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
BullsAverage1,60991.201,4685thin
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 3488121.89/cwt116.00–126.0059510
HeifersMedium and Large 176597.50/cwt97.00–98.007462
HeifersMedium and Large 1328134.75/cwt134.00–137.504429
HeifersMedium and Large 1611114.26/cwt110.00–117.0069813
HeifersMedium and Large 1370135.08/cwt132.00–137.0050017
HeifersMedium and Large 1468126.88/cwt125.00–129.0059417
SteersMedium and Large 3332139.47/cwt135.00–145.0046323
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,067984.19/cwt800.00–1,050.0010,50118
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-29731,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0010,4604
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3925977.02/cwt950.00–1,000.009,03714
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,250975.00/cwt975.00–975.0012,1881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,022958.44/cwt925.00–975.009,7953
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3840704.88/cwt600.00–750.005,9215
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,060769.30/cwt725.00–800.008,1556
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3963748.22/cwt600.00–875.007,2058
Bulls2,17599.50/cwt99.00–100.002,1642
Bulls1,23285.67/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 377385.70/cwt84.00–89.006623
HeifersMedium and Large 3320117.46/cwt115.00–120.003764
HeifersMedium and Large 3519104.75/cwt100.00–110.005444
HeifersMedium and Large 3431114.72/cwt111.00–116.004946
HeifersMedium and Large 3265125.63/cwt120.00–130.003337
SteersMedium and Large 1733121.49/cwt121.00–122.008912
SteersMedium and Large 1777118.00/cwt118.00–118.009173
SteersMedium and Large 1577134.00/cwt134.00–134.007738
SteersMedium and Large 1485146.46/cwt142.00–149.0071010
SteersMedium and Large 1658127.96/cwt124.00–129.0084214
SteersMedium and Large 1621127.58/cwt126.00–130.0079236
SteersMedium and Large 1527142.93/cwt140.00–148.0075353
SteersMedium and Large 2380143.68/cwt142.00–145.005463
SteersMedium and Large 2470136.96/cwt135.00–141.006443
SteersMedium and Large 2520132.02/cwt130.00–135.006873
SteersMedium and Large 2777103.00/cwt102.00–105.008003
SteersMedium and Large 2323147.00/cwt147.00–147.004755
SteersMedium and Large 2619119.96/cwt115.00–123.007435
SteersMedium and Large 2573130.02/cwt129.00–132.0074513
SteersMedium and Large 2432140.37/cwt140.00–142.0060616
SteersMedium and Large 3615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006772
SteersMedium and Large 3688108.48/cwt107.00–110.007462
SteersMedium and Large 372598.01/cwt97.00–99.007112
SteersMedium and Large 3468127.24/cwt125.00–132.005954
HeifersMedium and Large 1587115.29/cwt114.00–119.0067720
HeifersMedium and Large 1433130.60/cwt129.00–135.0056542
HeifersMedium and Large 1532121.52/cwt118.00–124.0064652
HeifersMedium and Large 2205145.00/cwt145.00–145.002971
HeifersMedium and Large 2275135.00/cwt135.00–135.003711
HeifersMedium and Large 271894.51/cwt94.00–95.006792
HeifersMedium and Large 2612102.01/cwt98.00–108.006243
HeifersMedium and Large 2333130.46/cwt126.00–136.004345
HeifersMedium and Large 2530115.40/cwt113.00–116.006125
HeifersMedium and Large 267099.53/cwt94.00–104.006676
HeifersMedium and Large 2370128.93/cwt126.00–131.0047712
HeifersMedium and Large 2484123.04/cwt120.00–124.0059612
HeifersMedium and Large 2562108.08/cwt107.00–113.0060713
HeifersMedium and Large 2430122.60/cwt118.00–126.0052721
HeifersMedium and Large 3230130.00/cwt130.00–130.002991
HeifersMedium and Large 362095.00/cwt95.00–95.005891
HeifersMedium and Large 3370120.00/cwt120.00–120.004442
HeifersMedium and Large 3495108.00/cwt105.00–111.005352
BullsMedium and Large 1565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
BullsMedium and Large 1375149.00/cwt149.00–149.005592
BullsMedium and Large 1405142.96/cwt140.00–146.005792
BullsMedium and Large 1618115.00/cwt115.00–115.007112
BullsMedium and Large 1527133.36/cwt130.00–139.007033
BullsMedium and Large 2295145.00/cwt145.00–145.004281
BullsMedium and Large 2655103.00/cwt103.00–103.006751
BullsMedium and Large 275598.00/cwt98.00–98.007401
BullsMedium and Large 2239152.34/cwt152.00–152.503643
BullsMedium and Large 2702103.00/cwt103.00–103.007233
BullsMedium and Large 2463133.01/cwt130.00–136.006168
BullsMedium and Large 2630108.76/cwt108.00–113.006858
BullsMedium and Large 2515123.18/cwt120.00–128.0063410
BullsMedium and Large 2380141.49/cwt138.00–145.0053811
BullsMedium and Large 2325146.45/cwt140.00–149.0047615
BullsMedium and Large 2429138.44/cwt137.00–139.0059421
BullsMedium and Large 3575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006331
BullsMedium and Large 3240146.08/cwt142.00–150.003512
BullsMedium and Large 3520115.52/cwt115.00–116.006012
BullsMedium and Large 3638104.50/cwt104.00–105.006672
BullsMedium and Large 3421125.27/cwt120.00–130.005274
BullsMedium and Large 3273134.33/cwt132.00–140.003675
BullsMedium and Large 3365131.27/cwt130.00–135.004797
BullsMedium and Large 3326135.49/cwt130.00–138.004429
SteersMedium and Large 3426133.66/cwt131.00–137.005695
SteersMedium and Large 3358138.77/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.