Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-08-26

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Aug 26
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
867 head
253 vs last sale 1,120 65 vs year ago 802 · +8.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
136 head
55 vs last sale 81 37 vs year ago 173 · 21.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
101 head
58 vs last sale 43 57 vs year ago 44 · +129.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, heifer and bull calves unevenly steady and replacement cows steady to 5.00 higher,

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.01/cwt on 309 head.
Average price
$117.01
309 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.25
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1491124.44611107
Medium and Large 2536114.48614135
Medium and Large 3470110.2651867
One grade step is worth $14.18/cwt here — about $93 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 sale309 hd
117.01
GA average17 barns · 1,626 hd
117.26
−0.25
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
BullsLow1,52290.821,38220
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28466.8085845
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,23863.457862thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99156.2455740

Every lot, as filed

95 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 1505124.00/cwt124.00–124.006261
BullsMedium and Large 1615115.00/cwt115.00–115.007071
BullsMedium and Large 1313164.94/cwt162.00–168.005163
BullsMedium and Large 1470133.88/cwt130.00–140.006293
BullsMedium and Large 1414151.73/cwt150.00–155.006284
BullsMedium and Large 1566119.26/cwt118.00–120.006754
BullsMedium and Large 1376156.17/cwt155.00–160.005876
BullsMedium and Large 2615108.00/cwt108.00–108.006641
BullsMedium and Large 271597.00/cwt97.00–97.006941
BullsMedium and Large 276095.00/cwt95.00–95.007221
BullsMedium and Large 2243168.48/cwt167.00–170.004092
BullsMedium and Large 2563113.53/cwt112.00–115.006392
BullsMedium and Large 2688107.51/cwt106.00–109.007402
BullsMedium and Large 2489122.02/cwt120.00–123.005974
BullsMedium and Large 2267168.18/cwt165.00–170.004495
BullsMedium and Large 2341152.61/cwt147.00–157.005205
BullsMedium and Large 2377144.37/cwt140.00–150.005445
BullsMedium and Large 2425139.32/cwt135.00–144.005928
BullsMedium and Large 2515119.86/cwt118.00–123.0061710
BullsMedium and Large 3225142.00/cwt142.00–142.003201
BullsMedium and Large 3370122.00/cwt122.00–122.004511
HeifersMedium and Large 3230127.96/cwt125.00–132.002943
HeifersMedium and Large 3687100.00/cwt100.00–100.006873
SteersMedium and Large 2423142.86/cwt140.00–148.0060410
CowsLean 85-90%1,01358.11/cwt55.00–62.0058932
CowsLean 85-90%90348.77/cwt45.00–52.004408
HeifersMedium and Large 374590.00/cwt90.00–90.006711
HeifersMedium and Large 2625108.15/cwt105.00–110.0067647
HeifersMedium and Large 2519114.48/cwt110.00–116.0059422
HeifersMedium and Large 2479118.41/cwt115.00–121.0056722
HeifersMedium and Large 2427123.31/cwt120.00–125.0052714
HeifersMedium and Large 2372126.29/cwt122.00–130.0047014
HeifersMedium and Large 2580111.87/cwt108.00–114.0064912
HeifersMedium and Large 2763100.98/cwt100.00–102.007702
HeifersMedium and Large 2710103.00/cwt103.00–103.007311
HeifersMedium and Large 2695107.00/cwt107.00–107.007441
HeifersMedium and Large 1491126.88/cwt123.00–128.0062338
HeifersMedium and Large 1563115.59/cwt115.00–117.0065122
HeifersMedium and Large 1511120.15/cwt118.00–122.0061417
HeifersMedium and Large 1417130.19/cwt129.00–131.0054315
HeifersMedium and Large 1394135.00/cwt135.00–135.0053211
HeifersMedium and Large 1610111.00/cwt111.00–111.006772
HeifersMedium and Large 1705108.00/cwt108.00–108.007611
HeifersMedium and Large 1325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004551
BullsMedium and Large 3469113.83/cwt110.00–119.005346
BullsMedium and Large 3518112.22/cwt106.00–115.005814
BullsMedium and Large 3438122.54/cwt120.00–130.005374
BullsMedium and Large 365595.50/cwt95.00–96.006262
BullsMedium and Large 3583105.04/cwt102.00–108.006122
BullsMedium and Large 362099.00/cwt99.00–99.006141
SteersMedium and Large 2546130.50/cwt130.00–131.007136
SteersMedium and Large 2780113.02/cwt110.00–114.008824
SteersMedium and Large 2723117.98/cwt117.00–120.008533
SteersMedium and Large 2627124.01/cwt123.00–125.007783
SteersMedium and Large 2370153.56/cwt152.00–155.005682
SteersMedium and Large 2345157.00/cwt157.00–157.005421
SteersMedium and Large 1618128.14/cwt126.00–134.0079260
SteersMedium and Large 1511133.44/cwt132.00–138.0068234
SteersMedium and Large 1561131.13/cwt129.00–138.0073629
SteersMedium and Large 1667125.46/cwt123.00–131.0083721
SteersMedium and Large 1741122.20/cwt122.00–123.0090610
SteersMedium and Large 1759121.00/cwt121.00–121.009184
SteersMedium and Large 1455153.64/cwt151.00–155.006993
SteersMedium and Large 1435155.00/cwt155.00–155.006741
HeifersMedium and Large 3538101.57/cwt101.00–108.0054615
HeifersMedium and Large 3565105.50/cwt105.00–107.005968
HeifersMedium and Large 3340123.35/cwt120.00–128.004198
HeifersMedium and Large 3619102.86/cwt102.00–103.006377
HeifersMedium and Large 3368117.97/cwt115.00–120.004347
HeifersMedium and Large 3286121.11/cwt120.00–125.003466
HeifersMedium and Large 3477106.00/cwt106.00–106.005065
HeifersMedium and Large 3419114.13/cwt110.00–118.004784
SteersMedium and Large 2469136.11/cwt135.00–141.0063811
SteersMedium and Large 3555114.00/cwt114.00–114.006331
SteersMedium and Large 3740109.00/cwt109.00–109.008071
SteersMedium and Large 3795106.00/cwt106.00–106.008431
SteersMedium and Large 3630110.33/cwt110.00–111.006953
SteersMedium and Large 3419129.34/cwt125.00–135.005424
SteersMedium and Large 3286154.62/cwt154.00–155.004425
SteersMedium and Large 3367147.05/cwt140.00–150.005405
SteersMedium and Large 3487128.27/cwt124.00–130.0062512
SteersMedium and Large 3512121.27/cwt115.00–125.0062114
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-39351,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0010,2852
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3943728.67/cwt600.00–875.006,8716
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2851,218.96/cwt1,125.00–1,325.0015,66413
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2281,079.07/cwt1,000.00–1,250.0013,25112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,128800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,0242
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,116863.08/cwt700.00–1,000.009,63214
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,206749.47/cwt675.00–825.009,03915
Bulls1,53586.45/cwt81.00–89.001,32710
Bulls1,50895.19/cwt90.00–97.001,43510
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25559.06/cwt57.00–61.007418
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36973.36/cwt71.00–76.001,00414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24365.50/cwt63.00–69.0081423
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,23863.45/cwt63.00–64.007862

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.