Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2021-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.60/cwt on 206 head.

Average price

$123.60

206 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$19.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.35

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	499	127.98	639	104
Medium and Large 2	508	120.15	610	93
Medium and Large 3	536	108.67	583	9thin

One grade step is worth $19.30/cwt here — about $56 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 sale206 hd

123.60

—

GA average15 barns · 1,238 hd

120.25

+3.35

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	—	Average	1,601	87.91	1,407	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,167	63.09	736	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	62.00	930	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,006	49.44	497	21

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	140.01/cwt	139.00–141.00	538	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	132.55/cwt	130.00–137.00	425	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	143.38/cwt	139.00–147.00	820	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	116.20/cwt	112.00–120.00	674	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	388	152.19/cwt	150.00–155.00	590	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	119.21/cwt	113.00–120.00	613	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	133.98/cwt	131.00–139.00	556	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	118.42/cwt	115.00–122.00	631	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	129.86/cwt	127.00–134.00	819	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	125.82/cwt	121.00–128.00	640	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	143.00/cwt	142.00–144.00	452	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	132.69/cwt	130.00–134.00	756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	511	130.92/cwt	130.00–132.00	669	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	126.70/cwt	120.00–130.00	914	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	130.25/cwt	127.00–137.00	629	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	140.08/cwt	139.00–142.00	742	32
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	141.78/cwt	138.00–145.00	610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	114.97/cwt	113.00–117.00	711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	120.86/cwt	120.00–122.00	711	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	147.78/cwt	145.00–152.00	720	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	930	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,114	56.51/cwt	52.00–59.00	630	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	62.51/cwt	60.00–67.00	716	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	70.21/cwt	68.00–73.00	885	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	53.78/cwt	50.00–57.00	539	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	45.50/cwt	42.00–48.00	460	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	124.00/cwt	120.00–128.00	756	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	983	758.02/cwt	700.00–800.00	7,451	2
Bulls	—	—	1,626	92.21/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,499	4
Bulls	—	—	1,584	85.04/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,347	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	379	144.40/cwt	142.00–146.00	547	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	132.42/cwt	130.00–134.00	748	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	140.31/cwt	134.00–144.00	585	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	357	150.81/cwt	150.00–152.00	538	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	950.00/cwt	925.00–975.00	9,785	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,190	946.08/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	11,258	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	403	128.96/cwt	122.00–130.00	520	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	142.69/cwt	141.00–145.00	666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	406	146.99/cwt	145.00–152.00	597	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	566	104.18/cwt	100.00–110.00	590	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	117.66/cwt	115.00–119.00	561	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	317	152.43/cwt	150.00–157.00	483	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	140.68/cwt	140.00–142.00	679	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	117.81/cwt	110.00–119.00	675	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	684	102.68/cwt	100.00–104.00	702	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	109.15/cwt	108.00–112.00	675	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	123.64/cwt	120.00–128.00	596	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	566	109.21/cwt	108.00–110.00	618	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	135.62/cwt	134.00–139.00	641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	90.67/cwt	90.00–92.00	712	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	124.29/cwt	121.00–131.00	845	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	138.86/cwt	136.00–142.00	379	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	131.14/cwt	128.00–135.00	485	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	136.01/cwt	135.00–137.00	564	2

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 Apr 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 908Last week 936Year ago 908

Slaughter CattleReceipts 143Last week 177Year ago 242

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 37Year ago 64

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	384	139.00–141.00	140.01
10	—	415	131.00–139.00	133.98
23	—	509	121.00–128.00	125.82
4	—	316	142.00–144.00	143.00
37	—	483	127.00–137.00	130.25
3	—	618	113.00–117.00	114.97
23	—	588	120.00–122.00	120.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	321	130.00–137.00	132.55
9	—	514	113.00–120.00	119.21
8	—	403	122.00–130.00	128.96
21	—	573	110.00–119.00	117.81
6	—	684	100.00–104.00	102.68
12	—	618	108.00–112.00	109.15
13	—	482	120.00–128.00	123.64
3	—	785	90.00–92.00	90.67
4	—	273	136.00–142.00	138.86
13	—	370	128.00–135.00	131.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	566	100.00–110.00	104.18
3	—	477	115.00–119.00	117.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	572	139.00–147.00	143.38
29	—	631	127.00–134.00	129.86
3	—	721	120.00–130.00	126.70
32	—	530	139.00–142.00	140.08
18	—	487	145.00–152.00	147.78
15	—	680	121.00–131.00	124.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	130.00–134.00	132.69
11	—	406	145.00–152.00	146.99
3	—	483	140.00–142.00	140.68
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	134.00–144.00	140.31
5	—	357	150.00–152.00	150.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	580	112.00–120.00	116.20
5	—	388	150.00–155.00	152.19
2	—	533	115.00–122.00	118.42
4	—	430	138.00–145.00	141.78
3	—	473	134.00–139.00	135.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	511	130.00–132.00	130.92
2	—	610	120.00–128.00	124.00
11	—	565	130.00–134.00	132.42
6	—	467	141.00–145.00	142.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	379	142.00–146.00	144.40
3	—	317	150.00–157.00	152.43
5	—	566	108.00–110.00	109.21
2	—	415	135.00–137.00	136.01

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,030	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,030	925.00–975.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	983	700.00–800.00	758.02
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,190	900.00–1,000.00	946.08

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	62.00	62.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,114	52.00–59.00	56.51
20	—	1,146	60.00–67.00	62.51
9	—	1,261	68.00–73.00	70.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,002	50.00–57.00	53.78
11	—	1,010	42.00–48.00	45.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,626	90.00–95.00	92.21
6	—	1,584	83.00–86.00	85.04

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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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