Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2021-09-22

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Sep 22
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,108 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 1,045▲ 335 vs year ago 773 · +43.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 105▼ 36 vs year ago 128 · −28.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 136▲ 30 vs year ago 45 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 5.00 to 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, feeder steers 1.00 to 3.00 higher, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower and replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.71/cwt on 289 head.
Average price
$123.71
289 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.66
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515126.45651116
Medium and Large 2452124.40563102
Medium and Large 3409118.2348371
One grade step is worth $8.22/cwt here — about $168 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 sale289 hd
123.71
—
GA average16 barns · 1,648 hd
124.36
−0.66
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
Bulls—Low1,52982.791,2665thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24155.3368723
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06648.0651229

Every lot, as filed

91 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575115.63/cwt113.00–120.006656
HeifersMedium and Large 2—277138.04/cwt135.00–145.003826
HeifersMedium and Large 2—680110.32/cwt108.00–112.007503
HeifersMedium and Large 3—467111.32/cwt109.00–117.0052011
HeifersMedium and Large 2—384127.71/cwt124.00–132.0049020
SteersMedium and Large 3—521126.62/cwt121.00–131.006605
HeifersMedium and Large 2—486121.88/cwt119.00–125.0059225
HeifersMedium and Large 2—750106.00/cwt106.00–106.007951
HeifersMedium and Large 2—313135.93/cwt135.00–136.0042514
HeifersMedium and Large 2—700108.00/cwt108.00–108.007561
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530119.06/cwt117.00–121.0063116
SteersMedium and Large 2—634132.70/cwt126.00–133.0084124
SteersMedium and Large 1—405160.50/cwt160.50–160.5065014
SteersMedium and Large 1—735130.00/cwt130.00–130.009562
HeifersMedium and Large 1—533123.43/cwt122.00–127.0065832
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433128.99/cwt128.00–130.0055910
HeifersMedium and Large 1—388138.00/cwt138.00–138.0053512
SteersMedium and Large 1—631137.14/cwt135.00–143.0086522
SteersMedium and Large 3—478130.99/cwt129.00–133.006262
SteersMedium and Large 3—733117.02/cwt115.00–119.008582
SteersMedium and Large 3—368133.49/cwt130.00–137.004914
SteersMedium and Large 3—563127.34/cwt124.00–129.007173
SteersMedium and Large 3—412135.00/cwt135.00–135.005563
SteersMedium and Large 1—516150.64/cwt146.00–154.0077739
SteersMedium and Large 2—463144.45/cwt140.00–147.0066920
SteersMedium and Large 2—372155.29/cwt155.00–157.0057813
SteersMedium and Large 2—335155.77/cwt155.00–156.0052213
SteersMedium and Large 3—278147.50/cwt147.50–147.504105
SteersMedium and Large 3—674118.02/cwt115.00–119.007954
SteersMedium and Large 1—569147.58/cwt143.00–152.0084046
SteersMedium and Large 1—360172.00/cwt172.00–172.006191
SteersMedium and Large 2—677126.30/cwt124.00–128.008553
SteersMedium and Large 2—528140.63/cwt138.00–145.007437
SteersMedium and Large 2—712121.33/cwt121.00–122.008643
SteersMedium and Large 2—558137.64/cwt133.00–140.007683
SteersMedium and Large 1—480156.75/cwt154.00–160.0075217
SteersMedium and Large 1—671132.56/cwt129.00–135.0088910
SteersMedium and Large 2—419154.44/cwt151.00–156.006474
SteersMedium and Large 1—773125.61/cwt122.00–126.0097110
BullsMedium and Large 2—373145.97/cwt142.00–150.005442
BullsMedium and Large 1—725120.00/cwt120.00–120.008702
BullsMedium and Large 1—340170.00/cwt170.00–170.005781
BullsMedium and Large 1—360158.01/cwt155.00–160.005696
BullsMedium and Large 1—425148.94/cwt147.00–151.006333
BullsMedium and Large 1—558130.00/cwt130.00–130.007252
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22063.00/cwt63.00–63.007691
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20457.14/cwt55.00–61.0068817
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03950.72/cwt48.00–53.0052717
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10444.28/cwt41.00–47.0048912
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37347.65/cwt45.00–49.006545
Bulls——1,38576.98/cwt73.00–80.001,0663
Bulls——1,71097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,6591
Bulls——1,78086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,5311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—955737.30/cwt700.00–775.007,0412
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,035967.34/cwt900.00–1,050.0010,0125
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,073874.46/cwt725.00–975.009,3839
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,3351,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0015,0192
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—9951,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,9502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1451,061.87/cwt1,000.00–1,100.0012,1584
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—892927.62/cwt825.00–975.008,2743
BullsMedium and Large 1—468151.02/cwt150.00–152.007072
BullsMedium and Large 3—72898.49/cwt98.00–99.007172
BullsMedium and Large 3—653104.00/cwt103.00–105.006792
BullsMedium and Large 3—290150.00/cwt150.00–150.004351
BullsMedium and Large 3—427120.22/cwt115.00–125.0051322
BullsMedium and Large 3—561107.24/cwt103.00–112.006024
BullsMedium and Large 1—525148.00/cwt148.00–148.007771
BullsMedium and Large 3—622106.34/cwt105.00–108.006613
BullsMedium and Large 3—469118.04/cwt115.00–121.0055417
BullsMedium and Large 3—343141.29/cwt141.00–145.0048513
BullsMedium and Large 3—527113.35/cwt108.00–115.005979
BullsMedium and Large 3—372133.03/cwt130.00–139.004956
HeifersMedium and Large 3—319125.75/cwt122.00–127.004017
BullsMedium and Large 2—524121.91/cwt118.00–128.0063919
HeifersMedium and Large 3—278126.41/cwt122.00–132.003513
BullsMedium and Large 2—472131.71/cwt128.00–138.006228
BullsMedium and Large 2—423138.03/cwt133.00–142.005845
BullsMedium and Large 2—567119.84/cwt117.00–125.006796
HeifersMedium and Large 2—419125.24/cwt123.00–127.005257
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523112.95/cwt111.00–115.005912
HeifersMedium and Large 1—688120.00/cwt120.00–120.0082610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—558122.81/cwt122.00–124.0068510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474129.72/cwt126.00–133.0061533
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623118.15/cwt116.00–122.007369
HeifersMedium and Large 2—633111.99/cwt110.00–113.007093
HeifersMedium and Large 3—235126.91/cwt125.00–135.002985
HeifersMedium and Large 3—622105.69/cwt102.00–109.006573
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368119.82/cwt118.00–123.004419
HeifersMedium and Large 3—570102.36/cwt100.00–105.005833
HeifersMedium and Large 3—418119.54/cwt112.00–122.0050028
SteersMedium and Large 3—625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007191

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.