Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2021-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls and feeder heifers lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves unevenly steady, feeder bulls steady, heifer and bull calves steady to 3.00 lower and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $129.06/cwt on 169 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −80.34 against this barn's trailing median of $209.40.

Average price

$129.06

169 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$23.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.41

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	434	145.00	629	18thin
Medium and Large 2	449	132.89	597	75
Medium and Large 3	475	121.51	577	76

One grade step is worth $23.49/cwt here — about $52 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

31 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $220.56, low $194.42, median $209.40 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale169 hd

129.06

—

GA average15 barns · 1,438 hd

126.65

+2.41

This barn, trailing median31 sales

209.40

−80.34

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	—	Low	1,615	94.24	1,522	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,247	76.09	949	43
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,409	67.31	948	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	59.51	618	28

Every lot, as filed

85 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 2	—	431	125.65/cwt	122.00–128.00	542	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	108.00/cwt	106.00–110.00	772	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	152.38/cwt	150.00–157.00	411	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	136.56/cwt	134.00–138.00	732	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	129.70/cwt	128.00–133.00	549	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	240	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	608	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	130.47/cwt	128.00–133.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	122.43/cwt	120.00–125.00	575	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	130.69/cwt	127.00–133.00	474	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	136.65/cwt	135.00–140.00	570	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	554	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	130.21/cwt	126.00–133.00	602	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	122.23/cwt	121.00–123.00	638	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	139.49/cwt	139.00–140.00	794	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	129.06/cwt	129.00–130.00	659	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	275	162.96/cwt	160.00–167.00	448	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	139.33/cwt	138.00–145.00	670	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	129.72/cwt	129.00–131.00	804	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	129.47/cwt	129.00–137.00	539	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	405	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	583	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	366	143.27/cwt	141.00–147.00	524	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	120.51/cwt	116.00–122.00	689	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	536	133.13/cwt	131.00–136.00	714	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,081	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,891	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	685	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	795	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	745	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	5,774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	161.04/cwt	160.00–162.00	520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	215	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	366	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	76.59/cwt	73.00–80.00	964	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	54.19/cwt	50.00–57.00	536	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	63.29/cwt	60.00–67.00	690	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	67.49/cwt	64.00–70.00	784	6
Bulls	—	—	1,280	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,062	1
Bulls	—	—	1,765	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,818	1
Bulls	—	—	1,708	95.47/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,631	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	69.48/cwt	69.00–70.00	702	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,547	61.93/cwt	60.00–64.00	958	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,357	69.33/cwt	65.00–72.00	941	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	873.17/cwt	850.00–900.00	9,561	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	204	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	206	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,276	948.44/cwt	800.00–1,025.00	12,102	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	923	719.29/cwt	650.00–825.00	6,639	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	370	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	377	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	260	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	265	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	506	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	83.20/cwt	81.00–86.00	1,057	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	522	108.39/cwt	105.00–110.00	566	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	113.03/cwt	112.00–114.00	650	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,211	756.01/cwt	700.00–800.00	9,155	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	960	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,280	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	742	91.34/cwt	89.00–96.00	678	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	132.51/cwt	130.00–135.00	607	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	695	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	138.06/cwt	135.00–141.00	598	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	287	131.61/cwt	126.00–133.00	378	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	334	126.95/cwt	123.00–133.00	424	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	117.43/cwt	117.00–120.00	503	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	474	122.13/cwt	115.00–125.00	579	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	116.41/cwt	110.00–118.00	531	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	710	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	746	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	275	139.85/cwt	135.00–145.00	385	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	538	110.38/cwt	109.00–114.00	594	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	307	130.67/cwt	130.00–132.00	401	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	115.51/cwt	114.00–117.00	618	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	387	132.91/cwt	129.00–137.00	514	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	621	105.17/cwt	100.00–110.00	653	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	784	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	768	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	617	112.99/cwt	111.00–118.00	697	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	124.27/cwt	120.00–128.00	768	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	130.16/cwt	127.00–131.00	600	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	151.38/cwt	145.00–155.00	497	8

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 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 693Last week 668Year ago 598

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 122Year ago 109

Replacement CattleReceipts 61Last week 72Year ago 26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	431	122.00–128.00	125.65
3	—	715	106.00–110.00	108.00
7	—	470	120.00–125.00	122.43
9	—	363	127.00–133.00	130.69
1	—	600	112.00	112.00
2	—	535	114.00–117.00	115.51
4	—	784	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	135.00	135.00
16	—	462	126.00–133.00	130.21
18	—	511	129.00–130.00	129.06
1	—	330	135.00	135.00
19	—	416	129.00–137.00	129.47
1	—	660	118.00	118.00
18	—	572	116.00–122.00	120.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	75.00	75.00
3	—	522	105.00–110.00	108.39
6	—	287	126.00–133.00	131.61
5	—	334	123.00–133.00	126.95
9	—	428	117.00–120.00	117.43
9	—	456	110.00–118.00	116.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	270	150.00–157.00	152.38
1	—	240	160.00	160.00
6	—	417	135.00–140.00	136.65
4	—	554	120.00	120.00
2	—	668	108.00–110.00	109.00
12	—	522	121.00–123.00	122.23
17	—	366	141.00–147.00	143.27
1	—	710	105.00	105.00
7	—	617	111.00–118.00	112.99
14	—	461	127.00–131.00	130.16
8	—	328	145.00–155.00	151.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	423	128.00–133.00	129.70
2	—	575	112.00–114.00	113.03
3	—	742	89.00–96.00	91.34
1	—	695	101.00	101.00
25	—	474	115.00–125.00	122.13
3	—	275	135.00–145.00	139.85
7	—	538	109.00–114.00	110.38
3	—	307	130.00–132.00	130.67
13	—	387	129.00–137.00	132.91
8	—	621	100.00–110.00	105.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	275	160.00–167.00	162.96
1	—	465	141.00	141.00
1	—	405	144.00	144.00
8	—	536	131.00–136.00	133.13
1	—	685	116.00	116.00
2	—	323	160.00–162.00	161.04
1	—	215	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	536	134.00–138.00	136.56
5	—	422	144.00	144.00
2	—	558	128.00–133.00	130.47
1	—	730	120.00	120.00
10	—	481	138.00–145.00	139.33
16	—	618	120.00–128.00	124.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	569	139.00–140.00	139.49
17	—	620	129.00–131.00	129.72
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	130.00–135.00	132.51
6	—	433	135.00–141.00	138.06
1	—	585	122.00	122.00
2	—	510	128.00	128.00
1	—	640	115.00	115.00
1	—	700	110.00	110.00
1	—	650	118.00	118.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	204	101.00	101.00
2	—	370	102.00	102.00
6	—	260	102.00	102.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,081	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	745	775.00	775.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,276	800.00–1,025.00	948.44
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,095	850.00–900.00	873.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,135	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	923	650.00–825.00	719.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,211	700.00–800.00	756.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	550.00	550.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,259	73.00–80.00	76.59
6	—	1,161	64.00–70.00	67.49
5	—	1,270	81.00–86.00	83.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	990	50.00–57.00	54.19
13	—	1,091	60.00–67.00	63.29
2	—	1,010	69.00–70.00	69.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,547	60.00–64.00	61.93
8	—	1,357	65.00–72.00	69.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	83.00	83.00
1	—	1,765	103.00	103.00
2	—	1,708	93.00–98.00	95.47

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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