Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2021-05-12

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, May 12
● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
703 head
244 vs last sale 947 139 vs year ago 842 · 16.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
88 vs last sale 174 1 vs year ago 87 · 1.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
78 head
79 vs last sale 157 46 vs year ago 32 · +143.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves unevenly stead, heifer calves 1.00 to 4.00 higher and replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.03/cwt on 204 head.
Average price
$126.03
204 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$578
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.15
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1470128.64604133
Medium and Large 2409126.2151652
Medium and Large 3514107.2555119thin
One grade step is worth $21.39/cwt here — about $53 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 sale204 hd
126.03
GA average16 barns · 1,310 hd
119.88
+6.15
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
BullsAverage1,59892.031,4708thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25373.8092440
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41664.279107thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,09356.6261920

Every lot, as filed

89 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
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3753837.62/cwt825.00–875.006,3078
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-28951,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0010,0694
SteersMedium and Large 1619132.41/cwt130.00–134.0082017
HeifersMedium and Large 1432134.23/cwt130.00–140.0058030
CowsLean 85-90%1,14067.00/cwt67.00–67.007641
CowsLean 85-90%1,13057.41/cwt55.00–61.0064914
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41664.27/cwt63.00–67.009107
HeifersMedium and Large 2479120.41/cwt117.00–125.005777
HeifersMedium and Large 2564111.16/cwt109.00–115.006276
BullsMedium and Large 3690103.00/cwt103.00–103.007111
BullsMedium and Large 2381139.28/cwt137.00–147.0053123
SteersMedium and Large 2790116.00/cwt116.00–116.009161
HeifersMedium and Large 1288144.02/cwt140.00–147.004153
SteersMedium and Large 2487137.35/cwt136.00–140.006699
SteersMedium and Large 2419146.63/cwt144.00–147.006148
BullsMedium and Large 2327151.65/cwt147.00–157.0049613
HeifersMedium and Large 1614115.15/cwt110.00–117.007075
SteersMedium and Large 2575131.48/cwt131.00–132.007562
SteersMedium and Large 1400148.00/cwt148.00–148.005922
BullsMedium and Large 2279153.37/cwt150.00–160.004288
BullsMedium and Large 2650107.00/cwt107.00–107.006961
HeifersMedium and Large 2212144.42/cwt139.00–147.003063
SteersMedium and Large 1330159.00/cwt159.00–159.005251
BullsMedium and Large 2540123.23/cwt120.00–125.006654
SteersMedium and Large 1578136.18/cwt135.00–139.007875
HeifersMedium and Large 1324141.56/cwt139.00–149.0045910
SteersMedium and Large 1675130.00/cwt130.00–130.008781
SteersMedium and Large 2532133.04/cwt131.00–136.007083
BullsMedium and Large 1471137.91/cwt134.00–141.006506
HeifersMedium and Large 1367137.04/cwt133.00–141.0050320
BullsMedium and Large 1313162.88/cwt160.00–168.005103
SteersMedium and Large 1533139.83/cwt139.00–144.0074518
HeifersMedium and Large 1474129.19/cwt126.00–135.0061213
BullsMedium and Large 2432136.42/cwt132.00–140.0058929
SteersMedium and Large 1474143.96/cwt141.00–145.0068211
HeifersMedium and Large 1535122.66/cwt120.00–125.0065632
HeifersMedium and Large 1658109.00/cwt109.00–109.007175
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,112901.90/cwt800.00–1,000.0010,02942
BullsMedium and Large 1518131.07/cwt128.00–134.006792
HeifersMedium and Large 1562117.93/cwt117.00–118.0066315
BullsMedium and Large 1650115.00/cwt115.00–115.007481
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23580.38/cwt76.00–82.0099316
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28471.39/cwt68.00–75.0091716
Bulls1,55596.61/cwt95.00–100.001,5023
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,022797.71/cwt725.00–875.008,1538
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,125800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,0002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2780825.00/cwt825.00–825.006,4351
Bulls1,56386.11/cwt82.00–88.001,3464
Bulls1,865102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,9021
CowsLean 85-90%97952.33/cwt50.00–54.005125
HeifersMedium and Large 3585106.00/cwt106.00–106.006201
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22565.44/cwt63.00–66.008028
HeifersMedium and Large 377584.00/cwt84.00–84.006516
HeifersMedium and Large 3322125.28/cwt120.00–129.004033
BullsMedium and Large 1350150.00/cwt150.00–150.005251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3987683.74/cwt600.00–775.006,7493
SteersMedium and Large 3560121.00/cwt121.00–121.006781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3844683.37/cwt625.00–775.005,7684
HeifersMedium and Large 3288127.48/cwt125.00–130.003672
HeifersMedium and Large 3438113.32/cwt111.00–117.004963
BullsMedium and Large 3593106.00/cwt106.00–106.006292
SteersMedium and Large 3398141.00/cwt141.00–141.005616
BullsMedium and Large 3528112.01/cwt110.00–114.005912
SteersMedium and Large 3420132.51/cwt132.00–133.005572
BullsMedium and Large 3626106.28/cwt104.00–107.006654
HeifersMedium and Large 3465114.53/cwt113.00–116.005332
HeifersMedium and Large 3373113.99/cwt112.00–116.004252
BullsMedium and Large 3314140.77/cwt135.00–145.004427
HeifersMedium and Large 271094.00/cwt94.00–94.006671
SteersMedium and Large 3235150.00/cwt150.00–150.003531
HeifersMedium and Large 2514115.06/cwt109.00–119.005914
SteersMedium and Large 3483130.51/cwt130.00–131.006302
SteersMedium and Large 3660105.00/cwt105.00–105.006931
BullsMedium and Large 3478119.11/cwt115.00–121.005699
SteersMedium and Large 2333154.00/cwt154.00–154.005132
BullsMedium and Large 3369131.74/cwt129.00–135.004867
HeifersMedium and Large 2390127.00/cwt127.00–127.004951
BullsMedium and Large 3289135.91/cwt132.00–142.003934
BullsMedium and Large 3220150.52/cwt147.00–155.003313
BullsMedium and Large 3413122.58/cwt120.00–125.005062
SteersMedium and Large 2288156.97/cwt154.00–160.004522
BullsMedium and Large 2473128.35/cwt125.00–133.0060710
HeifersMedium and Large 2316133.34/cwt131.00–135.004216
HeifersMedium and Large 2419127.52/cwt120.00–129.0053415
HeifersMedium and Large 2285136.18/cwt134.00–139.003889
SteersMedium and Large 3330142.00/cwt142.00–142.004691
SteersMedium and Large 2600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007201
SteersMedium and Large 2389145.91/cwt145.00–147.0056811
BullsMedium and Large 2576115.54/cwt113.00–120.0066613

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.