Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2020-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, heifers, bulls and steer calves lightly tested, heifer and bull calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.95/cwt on 109 head.

Average price

$123.95

109 head · 398 lb average

Value per head Derived

$493

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$30

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$17.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.94

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	384	129.38	496	71
Medium and Large 3	364	116.11	423	16thin
Medium and Large 2	469	112.14	526	22

One grade step is worth $17.24/cwt here — about −$30 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 sale109 hd

123.95

—

GA average15 barns · 922 hd

114.01

+9.94

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	—	High	1,730	84.43	1,460	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,391	59.41	826	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,052	49.80	524	14

Every lot, as filed

74 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 2	—	433	144.45/cwt	143.00–146.00	625	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	116.99/cwt	115.00–119.00	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	128.62/cwt	126.00–130.00	540	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	162.02/cwt	157.00–165.00	518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	583	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	547	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	758	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	781	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	267	161.65/cwt	157.00–167.00	432	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	751	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	135.83/cwt	133.00–138.00	429	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	220	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	341	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	275	147.76/cwt	147.00–150.00	406	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	123.83/cwt	123.00–124.00	573	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	789	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	161.41/cwt	156.00–166.00	676	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	462	155.96/cwt	152.00–160.00	721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	129.98/cwt	127.00–133.00	482	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	746	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	776	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	581	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	137.53/cwt	137.00–139.00	375	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	825.52/cwt	800.00–850.00	6,662	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	147.40/cwt	145.00–150.00	545	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	853	963.71/cwt	950.00–975.00	8,220	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	114.00/cwt	113.00–116.00	601	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,005	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	656	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	551	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	711	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	220	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	363	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	928	613.34/cwt	600.00–625.00	5,692	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	870	778.45/cwt	725.00–825.00	6,773	2
Bulls	—	—	1,763	90.54/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,596	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	52.85/cwt	49.00–56.00	596	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	61.63/cwt	58.00–65.00	761	12
Bulls	—	—	1,668	85.46/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,425	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	916	44.31/cwt	40.00–47.00	406	5
Bulls	—	—	1,758	77.29/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,359	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	295	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	339	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	110.69/cwt	108.00–114.00	512	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	389	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,614	53.52/cwt	50.00–57.00	864	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	67.48/cwt	66.00–70.00	879	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	330	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	429	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	121.56/cwt	119.00–124.00	523	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	223	144.00/cwt	140.00–147.00	321	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	685	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	245	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	343	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	702	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	625	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	258	128.46/cwt	127.00–130.00	331	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	238	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	298	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	778	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	685	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	755	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	734	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	433	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	406	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	503	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	268	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	362	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	110.66/cwt	110.00–111.00	586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	123.27/cwt	120.00–125.00	407	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	132.92/cwt	128.00–136.00	683	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	324	151.38/cwt	149.00–155.00	490	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	142.90/cwt	138.00–146.00	676	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	536	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 Nov 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 327Last week 678Year ago 612

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 86Year ago 117

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 35Year ago 67

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	433	143.00–146.00	144.45
1	—	625	112.00	112.00
1	—	590	116.00	116.00
2	—	523	115.00–119.00	116.99
1	—	220	155.00	155.00
4	—	275	147.00–150.00	147.76
2	—	370	145.00–150.00	147.40
24	—	324	149.00–155.00	151.38
6	—	473	138.00–146.00	142.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	320	157.00–165.00	162.02
3	—	267	157.00–167.00	161.65
2	—	663	119.00	119.00
6	—	419	156.00–166.00	161.41
3	—	462	152.00–160.00	155.96
4	—	363	160.00	160.00
4	—	551	129.00	129.00
1	—	220	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	130.00	130.00
2	—	430	119.00–124.00	121.56
3	—	223	140.00–147.00	144.00
1	—	685	92.00	92.00
1	—	620	109.00	109.00
1	—	755	88.00	88.00
2	—	268	135.00	135.00
3	—	530	110.00–111.00	110.66
1	—	480	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	109.00	109.00
1	—	375	126.00	126.00
1	—	555	105.00	105.00
6	—	702	89.00	89.00
2	—	258	127.00–130.00	128.46
1	—	625	107.00	107.00
1	—	406	124.00	124.00
8	—	330	120.00–125.00	123.27
1	—	450	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	420	126.00–130.00	128.62
11	—	316	133.00–138.00	135.83
6	—	463	123.00–124.00	123.83
27	—	371	127.00–133.00	129.98
11	—	273	137.00–139.00	137.53
5	—	527	113.00–116.00	114.00
5	—	561	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	115.00	115.00
7	—	463	108.00–114.00	110.69
1	—	360	108.00	108.00
6	—	238	125.00	125.00
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	355	154.00	154.00
2	—	758	103.00	103.00
1	—	450	144.00	144.00
6	—	746	104.00	104.00
1	—	680	108.00	108.00
1	—	285	152.00	152.00
1	—	410	150.00	150.00
5	—	514	128.00–136.00	132.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	578	130.00	130.00
3	—	518	140.00	140.00
1	—	690	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	131.00	131.00
1	—	245	140.00	140.00
2	—	778	88.00	88.00

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)	3	—	807	800.00–850.00	825.52
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	928	600.00–625.00	613.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	870	725.00–825.00	778.45
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	853	950.00–975.00	963.71
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,005	850.00	850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,763	90.00–91.00	90.54
2	—	1,668	84.00–87.00	85.46
2	—	1,758	75.00–79.00	77.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,127	49.00–56.00	52.85
5	—	916	40.00–47.00	44.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,234	58.00–65.00	61.63
10	—	1,614	50.00–57.00	53.52
4	—	1,303	66.00–70.00	67.48

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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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle