Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-10-21

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Oct 21
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
591 head
▲ 84 vs last sale 507▼ 220 vs year ago 811 · −27.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 166▼ 29 vs year ago 126 · −23.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 65▼ 59 vs year ago 98 · −60.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower, heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower, bull calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.55/cwt on 180 head.
Average price
$115.55
180 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$491
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.18
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476117.0455770
Medium and Large 2392116.6445784
Medium and Large 3397108.0142826
One grade step is worth $9.02/cwt here — about $128 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 sale180 hd
115.55
—
GA average16 barns · 987 hd
106.37
+9.18
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
Bulls—Low1,48473.001,0837thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29154.4370337
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48049.697354thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01745.4046221

Every lot, as filed

79 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
SteersMedium and Large 2—372137.49/cwt134.00–142.0051120
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415113.00/cwt113.00–113.004691
SteersMedium and Large 2—650109.00/cwt109.00–109.007091
HeifersMedium and Large 2—471106.19/cwt102.00–111.005005
HeifersMedium and Large 2—578102.02/cwt100.00–104.005904
SteersMedium and Large 2—478126.04/cwt121.00–131.0060214
BullsMedium and Large 2—65898.52/cwt97.00–100.006482
SteersMedium and Large 2—575119.00/cwt119.00–119.006841
BullsMedium and Large 2—278147.91/cwt146.00–150.004112
HeifersMedium and Large 2—326121.28/cwt119.00–124.0039523
BullsMedium and Large 2—330136.12/cwt131.00–141.004494
BullsMedium and Large 2—415125.18/cwt122.00–129.005196
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467118.33/cwt116.00–120.0055312
HeifersMedium and Large 2—512107.05/cwt100.00–108.005489
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522113.67/cwt110.00–117.0059327
SteersMedium and Large 2—422136.12/cwt135.00–138.005748
HeifersMedium and Large 1—200132.00/cwt132.00–132.002641
HeifersMedium and Large 1—592107.00/cwt107.00–107.006335
SteersMedium and Large 1—573121.78/cwt120.00–124.0069814
BullsMedium and Large 2—570105.52/cwt105.00–106.006012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,038607.62/cwt550.00–675.006,3073
HeifersMedium and Large 2—62599.00/cwt99.00–99.006191
HeifersMedium and Large 1—260130.00/cwt130.00–130.003381
SteersMedium and Large 1—666113.17/cwt113.00–114.0075412
BullsMedium and Large 1—421130.90/cwt130.00–134.0055113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—345128.00/cwt128.00–128.004421
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428120.81/cwt118.00–123.0051723
BullsMedium and Large 1—260155.00/cwt155.00–155.004031
BullsMedium and Large 1—200160.00/cwt160.00–160.003201
SteersMedium and Large 1—407140.00/cwt140.00–140.005703
SteersMedium and Large 1—470134.02/cwt133.00–135.006302
SteersMedium and Large 1—523123.55/cwt122.00–126.0064611
BullsMedium and Large 1—369139.04/cwt135.00–145.005138
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,148852.76/cwt750.00–900.009,7903
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,240900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,1601
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0301,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0011,5882
BullsMedium and Large 1—528115.32/cwt115.00–116.006093
BullsMedium and Large 1—453128.50/cwt128.00–129.005822
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—984609.00/cwt525.00–725.005,9938
Bulls——1,48473.00/cwt70.00–75.001,0837
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,49849.69/cwt47.00–52.0074410
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,47261.24/cwt61.00–62.009013
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03247.44/cwt45.00–52.0049014
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46351.25/cwt49.00–53.007503
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53045.00/cwt45.00–45.006891
HeifersMedium and Large 3—283120.50/cwt120.00–122.003414
BullsMedium and Large 3—341123.46/cwt120.00–127.004214
BullsMedium and Large 3—235136.02/cwt135.00–137.003202
SteersMedium and Large 3—330139.00/cwt139.00–139.004591
HeifersMedium and Large 3—47893.65/cwt90.00–100.004483
CowsLean 85-90%—98641.33/cwt40.00–44.004087
SteersMedium and Large 3—265141.11/cwt140.00–145.003745
HeifersMedium and Large 3—70084.00/cwt84.00–84.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 3—376109.63/cwt105.00–113.004125
HeifersMedium and Large 3—313116.46/cwt115.00–119.003655
SteersMedium and Large 3—695100.00/cwt100.00–100.006951
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18255.55/cwt53.00–60.0065724
SteersMedium and Large 3—388128.98/cwt128.00–130.005002
HeifersMedium and Large 3—438103.52/cwt100.00–107.004532
SteersMedium and Large 3—500114.00/cwt114.00–114.005701
BullsMedium and Large 3—535104.00/cwt104.00–104.005561
HeifersMedium and Large 3—233119.31/cwt118.00–120.002783
SteersMedium and Large 3—635110.00/cwt110.00–110.006991
BullsMedium and Large 3—413116.32/cwt110.00–120.004806
HeifersMedium and Large 3—63090.00/cwt90.00–90.005671
BullsMedium and Large 3—363122.39/cwt120.00–125.004448
HeifersMedium and Large 2—283124.46/cwt122.00–126.003525
BullsMedium and Large 2—378131.43/cwt130.00–133.004972
SteersMedium and Large 3—424121.39/cwt115.00–125.005154
BullsMedium and Large 2—470118.70/cwt118.00–125.0055813
HeifersMedium and Large 3—69888.00/cwt88.00–88.006142
BullsMedium and Large 2—605101.00/cwt101.00–101.006113
HeifersMedium and Large 2—65893.00/cwt93.00–93.006122
HeifersMedium and Large 2—238126.01/cwt125.00–127.003002
BullsMedium and Large 3—483110.47/cwt109.00–114.005346
HeifersMedium and Large 2—372119.81/cwt115.00–122.0044632
BullsMedium and Large 3—284134.07/cwt130.00–139.0038115
SteersMedium and Large 2—331144.48/cwt143.00–145.0047812
SteersMedium and Large 2—765105.00/cwt105.00–105.008031

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.