Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2022-07-20

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Jul 20
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
631 head
▼ 560 vs last sale 1,191▼ 181 vs year ago 812 · −22.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
▼ 126 vs last sale 225▲ 4 vs year ago 95 · +4.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 34▲ 12 vs year ago 39 · +30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 6.00 to 10.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer, heifer and bull calves unevenly steady and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.93/cwt on 183 head.
Average price
$142.93
183 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$645
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.83
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2425144.16613101
Medium and Large 1514142.9273465
Medium and Large 3366135.6249717thin
One grade step is worth $8.54/cwt here — about $116 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
142.93
—
GA average16 barns · 2,261 hd
141.09
+1.83
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—Average1,608107.001,7212thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30675.7698936
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03262.0664024

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)957$9423thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)800$7882thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)964$7634thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,361$1,17816

Every lot, as filed

81 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—460125.96/cwt122.00–130.005792
HeifersMedium and Large 2—275155.00/cwt155.00–155.004261
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425126.55/cwt120.00–130.005383
SteersMedium and Large 1—608153.38/cwt151.00–157.009335
SteersMedium and Large 1—395187.00/cwt187.00–187.007391
SteersMedium and Large 1—577160.96/cwt160.00–163.009293
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623134.96/cwt131.00–140.008419
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330153.59/cwt152.00–157.0050716
HeifersMedium and Large 2—538135.02/cwt131.00–140.0072610
SteersMedium and Large 2—379182.77/cwt181.00–185.006937
SteersMedium and Large 3—422153.36/cwt150.00–160.006473
SteersMedium and Large 2—544160.49/cwt159.00–162.008734
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623126.93/cwt125.00–129.007912
HeifersMedium and Large 1—770126.00/cwt126.00–126.009701
HeifersMedium and Large 1—389156.41/cwt155.00–157.006085
SteersMedium and Large 1—339193.68/cwt193.00–195.006573
SteersMedium and Large 2—471169.09/cwt167.00–170.0079611
SteersMedium and Large 2—326183.57/cwt182.00–185.005988
SteersMedium and Large 1—452180.00/cwt179.00–183.008144
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522144.80/cwt142.00–147.0075611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430149.34/cwt149.00–150.006426
SteersMedium and Large 2—713141.50/cwt141.00–142.001,0092
SteersMedium and Large 2—640147.00/cwt147.00–147.009411
SteersMedium and Large 1—664148.56/cwt148.00–149.009867
SteersMedium and Large 3—480157.63/cwt150.00–160.0075713
SteersMedium and Large 3—668135.01/cwt132.00–138.009023
SteersMedium and Large 1—413182.11/cwt180.00–187.0075213
SteersMedium and Large 3—383166.70/cwt160.00–170.006383
SteersMedium and Large 2—435170.29/cwt170.00–173.0074110
SteersMedium and Large 3—515153.97/cwt150.00–155.007935
SteersMedium and Large 2—583155.99/cwt154.00–158.009094
SteersMedium and Large 3—585148.47/cwt145.00–152.008692
SteersMedium and Large 3—273182.57/cwt180.00–185.004982
SteersMedium and Large 1—520168.81/cwt164.00–170.0087815
BullsMedium and Large 1—564147.50/cwt146.00–148.008324
BullsMedium and Large 2—520148.00/cwt148.00–148.007701
BullsMedium and Large 1—415182.20/cwt177.00–183.0075611
BullsMedium and Large 1—370180.60/cwt177.00–187.006688
BullsMedium and Large 1—520150.00/cwt150.00–150.007804
BullsMedium and Large 1—728124.98/cwt124.00–126.009102
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35468.62/cwt66.00–70.009298
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29085.05/cwt83.00–86.001,0975
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29276.22/cwt73.00–80.0098523
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04358.28/cwt54.00–61.0060811
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02265.25/cwt62.00–68.0066713
Bulls——1,608107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,7212
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4131,210.48/head1,200.00–1,250.001,21010
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,2751,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1256
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—958676.04/head650.00–700.006763
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9801,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—775825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0481,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—640700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—960875.00/head875.00–875.008751
BullsMedium and Large 3—265162.63/cwt160.00–167.004315
BullsMedium and Large 2—430166.85/cwt160.00–170.0071720
BullsMedium and Large 2—566138.74/cwt138.00–139.007854
BullsMedium and Large 3—438133.23/cwt130.00–140.005843
BullsMedium and Large 3—515122.55/cwt120.00–125.006312
BullsMedium and Large 3—478125.33/cwt125.00–126.005993
BullsMedium and Large 2—332173.52/cwt170.00–177.005764
BullsMedium and Large 2—294182.00/cwt182.00–182.005354
BullsMedium and Large 2—684126.82/cwt122.00–128.008675
BullsMedium and Large 1—674134.87/cwt132.00–136.009096
BullsMedium and Large 3—790100.00/cwt100.00–100.007901
BullsMedium and Large 3—321162.57/cwt160.00–165.005224
BullsMedium and Large 1—320184.54/cwt182.00–187.005912
BullsMedium and Large 2—365170.00/cwt170.00–170.006211
BullsMedium and Large 2—475154.78/cwt150.00–157.007357
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467145.26/cwt144.00–147.0067825
BullsMedium and Large 3—377140.34/cwt140.00–141.005293
BullsMedium and Large 1—477166.57/cwt161.00–169.007955
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365149.49/cwt143.00–152.0054617
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428144.61/cwt140.00–148.0061935
HeifersMedium and Large 3—328141.63/cwt137.00–145.004654
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466138.15/cwt133.00–141.0064419
HeifersMedium and Large 3—280139.11/cwt135.00–145.003903
HeifersMedium and Large 3—376138.03/cwt132.00–140.005195
HeifersMedium and Large 2—735116.00/cwt116.00–116.008531
HeifersMedium and Large 1—667126.99/cwt126.00–129.008475
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578137.27/cwt135.00–141.007933

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.