Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2022-03-16

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Mar 16
● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
746 head
▼ 408 vs last sale 1,154▼ 262 vs year ago 1,008 · −26.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
172 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 210▼ 11 vs year ago 183 · −6.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 61▼ 6 vs year ago 46 · −13.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 higher with out standing cows at 104.00 to 109.00, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher with out standing bulls at 123.00 to 128.00, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher, steer calves 5.00 to 8.00 higher, heifer and bull calves steady to 5.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.04/cwt on 236 head.
Average price
$153.04
236 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$677
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$302
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.18
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478155.90745160
Medium and Large 2407150.3261244
Medium and Large 3311142.5144432
One grade step is worth $13.39/cwt here — about $302 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 sale236 hd
153.04
—
GA average15 barns · 1,890 hd
142.86
+10.18
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—Low1,439108.691,56413
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17893.011,09678
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40885.691,2067thin
CowsLean 85-90%High98076.1274641

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—326154.47/cwt150.00–160.0050412
HeifersMedium and Large 3—230153.40/cwt152.00–155.003532
HeifersMedium and Large 3—435140.00/cwt140.00–140.006091
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—675162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0941
HeifersMedium and Large 1—608144.99/cwt140.00–148.008826
HeifersMedium and Large 2—419152.74/cwt147.00–155.006407
BullsMedium and Large 1—260187.00/cwt187.00–187.004861
SteersMedium and Large 2—353187.00/cwt187.00–187.006602
SteersMedium and Large 2—453177.51/cwt176.00–179.008042
SteersMedium and Large 3—345177.00/cwt177.00–177.006111
HeifersMedium and Large 1—395166.38/cwt162.00–168.0065722
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477154.13/cwt150.00–158.0073530
HeifersMedium and Large 2—218164.41/cwt162.00–167.003582
SteersMedium and Large 3—565155.00/cwt155.00–155.008762
SteersMedium and Large 2—299195.00/cwt195.00–195.005839
SteersMedium and Large 1—393195.00/cwt195.00–195.0076610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—684145.00/cwt145.00–145.009925
HeifersMedium and Large 1—514151.20/cwt147.00–156.0077716
HeifersMedium and Large 2—730119.00/cwt119.00–119.008691
SteersMedium and Large 3—375167.00/cwt167.00–167.006261
SteersMedium and Large 3—530150.00/cwt150.00–150.007951
HeifersMedium and Large 1—706134.18/cwt130.00–139.009475
HeifersMedium and Large 2—369155.09/cwt150.00–159.005727
HeifersMedium and Large 3—276145.33/cwt140.00–150.0040117
HeifersMedium and Large 2—264163.74/cwt160.00–165.004324
HeifersMedium and Large 1—311162.80/cwt162.00–165.005064
SteersMedium and Large 1—674163.29/cwt158.00–165.001,1014
HeifersMedium and Large 2—553138.99/cwt136.00–142.007692
HeifersMedium and Large 2—614130.98/cwt126.00–136.008044
HeifersMedium and Large 3—312138.45/cwt135.00–145.004326
SteersMedium and Large 3—465168.00/cwt168.00–168.007811
SteersMedium and Large 1—514182.69/cwt178.00–187.0093912
SteersMedium and Large 1—418190.35/cwt185.00–195.0079640
SteersMedium and Large 3—220183.60/cwt182.00–185.004042
SteersMedium and Large 1—615159.00/cwt159.00–159.009781
SteersMedium and Large 1—765143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0941
SteersMedium and Large 3—270180.00/cwt180.00–180.004861
SteersMedium and Large 2—683152.67/cwt150.00–154.001,0433
SteersMedium and Large 3—623146.30/cwt140.00–150.009113
SteersMedium and Large 1—305205.00/cwt205.00–205.006252
SteersMedium and Large 1—568172.87/cwt169.00–175.0098213
SteersMedium and Large 1—823136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1193
SteersMedium and Large 2—565164.49/cwt164.00–165.009292
SteersMedium and Large 2—445177.00/cwt177.00–177.007881
SteersMedium and Large 2—305190.00/cwt190.00–190.005801
SteersMedium and Large 1—718149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0702
SteersMedium and Large 1—467185.55/cwt180.00–190.0086721
BullsMedium and Large 1—720130.63/cwt129.00–134.009413
BullsMedium and Large 1—605141.99/cwt139.00–145.008593
BullsMedium and Large 1—438177.46/cwt175.00–180.007772
BullsMedium and Large 1—375185.00/cwt185.00–185.006942
BullsMedium and Large 1—665140.00/cwt140.00–140.009311
BullsMedium and Large 1—574153.62/cwt149.00–159.008825
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36886.80/cwt83.00–90.001,1876
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10481.52/cwt79.00–86.0090012
CowsLean 85-90%—97983.68/cwt79.00–87.0081915
CowsLean 85-90%—97673.99/cwt70.00–78.0072219
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,64579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,3001
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18198.62/cwt96.00–103.001,16534
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20391.35/cwt87.00–95.001,09932
CowsLean 85-90%—99365.73/cwt61.00–69.006537
Bulls——1,11999.21/cwt95.00–102.001,1104
Bulls——1,658117.98/cwt115.00–122.001,9565
Bulls——1,485106.56/cwt105.00–108.001,5824
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1951,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0012,2491
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,010850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,5851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—935725.00/cwt725.00–725.006,7791
BullsMedium and Large 3—655112.00/cwt112.00–112.007341
BullsMedium and Large 3—530143.00/cwt143.00–143.007581
BullsMedium and Large 3—329164.67/cwt160.00–170.0054214
BullsMedium and Large 3—425151.29/cwt145.00–155.006433
BullsMedium and Large 3—278169.49/cwt165.00–172.004716
BullsMedium and Large 2—318175.49/cwt172.00–180.005583
BullsMedium and Large 3—484141.28/cwt140.00–145.006844
BullsMedium and Large 2—269177.05/cwt175.00–180.0047616
BullsMedium and Large 3—378160.00/cwt160.00–160.006052
HeifersMedium and Large 3—360144.24/cwt142.00–145.005194
HeifersMedium and Large 2—785119.00/cwt119.00–119.009341
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428159.44/cwt156.00–161.0068255
BullsMedium and Large 1—480170.00/cwt170.00–170.008161
BullsMedium and Large 2—468157.49/cwt154.00–160.007374
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576149.50/cwt147.00–150.0086116
HeifersMedium and Large 3—533117.56/cwt115.00–120.006272
HeifersMedium and Large 2—478145.47/cwt142.00–148.006954
BullsMedium and Large 2—690133.00/cwt133.00–133.009181
BullsMedium and Large 1—535159.00/cwt159.00–159.008511
BullsMedium and Large 2—436168.05/cwt165.00–170.007334
BullsMedium and Large 2—790110.00/cwt110.00–110.008691
BullsMedium and Large 1—325184.24/cwt182.00–185.005994
BullsMedium and Large 2—213182.59/cwt180.00–185.003892
BullsMedium and Large 2—583141.99/cwt140.00–144.008282
BullsMedium and Large 2—377172.89/cwt167.00–177.006523
BullsMedium and Large 3—228167.64/cwt165.00–170.003822

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.