Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2021-02-10

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Feb 10
● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
887 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 878▼ 225 vs year ago 1,112 · −20.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 76▼ 94 vs year ago 189 · −49.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 23▼ 48 vs year ago 82 · −58.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 higher, feeder steers , steer and bull calves unevenly steady, feeder heifers 3.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, heifer calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.61/cwt on 295 head.
Average price
$126.61
295 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$611
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$181
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.85
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1516128.70664201
Medium and Large 2402127.1251057
Medium and Large 3423114.4548437
One grade step is worth $14.25/cwt here — about $181 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 sale295 hd
126.61
—
GA average16 barns · 1,471 hd
119.76
+6.85
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—Low1,57783.921,3249thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,35168.6092727
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,22364.757924thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04661.6464533

Every lot, as filed

93 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—567128.88/cwt128.00–133.0073110
SteersMedium and Large 1—785120.00/cwt120.00–120.009421
SteersMedium and Large 1—415160.24/cwt160.00–161.006654
SteersMedium and Large 1—718121.00/cwt121.00–121.008696
SteersMedium and Large 2—620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
BullsMedium and Large 2—540132.00/cwt132.00–132.007131
BullsMedium and Large 2—635110.00/cwt110.00–110.006991
HeifersMedium and Large 1—238147.53/cwt145.00–150.003512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520128.29/cwt123.00–130.0066739
SteersMedium and Large 1—318170.00/cwt170.00–170.005417
SteersMedium and Large 2—715118.00/cwt118.00–118.008441
SteersMedium and Large 2—775109.00/cwt109.00–109.008451
SteersMedium and Large 2—570132.01/cwt131.00–133.007522
HeifersMedium and Large 1—592120.35/cwt120.00–122.0071211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—722111.00/cwt111.00–111.0080117
HeifersMedium and Large 1—611122.00/cwt122.00–122.007454
HeifersMedium and Large 2—416124.25/cwt120.00–130.0051712
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335133.94/cwt130.00–136.004493
HeifersMedium and Large 2—454123.33/cwt120.00–125.0056012
BullsMedium and Large 2—381150.47/cwt149.00–154.005738
BullsMedium and Large 2—473136.19/cwt130.00–139.0064421
BullsMedium and Large 2—286165.80/cwt162.00–167.004748
BullsMedium and Large 3—510117.42/cwt115.00–122.005993
BullsMedium and Large 1—326163.00/cwt163.00–163.0053112
BullsMedium and Large 2—319156.05/cwt152.00–162.004986
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465135.26/cwt128.00–136.0062912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—985825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,1261
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,225700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,5752
HeifersMedium and Large 1—278143.54/cwt142.00–145.003992
HeifersMedium and Large 1—333138.90/cwt138.00–143.0046327
HeifersMedium and Large 1—658120.50/cwt118.00–123.0079344
SteersMedium and Large 1—621131.42/cwt130.00–135.0081628
SteersMedium and Large 1—506152.70/cwt146.00–155.0077329
SteersMedium and Large 1—455159.00/cwt159.00–159.007231
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370139.30/cwt135.00–143.0051513
SteersMedium and Large 1—578138.68/cwt137.00–139.0080212
SteersMedium and Large 1—373165.47/cwt165.00–166.006179
BullsMedium and Large 1—415150.49/cwt150.00–152.006256
BullsMedium and Large 1—523141.25/cwt138.00–144.007393
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430136.62/cwt131.00–139.0058730
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13852.59/cwt50.00–57.005988
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02369.66/cwt67.00–73.007135
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,22364.75/cwt64.00–66.007924
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27661.21/cwt57.00–64.007814
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30874.75/cwt74.00–76.009783
Bulls——1,50779.17/cwt76.00–83.001,1936
BullsMedium and Large 3—570107.43/cwt102.00–110.006123
BullsMedium and Large 1—473141.02/cwt140.00–142.006672
BullsMedium and Large 1—258178.47/cwt175.00–182.004602
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,215950.00/cwt950.00–950.0011,5431
Dairy SteersLarge 3—21199.00/cwt99.00–99.0020926
Dairy SteersLarge 3—25498.00/cwt98.00–98.002495
HeifersMedium and Large 3—600101.00/cwt101.00–101.006061
HeifersMedium and Large 3—72085.00/cwt85.00–85.006121
BullsMedium and Large 3—380138.63/cwt135.00–145.005274
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37269.16/cwt66.00–73.0094920
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01563.26/cwt59.00–66.0064220
Bulls——1,71893.43/cwt91.00–96.001,6053
SteersMedium and Large 3—640106.00/cwt106.00–106.006781
HeifersMedium and Large 3—360121.99/cwt119.00–127.0043912
HeifersMedium and Large 3—567100.20/cwt98.00–104.005685
BullsMedium and Large 1—360157.00/cwt157.00–157.005651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—995764.01/cwt750.00–775.007,6022
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—928805.25/cwt775.00–850.007,4733
HeifersMedium and Large 3—282128.31/cwt125.00–130.003623
SteersMedium and Large 3—305160.00/cwt160.00–160.004881
SteersMedium and Large 3—435142.47/cwt140.00–145.006202
SteersMedium and Large 3—383151.61/cwt150.00–154.005815
SteersMedium and Large 3—473136.03/cwt134.00–139.006433
BullsMedium and Large 2—559121.32/cwt116.00–126.006784
HeifersMedium and Large 2—650100.00/cwt100.00–100.006501
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375130.68/cwt128.00–132.0049016
SteersMedium and Large 2—472146.80/cwt140.00–150.0069313
SteersMedium and Large 2—518142.34/cwt141.00–143.007373
BullsMedium and Large 3—218161.94/cwt157.00–167.003532
BullsMedium and Large 3—320147.33/cwt145.00–150.004713
HeifersMedium and Large 3—313122.49/cwt120.00–127.003836
SteersMedium and Large 2—429155.10/cwt150.00–158.0066512
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575113.93/cwt110.00–118.006552
HeifersMedium and Large 2—535119.69/cwt118.00–122.006403
HeifersMedium and Large 3—517103.96/cwt101.00–109.005373
HeifersMedium and Large 3—66598.00/cwt98.00–98.006521
SteersMedium and Large 3—270167.00/cwt167.00–167.004511
BullsMedium and Large 2—434144.10/cwt143.00–147.0062518
HeifersMedium and Large 2—239137.03/cwt136.00–140.003284
HeifersMedium and Large 2—271136.82/cwt135.00–139.003714
HeifersMedium and Large 3—48399.51/cwt99.00–100.004812
HeifersMedium and Large 3—78585.00/cwt85.00–85.006671
BullsMedium and Large 3—474120.74/cwt117.00–126.005724
BullsMedium and Large 3—610100.00/cwt100.00–100.006101
BullsMedium and Large 3—413131.45/cwt125.00–135.005433
BullsMedium and Large 3—279144.84/cwt140.00–150.004045
HeifersMedium and Large 3—238135.00/cwt135.00–135.003212

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.