Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2022-01-05

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Jan 5
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
387 head
▼ 406 vs last sale 793▼ 238 vs year ago 625 · −38.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 68▼ 91 vs year ago 152 · −59.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 114▲ 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to markets being closed the previous two weeks for holidays.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.02/cwt on 114 head.
Average price
$147.02
114 head · 385 lb average
Value per head Derived
$566
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$259
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.34
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1413150.6262275
Medium and Large 2371142.3452824
Medium and Large 3266136.4836315thin
One grade step is worth $14.14/cwt here — about $259 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 sale114 hd
147.02
—
GA average11 barns · 852 hd
135.68
+11.34
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,47996.431,42611
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19675.5090326
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44068.009791thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02056.325759thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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—474150.62/cwt145.00–152.0071415
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473137.57/cwt136.00–139.006512
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320130.00/cwt130.00–130.004161
HeifersMedium and Large 1—513141.81/cwt140.00–145.007276
HeifersMedium and Large 2—500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006752
SteersMedium and Large 1—605157.02/cwt155.00–159.009502
SteersMedium and Large 1—785149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,1701
SteersMedium and Large 1—575164.17/cwt164.00–166.0094412
HeifersMedium and Large 2—550126.00/cwt126.00–126.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 1—321150.87/cwt150.00–152.0048416
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385154.93/cwt149.00–158.0059613
SteersMedium and Large 2—495165.00/cwt165.00–165.008171
SteersMedium and Large 3—300169.00/cwt169.00–169.005072
SteersMedium and Large 3—365165.00/cwt165.00–165.006021
HeifersMedium and Large 2—413136.01/cwt135.00–137.005622
SteersMedium and Large 1—513178.08/cwt174.00–182.009149
SteersMedium and Large 1—412185.55/cwt184.00–190.007648
SteersMedium and Large 1—358190.00/cwt190.00–190.006805
SteersMedium and Large 1—725150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0881
SteersMedium and Large 1—450180.00/cwt180.00–180.008101
SteersMedium and Large 1—665152.07/cwt149.00–155.001,0112
SteersMedium and Large 2—337186.61/cwt182.00–189.006293
SteersMedium and Large 2—700137.00/cwt137.00–137.009591
SteersMedium and Large 2—510170.00/cwt170.00–170.008672
SteersMedium and Large 2—360177.43/cwt175.00–180.006392
BullsMedium and Large 1—475175.00/cwt175.00–175.008311
BullsMedium and Large 1—441179.83/cwt178.00–187.0079311
BullsMedium and Large 1—265190.00/cwt190.00–190.005041
BullsMedium and Large 1—200210.00/cwt210.00–210.004201
BullsMedium and Large 1—382185.66/cwt183.00–188.0070922
BullsMedium and Large 1—505167.00/cwt167.00–167.008431
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565138.53/cwt137.00–140.007832
HeifersMedium and Large 2—220150.00/cwt150.00–150.003301
HeifersMedium and Large 2—350146.33/cwt145.00–147.005123
HeifersMedium and Large 3—273142.00/cwt142.00–142.003882
BullsMedium and Large 2—327181.28/cwt180.00–183.005939
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413151.36/cwt147.00–153.0062523
HeifersMedium and Large 2—640123.00/cwt123.00–123.007871
HeifersMedium and Large 2—295149.00/cwt149.00–149.004403
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368132.48/cwt130.00–135.004882
BullsMedium and Large 2—665129.00/cwt129.00–129.008581
BullsMedium and Large 2—580140.98/cwt140.00–142.008182
BullsMedium and Large 1—317186.79/cwt185.00–187.0059210
BullsMedium and Large 2—520153.59/cwt149.00–157.007993
HeifersMedium and Large 3—239136.82/cwt135.00–137.0032710
HeifersMedium and Large 2—310146.00/cwt146.00–146.004539
BullsMedium and Large 3—310170.00/cwt170.00–170.005271
BullsMedium and Large 2—276181.74/cwt180.00–185.0050211
BullsMedium and Large 3—225161.25/cwt160.00–170.003638
BullsMedium and Large 2—645129.00/cwt129.00–129.008321
BullsMedium and Large 2—363168.52/cwt165.00–172.006122
BullsMedium and Large 2—463159.97/cwt155.00–165.007412
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—998850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,4832
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—853731.83/cwt600.00–825.006,24310
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—690625.00/cwt625.00–625.004,3131
Bulls——1,584101.15/cwt98.00–105.001,6026
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44068.00/cwt68.00–68.009791
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01859.72/cwt56.00–63.006084
CowsLean 85-90%—1,19068.00/cwt68.00–68.008091
Bulls——1,35290.76/cwt87.00–94.001,2275
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14573.07/cwt69.00–76.0083720
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36783.59/cwt82.00–86.001,1436
CowsLean 85-90%—98050.00/cwt50.00–50.004904

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.