Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2022-06-15

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Jun 15
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
819 head
▼ 118 vs last sale 937▲ 57 vs year ago 762 · +7.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
151 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 197▲ 97 vs year ago 54 · +179.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 70▲ 17 vs year ago 18 · +94.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher with outstanding cows at 99.00 to 105.00, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves 3.00 to 10.00 lower, heifer calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.19/cwt on 280 head.
Average price
$146.19
280 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$697
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$229
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.64
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1501147.66740210
Medium and Large 2416143.6659749
Medium and Large 3372137.4051221
One grade step is worth $10.27/cwt here — about $229 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 sale280 hd
146.19
—
GA average15 barns · 1,936 hd
139.55
+6.64
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—Low1,462102.911,5049thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26487.921,11255
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47578.501,1584thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05670.5674534

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)665$6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)823$68014

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 3—422135.38/cwt135.00–137.005715
HeifersMedium and Large 2—417143.96/cwt140.00–147.006009
HeifersMedium and Large 3—595122.00/cwt122.00–122.007261
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479153.95/cwt149.00–158.0073723
HeifersMedium and Large 2—695113.00/cwt113.00–113.007851
HeifersMedium and Large 1—366153.43/cwt150.00–159.0056230
HeifersMedium and Large 2—337148.79/cwt147.00–150.005015
HeifersMedium and Large 2—481140.03/cwt137.00–147.0067415
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576143.47/cwt142.00–152.0082633
SteersMedium and Large 1—519164.60/cwt161.00–167.0085446
SteersMedium and Large 1—481172.20/cwt170.00–176.0082822
HeifersMedium and Large 2—280150.65/cwt150.00–151.004223
HeifersMedium and Large 1—864118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0205
HeifersMedium and Large 1—669130.49/cwt123.00–132.0087312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—305159.00/cwt159.00–159.004851
SteersMedium and Large 2—590151.00/cwt151.00–151.008911
SteersMedium and Large 2—524156.74/cwt156.00–159.008214
SteersMedium and Large 3—630135.00/cwt135.00–135.008511
SteersMedium and Large 3—363151.95/cwt150.00–156.005523
SteersMedium and Large 3—505144.00/cwt144.00–144.007273
SteersMedium and Large 3—578145.99/cwt145.00–147.008442
SteersMedium and Large 2—760130.00/cwt130.00–130.009882
SteersMedium and Large 3—428146.76/cwt143.00–153.006285
SteersMedium and Large 2—716133.33/cwt133.00–134.009553
SteersMedium and Large 2—375165.00/cwt165.00–165.006191
SteersMedium and Large 2—483155.54/cwt150.00–160.0075113
SteersMedium and Large 3—460136.04/cwt135.00–139.006264
SteersMedium and Large 1—579159.50/cwt157.00–165.0092461
SteersMedium and Large 2—685137.59/cwt135.00–143.009423
SteersMedium and Large 1—629155.00/cwt155.00–155.009757
SteersMedium and Large 1—423178.06/cwt175.00–179.0075322
SteersMedium and Large 1—383181.41/cwt180.00–183.0069511
SteersMedium and Large 2—413170.05/cwt167.00–173.007022
SteersMedium and Large 2—640147.00/cwt147.00–147.009411
SteersMedium and Large 1—304182.00/cwt182.00–182.005535
BullsMedium and Large 2—419160.85/cwt160.00–161.006747
BullsMedium and Large 2—375167.81/cwt165.00–170.006297
BullsMedium and Large 1—630142.62/cwt141.00–150.008999
BullsMedium and Large 1—530155.98/cwt155.00–157.008272
BullsMedium and Large 1—575156.69/cwt155.00–158.009013
BullsMedium and Large 1—655131.77/cwt131.00–137.008638
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1043
CowsLean 85-90%—97264.31/cwt61.00–66.0062511
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07581.94/cwt80.00–85.008813
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09972.29/cwt69.00–76.0079420
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,76074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,3021
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23177.61/cwt74.00–81.0095511
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30494.18/cwt90.00–97.001,22826
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22785.19/cwt82.00–89.001,04518
Bulls——1,33098.27/cwt94.00–100.001,3075
Bulls——1,940118.00/cwt118.00–118.002,2891
Bulls——1,522105.62/cwt103.00–109.001,6083
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—665600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—793684.77/head625.00–750.0068512
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,000650.00/head650.00–650.006502
BullsMedium and Large 2—270175.00/cwt175.00–175.004731
BullsMedium and Large 3—370155.76/cwt155.00–156.005764
BullsMedium and Large 3—410147.56/cwt145.00–150.006052
BullsMedium and Large 2—740123.00/cwt123.00–123.009101
BullsMedium and Large 3—283166.11/cwt162.00–170.004702
BullsMedium and Large 3—550122.00/cwt122.00–122.006711
BullsMedium and Large 1—722124.42/cwt124.00–129.0089812
BullsMedium and Large 1—493158.63/cwt158.00–162.007826
BullsMedium and Large 2—524143.00/cwt140.00–147.007494
BullsMedium and Large 2—652131.00/cwt131.00–131.008547
BullsMedium and Large 1—430165.67/cwt164.00–166.007126
BullsMedium and Large 1—337182.10/cwt179.00–184.006145
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524147.34/cwt143.00–153.0077241
BullsMedium and Large 3—500130.00/cwt130.00–130.006501
BullsMedium and Large 3—345160.00/cwt160.00–160.005521
BullsMedium and Large 1—280182.00/cwt182.00–182.005101
BullsMedium and Large 2—325175.00/cwt175.00–175.005693
BullsMedium and Large 1—372181.30/cwt180.00–182.006743
HeifersMedium and Large 3—366136.48/cwt132.00–142.005005
HeifersMedium and Large 3—245145.00/cwt145.00–145.003551
HeifersMedium and Large 2—535130.00/cwt130.00–130.006961
HeifersMedium and Large 1—715121.00/cwt121.00–121.008651
HeifersMedium and Large 1—614141.33/cwt137.00–145.0086811
BullsMedium and Large 2—475147.63/cwt145.00–149.0070113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428152.82/cwt150.00–157.0065453
HeifersMedium and Large 3—450125.00/cwt125.00–125.005631
HeifersMedium and Large 2—377146.96/cwt145.00–148.0055415
HeifersMedium and Large 3—324141.75/cwt137.00–145.004598

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.