Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2021-04-21

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Apr 21
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
936 head
▼ 448 vs last sale 1,384▲ 330 vs year ago 606 · +54.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
177 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 231▲ 20 vs year ago 157 · +12.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 96▲ 9 vs year ago 28 · +32.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 6.00 to 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and bulls mostly steady, feeder heifers 2.00 lower, steer calves 3.00 higher, heifer and bull calves 2.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.73/cwt on 207 head.
Average price
$129.73
207 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.23
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1444134.55597135
Medium and Large 2510121.3762066
Medium and Large 3486113.185506thin
One grade step is worth $21.38/cwt here — about $47 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 sale207 hd
129.73
—
GA average15 barns · 1,289 hd
125.50
+4.23
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—Low1,61088.071,41812
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22662.4376562
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55255.958683thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08453.3557818

Every lot, as filed

64 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—379132.69/cwt128.00–135.005035
HeifersMedium and Large 2—541121.56/cwt117.00–123.006584
SteersMedium and Large 2—508137.99/cwt135.00–141.007012
BullsMedium and Large 2—372154.65/cwt151.00–157.005757
BullsMedium and Large 2—522124.05/cwt116.00–126.0064810
SteersMedium and Large 1—519143.27/cwt140.00–150.0074416
BullsMedium and Large 2—273166.79/cwt165.00–168.004557
BullsMedium and Large 2—710101.27/cwt100.00–105.007194
BullsMedium and Large 2—436143.13/cwt139.00–146.0062415
SteersMedium and Large 1—370173.41/cwt170.00–177.006422
SteersMedium and Large 1—579142.29/cwt140.00–145.0082410
BullsMedium and Large 1—472142.55/cwt140.00–145.006737
BullsMedium and Large 1—603126.44/cwt122.00–130.0076216
HeifersMedium and Large 1—617115.89/cwt114.00–117.007159
HeifersMedium and Large 1—315146.21/cwt144.00–151.0046120
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425138.12/cwt134.00–141.0058732
HeifersMedium and Large 1—484129.74/cwt128.00–138.0062842
BullsMedium and Large 1—564126.96/cwt123.00–132.007169
SteersMedium and Large 1—626132.55/cwt129.00–136.0083044
SteersMedium and Large 1—463154.77/cwt148.00–155.0071730
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,130874.34/cwt850.00–900.009,8802
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,2891,113.87/cwt1,000.00–1,150.0014,3586
BullsMedium and Large 1—358160.77/cwt159.00–169.0057614
BullsMedium and Large 1—420153.40/cwt150.00–156.0064411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—513129.02/cwt125.00–133.006629
HeifersMedium and Large 1—663111.52/cwt110.00–113.007392
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03556.04/cwt54.00–58.005808
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52061.00/cwt61.00–61.009271
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,56853.42/cwt52.00–55.008382
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21956.16/cwt53.00–59.0068519
Bulls——1,52683.68/cwt80.00–88.001,2777
Bulls——2,02098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,9801
BullsMedium and Large 1—514137.22/cwt131.00–140.007054
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,2051,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0012,9541
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,303974.30/cwt925.00–1,000.0012,6953
Bulls——1,65493.27/cwt90.00–96.001,5434
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12048.00/cwt46.00–50.005388
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13863.98/cwt63.00–65.007282
BullsMedium and Large 3—512112.09/cwt105.00–115.005749
BullsMedium and Large 3—424129.23/cwt125.00–132.005484
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13071.05/cwt69.00–75.008038
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25263.86/cwt60.00–68.0080035
HeifersMedium and Large 3—618102.53/cwt100.00–105.006342
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3481,235.97/cwt1,200.00–1,300.0016,6613
BullsMedium and Large 3—474126.49/cwt122.00–130.006006
HeifersMedium and Large 2—408124.64/cwt122.00–126.005093
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—845746.45/cwt700.00–800.006,3082
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,093918.64/cwt825.00–1,000.0010,0413
BullsMedium and Large 3—620107.21/cwt105.00–110.006654
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365120.97/cwt120.00–122.004422
BullsMedium and Large 3—376144.61/cwt140.00–146.005447
HeifersMedium and Large 2—627109.92/cwt109.00–111.0068913
HeifersMedium and Large 2—272139.01/cwt138.00–140.003785
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475116.03/cwt113.00–119.005512
SteersMedium and Large 2—415150.04/cwt145.00–155.006233
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480124.92/cwt120.00–127.0060019
BullsMedium and Large 2—616114.77/cwt114.00–117.007074
BullsMedium and Large 2—321161.66/cwt159.00–162.005199
BullsMedium and Large 2—490135.38/cwt132.00–138.006638
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575117.01/cwt111.00–118.0067317
SteersMedium and Large 2—720109.01/cwt107.00–111.007852
SteersMedium and Large 2—573133.99/cwt130.00–137.007683
SteersMedium and Large 2—472144.81/cwt140.00–147.006845
HeifersMedium and Large 1—391140.20/cwt138.00–141.0054821

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.