Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers and heifers 3.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder bulls steady, steer, heifer, and bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.62/cwt on 235 head.

Average price

$114.62

235 head · 465 lb average

Value per head Derived

$533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$10.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.78

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	456	121.10	553	61
Medium and Large 2	482	113.11	545	119
Medium and Large 3	439	110.71	486	55

One grade step is worth $10.39/cwt here — about $67 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 sale235 hd

114.62

—

GA average17 barns · 1,673 hd

112.84

+1.78

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	1,420	75.24	1,068	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,207	59.09	713	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,407	56.16	791	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,067	50.40	538	23

Every lot, as filed

70 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	432	122.36/cwt	120.00–125.00	529	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	467	112.91/cwt	110.00–119.00	527	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	334	143.57/cwt	140.00–147.00	480	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	377	133.24/cwt	130.00–137.00	502	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	265	151.21/cwt	148.00–153.00	401	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	628	95.04/cwt	93.00–97.00	597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	437	135.14/cwt	130.00–139.00	591	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	125.99/cwt	121.00–131.00	607	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	142.91/cwt	141.00–147.00	536	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	103.90/cwt	101.00–109.00	649	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	116.46/cwt	114.00–119.00	609	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	265	163.29/cwt	160.00–168.00	433	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	110.30/cwt	106.00–114.00	642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	369	140.46/cwt	134.00–144.00	518	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	317	156.06/cwt	150.00–160.00	495	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	99.47/cwt	98.00–101.00	664	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	115.48/cwt	115.00–119.00	662	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	437	148.67/cwt	143.00–153.00	650	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	738	102.01/cwt	101.00–103.00	753	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	112.51/cwt	110.00–115.00	690	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	139.41/cwt	135.00–144.00	662	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	46.90/cwt	43.00–49.00	477	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,238	51.53/cwt	50.00–57.00	638	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	62.40/cwt	59.00–65.00	675	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,392	53.37/cwt	50.00–57.00	743	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	62.22/cwt	61.00–65.00	897	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	62.49/cwt	59.00–66.00	747	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	54.00/cwt	51.00–57.00	660	10
Bulls	—	—	1,322	73.08/cwt	70.00–77.00	966	6
Bulls	—	—	1,713	81.72/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,400	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	682.22/cwt	550.00–825.00	7,764	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	897	750.05/cwt	650.00–800.00	6,728	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,098	799.43/cwt	750.00–850.00	8,778	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	444	136.75/cwt	133.00–139.00	607	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	101.80/cwt	99.00–105.00	667	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	240	160.04/cwt	153.00–163.00	384	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	107.54/cwt	105.00–110.00	661	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	144.59/cwt	140.00–146.00	607	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	123.69/cwt	120.00–129.00	657	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	152.64/cwt	150.00–153.00	490	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	131.71/cwt	130.00–132.00	624	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	774	98.57/cwt	97.00–104.00	763	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	122.20/cwt	119.00–124.00	695	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	147.02/cwt	145.00–149.00	538	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	124.49/cwt	123.00–128.00	773	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	129.69/cwt	125.00–131.00	756	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	135.46/cwt	134.00–137.00	715	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	116.41/cwt	115.00–121.00	842	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	109.79/cwt	105.00–115.00	860	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	121.18/cwt	120.00–123.00	816	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	150.66/cwt	150.00–152.00	621	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	439	107.31/cwt	105.00–110.00	471	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	262	131.33/cwt	125.00–134.00	344	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	111.85/cwt	108.00–114.00	412	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	331	124.96/cwt	121.00–129.00	414	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	626	96.35/cwt	92.00–99.00	603	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	569	96.99/cwt	91.00–100.00	552	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	91.73/cwt	91.00–93.00	619	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	98.99/cwt	96.00–102.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	107.41/cwt	102.00–110.00	614	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	113.25/cwt	111.00–119.00	493	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	121.48/cwt	120.00–128.00	460	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	110.39/cwt	106.00–114.00	577	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	110.04/cwt	105.00–115.00	531	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	316	130.54/cwt	130.00–132.00	413	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	102.80/cwt	100.00–105.00	634	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	119.76/cwt	116.00–121.00	568	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	122.15/cwt	120.00–124.00	535	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	132.08/cwt	130.00–134.00	489	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	532	103.48/cwt	100.00–109.00	551	7

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 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 773Last week 788Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 128Last week 75Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 39Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	432	120.00–125.00	122.36
5	—	467	110.00–119.00	112.91
5	—	334	140.00–147.00	143.57
3	—	377	130.00–137.00	133.24
3	—	265	148.00–153.00	151.21
2	—	628	93.00–97.00	95.04
7	—	532	100.00–109.00	103.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	437	130.00–139.00	135.14
7	—	482	121.00–131.00	125.99
5	—	375	141.00–147.00	142.91
4	—	625	101.00–109.00	103.90
4	—	523	114.00–119.00	116.46
4	—	265	160.00–168.00	163.29
3	—	582	106.00–114.00	110.30
3	—	317	150.00–160.00	156.06
2	—	668	98.00–101.00	99.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	573	115.00–119.00	115.48
3	—	437	143.00–153.00	148.67
2	—	738	101.00–103.00	102.01
2	—	613	110.00–115.00	112.51
2	—	475	135.00–144.00	139.41
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	369	134.00–144.00	140.46
8	—	444	133.00–139.00	136.75
5	—	655	99.00–105.00	101.80
5	—	240	153.00–163.00	160.04
2	—	615	105.00–110.00	107.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	420	140.00–146.00	144.59
24	—	531	120.00–129.00	123.69
9	—	321	150.00–153.00	152.64
7	—	474	130.00–132.00	131.71
5	—	774	97.00–104.00	98.57
5	—	569	119.00–124.00	122.20
4	—	366	145.00–149.00	147.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	621	123.00–128.00	124.49
16	—	583	125.00–131.00	129.69
14	—	528	134.00–137.00	135.46
13	—	723	115.00–121.00	116.41
10	—	783	105.00–115.00	109.79
6	—	673	120.00–123.00	121.18
3	—	412	150.00–152.00	150.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	439	105.00–110.00	107.31
9	—	262	125.00–134.00	131.33
8	—	368	108.00–114.00	111.85
8	—	331	121.00–129.00	124.96
6	—	626	92.00–99.00	96.35
6	—	569	91.00–100.00	96.99
4	—	675	91.00–93.00	91.73
2	—	523	96.00–102.00	98.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	572	102.00–110.00	107.41
19	—	435	111.00–119.00	113.25
18	—	379	120.00–128.00	121.48
17	—	523	106.00–114.00	110.39
14	—	483	105.00–115.00	110.04
11	—	316	130.00–132.00	130.54
6	—	617	100.00–105.00	102.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	474	116.00–121.00	119.76
24	—	438	120.00–124.00	122.15
2	—	370	130.00–134.00	132.08

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,017	43.00–49.00	46.90
4	—	1,238	50.00–57.00	51.53
4	—	1,081	59.00–65.00	62.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,392	50.00–57.00	53.37
6	—	1,441	61.00–65.00	62.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,196	59.00–66.00	62.49
10	—	1,223	51.00–57.00	54.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,322	70.00–77.00	73.08
2	—	1,713	79.00–84.00	81.72

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,138	550.00–825.00	682.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	897	650.00–800.00	750.05
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,098	750.00–850.00	799.43

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

Heifers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle