Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-11-18

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Nov 18
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,231 head
▲ 1,231 vs last sale 0▲ 348 vs year ago 883 · +39.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
202 head
▲ 202 vs last sale 0▲ 74 vs year ago 128 · +57.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 0▼ 17 vs year ago 46 · −37.0%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No report from previous week to compare to.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.05/cwt on 283 head.
Average price
$120.05
283 head · 468 lb average
Value per head Derived
$562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.98
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511121.31620181
Medium and Large 2412119.4049265
Medium and Large 3354115.0440737
One grade step is worth $6.28/cwt here — about $213 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 sale283 hd
120.05
—
GA average18 barns · 2,444 hd
117.08
+2.98
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—Low1,41778.891,1186thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14260.5269176
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03849.7051618

Every lot, as filed

67 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—515137.36/cwt130.00–139.0070730
SteersMedium and Large 2—492145.98/cwt145.00–149.0071812
BullsMedium and Large 1—373161.31/cwt158.00–168.0060221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423134.10/cwt129.00–137.0056724
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478128.38/cwt124.00–131.0061417
BullsMedium and Large 2—520122.65/cwt122.00–124.006383
BullsMedium and Large 2—270159.95/cwt155.00–165.004328
BullsMedium and Large 2—313157.80/cwt155.00–160.0049411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—374133.81/cwt130.00–138.005009
SteersMedium and Large 1—527145.81/cwt141.00–150.0076840
SteersMedium and Large 1—624129.70/cwt127.00–133.0080958
HeifersMedium and Large 1—614114.57/cwt109.00–116.007037
HeifersMedium and Large 1—710102.67/cwt100.00–108.007293
HeifersMedium and Large 1—661110.88/cwt107.00–114.0073311
SteersMedium and Large 1—737122.12/cwt120.00–123.0090019
SteersMedium and Large 1—571133.83/cwt130.00–137.007646
BullsMedium and Large 1—621118.23/cwt116.00–124.0073417
SteersMedium and Large 1—483151.13/cwt150.00–159.0073025
HeifersMedium and Large 1—517118.46/cwt116.00–126.0061266
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573114.48/cwt111.00–118.0065636
BullsMedium and Large 1—324166.14/cwt165.00–170.005386
BullsMedium and Large 1—475151.36/cwt150.00–154.007193
SteersMedium and Large 1—418162.63/cwt161.00–168.006809
SteersMedium and Large 1—397168.57/cwt168.00–169.006697
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,015920.26/cwt875.00–950.009,3412
SteersMedium and Large 1—667123.44/cwt120.00–125.0082320
BullsMedium and Large 1—564126.12/cwt123.00–129.007116
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—998938.35/cwt900.00–975.009,3652
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,175850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,9881
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,223938.19/cwt900.00–975.0011,4742
BullsMedium and Large 1—529129.06/cwt126.00–134.0068315
BullsMedium and Large 1—416159.20/cwt155.00–165.0066214
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,018782.99/cwt750.00–825.007,9712
Bulls——1,40876.79/cwt73.00–79.001,0814
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35870.72/cwt68.00–75.009605
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15763.77/cwt60.00–67.0073839
Bulls——1,43583.10/cwt81.00–85.001,1922
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08751.41/cwt49.00–55.0055913
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08954.97/cwt51.00–59.0059932
HeifersMedium and Large 3—55894.59/cwt90.00–99.005285
BullsMedium and Large 3—233166.01/cwt165.00–167.003872
BullsMedium and Large 3—372137.58/cwt135.00–140.005125
SteersMedium and Large 3—517123.97/cwt121.00–126.006413
HeifersMedium and Large 3—282120.50/cwt115.00–125.003406
CowsLean 85-90%—91245.27/cwt42.00–48.004135
HeifersMedium and Large 2—233131.58/cwt130.00–135.003076
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620103.75/cwt103.00–105.006434
HeifersMedium and Large 2—273129.58/cwt127.00–134.003544
HeifersMedium and Large 3—227124.53/cwt120.00–127.002833
HeifersMedium and Large 3—345116.82/cwt110.00–118.0040323
BullsMedium and Large 3—477132.81/cwt130.00–135.006345
HeifersMedium and Large 2—366123.43/cwt120.00–127.004525
SteersMedium and Large 2—611117.95/cwt115.00–125.0072114
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315127.48/cwt122.00–131.0040218
BullsMedium and Large 3—427134.81/cwt132.00–140.005769
HeifersMedium and Large 2—578102.26/cwt100.00–108.005918
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523109.13/cwt106.00–116.005717
SteersMedium and Large 2—380155.68/cwt152.00–160.005926
BullsMedium and Large 2—420144.97/cwt142.00–150.006095
BullsMedium and Large 2—568115.04/cwt110.00–117.006534
BullsMedium and Large 2—210175.25/cwt172.00–177.003683
SteersMedium and Large 2—407157.34/cwt156.00–160.006403
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425120.75/cwt118.00–125.005135
BullsMedium and Large 2—373148.70/cwt145.00–152.005554
HeifersMedium and Large 1—268137.57/cwt135.00–140.003692
HeifersMedium and Large 1—315134.71/cwt132.00–137.004246
HeifersMedium and Large 2—485117.62/cwt115.00–119.005708

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.