Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2022-07-27

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Jul 27
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
789 head
158 vs last sale 631 21 vs year ago 810 · 2.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
21 vs last sale 99 20 vs year ago 58 · +34.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
1 vs last sale 51 11 vs year ago 39 · +28.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers 3.00 to 10.00, feeder heifers 2.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves 10.00 higher, heifer calves 3.00 to 8.00 higher, bull calves 2.00 to 8.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $180.97/cwt on 264 head.
Average price
$180.97
264 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$899
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$304
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.78
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518182.97948213
Medium and Large 2473174.2282318thin
Medium and Large 3375171.7864433
One grade step is worth $11.19/cwt here — about $304 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 sale264 hd
180.97
GA average15 barns · 748 hd
169.20
+11.78
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
BullsLow1,78597.161,7345thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17074.3187030
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51873.671,1189thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05565.6869317

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,233$1,08414

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
BullsMedium and Large 3370155.00/cwt155.00–155.005741
HeifersMedium and Large 1369158.55/cwt155.00–159.0058513
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added419162.00/cwt162.00–162.0067919
HeifersMedium and Large 3435139.00/cwt139.00–139.006051
BullsMedium and Large 3310151.13/cwt147.00–155.004692
BullsMedium and Large 1513154.86/cwt154.00–158.007947
BullsMedium and Large 1407176.61/cwt175.00–179.0071910
SteersMedium and Large 1415197.43/cwt194.00–199.0081946
HeifersMedium and Large 3268140.37/cwt137.00–145.0037614
HeifersMedium and Large 3455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 2579132.38/cwt131.00–135.007667
HeifersMedium and Large 1481151.39/cwt148.00–154.0072825
HeifersMedium and Large 1570144.84/cwt140.00–148.008269
SteersMedium and Large 1650155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0081
HeifersMedium and Large 2423147.85/cwt145.00–149.0062513
HeifersMedium and Large 3515120.00/cwt120.00–120.006181
HeifersMedium and Large 2357146.64/cwt145.00–150.005243
SteersMedium and Large 3300162.00/cwt162.00–162.004861
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added512191.01/cwt189.00–193.0097812
SteersMedium and Large 2775140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0851
HeifersMedium and Large 1411151.99/cwt150.00–155.0062530
HeifersMedium and Large 1605142.50/cwt142.50–142.5086221
HeifersMedium and Large 2324152.50/cwt152.00–153.0049436
SteersMedium and Large 3460154.35/cwt150.00–158.0071013
SteersMedium and Large 3439168.33/cwt165.00–170.007393
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added658167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,0992
SteersMedium and Large 3289189.00/cwt189.00–189.0054614
SteersMedium and Large 2520170.00/cwt170.00–170.008841
SteersMedium and Large 2343191.00/cwt187.00–192.006555
SteersMedium and Large 1640162.10/cwt161.00–167.001,03738
SteersMedium and Large 2478177.54/cwt175.00–180.008492
SteersMedium and Large 1360197.31/cwt192.00–198.0071028
SteersMedium and Large 2420180.00/cwt180.00–180.007561
SteersMedium and Large 1558181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0107
SteersMedium and Large 3365174.60/cwt172.00–177.006372
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added756151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,14521
SteersMedium and Large 1469195.66/cwt194.00–198.0091832
SteersMedium and Large 2364187.46/cwt185.00–190.006824
SteersMedium and Large 2715144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0302
SteersMedium and Large 2618149.00/cwt148.00–150.009212
SteersMedium and Large 1536181.35/cwt178.00–184.0097226
BullsMedium and Large 1388185.25/cwt180.00–189.0071912
BullsMedium and Large 2705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008461
BullsMedium and Large 2284184.03/cwt180.00–190.005237
BullsMedium and Large 1326192.27/cwt190.00–195.006277
BullsMedium and Large 1489162.50/cwt162.00–164.007954
BullsMedium and Large 1715125.00/cwt125.00–125.008941
CowsLean 85-90%94055.65/cwt53.00–60.005234
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53774.25/cwt71.00–77.001,1418
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16375.53/cwt73.00–78.0087822
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20063.39/cwt61.00–67.007615
CowsLean 85-90%1,05879.00/cwt79.00–79.008362
CowsLean 85-90%1,09666.91/cwt64.00–71.0073311
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36569.00/cwt69.00–69.009421
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17383.61/cwt81.00–87.009813
Bulls1,52992.65/cwt91.00–94.001,4173
Bulls2,168103.93/cwt103.00–105.002,2532
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,2331,084.04/head1,025.00–1,175.001,08414
BullsMedium and Large 3580123.00/cwt123.00–123.007131
BullsMedium and Large 3430155.00/cwt155.00–155.006671
BullsMedium and Large 1295195.00/cwt195.00–195.005751
BullsMedium and Large 2509145.00/cwt145.00–145.007383
BullsMedium and Large 3470135.96/cwt132.00–140.006392
BullsMedium and Large 2570137.27/cwt135.00–142.007823
BullsMedium and Large 2390160.00/cwt160.00–160.006241
BullsMedium and Large 2436164.88/cwt160.00–170.0071914
BullsMedium and Large 2471160.83/cwt159.00–162.0075810
HeifersMedium and Large 2461143.50/cwt142.00–145.006624
HeifersMedium and Large 2654128.00/cwt128.00–128.008374
HeifersMedium and Large 2780121.00/cwt121.00–121.009441
HeifersMedium and Large 2623131.04/cwt130.00–132.008162
HeifersMedium and Large 3390140.00/cwt140.00–140.005462
HeifersMedium and Large 1710133.00/cwt133.00–133.009441
HeifersMedium and Large 3750100.00/cwt100.00–100.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 2529140.19/cwt136.00–144.007425
HeifersMedium and Large 2700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008751
HeifersMedium and Large 1523146.98/cwt145.00–151.0076915
HeifersMedium and Large 1697136.00/cwt136.00–136.0094812
HeifersMedium and Large 3308141.37/cwt137.00–145.004353
BullsMedium and Large 2690129.00/cwt129.00–129.008901
BullsMedium and Large 3533137.56/cwt135.00–140.007332

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.