Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2021-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers 4.00 higher, feeder heifers and bulls mostly steady, steer and heifers calves 4.00 higher, bull calves 7.00 to 9.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.40/cwt on 158 head.

Average price

$139.40

158 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$19.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.93

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	459	142.91	656	108
Medium and Large 2	475	133.64	635	41
Medium and Large 3	420	123.67	520	9thin

One grade step is worth $19.24/cwt here — about $137 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 sale158 hd

139.40

—

GA average13 barns · 1,547 hd

132.48

+6.93

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	1,433	90.24	1,294	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,180	70.14	828	50
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,620	68.00	1,102	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,083	59.22	641	19

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	430	145.00/cwt	141.00–149.00	624	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	153.29/cwt	150.00–159.00	586	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	143.71/cwt	143.00–148.00	552	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	169.44/cwt	165.00–175.00	703	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	132.82/cwt	129.00–135.00	834	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	158.57/cwt	155.00–159.00	533	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	159.23/cwt	156.00–160.00	739	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	132.05/cwt	130.00–136.00	691	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	134.07/cwt	132.00–136.00	634	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,102	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	65.25/cwt	62.00–68.00	701	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	57.61/cwt	52.00–60.00	625	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	72.96/cwt	70.00–77.00	855	32
Bulls	—	—	1,683	96.04/cwt	95.00–97.00	1,616	2
Bulls	—	—	1,267	86.38/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,094	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	556	132.50/cwt	132.00–134.00	737	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	138.64/cwt	136.00–144.00	728	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	132.32/cwt	130.00–135.00	757	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	154.41/cwt	150.00–160.00	647	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	174.10/cwt	170.00–180.00	747	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	152.79/cwt	151.00–156.00	805	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	134.80/cwt	130.00–140.00	919	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	383	158.68/cwt	158.00–160.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	141.24/cwt	139.00–147.00	651	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	125.39/cwt	122.00–126.00	678	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	123.66/cwt	123.00–125.00	721	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	122.47/cwt	121.00–124.00	702	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	342	133.99/cwt	132.00–135.00	458	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	143.06/cwt	142.00–150.00	702	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	152.38/cwt	144.00–154.00	931	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	166.38/cwt	162.00–167.00	705	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	149.58/cwt	149.00–150.00	721	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	314	193.22/cwt	192.00–194.00	607	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	151.34/cwt	149.00–152.00	858	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	121.24/cwt	120.00–125.00	524	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	134.55/cwt	133.00–135.00	642	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	708	118.51/cwt	117.00–120.00	839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	135.42/cwt	130.00–138.00	574	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	393	171.91/cwt	168.00–173.00	676	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	688	125.50/cwt	125.00–126.00	863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	113.03/cwt	110.00–116.00	582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	136.16/cwt	135.00–142.00	715	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	65.13/cwt	62.00–69.00	778	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	263	208.22/cwt	205.00–212.00	548	5

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 Aug 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 797Last week 810Year ago 1,146

Slaughter CattleReceipts 153Last week 58Year ago 115

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	430	141.00–149.00	145.00
13	—	382	150.00–159.00	153.29
15	—	336	155.00–159.00	158.57
9	—	523	130.00–136.00	132.05
24	—	572	130.00–135.00	132.32
31	—	461	139.00–147.00	141.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	384	143.00–148.00	143.71
8	—	541	122.00–126.00	125.39
3	—	583	123.00–125.00	123.66
18	—	477	133.00–135.00	134.55
5	—	424	130.00–138.00	135.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	342	132.00–135.00	133.99
4	—	432	120.00–125.00	121.24
2	—	515	110.00–116.00	113.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	415	165.00–175.00	169.44
5	—	628	129.00–135.00	132.82
4	—	556	132.00–134.00	132.50
6	—	525	136.00–144.00	138.64
5	—	314	192.00–194.00	193.22
2	—	708	117.00–120.00	118.51
18	—	393	168.00–173.00	171.91
2	—	688	125.00–126.00	125.50
5	—	263	205.00–212.00	208.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	132.00–136.00	134.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	419	150.00–160.00	154.41
3	—	383	158.00–160.00	158.68
4	—	573	121.00–124.00	122.47
21	—	491	142.00–150.00	143.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	464	156.00–160.00	159.23
8	—	429	170.00–180.00	174.10
12	—	527	151.00–156.00	152.79
22	—	682	130.00–140.00	134.80
7	—	611	144.00–154.00	152.38
6	—	567	149.00–152.00	151.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	424	162.00–167.00	166.38
7	—	482	149.00–150.00	149.58
6	—	525	135.00–142.00	136.16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,620	68.00	68.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,074	62.00–68.00	65.25
15	—	1,085	52.00–60.00	57.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,172	70.00–77.00	72.96
18	—	1,194	62.00–69.00	65.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,683	95.00–97.00	96.04
3	—	1,267	82.00–89.00	86.38

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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