Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-06-10

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Jun 10
● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
826 head
385 vs last sale 441 92 vs year ago 734 · +12.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
24 vs last sale 83 22 vs year ago 85 · +25.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
9 vs last sale 38 2 vs year ago 31 · 6.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls 3.00 higher, feeder steers steady to 1.00 higher. feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher, feeder bulls steady to 3.00 higher, steer calves steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves 2.00 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 $123.92/cwt on 258 head.
Average price
$123.92
258 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.03
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1487126.94618170
Medium and Large 2491120.6659265
Medium and Large 3494110.8254723
One grade step is worth $16.12/cwt here — about $71 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 sale258 hd
123.92
GA average16 barns · 1,452 hd
121.89
+2.03
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
BullsHigh1,57495.791,5089thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22677.7795366
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49574.621,1163thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06662.1666216

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1675108.00/cwt108.00–108.007291
SteersMedium and Large 3459128.25/cwt128.00–129.005894
Dairy SteersLarge 338395.00/cwt95.00–95.003643
Dairy SteersLarge 324190.00/cwt90.00–90.002175
Dairy SteersLarge 332994.41/cwt92.00–95.003115
Dairy SteersLarge 328993.00/cwt93.00–93.0026914
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,015950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,6432
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-39951,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,9502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2960850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,1601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,005698.26/cwt675.00–725.007,0182
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3860808.47/cwt750.00–925.006,9534
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3950786.89/cwt750.00–825.007,4755
Bulls1,760107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,8831
Bulls1,41791.51/cwt90.00–93.001,2973
Bulls1,63196.12/cwt95.00–98.001,5685
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27369.84/cwt66.00–73.0088914
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27284.44/cwt82.00–89.001,07417
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18477.71/cwt74.00–81.0092035
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49574.62/cwt72.00–79.001,1163
CowsLean 85-90%1,13869.00/cwt68.00–70.007853
CowsLean 85-90%93956.45/cwt54.00–58.005304
CowsLean 85-90%1,09862.42/cwt60.00–67.006859
HeifersMedium and Large 3420115.67/cwt115.00–116.004863
HeifersMedium and Large 361093.63/cwt90.00–96.005713
HeifersMedium and Large 3489114.50/cwt110.00–118.005604
HeifersMedium and Large 3539110.24/cwt107.00–112.005944
SteersMedium and Large 1655123.00/cwt123.00–123.008064
SteersMedium and Large 1438145.86/cwt145.00–146.006397
SteersMedium and Large 1529141.55/cwt141.00–142.007499
SteersMedium and Large 1628127.02/cwt126.00–130.0079833
SteersMedium and Large 1570133.95/cwt131.00–137.0076438
SteersMedium and Large 1474142.70/cwt141.00–146.0067641
SteersMedium and Large 2295155.00/cwt155.00–155.004571
SteersMedium and Large 2705112.00/cwt112.00–112.007901
SteersMedium and Large 2638123.00/cwt123.00–123.007852
SteersMedium and Large 2530132.69/cwt130.00–135.007033
SteersMedium and Large 2431138.81/cwt138.00–139.005985
SteersMedium and Large 2468139.13/cwt135.00–140.006516
SteersMedium and Large 2564126.97/cwt123.00–129.007167
SteersMedium and Large 2675119.00/cwt119.00–119.008037
SteersMedium and Large 2361149.38/cwt144.00–150.0053917
SteersMedium and Large 3440134.00/cwt134.00–134.005901
SteersMedium and Large 3545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006811
SteersMedium and Large 3243155.00/cwt155.00–155.003772
SteersMedium and Large 3320148.00/cwt148.00–148.004742
SteersMedium and Large 3573119.04/cwt118.00–120.006822
HeifersMedium and Large 2333135.20/cwt131.00–138.004505
HeifersMedium and Large 2273139.05/cwt138.00–140.003802
HeifersMedium and Large 2230145.00/cwt145.00–145.003341
HeifersMedium and Large 1474129.53/cwt126.00–133.0061434
HeifersMedium and Large 1514124.50/cwt121.00–125.0064032
HeifersMedium and Large 1581117.87/cwt117.00–124.0068530
HeifersMedium and Large 1433133.40/cwt131.00–136.0057826
HeifersMedium and Large 1377135.55/cwt134.00–140.0051125
HeifersMedium and Large 1339139.87/cwt139.00–145.004748
HeifersMedium and Large 1619112.44/cwt109.00–115.006967
HeifersMedium and Large 1753102.01/cwt99.00–108.007683
HeifersMedium and Large 180095.00/cwt95.00–95.007602
HeifersMedium and Large 1273144.08/cwt143.00–145.003932
HeifersMedium and Large 2672104.19/cwt100.00–106.007005
HeifersMedium and Large 2621104.81/cwt100.00–107.006516
HeifersMedium and Large 2576113.85/cwt110.00–116.006567
HeifersMedium and Large 2410127.67/cwt125.00–130.0052310
HeifersMedium and Large 2521119.25/cwt119.00–120.0062112
HeifersMedium and Large 2470122.90/cwt120.00–124.0057817
HeifersMedium and Large 371590.00/cwt90.00–90.006441
HeifersMedium and Large 376584.00/cwt84.00–84.006431
HeifersMedium and Large 3338124.00/cwt124.00–124.004192
HeifersMedium and Large 3575104.49/cwt104.00–105.006012
HeifersMedium and Large 3282130.31/cwt127.00–132.003673
BullsMedium and Large 1225170.00/cwt170.00–170.003831
BullsMedium and Large 1545130.00/cwt130.00–130.007091
BullsMedium and Large 1612118.98/cwt118.00–120.007283
BullsMedium and Large 1568125.87/cwt125.00–126.007158
BullsMedium and Large 1668113.57/cwt112.00–115.007599
BullsMedium and Large 2275154.91/cwt150.00–160.004262
BullsMedium and Large 2338148.02/cwt147.00–150.005003
BullsMedium and Large 2675108.72/cwt105.00–111.007344
BullsMedium and Large 2710103.24/cwt102.00–104.007334
BullsMedium and Large 2467131.15/cwt130.00–135.006126
BullsMedium and Large 2530126.97/cwt124.00–129.006736
BullsMedium and Large 2617112.00/cwt110.00–115.006916
BullsMedium and Large 2378147.06/cwt142.00–150.0055612
BullsMedium and Large 2574120.43/cwt119.00–124.0069112
BullsMedium and Large 2422138.27/cwt135.00–143.0058322
BullsMedium and Large 3345135.00/cwt135.00–135.004661
BullsMedium and Large 371098.00/cwt98.00–98.006961
BullsMedium and Large 375591.00/cwt91.00–91.006871
BullsMedium and Large 3390132.03/cwt130.00–134.005152
BullsMedium and Large 3572112.01/cwt109.00–115.006415
BullsMedium and Large 3537119.98/cwt119.00–123.006448
BullsMedium and Large 3429130.16/cwt128.00–133.005589
BullsMedium and Large 3478127.62/cwt125.00–128.0061023

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.