Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2022-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows unevenly steady with out standing cows at 96.00 to 97.00, slaughter bulls steady with two out standing bulls at 129.00, feeder steers unevenly, feeder heifers 2.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves 2.00 to 8.00 lower, heifer calves 4.00 to 10.00 lower. bull calves 4.00 to 8.00 lower and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.80/cwt on 268 head.

Average price

$146.80

268 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$25.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.01

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	152.13	776	160
Medium and Large 2	507	141.66	718	88
Medium and Large 3	480	126.81	608	20

One grade step is worth $25.32/cwt here — about $168 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 sale268 hd

146.80

—

GA average14 barns · 1,781 hd

140.80

+6.01

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,700	110.03	1,870	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,234	84.62	1,044	97
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,466	79.75	1,169	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	996	69.35	691	37

Every lot, as filed

83 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	154.71/cwt	150.00–158.00	664	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	817	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	940	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	232	141.72/cwt	140.00–145.00	329	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	641	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	144.23/cwt	142.00–145.00	901	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	880	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	114.47/cwt	112.00–117.00	816	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	230	185.00/cwt	180.00–190.00	426	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	145.22/cwt	140.00–147.00	619	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	157.23/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,036	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	160.50/cwt	156.00–161.00	1,002	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	200	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	151.71/cwt	147.00–155.00	842	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	180.52/cwt	180.00–181.00	765	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	779	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,083	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	707	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,115	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	399	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	698	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	155.81/cwt	155.00–156.00	499	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	489	165.09/cwt	164.00–170.00	807	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	671	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	973	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	160.45/cwt	159.00–162.00	923	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	177.03/cwt	174.00–179.00	779	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	132.28/cwt	132.00–134.00	956	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,020	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,094	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	172.42/cwt	169.00–174.00	903	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	175.26/cwt	172.00–182.00	813	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	165.36/cwt	161.00–168.00	881	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	169.00/cwt	168.00–170.00	965	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	215	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	409	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	182.25/cwt	180.00–185.00	678	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	772	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	137.37/cwt	136.00–139.00	918	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	859	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	171.23/cwt	169.00–175.00	723	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	56.85/cwt	53.00–60.00	499	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	89.91/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,095	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	76.59/cwt	75.00–79.00	835	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	70.13/cwt	66.00–73.00	691	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,278	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	80.03/cwt	79.00–83.00	1,158	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	76.13/cwt	73.00–79.00	903	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	84.08/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,055	55
Bulls	—	—	1,893	115.37/cwt	114.00–118.00	2,184	3
Bulls	—	—	1,584	106.82/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,692	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	888	695.14/cwt	600.00–775.00	6,173	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	7,438	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	684.69/cwt	575.00–800.00	5,512	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	995.03/cwt	900.00–1,075.00	11,274	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,098	876.88/cwt	800.00–950.00	9,628	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	910	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,370	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	292	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	458	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	400	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	153.23/cwt	148.00–154.00	817	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	450	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	644	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	326	165.80/cwt	165.00–167.00	541	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	151.27/cwt	149.00–152.00	862	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	346	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	554	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	875	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	141.35/cwt	138.00–142.00	763	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	153.96/cwt	151.00–155.00	707	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	148.98/cwt	147.00–151.00	796	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	134.49/cwt	134.00–135.00	920	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	311	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	557	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	227	162.64/cwt	160.00–170.00	369	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	125.48/cwt	121.00–130.00	669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	260	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	351	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	679	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	149.24/cwt	147.00–151.00	542	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	117.54/cwt	115.00–120.00	664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	163.01/cwt	157.00–166.00	606	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	143.00/cwt	137.00–147.00	675	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	143.26/cwt	136.00–146.00	815	16

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Turner County Stockyard - Ashburn, GA

Wed Mar 9, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,154Last week 745Year ago 1,461

Slaughter CattleReceipts 210Last week 164Year ago 149

Replacement CattleReceipts 61Last week 75Year ago 77

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	429	150.00–158.00	154.71
25	—	625	142.00–145.00	144.23
7	—	230	180.00–190.00	185.00
1	—	335	165.00	165.00
27	—	555	147.00–155.00	151.71
7	—	723	132.00–134.00	132.28
25	—	459	151.00–155.00	153.96
28	—	534	147.00–151.00	148.98
6	—	684	134.00–135.00	134.49
20	—	372	157.00–166.00	163.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	817	115.00	115.00
10	—	647	136.00	136.00
2	—	713	112.00–117.00	114.47
5	—	426	140.00–147.00	145.22
1	—	295	150.00	150.00
1	—	540	140.00	140.00
1	—	200	165.00	165.00
5	—	320	155.00–156.00	155.81
16	—	363	147.00–151.00	149.24
24	—	472	137.00–147.00	143.00
16	—	569	136.00–146.00	143.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	232	140.00–145.00	141.72
7	—	475	135.00	135.00
2	—	533	121.00–130.00	125.48
1	—	260	135.00	135.00
5	—	623	109.00	109.00
2	—	565	115.00–120.00	117.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	659	154.00–160.00	157.23
14	—	624	156.00–161.00	160.50
11	—	424	180.00–181.00	180.52
9	—	937	119.00	119.00
3	—	713	143.00	143.00
1	—	765	143.00	143.00
36	—	524	169.00–174.00	172.42
19	—	464	172.00–182.00	175.26
10	—	571	168.00–170.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	779	139.00	139.00
10	—	489	164.00–170.00	165.09
2	—	605	152.00	152.00
12	—	671	145.00	145.00
2	—	575	159.00–162.00	160.45
7	—	440	174.00–179.00	177.03
20	—	533	161.00–168.00	165.36
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	157.00	157.00
5	—	399	175.00	175.00
1	—	310	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	190.00	190.00
13	—	372	180.00–185.00	182.25
4	—	468	165.00	165.00
3	—	668	136.00–139.00	137.37
1	—	605	142.00	142.00
41	—	422	169.00–175.00	171.23
12	—	570	149.00–152.00	151.27
8	—	311	179.00	179.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	292	157.00	157.00
1	—	400	152.00	152.00
1	—	375	162.00	162.00
7	—	450	143.00	143.00
14	—	346	160.00	160.00
6	—	540	138.00–142.00	141.35
7	—	227	160.00–170.00	162.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	142.00	142.00
14	—	533	148.00–154.00	153.23
1	—	360	170.00	170.00
18	—	326	165.00–167.00	165.80
3	—	625	140.00	140.00
1	—	485	160.00	160.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	878	53.00–60.00	56.85
12	—	1,090	75.00–79.00	76.59
17	—	986	66.00–73.00	70.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,218	88.00–95.00	89.91
14	—	1,186	73.00–79.00	76.13
55	—	1,255	80.00–87.00	84.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	77.00	77.00
10	—	1,447	79.00–83.00	80.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,893	114.00–118.00	115.37
5	—	1,584	102.00–109.00	106.82

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	888	600.00–775.00	695.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	805	575.00–800.00	684.69
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	850	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,133	900.00–1,075.00	995.03
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,098	800.00–950.00	876.88
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	910	700.00	700.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Turner County Stockyard - Ashburn, GA

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

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