Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2021-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-12

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	470	128.64	604	133
Medium and Large 2	409	126.21	516	52
Medium and Large 3	514	107.25	551	19thin

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,598	92.03	1,470	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	73.80	924	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,416	64.27	910	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,093	56.62	619	20

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	753	837.62/cwt	825.00–875.00	6,307	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	895	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	10,069	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	132.41/cwt	130.00–134.00	820	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	134.23/cwt	130.00–140.00	580	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	764	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	57.41/cwt	55.00–61.00	649	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,416	64.27/cwt	63.00–67.00	910	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	120.41/cwt	117.00–125.00	577	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	111.16/cwt	109.00–115.00	627	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	690	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	381	139.28/cwt	137.00–147.00	531	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	144.02/cwt	140.00–147.00	415	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	137.35/cwt	136.00–140.00	669	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	146.63/cwt	144.00–147.00	614	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	327	151.65/cwt	147.00–157.00	496	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	115.15/cwt	110.00–117.00	707	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	131.48/cwt	131.00–132.00	756	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	592	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	279	153.37/cwt	150.00–160.00	428	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	212	144.42/cwt	139.00–147.00	306	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	123.23/cwt	120.00–125.00	665	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	136.18/cwt	135.00–139.00	787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	141.56/cwt	139.00–149.00	459	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	133.04/cwt	131.00–136.00	708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	137.91/cwt	134.00–141.00	650	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	137.04/cwt	133.00–141.00	503	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	313	162.88/cwt	160.00–168.00	510	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	139.83/cwt	139.00–144.00	745	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	129.19/cwt	126.00–135.00	612	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	136.42/cwt	132.00–140.00	589	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	143.96/cwt	141.00–145.00	682	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	122.66/cwt	120.00–125.00	656	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	717	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,112	901.90/cwt	800.00–1,000.00	10,029	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	131.07/cwt	128.00–134.00	679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	117.93/cwt	117.00–118.00	663	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	80.38/cwt	76.00–82.00	993	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	71.39/cwt	68.00–75.00	917	16
Bulls	—	—	1,555	96.61/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,502	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,022	797.71/cwt	725.00–875.00	8,153	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	6,435	1
Bulls	—	—	1,563	86.11/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,346	4
Bulls	—	—	1,865	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,902	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	52.33/cwt	50.00–54.00	512	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	620	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	65.44/cwt	63.00–66.00	802	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	775	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	651	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	322	125.28/cwt	120.00–129.00	403	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	987	683.74/cwt	600.00–775.00	6,749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	678	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	844	683.37/cwt	625.00–775.00	5,768	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	288	127.48/cwt	125.00–130.00	367	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	113.32/cwt	111.00–117.00	496	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	593	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	398	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	561	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	528	112.01/cwt	110.00–114.00	591	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	132.51/cwt	132.00–133.00	557	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	626	106.28/cwt	104.00–107.00	665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	114.53/cwt	113.00–116.00	533	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	113.99/cwt	112.00–116.00	425	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	314	140.77/cwt	135.00–145.00	442	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	235	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	353	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	115.06/cwt	109.00–119.00	591	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	130.51/cwt	130.00–131.00	630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	478	119.11/cwt	115.00–121.00	569	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	513	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	369	131.74/cwt	129.00–135.00	486	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	289	135.91/cwt	132.00–142.00	393	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	220	150.52/cwt	147.00–155.00	331	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	413	122.58/cwt	120.00–125.00	506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	288	156.97/cwt	154.00–160.00	452	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	128.35/cwt	125.00–133.00	607	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	316	133.34/cwt	131.00–135.00	421	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	127.52/cwt	120.00–129.00	534	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	136.18/cwt	134.00–139.00	388	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	389	145.91/cwt	145.00–147.00	568	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	576	115.54/cwt	113.00–120.00	666	13

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 May 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 703Last week 947Year ago 842

Slaughter CattleReceipts 86Last week 174Year ago 87

Replacement CattleReceipts 78Last week 157Year ago 32

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	753	825.00–875.00	837.62
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	895	1,125.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	42	—	1,112	800.00–1,000.00	901.90
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,022	725.00–875.00	797.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	987	600.00–775.00	683.74
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	844	625.00–775.00	683.37
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,125	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	780	825.00	825.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	619	130.00–134.00	132.41
2	—	400	148.00	148.00
1	—	330	159.00	159.00
5	—	578	135.00–139.00	136.18
1	—	675	130.00	130.00
18	—	533	139.00–144.00	139.83
11	—	474	141.00–145.00	143.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	116.00	116.00
9	—	487	136.00–140.00	137.35
8	—	419	144.00–147.00	146.63
2	—	575	131.00–132.00	131.48
3	—	532	131.00–136.00	133.04
2	—	333	154.00	154.00
2	—	288	154.00–160.00	156.97
1	—	600	120.00	120.00
11	—	389	145.00–147.00	145.91
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	121.00	121.00
6	—	398	141.00	141.00
2	—	420	132.00–133.00	132.51
1	—	235	150.00	150.00
2	—	483	130.00–131.00	130.51
1	—	660	105.00	105.00
1	—	330	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	432	130.00–140.00	134.23
3	—	288	140.00–147.00	144.02
5	—	614	110.00–117.00	115.15
10	—	324	139.00–149.00	141.56
20	—	367	133.00–141.00	137.04
13	—	474	126.00–135.00	129.19
32	—	535	120.00–125.00	122.66
5	—	658	109.00	109.00
15	—	562	117.00–118.00	117.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	479	117.00–125.00	120.41
6	—	564	109.00–115.00	111.16
3	—	212	139.00–147.00	144.42
1	—	710	94.00	94.00
4	—	514	109.00–119.00	115.06
1	—	390	127.00	127.00
6	—	316	131.00–135.00	133.34
15	—	419	120.00–129.00	127.52
9	—	285	134.00–139.00	136.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	106.00	106.00
6	—	775	84.00	84.00
3	—	322	120.00–129.00	125.28
2	—	288	125.00–130.00	127.48
3	—	438	111.00–117.00	113.32
2	—	465	113.00–116.00	114.53
2	—	373	112.00–116.00	113.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	103.00	103.00
2	—	593	106.00	106.00
2	—	528	110.00–114.00	112.01
4	—	626	104.00–107.00	106.28
7	—	314	135.00–145.00	140.77
9	—	478	115.00–121.00	119.11
7	—	369	129.00–135.00	131.74
4	—	289	132.00–142.00	135.91
3	—	220	147.00–155.00	150.52
2	—	413	120.00–125.00	122.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	381	137.00–147.00	139.28
13	—	327	147.00–157.00	151.65
8	—	279	150.00–160.00	153.37
1	—	650	107.00	107.00
4	—	540	120.00–125.00	123.23
29	—	432	132.00–140.00	136.42
10	—	473	125.00–133.00	128.35
13	—	576	113.00–120.00	115.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	471	134.00–141.00	137.91
3	—	313	160.00–168.00	162.88
2	—	518	128.00–134.00	131.07
1	—	650	115.00	115.00
1	—	350	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	67.00	67.00
14	—	1,130	55.00–61.00	57.41
5	—	979	50.00–54.00	52.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,416	63.00–67.00	64.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,235	76.00–82.00	80.38
16	—	1,284	68.00–75.00	71.39
8	—	1,225	63.00–66.00	65.44
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,555	95.00–100.00	96.61
4	—	1,563	82.00–88.00	86.11
1	—	1,865	102.00	102.00

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Turner County Stockyard - Ashburn, GA

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

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