Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-06-24

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Jun 24
● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
621 head
127 vs last sale 748 56 vs year ago 677 · 8.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
27 vs last sale 119 193 vs year ago 285 · 67.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
5 vs last sale 26 61 vs year ago 82 · 74.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 4.00 higher, feeder steers 1.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder heifers unevenly steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, bull calves steady to 3.00 higher and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.18/cwt on 183 head.
Average price
$119.18
183 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.80
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2471121.4857249
Medium and Large 1549120.18660105
Medium and Large 3491111.6654829
One grade step is worth $9.82/cwt here — about $24 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 sale183 hd
119.18
GA average17 barns · 1,245 hd
118.38
+0.80
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
BullsLow1,48397.281,44211
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28876.5798648
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,77074.001,3102thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08461.9567222

Every lot, as filed

88 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 3595110.00/cwt110.00–110.006552
BullsMedium and Large 3270148.76/cwt145.00–152.004022
BullsMedium and Large 3223153.38/cwt150.00–157.003422
BullsMedium and Large 3650105.00/cwt105.00–105.006831
BullsMedium and Large 3310130.00/cwt130.00–130.004031
BullsMedium and Large 2517125.20/cwt120.00–129.0064715
BullsMedium and Large 2580119.47/cwt115.00–125.0069310
BullsMedium and Large 2427133.92/cwt130.00–140.005727
BullsMedium and Large 2275162.88/cwt160.00–165.004484
BullsMedium and Large 2468129.97/cwt129.00–131.006082
BullsMedium and Large 2343152.48/cwt150.00–155.005232
BullsMedium and Large 2225161.02/cwt160.00–162.003622
BullsMedium and Large 2380143.00/cwt143.00–143.005431
BullsMedium and Large 1374152.50/cwt150.00–159.0057024
BullsMedium and Large 1418146.29/cwt143.00–150.0061115
BullsMedium and Large 1620119.00/cwt118.00–120.007388
BullsMedium and Large 1315166.02/cwt165.00–167.005234
BullsMedium and Large 1477135.67/cwt135.00–137.006473
BullsMedium and Large 1593128.00/cwt128.00–128.007592
BullsMedium and Large 1265172.00/cwt172.00–172.004561
HeifersMedium and Large 3440119.00/cwt119.00–119.005241
HeifersMedium and Large 3265131.00/cwt131.00–131.003471
HeifersMedium and Large 3220135.00/cwt135.00–135.002971
HeifersMedium and Large 2427125.44/cwt120.00–129.0053610
HeifersMedium and Large 2519118.39/cwt115.00–120.006149
HeifersMedium and Large 2618106.88/cwt104.00–109.006618
HeifersMedium and Large 2383131.85/cwt130.00–135.005056
HeifersMedium and Large 2333135.59/cwt132.00–137.004524
HeifersMedium and Large 2266135.49/cwt135.00–136.003604
HeifersMedium and Large 2577111.99/cwt110.00–113.006463
HeifersMedium and Large 2478119.34/cwt119.00–120.005703
HeifersMedium and Large 2673104.00/cwt104.00–104.007002
HeifersMedium and Large 1467126.84/cwt124.00–130.0059221
HeifersMedium and Large 1706106.95/cwt106.00–107.0075520
HeifersMedium and Large 1582116.17/cwt115.00–119.0067616
HeifersMedium and Large 1417132.57/cwt130.00–136.0055315
HeifersMedium and Large 1514122.00/cwt121.00–123.0062710
HeifersMedium and Large 1620113.44/cwt113.00–114.007037
HeifersMedium and Large 1678110.16/cwt110.00–111.007476
HeifersMedium and Large 1326138.79/cwt138.00–140.004525
HeifersMedium and Large 1753107.00/cwt105.00–110.008063
HeifersMedium and Large 1373139.51/cwt139.00–140.005202
BullsMedium and Large 3483121.56/cwt120.00–125.005877
BullsMedium and Large 3434118.60/cwt116.00–125.005157
SteersMedium and Large 3453127.51/cwt125.00–130.005782
SteersMedium and Large 3433127.51/cwt125.00–130.005522
SteersMedium and Large 3335138.45/cwt135.00–142.004642
SteersMedium and Large 3755101.00/cwt101.00–101.007631
SteersMedium and Large 2534138.79/cwt137.00–140.0074116
SteersMedium and Large 2477139.75/cwt133.00–142.006678
SteersMedium and Large 2645128.00/cwt128.00–128.008265
SteersMedium and Large 2397150.00/cwt150.00–150.005965
SteersMedium and Large 2660117.00/cwt117.00–117.007724
SteersMedium and Large 2420139.44/cwt135.00–142.005864
SteersMedium and Large 2335147.00/cwt147.00–147.004921
SteersMedium and Large 1523144.53/cwt143.00–148.0075618
SteersMedium and Large 1434146.32/cwt144.00–150.0063511
SteersMedium and Large 1573138.48/cwt138.00–140.007938
SteersMedium and Large 1455141.51/cwt140.00–144.006448
SteersMedium and Large 1616134.99/cwt130.00–139.008327
SteersMedium and Large 1690130.67/cwt126.00–133.009023
SteersMedium and Large 1733127.93/cwt124.00–132.009382
HeifersMedium and Large 3483114.57/cwt109.00–116.0055313
HeifersMedium and Large 366891.19/cwt85.00–95.006094
HeifersMedium and Large 3375120.22/cwt119.00–122.004514
HeifersMedium and Large 3570103.33/cwt100.00–105.005893
BullsMedium and Large 371886.99/cwt86.00–88.006252
BullsMedium and Large 3372128.30/cwt125.00–130.004773
BullsMedium and Large 3511114.20/cwt110.00–117.005845
BullsMedium and Large 377285.98/cwt84.00–88.006645
SteersMedium and Large 3510125.00/cwt125.00–125.006382
SteersMedium and Large 3375135.00/cwt135.00–135.005063
SteersMedium and Large 3658105.00/cwt105.00–105.006914
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,065925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,8512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,143892.09/cwt875.00–900.0010,1973
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3960700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,7201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3955925.00/cwt925.00–925.008,8341
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,250800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,0001
Bulls1,33691.09/cwt87.00–94.001,2175
Bulls1,605102.44/cwt100.00–105.001,6446
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18269.73/cwt68.00–72.0082412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38482.28/cwt81.00–84.001,13915
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27976.40/cwt73.00–80.0097721
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,77074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,3102
CowsLean 85-90%95552.09/cwt50.00–54.004974
CowsLean 85-90%1,11364.14/cwt60.00–67.0071418
HeifersMedium and Large 3540108.00/cwt108.00–108.005831
HeifersMedium and Large 3615100.00/cwt100.00–100.006151

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.