Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2021-10-06

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Oct 6
● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
666 head
▼ 147 vs last sale 813▲ 94 vs year ago 572 · +16.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 91▼ 72 vs year ago 124 · −58.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 48▼ 12 vs year ago 47 · −25.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 lower, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves steady to 3.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.92/cwt on 190 head.
Average price
$122.92
190 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$578
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.89
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1482127.53615106
Medium and Large 2460121.8956150
Medium and Large 3446110.0549134
One grade step is worth $17.47/cwt here — about $124 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 sale190 hd
122.92
—
GA average15 barns · 1,500 hd
119.03
+3.89
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—High1,77392.711,6446thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29964.8384218
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,81057.001,0322thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01249.0649711

Every lot, as filed

97 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
SteersMedium and Large 3—555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006661
SteersMedium and Large 3—420137.19/cwt137.00–140.0057621
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380132.00/cwt132.00–132.005021
HeifersMedium and Large 2—321131.57/cwt127.50–135.004225
SteersMedium and Large 3—705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008111
SteersMedium and Large 1—320172.00/cwt172.00–172.005501
SteersMedium and Large 1—485146.35/cwt145.00–147.007106
SteersMedium and Large 1—525144.87/cwt141.00–147.007617
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422129.03/cwt127.00–135.0054522
HeifersMedium and Large 2—703107.01/cwt105.00–109.007522
SteersMedium and Large 3—480134.00/cwt134.00–134.006431
HeifersMedium and Large 2—235137.00/cwt137.00–137.003222
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560123.82/cwt119.00–128.0069314
HeifersMedium and Large 2—274135.32/cwt135.00–137.003716
HeifersMedium and Large 3—56095.00/cwt95.00–95.005321
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573111.03/cwt109.00–115.006369
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480128.19/cwt126.00–130.0061542
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420123.37/cwt120.00–125.005186
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480123.30/cwt117.00–125.005928
HeifersMedium and Large 2—640110.00/cwt110.00–110.007041
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378129.51/cwt129.00–130.004904
HeifersMedium and Large 3—278123.53/cwt120.00–130.003433
HeifersMedium and Large 1—315137.50/cwt137.50–137.504332
HeifersMedium and Large 2—793104.00/cwt104.00–104.008252
SteersMedium and Large 3—785111.00/cwt111.00–111.008711
SteersMedium and Large 2—300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004801
SteersMedium and Large 3—375140.00/cwt140.00–140.005251
SteersMedium and Large 3—522120.39/cwt118.00–125.006286
SteersMedium and Large 2—559125.87/cwt125.00–126.007048
SteersMedium and Large 2—720121.00/cwt121.00–121.008715
SteersMedium and Large 2—470142.24/cwt142.00–146.0066917
SteersMedium and Large 2—635129.00/cwt129.00–129.008192
SteersMedium and Large 2—519132.32/cwt131.00–139.006879
SteersMedium and Large 2—684120.99/cwt120.00–122.008286
SteersMedium and Large 2—372156.96/cwt150.00–160.0058412
SteersMedium and Large 1—561141.60/cwt136.00–146.007947
SteersMedium and Large 1—622132.88/cwt131.00–136.008277
SteersMedium and Large 2—418147.50/cwt145.00–148.006176
SteersMedium and Large 2—760116.00/cwt116.00–116.008821
SteersMedium and Large 3—649108.00/cwt108.00–108.007015
SteersMedium and Large 1—405157.00/cwt157.00–157.006362
SteersMedium and Large 1—671129.72/cwt128.00–132.008704
BullsMedium and Large 2—474125.76/cwt124.00–133.0059611
BullsMedium and Large 1—600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007201
BullsMedium and Large 1—567126.44/cwt122.00–129.0071712
BullsMedium and Large 1—515129.77/cwt127.00–133.0066811
BullsMedium and Large 1—460138.54/cwt135.00–145.006377
BullsMedium and Large 1—381155.69/cwt152.00–162.005937
CowsLean 85-90%—97842.76/cwt40.00–45.004185
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,99051.00/cwt51.00–51.001,0151
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,63063.00/cwt63.00–63.001,0271
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,43870.52/cwt68.00–75.001,0146
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04053.57/cwt49.00–56.005575
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04558.00/cwt58.00–58.006061
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24562.99/cwt60.00–67.0078411
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06051.00/cwt51.00–51.005411
Bulls——1,79797.72/cwt97.00–99.001,7563
Bulls——1,64083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,3611
Bulls——1,80390.06/cwt88.00–92.001,6242
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9251,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.009,4811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—962742.46/cwt600.00–850.007,1423
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—935525.00/cwt525.00–525.004,9092
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,198902.82/cwt850.00–950.0010,8164
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—919734.09/cwt600.00–825.006,7465
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,028926.16/cwt900.00–950.009,5212
BullsMedium and Large 3—477111.97/cwt109.00–117.005343
BullsMedium and Large 3—278135.38/cwt132.00–140.003765
BullsMedium and Large 3—68295.77/cwt94.00–97.006534
BullsMedium and Large 3—530114.01/cwt112.00–116.006044
BullsMedium and Large 3—569110.98/cwt110.00–112.006314
BullsMedium and Large 3—72092.00/cwt92.00–92.006622
BullsMedium and Large 3—422122.37/cwt120.00–125.005164
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528114.99/cwt114.00–117.006075
HeifersMedium and Large 3—70080.00/cwt80.00–80.005606
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522126.28/cwt120.00–128.0065920
HeifersMedium and Large 1—260137.50/cwt137.50–137.503582
HeifersMedium and Large 3—321123.94/cwt122.00–125.003988
HeifersMedium and Large 3—60092.00/cwt92.00–92.005521
HeifersMedium and Large 3—386122.19/cwt115.00–125.004728
HeifersMedium and Large 3—66386.51/cwt85.00–87.005744
BullsMedium and Large 1—268173.39/cwt170.00–175.004653
BullsMedium and Large 1—328163.54/cwt160.00–170.005369
BullsMedium and Large 2—713102.46/cwt100.00–105.007312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623117.99/cwt115.00–120.007353
BullsMedium and Large 2—639110.49/cwt110.00–113.007066
HeifersMedium and Large 3—223129.71/cwt127.00–132.002893
BullsMedium and Large 2—422133.07/cwt130.00–135.0056218
BullsMedium and Large 2—355147.00/cwt147.00–147.005221
BullsMedium and Large 2—265157.33/cwt157.00–157.504173
BullsMedium and Large 2—342149.38/cwt145.00–155.005116
BullsMedium and Large 3—625104.39/cwt100.00–109.006522
BullsMedium and Large 2—530122.25/cwt117.00–124.006484
BullsMedium and Large 3—385132.00/cwt132.00–132.005081
BullsMedium and Large 2—555118.92/cwt118.00–119.0066027
BullsMedium and Large 2—668101.63/cwt100.00–105.006793
BullsMedium and Large 3—340130.00/cwt130.00–130.004428
BullsMedium and Large 1—416149.58/cwt147.00–152.006228

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.