Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2021-11-17

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Nov 17
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
843 head
▼ 109 vs last sale 952▼ 388 vs year ago 1,231 · −31.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
127 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 66▼ 75 vs year ago 202 · −37.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
96 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 108▲ 67 vs year ago 29 · +231.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 lower, feeder steers steady, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, bull calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.06/cwt on 217 head.
Average price
$125.06
217 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$584
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.26
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478129.15617129
Medium and Large 2456123.4756355
Medium and Large 3441111.7149233
One grade step is worth $17.45/cwt here — about $125 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 sale217 hd
125.06
—
GA average16 barns · 2,163 hd
126.32
−1.26
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—Average1,60783.471,34212
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25457.1871746
CowsLean 85-90%Low89948.3843532

Every lot, as filed

86 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 1—376135.21/cwt135.00–136.0050810
HeifersMedium and Large 2—619105.49/cwt105.00–107.006534
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471129.98/cwt128.00–135.0061255
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463123.74/cwt120.00–125.0057310
HeifersMedium and Large 3—326123.26/cwt120.00–125.004026
HeifersMedium and Large 3—582103.49/cwt97.00–105.006025
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523102.13/cwt100.00–110.005347
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430112.56/cwt110.00–115.004842
SteersMedium and Large 3—322157.96/cwt155.00–162.005095
HeifersMedium and Large 2—655105.00/cwt105.00–105.006881
HeifersMedium and Large 3—71086.00/cwt86.00–86.006111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520115.34/cwt115.00–116.006003
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330131.32/cwt131.00–133.004336
HeifersMedium and Large 1—650119.00/cwt118.00–120.007742
SteersMedium and Large 2—432149.28/cwt145.00–151.006458
HeifersMedium and Large 2—76599.00/cwt99.00–99.007571
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383131.81/cwt129.00–134.0050519
HeifersMedium and Large 2—410126.50/cwt120.00–129.005194
HeifersMedium and Large 2—563112.86/cwt110.00–115.006356
SteersMedium and Large 3—690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007591
SteersMedium and Large 1—430170.00/cwt170.00–170.007311
SteersMedium and Large 3—740110.50/cwt110.00–111.008182
SteersMedium and Large 3—455135.49/cwt135.00–136.006162
SteersMedium and Large 1—367173.73/cwt172.00–177.006383
HeifersMedium and Large 1—710108.00/cwt108.00–108.007672
SteersMedium and Large 2—732117.66/cwt115.00–123.008613
SteersMedium and Large 1—527152.79/cwt149.00–155.0080519
SteersMedium and Large 2—528134.51/cwt133.00–135.007104
SteersMedium and Large 2—620129.01/cwt128.00–130.008002
SteersMedium and Large 3—520120.00/cwt120.00–120.006241
SteersMedium and Large 3—443143.72/cwt142.00–144.006377
SteersMedium and Large 2—680125.00/cwt125.00–125.008501
SteersMedium and Large 1—667133.96/cwt131.00–139.008948
SteersMedium and Large 1—635140.13/cwt139.00–141.008908
SteersMedium and Large 1—572145.92/cwt144.00–151.0083510
SteersMedium and Large 2—585130.00/cwt130.00–130.007611
SteersMedium and Large 1—467153.03/cwt152.00–156.0071522
BullsMedium and Large 1—325164.60/cwt162.00–167.005353
BullsMedium and Large 1—255170.00/cwt170.00–170.004342
BullsMedium and Large 2—220167.00/cwt167.00–167.003671
BullsMedium and Large 1—374163.58/cwt161.00–170.0061216
BullsMedium and Large 1—514140.04/cwt135.00–143.0072014
BullsMedium and Large 1—419153.82/cwt150.00–160.006457
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23862.48/cwt62.00–64.007748
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26057.48/cwt54.00–61.0072428
CowsLean 85-90%—76043.45/cwt40.00–46.0033015
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25252.12/cwt48.00–54.0065310
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00558.00/cwt58.00–58.005832
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02452.03/cwt48.00–55.0053315
Bulls——1,35884.85/cwt82.00–89.001,1523
Bulls——1,41175.98/cwt74.00–81.001,0725
Bulls——2,04091.79/cwt90.00–94.001,8734
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3721,070.35/cwt1,000.00–1,125.0014,6856
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,114789.05/cwt725.00–850.008,79014
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,033834.52/cwt800.00–900.008,6213
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—890604.44/cwt500.00–700.005,3805
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,097952.17/cwt875.00–1,000.0010,4453
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—980825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,0854
BullsMedium and Large 3—569109.62/cwt104.00–113.006245
BullsMedium and Large 3—323136.72/cwt132.00–140.004424
BullsMedium and Large 2—280162.00/cwt162.00–162.004541
BullsMedium and Large 2—430140.89/cwt135.00–145.0060612
BullsMedium and Large 3—462110.12/cwt107.00–115.0050910
BullsMedium and Large 3—517104.74/cwt104.00–110.005428
BullsMedium and Large 2—515128.34/cwt127.00–130.006613
BullsMedium and Large 3—70592.01/cwt90.00–94.006492
BullsMedium and Large 3—427129.04/cwt127.00–130.005513
BullsMedium and Large 3—240150.00/cwt150.00–150.003602
BullsMedium and Large 2—584118.17/cwt115.00–122.006905
BullsMedium and Large 2—614116.81/cwt113.00–120.007174
BullsMedium and Large 2—663109.30/cwt107.00–110.0072513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605119.18/cwt117.00–121.007215
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428133.89/cwt130.00–136.0057331
BullsMedium and Large 2—471131.58/cwt125.00–135.0062015
BullsMedium and Large 3—290149.54/cwt147.00–150.004346
BullsMedium and Large 3—678100.99/cwt100.00–102.006852
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370122.47/cwt120.00–125.004532
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521125.27/cwt122.00–130.0065316
HeifersMedium and Large 3—278122.19/cwt117.00–125.003407
HeifersMedium and Large 3—66092.00/cwt92.00–92.006071
BullsMedium and Large 2—309154.41/cwt150.00–160.004778
BullsMedium and Large 2—363146.00/cwt145.00–150.005307
HeifersMedium and Large 2—720106.00/cwt106.00–106.007631
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470116.00/cwt116.00–116.005451
HeifersMedium and Large 3—63095.00/cwt95.00–95.005991
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578119.37/cwt118.00–121.006908

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.