Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2022-02-02

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Feb 2
● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,052 head
▲ 230 vs last sale 822▲ 174 vs year ago 878 · +19.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
153 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 129▲ 77 vs year ago 76 · +101.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 54▲ 22 vs year ago 23 · +95.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.90/cwt on 309 head.
Average price
$146.90
309 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$268
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.40
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519150.65782160
Medium and Large 2403146.2558997
Medium and Large 3376136.5651452
One grade step is worth $14.09/cwt here — about $268 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 sale309 hd
146.90
—
GA average15 barns · 2,061 hd
138.50
+8.40
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—High1,667100.641,67713
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19180.0095273
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33472.989746thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98563.9263030

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 2—710120.00/cwt120.00–120.008521
HeifersMedium and Large 3—308140.44/cwt135.00–142.004337
HeifersMedium and Large 1—374161.14/cwt157.00–167.006037
HeifersMedium and Large 3—580127.00/cwt127.00–127.007371
HeifersMedium and Large 1—263162.00/cwt162.00–162.004262
HeifersMedium and Large 2—464141.15/cwt135.00–145.006558
HeifersMedium and Large 3—522127.01/cwt121.00–130.006633
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428133.29/cwt130.00–135.005703
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370148.28/cwt146.00–156.0054947
HeifersMedium and Large 2—433147.07/cwt140.00–148.0063712
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565148.88/cwt146.00–149.0084136
SteersMedium and Large 1—623154.04/cwt153.00–155.009602
HeifersMedium and Large 2—270150.00/cwt150.00–150.004052
HeifersMedium and Large 3—271143.69/cwt140.00–145.003898
HeifersMedium and Large 1—461152.84/cwt150.00–154.007057
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525141.76/cwt140.00–142.007448
SteersMedium and Large 3—775108.00/cwt108.00–108.008371
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325159.52/cwt159.00–160.005182
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625133.00/cwt133.00–133.008311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315149.50/cwt145.00–155.0047114
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—476190.00/cwt190.00–190.0090429
SteersMedium and Large 1—742147.39/cwt143.00–148.001,09413
SteersMedium and Large 1—400192.00/cwt192.00–192.007681
HeifersMedium and Large 1—672138.25/cwt130.00–140.009298
HeifersMedium and Large 1—511149.01/cwt143.00–150.0076117
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626139.82/cwt137.00–143.0087511
SteersMedium and Large 3—373177.25/cwt175.00–180.006613
SteersMedium and Large 2—535161.00/cwt161.00–161.008611
SteersMedium and Large 1—885128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,1332
SteersMedium and Large 3—400152.00/cwt152.00–152.006081
SteersMedium and Large 3—220185.00/cwt185.00–185.004071
SteersMedium and Large 1—510174.59/cwt170.00–179.008907
SteersMedium and Large 1—675150.66/cwt145.00–155.001,0173
SteersMedium and Large 1—368193.47/cwt192.00–195.007122
SteersMedium and Large 1—310198.50/cwt195.00–202.006152
SteersMedium and Large 1—595166.95/cwt165.00–167.0099340
SteersMedium and Large 1—467179.53/cwt178.00–185.0083815
SteersMedium and Large 2—465170.00/cwt170.00–170.007911
SteersMedium and Large 2—390186.96/cwt185.00–192.0072916
SteersMedium and Large 2—417184.23/cwt180.00–185.007688
BullsMedium and Large 1—515170.08/cwt162.00–172.0087612
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—360195.00/cwt195.00–195.007021
BullsMedium and Large 1—229210.00/cwt210.00–210.004815
BullsMedium and Large 1—635139.25/cwt136.00–143.008849
BullsMedium and Large 1—368185.67/cwt182.00–192.006837
BullsMedium and Large 1—429175.63/cwt170.00–180.0075329
CowsLean 85-90%—96063.40/cwt59.00–66.0060916
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33472.98/cwt70.00–75.009746
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06468.64/cwt65.00–72.0073014
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06655.09/cwt54.00–57.005876
CowsLean 85-90%—97671.60/cwt69.00–74.006998
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27686.97/cwt84.00–90.001,11025
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18079.55/cwt76.00–83.0093934
Bulls——1,908111.09/cwt109.00–113.002,1202
Bulls——1,785103.18/cwt98.00–105.001,8426
Bulls——1,42893.42/cwt91.00–96.001,3345
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—778644.65/cwt600.00–750.005,0153
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,300900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,034816.25/cwt625.00–875.008,4405
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—980972.49/cwt900.00–1,100.009,5309
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—830800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,6401
BullsMedium and Large 3—555125.00/cwt125.00–125.006941
BullsMedium and Large 1—670137.50/cwt136.00–139.009212
BullsMedium and Large 3—321164.89/cwt160.00–170.0052914
BullsMedium and Large 3—243175.00/cwt175.00–175.004258
BullsMedium and Large 3—368155.03/cwt150.00–160.005718
BullsMedium and Large 3—785110.00/cwt110.00–110.008641
BullsMedium and Large 3—440141.35/cwt140.00–150.006227
BullsMedium and Large 2—372167.66/cwt165.00–175.0062437
BullsMedium and Large 2—509152.58/cwt146.00–156.0077711
BullsMedium and Large 2—673130.03/cwt128.00–134.008754
BullsMedium and Large 1—564149.22/cwt148.00–150.008424
BullsMedium and Large 3—281172.16/cwt170.00–175.004847
BullsMedium and Large 2—316176.84/cwt172.00–180.005596
BullsMedium and Large 3—485139.04/cwt137.00–141.006742
BullsMedium and Large 2—265180.00/cwt180.00–180.004774
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—345200.00/cwt200.00–200.006901
BullsMedium and Large 1—475172.36/cwt167.00–173.0081914
BullsMedium and Large 3—545135.00/cwt135.00–135.007361
BullsMedium and Large 2—430161.98/cwt159.00–165.006974
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—706142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,00317
BullsMedium and Large 2—240190.00/cwt190.00–190.004561
BullsMedium and Large 2—487154.43/cwt150.00–160.0075220
BullsMedium and Large 2—645134.00/cwt134.00–134.008641
BullsMedium and Large 1—316186.24/cwt185.00–190.0058916
HeifersMedium and Large 2—571135.78/cwt135.00–138.007754
HeifersMedium and Large 3—377138.98/cwt135.00–140.0052414
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475125.10/cwt124.00–130.0059410
HeifersMedium and Large 3—233148.97/cwt145.00–150.003475
BullsMedium and Large 1—280195.00/cwt195.00–195.005461
BullsMedium and Large 2—583145.00/cwt145.00–145.008454
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429156.82/cwt150.00–160.0067353
HeifersMedium and Large 3—630119.00/cwt119.00–119.007501

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.