Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2022-05-25

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, May 25
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
717 head
84 vs last sale 801 24 vs year ago 693 · +3.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
22 vs last sale 115 33 vs year ago 104 · +31.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
77 head
15 vs last sale 62 16 vs year ago 61 · +26.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to 2,00 higher with one outstanding bull at 119.00, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.64/cwt on 183 head.
Average price
$151.64
183 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$780
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$232
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.29
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542161.6587686
Medium and Large 2547149.3481632
Medium and Large 3461139.5164465
One grade step is worth $22.14/cwt here — about $232 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 sale183 hd
151.64
GA average13 barns · 538 hd
151.34
+0.29
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
BullsAverage1,757106.601,87314
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,36980.341,10058
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56174.971,1709thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15867.1677822

Every lot, as filed

85 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 1468169.00/cwt169.00–169.0079123
HeifersMedium and Large 3271128.36/cwt127.00–132.003484
HeifersMedium and Large 3610114.00/cwt114.00–114.006951
HeifersMedium and Large 3331129.38/cwt125.00–133.004289
HeifersMedium and Large 3715110.14/cwt110.00–111.007887
HeifersMedium and Large 2350145.00/cwt145.00–145.005085
SteersMedium and Large 3359149.09/cwt147.00–155.005354
HeifersMedium and Large 2710115.00/cwt115.00–115.008171
HeifersMedium and Large 2456132.00/cwt132.00–132.0060211
HeifersMedium and Large 3573116.01/cwt115.00–117.006653
HeifersMedium and Large 3520121.37/cwt118.00–125.006312
SteersMedium and Large 3275168.00/cwt168.00–168.004621
SteersMedium and Large 2613134.33/cwt134.00–135.008233
HeifersMedium and Large 1433153.71/cwt149.00–158.0066612
HeifersMedium and Large 1518142.22/cwt139.00–148.0073724
HeifersMedium and Large 2427140.23/cwt138.00–142.0059911
HeifersMedium and Large 2520134.79/cwt132.00–136.007015
SteersMedium and Large 3323153.85/cwt153.00–155.004977
SteersMedium and Large 2709132.40/cwt130.00–133.009395
SteersMedium and Large 3576122.35/cwt120.00–128.007059
SteersMedium and Large 3467143.37/cwt136.00–145.0067023
SteersMedium and Large 3730116.00/cwt116.00–116.008471
SteersMedium and Large 3422143.16/cwt139.00–145.0060410
SteersMedium and Large 2572139.46/cwt136.00–146.007986
SteersMedium and Large 2398177.00/cwt177.00–177.007043
SteersMedium and Large 2513139.51/cwt138.00–141.007162
SteersMedium and Large 2650135.00/cwt135.00–135.008781
SteersMedium and Large 2484161.00/cwt157.00–163.0077912
SteersMedium and Large 3515128.08/cwt126.00–131.0066010
SteersMedium and Large 1655147.00/cwt147.00–147.009631
SteersMedium and Large 1592156.31/cwt156.00–157.0092516
SteersMedium and Large 1424174.00/cwt174.00–174.007384
SteersMedium and Large 1532162.71/cwt161.00–165.0086616
SteersMedium and Large 1611154.00/cwt154.00–154.0094114
SteersMedium and Large 1379183.84/cwt183.00–189.006977
SteersMedium and Large 1861125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0765
BullsMedium and Large 2277163.47/cwt163.00–165.004534
BullsMedium and Large 2374154.01/cwt151.00–160.005763
BullsMedium and Large 1415171.00/cwt171.00–171.007105
BullsMedium and Large 1273183.40/cwt180.00–187.005012
BullsMedium and Large 1395181.00/cwt181.00–181.007151
BullsMedium and Large 1340179.00/cwt179.00–179.006094
CowsLean 85-90%1,21169.45/cwt65.00–72.0084117
CowsLean 85-90%97759.37/cwt56.00–63.005805
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56174.97/cwt72.00–79.001,1709
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31372.89/cwt70.00–75.0095712
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33387.37/cwt84.00–91.001,16514
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40580.06/cwt76.00–83.001,12532
Bulls1,658104.42/cwt102.00–108.001,7314
Bulls1,60094.81/cwt92.00–99.001,5173
Bulls1,881112.89/cwt110.00–117.002,1237
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,220925.00/cwt925.00–925.0011,2851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3865725.00/cwt725.00–725.006,2711
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,003749.42/cwt725.00–800.007,5173
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2990875.00/cwt875.00–875.008,6631
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-28501,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0010,2002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2942870.33/cwt850.00–900.008,1995
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,051823.34/cwt775.00–925.008,6538
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,096823.03/cwt700.00–900.009,0204
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3970750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,2752
BullsMedium and Large 3516128.45/cwt126.00–136.006634
BullsMedium and Large 3272148.25/cwt145.00–155.004033
BullsMedium and Large 3665119.00/cwt119.00–119.007911
BullsMedium and Large 3421132.61/cwt130.00–135.005588
BullsMedium and Large 2468145.91/cwt139.00–149.006834
BullsMedium and Large 3715114.00/cwt114.00–114.008151
BullsMedium and Large 2536144.55/cwt139.00–147.0077510
BullsMedium and Large 2315164.83/cwt163.00–170.005196
HeifersMedium and Large 1631128.66/cwt125.00–131.008125
BullsMedium and Large 3467133.14/cwt127.00–137.006227
BullsMedium and Large 3375144.41/cwt139.00–148.0054220
BullsMedium and Large 3327145.36/cwt140.00–150.004755
HeifersMedium and Large 1743124.00/cwt124.00–124.009218
HeifersMedium and Large 3220130.00/cwt130.00–130.002861
HeifersMedium and Large 3459123.01/cwt120.00–124.005654
BullsMedium and Large 3245150.00/cwt150.00–150.003681
BullsMedium and Large 2423149.63/cwt146.00–152.006333
BullsMedium and Large 2575136.00/cwt136.00–136.007821
HeifersMedium and Large 3406130.79/cwt130.00–131.005315
HeifersMedium and Large 2318139.00/cwt139.00–139.004423
HeifersMedium and Large 3683112.03/cwt110.00–113.007653
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added419163.00/cwt163.00–163.006835
HeifersMedium and Large 1471152.02/cwt145.00–153.0071623
HeifersMedium and Large 1553138.00/cwt138.00–138.0076310
HeifersMedium and Large 3375136.00/cwt136.00–136.005101

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.