Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2022-01-26

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Jan 26
● Final101 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
822 head
133 vs last sale 689 149 vs year ago 673 · +22.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
129 head
17 vs last sale 146 6 vs year ago 123 · +4.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
19 vs last sale 73 10 vs year ago 44 · +22.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 5.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower and replacement cows steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.05/cwt on 297 head.
Average price
$144.05
297 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$676
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$227
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.36
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1492148.56731173
Medium and Large 2478138.7366377
Medium and Large 3370136.1550447
One grade step is worth $12.42/cwt here — about $227 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 sale297 hd
144.05
GA average16 barns · 1,739 hd
140.69
+3.36
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
BullsAverage1,383108.671,50342
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18675.2489234
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52574.401,1353thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01961.6162827

Every lot, as filed

101 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 2530165.98/cwt165.00–167.008802
HeifersMedium and Large 2574134.61/cwt132.00–137.007735
SteersMedium and Large 3555130.00/cwt130.00–130.007223
SteersMedium and Large 3295180.00/cwt180.00–180.005311
SteersMedium and Large 3527146.60/cwt142.00–150.007737
SteersMedium and Large 2432176.18/cwt175.00–182.007616
SteersMedium and Large 2388186.69/cwt185.00–187.007246
HeifersMedium and Large 3565129.00/cwt129.00–129.007291
SteersMedium and Large 3670125.04/cwt120.00–130.008382
SteersMedium and Large 3632130.00/cwt130.00–130.008223
SteersMedium and Large 3795110.00/cwt110.00–110.008754
SteersMedium and Large 3385165.99/cwt165.00–167.006392
SteersMedium and Large 3428151.02/cwt150.00–152.006462
HeifersMedium and Large 3790107.00/cwt107.00–107.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 2679125.50/cwt124.00–126.008524
HeifersMedium and Large 2376143.59/cwt140.00–150.005407
HeifersMedium and Large 1478149.13/cwt147.00–151.0071319
HeifersMedium and Large 1424154.66/cwt150.00–157.0065627
HeifersMedium and Large 1336159.37/cwt159.00–160.0053511
HeifersMedium and Large 3315134.58/cwt132.00–137.004242
HeifersMedium and Large 3700104.00/cwt104.00–104.007281
HeifersMedium and Large 2331147.28/cwt145.00–152.004878
HeifersMedium and Large 2421141.73/cwt140.00–145.0059711
HeifersMedium and Large 2542135.49/cwt134.00–140.0073416
HeifersMedium and Large 2267152.19/cwt150.00–155.004066
SteersMedium and Large 2467164.69/cwt162.00–170.007693
SteersMedium and Large 2770125.00/cwt125.00–125.009631
SteersMedium and Large 2660148.00/cwt148.00–148.009771
SteersMedium and Large 2600154.00/cwt154.00–154.009241
HeifersMedium and Large 2472140.09/cwt135.00–145.0066112
SteersMedium and Large 1426188.72/cwt185.00–192.008049
SteersMedium and Large 1478179.08/cwt175.00–185.0085632
SteersMedium and Large 1761136.60/cwt135.00–137.001,0405
SteersMedium and Large 1700144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0081
SteersMedium and Large 2569161.34/cwt157.00–163.0091817
SteersMedium and Large 3470153.00/cwt151.00–155.007192
SteersMedium and Large 1573168.00/cwt168.00–168.009632
SteersMedium and Large 1629154.55/cwt154.00–158.0097214
SteersMedium and Large 1361193.61/cwt190.00–197.0069912
SteersMedium and Large 1513173.58/cwt168.00–177.008909
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added395202.00/cwt202.00–202.007981
SteersMedium and Large 2205202.00/cwt202.00–202.004141
SteersMedium and Large 1333196.11/cwt190.00–200.006536
SteersMedium and Large 2321180.58/cwt180.00–185.005809
BullsMedium and Large 1335189.54/cwt187.00–192.006352
BullsMedium and Large 1468173.47/cwt170.00–177.008126
BullsMedium and Large 1280195.95/cwt195.00–197.005492
BullsMedium and Large 1375188.73/cwt182.00–192.007086
BullsMedium and Large 1435182.56/cwt180.00–185.007942
BullsMedium and Large 1585155.00/cwt155.00–155.009072
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20482.81/cwt80.00–88.0099710
CowsLean 85-90%1,04861.81/cwt59.00–65.0064812
CowsLean 85-90%96255.21/cwt50.00–57.005318
CowsLean 85-90%1,03468.58/cwt67.00–71.007097
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52574.40/cwt70.00–77.001,1353
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22466.10/cwt63.00–70.008099
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15175.68/cwt72.00–79.0087115
Bulls1,351105.07/cwt100.00–109.001,41918
Bulls1,22894.91/cwt92.00–98.001,1652
Bulls1,423112.87/cwt110.00–118.001,60622
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3937784.49/cwt675.00–875.007,3517
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2969975.67/cwt900.00–1,000.009,4545
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3891721.63/cwt575.00–800.006,4307
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2930900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,3701
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3920775.00/cwt775.00–775.007,1302
BullsMedium and Large 3329166.11/cwt160.00–170.005475
BullsMedium and Large 3457145.58/cwt140.00–150.006653
BullsMedium and Large 3432154.75/cwt152.00–160.006693
BullsMedium and Large 3220165.00/cwt165.00–165.003632
BullsMedium and Large 3635110.00/cwt110.00–110.006991
BullsMedium and Large 3650102.00/cwt102.00–102.006631
BullsMedium and Large 3545145.00/cwt145.00–145.007901
BullsMedium and Large 2431170.00/cwt170.00–170.007337
BullsMedium and Large 2371177.33/cwt170.00–180.006587
BullsMedium and Large 2250185.00/cwt185.00–185.004631
HeifersMedium and Large 1390156.62/cwt155.00–159.0061123
HeifersMedium and Large 3533129.47/cwt125.00–133.006907
HeifersMedium and Large 2750115.00/cwt115.00–115.008631
HeifersMedium and Large 3273142.42/cwt137.00–145.0038914
HeifersMedium and Large 2715121.00/cwt119.00–124.008653
HeifersMedium and Large 2620131.20/cwt127.00–135.008134
HeifersMedium and Large 1614139.56/cwt137.00–140.0085714
HeifersMedium and Large 3400135.00/cwt135.00–135.005401
HeifersMedium and Large 3381135.15/cwt132.00–137.005155
HeifersMedium and Large 3622115.03/cwt110.00–120.007153
HeifersMedium and Large 3460132.00/cwt132.00–132.006071
HeifersMedium and Large 3230145.61/cwt145.00–152.0033511
BullsMedium and Large 2464163.08/cwt155.00–165.0075713
BullsMedium and Large 2780110.00/cwt110.00–110.008581
HeifersMedium and Large 1528145.45/cwt142.00–148.0076854
HeifersMedium and Large 1233165.95/cwt165.00–167.003872
HeifersMedium and Large 1666132.56/cwt128.00–136.0088311
HeifersMedium and Large 1583144.91/cwt144.00–145.0084512
BullsMedium and Large 1508165.73/cwt163.00–170.008428
BullsMedium and Large 3593134.52/cwt130.00–139.007982
BullsMedium and Large 2565152.00/cwt152.00–152.008593
BullsMedium and Large 2521150.80/cwt150.00–154.007865
BullsMedium and Large 2331180.00/cwt180.00–180.005966
BullsMedium and Large 2661120.72/cwt120.00–125.007987
BullsMedium and Large 2245190.00/cwt190.00–190.004661
BullsMedium and Large 3290171.22/cwt167.00–172.004979

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.