Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2021-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to markets being closed for holidays.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.72/cwt on 164 head.

Average price

$116.72

164 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$7.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.35

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	119.48	655	94
Medium and Large 3	447	114.50	512	22
Medium and Large 2	540	112.33	606	48

One grade step is worth $7.16/cwt here — about $49 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 sale164 hd

116.72

—

GA average13 barns · 933 hd

115.37

+1.35

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	1,367	80.91	1,106	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,154	62.83	725	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	978	47.63	466	20

Every lot, as filed

48 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	—	—	1,520	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,368	1
Bulls	—	—	1,403	76.28/cwt	75.00–78.00	1,070	2
Bulls	—	—	1,255	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,017	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	63.46/cwt	60.00–67.00	730	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	69.81/cwt	68.00–73.00	857	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,099	55.30/cwt	53.00–58.00	608	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	107.20/cwt	100.00–109.00	762	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	138.08/cwt	136.00–143.00	718	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	122.71/cwt	120.00–127.00	766	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	163.41/cwt	162.00–164.00	619	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	135.50/cwt	135.00–136.00	763	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	157.44/cwt	155.00–160.00	679	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	152.15/cwt	150.00–158.00	714	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	147.60/cwt	145.00–149.00	554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	137.76/cwt	133.00–143.00	585	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	130.53/cwt	128.00–134.00	607	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	114.33/cwt	114.00–116.00	646	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	107.25/cwt	105.00–111.00	663	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	124.27/cwt	122.00–129.00	638	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	152.71/cwt	148.00–155.00	568	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	314	158.78/cwt	157.00–160.00	499	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	102.99/cwt	100.00–105.00	623	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	141.66/cwt	139.00–148.00	594	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	128.36/cwt	125.00–130.00	535	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	130.20/cwt	129.00–132.00	644	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	143.41/cwt	136.00–145.00	620	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	111.83/cwt	110.00–113.00	584	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	679	93.94/cwt	90.00–98.00	638	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	106.63/cwt	100.00–110.00	595	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	120.83/cwt	120.00–123.00	578	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	394	130.24/cwt	130.00–132.00	513	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	744	93.57/cwt	90.00–94.00	696	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	98.31/cwt	95.00–100.00	605	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	122.22/cwt	120.00–127.00	566	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	227	158.38/cwt	155.00–160.00	360	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	275	151.00/cwt	150.00–152.00	415	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	154.58/cwt	151.00–160.00	654	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	129.85/cwt	124.00–131.00	677	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	103.53/cwt	100.00–107.00	533	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	122.50/cwt	120.00–125.00	447	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	322	126.73/cwt	124.00–130.00	408	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	107.33/cwt	104.00–109.00	558	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	52.36/cwt	49.00–55.00	516	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	44.48/cwt	40.00–48.00	432	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	163.67/cwt	163.00–165.00	597	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	309	167.22/cwt	165.00–168.00	517	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	122.00/cwt	117.00–125.00	689	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	142.78/cwt	142.00–149.00	678	9

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 Jan 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 625Last week 1,133Year ago 1,134

Slaughter CattleReceipts 152Last week 152Year ago 266

No trend due to markets being closed for holidays.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	90.00	90.00
2	—	1,403	75.00–78.00	76.28
2	—	1,255	81.00	81.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,150	60.00–67.00	63.46
7	—	1,227	68.00–73.00	69.81
8	—	1,099	53.00–58.00	55.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	986	49.00–55.00	52.36
12	—	972	40.00–48.00	44.48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	711	100.00–109.00	107.20
3	—	375	145.00–149.00	147.60
4	—	425	133.00–143.00	137.76
24	—	465	128.00–134.00	130.53
18	—	565	114.00–116.00	114.33
22	—	618	105.00–111.00	107.25
13	—	513	122.00–129.00	124.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	125.00–130.00	128.36
12	—	522	110.00–113.00	111.83
6	—	558	100.00–110.00	106.63
7	—	478	120.00–123.00	120.83
8	—	394	130.00–132.00	130.24
9	—	744	90.00–94.00	93.57
3	—	615	95.00–100.00	98.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	120.00–125.00	122.50
5	—	322	124.00–130.00	126.73
13	—	520	104.00–109.00	107.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	520	136.00–143.00	138.08
14	—	624	120.00–127.00	122.71
20	—	379	162.00–164.00	163.41
4	—	563	135.00–136.00	135.50
5	—	431	155.00–160.00	157.44
8	—	469	150.00–158.00	152.15
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	432	136.00–145.00	143.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	148.00–155.00	152.71
5	—	314	157.00–160.00	158.78
9	—	605	100.00–105.00	102.99
11	—	419	139.00–148.00	141.66
5	—	495	129.00–132.00	130.20
5	—	679	90.00–98.00	93.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	463	120.00–127.00	122.22
3	—	227	155.00–160.00	158.38
4	—	275	150.00–152.00	151.00
4	—	515	100.00–107.00	103.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	423	151.00–160.00	154.58
15	—	521	124.00–131.00	129.85
3	—	365	163.00–165.00	163.67
4	—	309	165.00–168.00	167.22
4	—	565	117.00–125.00	122.00
9	—	475	142.00–149.00	142.78

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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