Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2022-11-09

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Nov 9
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,029 head
▲ 149 vs last sale 880▲ 77 vs year ago 952 · +8.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
193 head
▲ 108 vs last sale 85▲ 127 vs year ago 66 · +192.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 35▼ 28 vs year ago 108 · −25.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 4.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $158.37/cwt on 155 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −51.03 against this barn's trailing median of $209.40.
Average price
$158.37
155 head · 439 lb average
Value per head Derived
$695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$274
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$5.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.76
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1480159.6776762
Medium and Large 2444158.8570668
Medium and Large 3320153.8349325
One grade step is worth $5.84/cwt here — about $274 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

29 sales
235212189166median 209.4002/0403/2505/1307/0809/30
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $220.56, low $179.60, median $209.40 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale155 hd
158.37
—
GA average15 barns · 1,248 hd
144.61
+13.76
This barn, trailing median29 sales
209.40
−51.03
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—Low1,49990.481,35613
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21872.4188265
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59367.411,0742thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02062.3663642

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)964$8697
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)868$5463thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,092$1,1516

Every lot, as filed

78 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—288146.38/cwt142.00–147.004227
HeifersMedium and Large 3—363139.02/cwt130.00–140.0050510
HeifersMedium and Large 2—720115.00/cwt115.00–115.008281
HeifersMedium and Large 3—466129.50/cwt127.00–132.006039
HeifersMedium and Large 1—639138.76/cwt138.00–140.0088718
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565131.98/cwt130.00–134.007462
HeifersMedium and Large 2—635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007621
HeifersMedium and Large 2—484141.63/cwt141.00–143.0068512
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421143.10/cwt139.00–147.006024
HeifersMedium and Large 2—290150.00/cwt150.00–150.004351
SteersMedium and Large 3—579141.13/cwt140.00–149.008178
SteersMedium and Large 3—1,13389.00/cwt89.00–89.001,0089
SteersMedium and Large 2—601155.00/cwt155.00–155.009327
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—516179.00/cwt179.00–179.009246
SteersMedium and Large 1—468177.70/cwt175.00–182.008327
HeifersMedium and Large 1—587139.17/cwt137.00–146.0081722
SteersMedium and Large 1—390185.00/cwt185.00–185.007221
SteersMedium and Large 2—656150.00/cwt150.00–150.009848
SteersMedium and Large 2—823129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0622
SteersMedium and Large 3—467152.34/cwt150.00–155.007113
SteersMedium and Large 3—618141.00/cwt141.00–141.008716
SteersMedium and Large 3—350160.00/cwt160.00–160.005601
SteersMedium and Large 2—405175.00/cwt175.00–175.007091
SteersMedium and Large 2—981125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,22617
SteersMedium and Large 2—592153.00/cwt153.00–153.009069
SteersMedium and Large 2—534163.06/cwt155.00–164.008719
SteersMedium and Large 1—505168.00/cwt168.00–168.008481
SteersMedium and Large 2—275190.00/cwt190.00–190.005231
SteersMedium and Large 1—425185.12/cwt180.00–187.007877
SteersMedium and Large 1—747158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,18027
SteersMedium and Large 1—578164.40/cwt160.00–165.009508
SteersMedium and Large 2—475167.00/cwt167.00–167.007931
SteersMedium and Large 1—675161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0871
BullsMedium and Large 1—361181.21/cwt177.00–185.0065414
BullsMedium and Large 1—568144.00/cwt144.00–144.0081813
BullsMedium and Large 1—465167.00/cwt167.00–167.007771
BullsMedium and Large 1—409171.74/cwt170.00–180.0070217
BullsMedium and Large 1—610138.00/cwt138.00–138.0084212
BullsMedium and Large 1—521149.58/cwt146.00–152.007795
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04166.28/cwt62.00–69.0069025
CowsLean 85-90%—98856.60/cwt53.00–60.0055917
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,59367.41/cwt67.00–68.001,0742
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21465.32/cwt61.00–68.0079315
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27279.26/cwt77.00–83.001,00810
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20673.35/cwt70.00–76.0088540
Bulls——1,29583.31/cwt80.00–87.001,0796
Bulls——1,685104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,7521
Bulls——1,67295.39/cwt93.00–100.001,5956
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,060961.35/head900.00–1,025.009614
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—868546.35/head500.00–650.005463
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—837744.82/head675.00–825.007453
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0921,150.84/head1,100.00–1,200.001,1516
BullsMedium and Large 2—340178.18/cwt172.00–180.006067
BullsMedium and Large 2—518143.39/cwt143.00–145.007435
BullsMedium and Large 2—577138.66/cwt136.00–140.008009
BullsMedium and Large 3—383155.07/cwt150.00–160.005943
BullsMedium and Large 3—508125.02/cwt120.00–130.006352
BullsMedium and Large 3—485147.00/cwt147.00–147.007132
BullsMedium and Large 2—469155.90/cwt150.00–158.0073117
BullsMedium and Large 2—360172.69/cwt170.00–173.0062216
BullsMedium and Large 2—400167.00/cwt167.00–167.006682
BullsMedium and Large 3—600122.00/cwt122.00–122.007321
BullsMedium and Large 3—256159.30/cwt150.00–160.0040815
BullsMedium and Large 3—215162.44/cwt160.00–165.003492
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420150.36/cwt149.00–152.006329
HeifersMedium and Large 1—680125.00/cwt125.00–125.008501
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480150.50/cwt145.00–152.007227
BullsMedium and Large 2—717113.55/cwt111.00–121.008144
BullsMedium and Large 2—653120.00/cwt120.00–120.007841
BullsMedium and Large 2—286181.12/cwt180.00–182.005187
HeifersMedium and Large 3—314142.09/cwt140.00–145.004468
HeifersMedium and Large 3—79096.00/cwt96.00–96.007581
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625112.00/cwt112.00–112.007001
HeifersMedium and Large 3—591122.51/cwt120.00–123.007246
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425135.00/cwt135.00–135.005741
HeifersMedium and Large 1—507145.00/cwt144.00–146.0073512
HeifersMedium and Large 2—382144.80/cwt144.00–145.0055315
HeifersMedium and Large 2—540134.03/cwt130.00–135.007245

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.