Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2020-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.89/cwt on 117 head.

Average price

$132.89

117 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$32

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$15.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.16

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	463	139.64	647	40
Medium and Large 1	599	130.12	779	67
Medium and Large 3	494	124.40	615	10thin

One grade step is worth $15.25/cwt here — about $32 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 sale117 hd

132.89

—

GA average13 barns · 594 hd

136.04

−3.16

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,403	77.91	1,093	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,274	64.17	818	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,152	54.37	626	16

Every lot, as filed

85 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	116.67/cwt	110.00–120.00	373	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	118.70/cwt	115.00–120.00	615	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	115.33/cwt	114.00–116.00	642	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	105.28/cwt	101.00–110.00	698	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	137.32/cwt	136.00–140.00	595	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	113.49/cwt	113.00–114.00	713	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	745	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	614	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	503	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	280	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	153.96/cwt	151.00–158.00	573	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	216	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	380	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	146.07/cwt	142.00–149.00	602	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	126.51/cwt	124.00–129.00	712	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	130.04/cwt	129.00–131.00	676	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	263	170.99/cwt	170.00–172.00	450	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	681	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	518	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,376	1,343.89/cwt	1,250.00–1,450.00	18,492	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	94.97/cwt	90.00–100.00	679	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	503	122.51/cwt	121.00–124.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	119.64/cwt	117.00–121.00	566	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	110.60/cwt	109.00–111.00	635	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	126.55/cwt	125.00–129.00	399	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	117.65/cwt	113.00–120.00	514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	106.02/cwt	103.00–109.00	726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	108.49/cwt	107.00–110.00	687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	115.45/cwt	114.00–117.00	598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	665	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	130.14/cwt	130.00–131.00	535	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	124.21/cwt	124.00–125.00	635	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	125.72/cwt	124.00–127.00	611	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	122.49/cwt	119.00–124.00	682	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	737	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	131.03/cwt	130.00–132.00	489	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	139.78/cwt	137.50–142.00	370	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	117.86/cwt	113.00–123.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	382	138.38/cwt	138.00–140.00	529	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	495	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	564	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	618	97.67/cwt	95.00–99.00	604	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	488	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	225	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	135.23/cwt	135.00–138.00	655	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	146.08/cwt	145.00–148.00	619	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	528	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	115.67/cwt	115.00–117.00	755	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	118.39/cwt	115.00–122.00	734	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	255	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	439	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	130.35/cwt	128.00–134.00	750	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	125.61/cwt	122.00–126.00	853	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	133.89/cwt	133.00–140.00	688	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	120.26/cwt	118.00–125.00	936	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	124.48/cwt	123.00–126.00	767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	149.01/cwt	146.00–151.00	675	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	156.26/cwt	155.00–157.50	552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	265	156.02/cwt	155.00–157.00	413	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	433	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	492	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,213	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	13,646	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,278	1,003.40/cwt	900.00–1,075.00	12,823	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,151	1,261.82/cwt	1,100.00–1,400.00	14,524	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	1,061.22/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	10,166	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,035	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,574	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,178	881.05/cwt	825.00–925.00	10,379	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	938	859.73/cwt	750.00–975.00	8,064	6
Bulls	—	—	1,403	77.91/cwt	76.00–80.00	1,093	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	71.28/cwt	70.00–73.00	865	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	56.87/cwt	53.00–60.00	763	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	64.66/cwt	62.00–69.00	820	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	49.62/cwt	46.00–52.00	535	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,209	58.07/cwt	54.00–61.00	702	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	564	1

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Turner County Stockyard - Ashburn, GA

Wed Sep 9, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 447Last week 570Year ago 836

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 62Year ago 177

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 55Year ago 55

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	96.00	96.00
3	—	320	110.00–120.00	116.67
1	—	380	114.00	114.00
1	—	460	107.00	107.00
1	—	515	110.00	110.00
1	—	570	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	473	117.00–121.00	119.64
5	—	574	109.00–111.00	110.60
4	—	315	125.00–129.00	126.55
3	—	437	113.00–120.00	117.65
2	—	685	103.00–109.00	106.02
2	—	633	107.00–110.00	108.49
2	—	518	114.00–117.00	115.45
2	—	390	129.00	129.00
1	—	240	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	411	130.00–131.00	130.14
14	—	511	124.00–125.00	124.21
13	—	486	124.00–127.00	125.72
12	—	557	119.00–124.00	122.49
8	—	658	112.00	112.00
3	—	373	130.00–132.00	131.03
3	—	265	137.50–142.00	139.78
2	—	618	113.00–123.00	117.86
1	—	785	108.00	108.00
1	—	705	105.00	105.00
1	—	320	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	518	115.00–120.00	118.70
6	—	557	114.00–116.00	115.33
4	—	663	101.00–110.00	105.28
3	—	433	136.00–140.00	137.32
2	—	628	113.00–114.00	113.49
1	—	745	101.00	101.00
1	—	495	124.00	124.00
1	—	335	150.00	150.00
1	—	280	162.00	162.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	372	151.00–158.00	153.96
4	—	216	176.00	176.00
3	—	412	142.00–149.00	146.07
2	—	613	118.00	118.00
2	—	563	124.00–129.00	126.51
2	—	520	129.00–131.00	130.04
2	—	263	170.00–172.00	170.99
1	—	460	148.00	148.00
1	—	310	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	382	138.00–140.00	138.38
4	—	495	114.00	114.00
3	—	618	95.00–99.00	97.67
1	—	565	108.00	108.00
2	—	265	155.00–157.00	156.02
2	—	515	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	90.00–100.00	94.97
2	—	503	121.00–124.00	122.51
2	—	488	129.00–130.00	129.50
1	—	590	106.00	106.00
1	—	375	136.00	136.00
1	—	340	141.00	141.00
1	—	225	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	484	135.00–138.00	135.23
13	—	424	145.00–148.00	146.08
4	—	334	158.00	158.00
3	—	653	115.00–117.00	115.67
2	—	620	115.00–122.00	118.39
1	—	255	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	575	128.00–134.00	130.35
15	—	679	122.00–126.00	125.61
9	—	514	133.00–140.00	133.89
6	—	778	118.00–125.00	120.26
4	—	616	123.00–126.00	124.48
3	—	453	146.00–151.00	149.01
2	—	353	155.00–157.50	156.26

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,376	1,250.00–1,450.00	1,343.89
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,213	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,278	900.00–1,075.00	1,003.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,151	1,100.00–1,400.00	1,261.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	958	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,061.22
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,035	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,178	825.00–925.00	881.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	938	750.00–975.00	859.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,403	76.00–80.00	77.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,213	70.00–73.00	71.28
7	—	1,341	53.00–60.00	56.87
17	—	1,268	62.00–69.00	64.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,079	46.00–52.00	49.62
9	—	1,209	54.00–61.00	58.07

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Ashburn

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Turner County Stockyard - Ashburn, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle