/cwt129.00–132.0074513
SteersMedium and Large 2—432140.37/cwt140.00–142.0060616
SteersMedium and Large 3—615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006772
SteersMedium and Large 3—688108.48/cwt107.00–110.007462
SteersMedium and Large 3—72598.01/cwt97.00–99.007112
SteersMedium and Large 3—468127.24/cwt125.00–132.005954
HeifersMedium and Large 1—587115.29/cwt114.00–119.0067720
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433130.60/cwt129.00–135.0056542
HeifersMedium and Large 1—532121.52/cwt118.00–124.0064652
HeifersMedium and Large 2—205145.00/cwt145.00–145.002971
HeifersMedium and Large 2—275135.00/cwt135.00–135.003711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—71894.51/cwt94.00–95.006792
HeifersMedium and Large 2—612102.01/cwt98.00–108.006243
HeifersMedium and Large 2—333130.46/cwt126.00–136.004345
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530115.40/cwt113.00–116.006125
HeifersMedium and Large 2—67099.53/cwt94.00–104.006676
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370128.93/cwt126.00–131.0047712
HeifersMedium and Large 2—484123.04/cwt120.00–124.0059612
HeifersMedium and Large 2—562108.08/cwt107.00–113.0060713
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430122.60/cwt118.00–126.0052721
HeifersMedium and Large 3—230130.00/cwt130.00–130.002991
HeifersMedium and Large 3—62095.00/cwt95.00–95.005891
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370120.00/cwt120.00–120.004442
HeifersMedium and Large 3—495108.00/cwt105.00–111.005352
BullsMedium and Large 1—565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
BullsMedium and Large 1—375149.00/cwt149.00–149.005592
BullsMedium and Large 1—405142.96/cwt140.00–146.005792
BullsMedium and Large 1—618115.00/cwt115.00–115.007112
BullsMedium and Large 1—527133.36/cwt130.00–139.007033
BullsMedium and Large 2—295145.00/cwt145.00–145.004281
BullsMedium and Large 2—655103.00/cwt103.00–103.006751
BullsMedium and Large 2—75598.00/cwt98.00–98.007401
BullsMedium and Large 2—239152.34/cwt152.00–152.503643
BullsMedium and Large 2—702103.00/cwt103.00–103.007233
BullsMedium and Large 2—463133.01/cwt130.00–136.006168
BullsMedium and Large 2—630108.76/cwt108.00–113.006858
BullsMedium and Large 2—515123.18/cwt120.00–128.0063410
BullsMedium and Large 2—380141.49/cwt138.00–145.0053811
BullsMedium and Large 2—325146.45/cwt140.00–149.0047615
BullsMedium and Large 2—429138.44/cwt137.00–139.0059421
BullsMedium and Large 3—575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006331
BullsMedium and Large 3—240146.08/cwt142.00–150.003512
BullsMedium and Large 3—520115.52/cwt115.00–116.006012
BullsMedium and Large 3—638104.50/cwt104.00–105.006672
BullsMedium and Large 3—421125.27/cwt120.00–130.005274
BullsMedium and Large 3—273134.33/cwt132.00–140.003675
BullsMedium and Large 3—365131.27/cwt130.00–135.004797
BullsMedium and Large 3—326135.49/cwt130.00–138.004429
SteersMedium and Large 3—426133.66/cwt131.00–137.005695
SteersMedium and Large 3—358138.77/cwt135.00–141.004976

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.