Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2022-01-19

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Jan 19
● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
689 head
▼ 191 vs last sale 880▼ 550 vs year ago 1,239 · −44.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 194▲ 37 vs year ago 109 · +33.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 73▲ 26 vs year ago 47 · +55.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, bull calves steady to 2.00 lower and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.60/cwt on 226 head.
Average price
$146.60
226 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$714
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$199
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.27
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519150.70782138
Medium and Large 2430146.8063155
Medium and Large 3451129.1358333
One grade step is worth $21.58/cwt here — about $199 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 sale226 hd
146.60
—
GA average14 barns · 1,492 hd
142.33
+4.27
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—High1,56791.641,43616
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16375.6488057
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,82068.631,2494thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01059.5260131

Every lot, as filed

93 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 3—575132.98/cwt131.00–135.007652
HeifersMedium and Large 3—720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007923
HeifersMedium and Large 3—213143.44/cwt140.00–145.003063
HeifersMedium and Large 2—369149.55/cwt145.00–152.005527
HeifersMedium and Large 1—700133.00/cwt133.00–133.009311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368154.85/cwt152.00–157.005709
HeifersMedium and Large 3—78495.98/cwt95.00–99.007524
HeifersMedium and Large 3—485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—567141.97/cwt140.00–145.008055
HeifersMedium and Large 2—277145.56/cwt142.00–150.004033
SteersMedium and Large 3—595146.00/cwt146.00–146.008691
SteersMedium and Large 1—275208.42/cwt207.00–210.005732
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523144.49/cwt144.00–145.007562
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415132.00/cwt132.00–132.005481
HeifersMedium and Large 2—740122.00/cwt122.00–122.009031
HeifersMedium and Large 1—519150.45/cwt149.00–156.0078125
SteersMedium and Large 2—582160.00/cwt160.00–160.009315
SteersMedium and Large 2—468172.08/cwt167.00–177.008052
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615145.17/cwt142.00–151.0089317
HeifersMedium and Large 2—479145.82/cwt142.00–147.0069818
HeifersMedium and Large 2—331152.36/cwt150.00–153.0050414
SteersMedium and Large 3—715120.00/cwt120.00–120.008581
SteersMedium and Large 2—514166.71/cwt164.00–168.0085714
SteersMedium and Large 2—334186.37/cwt185.00–187.006223
SteersMedium and Large 1—472180.18/cwt177.50–185.008506
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475153.52/cwt150.00–155.0072917
HeifersMedium and Large 1—574151.07/cwt146.00–155.0086733
SteersMedium and Large 2—422175.68/cwt175.00–176.007413
SteersMedium and Large 1—233221.01/cwt220.00–222.005152
SteersMedium and Large 1—535171.94/cwt170.00–177.009205
SteersMedium and Large 3—333172.52/cwt170.00–175.005742
SteersMedium and Large 3—361175.60/cwt175.00–177.006347
SteersMedium and Large 3—773125.00/cwt125.00–125.009662
SteersMedium and Large 1—368187.50/cwt187.00–190.0069012
SteersMedium and Large 1—409182.26/cwt180.00–185.0074516
SteersMedium and Large 1—575170.00/cwt170.00–170.009781
SteersMedium and Large 2—605154.00/cwt154.00–154.009321
SteersMedium and Large 1—610160.00/cwt160.00–160.009761
SteersMedium and Large 2—380180.00/cwt180.00–180.006842
SteersMedium and Large 2—653152.00/cwt152.00–152.009933
BullsMedium and Large 2—385178.49/cwt177.00–180.006874
BullsMedium and Large 1—311195.38/cwt190.00–200.006084
BullsMedium and Large 1—228214.95/cwt210.00–220.004902
BullsMedium and Large 1—530167.00/cwt167.00–167.008851
BullsMedium and Large 1—469175.85/cwt175.00–180.008257
BullsMedium and Large 1—368184.21/cwt182.50–185.006783
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19383.92/cwt81.00–88.001,00118
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03058.06/cwt55.00–62.0059815
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,88569.84/cwt68.00–74.001,3163
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,62565.00/cwt65.00–65.001,0561
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15574.09/cwt70.00–78.0085627
CowsLean 85-90%—91950.48/cwt48.00–53.004645
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02565.63/cwt63.00–69.0067311
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13566.73/cwt63.00–69.0075712
Bulls——2,18099.00/cwt99.00–99.002,1581
Bulls——1,56794.60/cwt91.00–97.001,4829
Bulls——1,46585.98/cwt83.00–89.001,2606
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,018933.18/cwt900.00–975.009,5005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—976636.66/cwt550.00–700.006,2146
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,027801.29/cwt650.00–875.008,22911
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,070835.75/cwt775.00–900.008,9438
BullsMedium and Large 3—560145.00/cwt145.00–145.008121
BullsMedium and Large 2—483167.49/cwt165.00–170.008092
BullsMedium and Large 3—416153.05/cwt150.00–160.006374
BullsMedium and Large 3—695120.00/cwt120.00–120.008341
BullsMedium and Large 3—328157.40/cwt155.00–160.005162
BullsMedium and Large 3—233165.99/cwt165.00–167.003872
BullsMedium and Large 3—723112.58/cwt110.00–115.008142
BullsMedium and Large 3—385167.00/cwt167.00–167.006431
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428143.44/cwt142.00–145.006142
HeifersMedium and Large 2—633135.05/cwt131.00–139.008552
HeifersMedium and Large 3—519133.27/cwt127.00–137.006924
HeifersMedium and Large 3—660120.00/cwt120.00–120.007921
HeifersMedium and Large 1—667141.92/cwt139.00–143.0094711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—267158.28/cwt157.50–160.004233
HeifersMedium and Large 3—273134.85/cwt130.00–140.003686
HeifersMedium and Large 2—240155.00/cwt155.00–155.003721
BullsMedium and Large 2—422171.02/cwt170.00–172.007223
BullsMedium and Large 2—568149.89/cwt145.00–155.008512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425153.51/cwt152.00–157.0065220
HeifersMedium and Large 1—240170.00/cwt165.00–175.004082
HeifersMedium and Large 3—309140.69/cwt137.00–145.004357
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375142.00/cwt142.00–142.005331
BullsMedium and Large 1—429182.30/cwt180.00–187.0078212
BullsMedium and Large 1—250200.00/cwt200.00–200.005001
BullsMedium and Large 2—625135.24/cwt133.00–137.008454
BullsMedium and Large 3—270167.69/cwt165.00–170.004532
BullsMedium and Large 2—330185.00/cwt185.00–185.006111
BullsMedium and Large 2—280187.37/cwt185.00–190.005252
BullsMedium and Large 2—505157.00/cwt157.00–157.007931
BullsMedium and Large 3—500150.00/cwt150.00–150.007501
BullsMedium and Large 2—690130.00/cwt130.00–130.008971
BullsMedium and Large 3—600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501

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.