Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2022-03-23

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Mar 23
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,192 head
▲ 446 vs last sale 746▲ 337 vs year ago 855 · +39.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
272 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 172▲ 84 vs year ago 188 · +44.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 85 vs last sale 40▲ 13 vs year ago 112 · +11.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 higher with outstanding bulls at 126.00 to 130.00, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer and heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower, bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower and replacement cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.94/cwt on 286 head.
Average price
$147.94
286 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$747
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$367
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.34
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549148.54815213
Medium and Large 2404148.2259850
Medium and Large 3316141.7144823
One grade step is worth $6.83/cwt here — about $367 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 sale286 hd
147.94
—
GA average15 barns · 1,602 hd
143.59
+4.34
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—Average1,479108.561,60529
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17996.611,13985
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,46290.031,31621
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01081.0081853

Every lot, as filed

91 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 1—681131.60/cwt128.00–134.0089623
HeifersMedium and Large 2—232162.00/cwt162.00–162.003763
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421147.54/cwt140.00–150.0062112
HeifersMedium and Large 2—386150.72/cwt145.00–155.0058210
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469153.86/cwt148.00–157.0072238
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330154.60/cwt150.00–160.0051010
HeifersMedium and Large 2—456143.14/cwt140.00–145.0065311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—290155.00/cwt155.00–155.004501
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422154.04/cwt151.00–161.0065012
HeifersMedium and Large 2—730121.00/cwt121.00–121.008832
SteersMedium and Large 3—665135.00/cwt135.00–135.008981
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526154.36/cwt149.00–157.0081241
HeifersMedium and Large 1—574145.89/cwt140.00–150.0083739
SteersMedium and Large 1—565171.21/cwt169.00–174.0096721
HeifersMedium and Large 1—713132.00/cwt132.00–132.009412
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—561164.00/cwt164.00–164.009209
SteersMedium and Large 2—374184.23/cwt182.00–185.006894
HeifersMedium and Large 1—772127.30/cwt123.00–129.0098312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—210167.00/cwt167.00–167.003511
SteersMedium and Large 3—530153.43/cwt150.00–157.008132
SteersMedium and Large 3—559155.00/cwt155.00–155.008667
SteersMedium and Large 3—383175.51/cwt175.00–176.006724
SteersMedium and Large 2—550160.00/cwt160.00–160.008801
SteersMedium and Large 3—400167.00/cwt167.00–167.006681
SteersMedium and Large 3—240182.00/cwt182.00–182.004371
SteersMedium and Large 1—431183.86/cwt182.00–184.0079228
SteersMedium and Large 1—813137.74/cwt132.00–140.001,1207
SteersMedium and Large 1—765141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0791
SteersMedium and Large 1—673154.50/cwt154.00–155.001,0402
SteersMedium and Large 2—735139.32/cwt138.00–140.001,0243
SteersMedium and Large 2—673142.22/cwt140.00–149.0095737
SteersMedium and Large 1—533181.88/cwt175.00–183.0096922
SteersMedium and Large 2—528161.36/cwt159.00–166.0085211
SteersMedium and Large 1—330190.00/cwt190.00–190.006271
SteersMedium and Large 2—768134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0292
SteersMedium and Large 2—417172.65/cwt170.00–180.0072015
SteersMedium and Large 1—716148.18/cwt145.00–149.001,0615
SteersMedium and Large 1—461177.49/cwt177.00–180.008186
SteersMedium and Large 1—621157.00/cwt157.00–157.009752
BullsMedium and Large 1—270187.00/cwt187.00–187.005051
BullsMedium and Large 1—625141.00/cwt141.00–141.008816
BullsMedium and Large 1—457169.00/cwt169.00–169.0077217
BullsMedium and Large 1—566149.78/cwt149.00–152.008488
BullsMedium and Large 1—382182.98/cwt182.00–185.006993
BullsMedium and Large 1—520154.50/cwt154.00–155.008032
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02078.43/cwt75.00–82.0080026
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02687.23/cwt83.00–90.0089521
CowsLean 85-90%—90770.33/cwt69.00–72.006386
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,70585.14/cwt84.00–86.001,4522
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43690.54/cwt87.00–94.001,30019
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,253104.13/cwt101.00–109.001,30516
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17697.25/cwt93.00–100.001,14452
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11887.56/cwt84.00–90.0097917
Bulls——1,615109.18/cwt105.00–113.001,76310
Bulls——1,259100.97/cwt97.00–104.001,27111
Bulls——1,610118.23/cwt115.00–121.001,9048
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—874771.46/cwt675.00–950.006,7434
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—8781,018.31/cwt1,000.00–1,050.008,9413
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—8951,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.009,6212
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1101,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0012,7652
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—800875.00/cwt875.00–875.007,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—905957.42/cwt900.00–1,025.008,6654
BullsMedium and Large 3—355155.00/cwt155.00–155.005501
BullsMedium and Large 2—595145.00/cwt145.00–145.008631
BullsMedium and Large 2—240186.02/cwt185.00–187.004462
BullsMedium and Large 2—634138.00/cwt138.00–138.008756
BullsMedium and Large 2—520148.00/cwt148.00–148.007701
BullsMedium and Large 3—452137.00/cwt137.00–137.006193
BullsMedium and Large 3—275162.00/cwt162.00–162.004461
BullsMedium and Large 3—245170.00/cwt170.00–170.004171
BullsMedium and Large 2—384174.54/cwt170.00–177.0067025
BullsMedium and Large 2—289180.62/cwt180.00–182.005223
BullsMedium and Large 3—318161.37/cwt157.00–167.005136
BullsMedium and Large 3—625121.00/cwt121.00–121.007561
BullsMedium and Large 2—476158.66/cwt157.00–164.0075510
BullsMedium and Large 2—680129.00/cwt129.00–129.008771
HeifersMedium and Large 1—603140.51/cwt138.00–143.008472
BullsMedium and Large 1—660137.00/cwt137.00–137.009041
BullsMedium and Large 2—416163.84/cwt160.00–170.006827
BullsMedium and Large 3—507141.32/cwt140.00–142.007163
HeifersMedium and Large 1—386161.01/cwt160.00–164.0062123
HeifersMedium and Large 1—824125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0306
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—692146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0105
HeifersMedium and Large 3—231148.44/cwt145.00–152.003434
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368139.92/cwt137.00–143.005154
BullsMedium and Large 2—325170.00/cwt170.00–170.005532
HeifersMedium and Large 3—505118.00/cwt118.00–118.005961
HeifersMedium and Large 3—309143.44/cwt140.00–147.004437
HeifersMedium and Large 3—640115.00/cwt115.00–115.007361
HeifersMedium and Large 2—510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
HeifersMedium and Large 3—262144.80/cwt140.00–150.003796

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.