Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2022-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 2.00 higher, heifer and bull calves steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.75/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$162.75

69 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$928

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$5.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.43

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	163.37	950	61
Medium and Large 2	485	158.02	766	8thin

One grade step is worth $5.35/cwt here — about $184 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 sale69 hd

162.75

—

GA average15 barns · 540 hd

159.33

+3.43

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	1,474	108.51	1,599	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,501	105.35	1,581	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,227	89.09	1,093	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,023	74.13	758	22

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	587	154.65/cwt	154.00–156.00	908	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	407	177.97/cwt	175.00–179.00	724	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	147.27/cwt	146.00–149.00	937	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	183.40/cwt	180.00–185.00	686	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	459	156.83/cwt	153.00–159.00	720	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	150.29/cwt	150.00–152.00	779	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	157.00/cwt	155.00–158.00	810	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	158.64/cwt	157.00–162.00	739	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	133.36/cwt	130.00–135.00	556	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	147.46/cwt	146.00–150.00	550	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,022	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	164.88/cwt	163.00–165.00	938	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	146.98/cwt	145.00–148.00	977	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	171.50/cwt	170.00–172.00	828	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	138.45/cwt	137.00–140.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	143.10/cwt	137.00–144.00	653	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	146.11/cwt	142.00–148.00	641	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	137.50/cwt	135.00–140.00	447	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	141.64/cwt	139.00–145.00	735	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	139.45/cwt	137.00–142.00	513	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	145.00/cwt	143.00–147.00	812	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	363	156.64/cwt	155.00–161.00	569	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	150.47/cwt	145.00–155.00	636	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	146.00/cwt	142.00–150.00	679	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	136.60/cwt	135.00–137.00	716	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	156.43/cwt	153.00–158.00	497	4
Bulls	—	—	1,481	117.73/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,744	8
Bulls	—	—	1,286	98.91/cwt	94.00–101.00	1,272	5
Bulls	—	—	1,620	104.22/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,688	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	88.59/cwt	85.00–93.00	1,084	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	97.61/cwt	94.00–102.00	1,192	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	80.90/cwt	77.00–84.00	1,002	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,501	105.35/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,581	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	80.85/cwt	79.00–83.00	876	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	67.42/cwt	66.00–69.00	653	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	74.12/cwt	71.00–78.00	755	10

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 Jun 22, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 612Last week 819Year ago 945

Slaughter CattleReceipts 265Last week 151Year ago 146

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	587	154.00–156.00	154.65
4	—	407	175.00–179.00	177.97
4	—	636	146.00–149.00	147.27
5	—	374	180.00–185.00	183.40
7	—	459	153.00–159.00	156.83
7	—	518	150.00–152.00	150.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	143.00–147.00	145.00
3	—	465	142.00–150.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	363	155.00–161.00	156.64
6	—	423	145.00–155.00	150.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	516	155.00–158.00	157.00
5	—	466	157.00–162.00	158.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	643	159.00	159.00
43	—	569	163.00–165.00	164.88
3	—	665	145.00–148.00	146.98
4	—	483	170.00–172.00	171.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	130.00–135.00	133.36
2	—	325	135.00–140.00	137.50
2	—	368	137.00–142.00	139.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	373	146.00–150.00	147.46
2	—	578	137.00–140.00	138.45
9	—	456	137.00–144.00	143.10
17	—	439	142.00–148.00	146.11
5	—	524	135.00–137.00	136.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	519	139.00–145.00	141.64
4	—	318	153.00–158.00	156.43

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,481	112.00–120.00	117.73
5	—	1,286	94.00–101.00	98.91
6	—	1,620	102.00–108.00	104.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,224	85.00–93.00	88.59
13	—	1,221	94.00–102.00	97.61
12	—	1,239	77.00–84.00	80.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,501	103.00–109.00	105.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,084	79.00–83.00	80.85
6	—	968	66.00–69.00	67.42
10	—	1,019	71.00–78.00	74.12

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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