Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2023-08-02

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Aug 2
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,201 head
▲ 212 vs last sale 989▲ 451 vs year ago 750 · +60.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
189 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 194▲ 94 vs year ago 95 · +98.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
122 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 113▲ 66 vs year ago 56 · +117.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

ompared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 5.00 higher with outstanding boners at 124 to 126, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher and replacement cows significantly higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $250.70/cwt on 281 head.
Average price
$250.70
281 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,284
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$256
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.77
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507258.181,309184
Medium and Large 2536237.061,27181
Medium and Large 3450233.871,05316thin
One grade step is worth $24.31/cwt here — about $256 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 sale281 hd
250.70
—
GA average15 barns · 917 hd
239.94
+10.77
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—Low1,304120.051,5669thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,182108.761,28585
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,523107.251,6334thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97694.5392339

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 (2-4 yrs)1,648$1,9252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)915$1,2142thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,029$1,14710
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,235$1,50942

Every lot, as filed

82 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 1—361240.56/cwt235.00–242.0086822
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566220.31/cwt215.00–224.001,24728
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275230.00/cwt230.00–230.006331
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3131
HeifersMedium and Large 2—440215.00/cwt215.00–215.009461
HeifersMedium and Large 2—250240.00/cwt240.00–240.006002
HeifersMedium and Large 1—668216.91/cwt216.00–218.001,44919
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—401276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,10727
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463229.48/cwt224.00–234.001,06245
HeifersMedium and Large 1—613217.46/cwt216.00–222.001,33313
SteersMedium and Large 1—623242.37/cwt240.00–248.001,51013
SteersMedium and Large 1—387269.14/cwt269.00–270.001,04213
HeifersMedium and Large 1—315242.49/cwt240.00–250.007647
SteersMedium and Large 3—270250.00/cwt250.00–250.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—401245.00/cwt245.00–245.009826
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422230.15/cwt229.00–235.0097111
SteersMedium and Large 3—385245.00/cwt245.00–245.009431
SteersMedium and Large 3—578215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2432
SteersMedium and Large 3—320252.00/cwt252.00–252.008061
SteersMedium and Large 2—405252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,0211
SteersMedium and Large 1—522255.17/cwt254.00–256.001,33235
SteersMedium and Large 1—485264.30/cwt256.00–266.001,28231
SteersMedium and Large 2—573232.84/cwt229.00–239.001,33422
SteersMedium and Large 3—600187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1221
SteersMedium and Large 3—485220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0671
SteersMedium and Large 1—683232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,5855
SteersMedium and Large 2—506240.36/cwt235.00–245.001,21627
SteersMedium and Large 3—443239.77/cwt238.00–245.001,0629
SteersMedium and Large 2—476251.91/cwt245.00–255.001,1996
SteersMedium and Large 2—623231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4396
SteersMedium and Large 2—770185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4251
SteersMedium and Large 1—421267.51/cwt261.00–270.001,12613
SteersMedium and Large 1—578247.68/cwt243.00–255.001,43247
SteersMedium and Large 2—679216.41/cwt216.00–220.001,46910
SteersMedium and Large 2—325261.34/cwt260.00–265.008498
BullsMedium and Large 1—587216.51/cwt215.00–217.001,2714
BullsMedium and Large 1—378257.29/cwt255.00–260.009736
BullsMedium and Large 1—459238.00/cwt237.00–240.001,0928
BullsMedium and Large 1—340262.00/cwt262.00–262.008911
BullsMedium and Large 1—605206.00/cwt205.00–207.001,24613
BullsMedium and Large 1—700195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3651
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,563112.00/cwt110.00–114.001,7512
CowsLean 85-90%—99796.74/cwt91.00–100.0096415
CowsLean 85-90%—94187.75/cwt84.00–90.0082615
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,560109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,7001
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,195113.38/cwt111.00–119.001,35533
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,173106.90/cwt102.00–110.001,25446
CowsLean 85-90%—1,000102.15/cwt101.00–105.001,0229
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,3491
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17697.55/cwt95.00–100.001,1476
Bulls——1,240117.49/cwt114.00–119.001,4575
Bulls——1,385123.24/cwt121.00–128.001,7074
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—9151,214.34/head1,175.00–1,250.001,2142
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,6481,925.19/head1,800.00–2,050.001,9252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—900979.11/head900.00–1,050.009795
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1571,314.59/head1,250.00–1,475.001,3155
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1491,241.24/head1,000.00–1,375.001,24118
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3301,754.77/head1,500.00–3,000.001,75522
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—9551,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2252
BullsMedium and Large 1—405257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,0411
BullsMedium and Large 2—320258.78/cwt255.00–260.0082813
BullsMedium and Large 2—371243.33/cwt240.00–244.009036
BullsMedium and Large 3—575195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1211
BullsMedium and Large 2—785180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4131
BullsMedium and Large 3—473217.19/cwt212.00–220.001,0276
BullsMedium and Large 2—406236.65/cwt230.00–240.009614
BullsMedium and Large 3—235245.00/cwt245.00–245.005761
BullsMedium and Large 2—258266.12/cwt262.00–270.006872
BullsMedium and Large 1—505232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1722
BullsMedium and Large 3—413223.01/cwt220.00–227.009214
BullsMedium and Large 2—507220.91/cwt220.00–225.001,12023
HeifersMedium and Large 3—240237.00/cwt237.00–237.005691
HeifersMedium and Large 3—348226.00/cwt226.00–226.007866
HeifersMedium and Large 2—391224.55/cwt222.00–232.008788
HeifersMedium and Large 2—582212.84/cwt210.00–214.001,2395
BullsMedium and Large 2—715190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3591
BullsMedium and Large 2—485235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1401
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473220.71/cwt212.00–222.001,0448
HeifersMedium and Large 1—517222.97/cwt220.00–226.001,15358
HeifersMedium and Large 3—363210.00/cwt210.00–210.007623
HeifersMedium and Large 3—455200.00/cwt200.00–200.009101
HeifersMedium and Large 2—534213.16/cwt212.00–215.001,13830

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.