Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2023-09-20

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Sep 20
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,185 head
▼ 222 vs last sale 1,407▲ 338 vs year ago 847 · +39.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
337 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 241▲ 179 vs year ago 158 · +113.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 57▼ 27 vs year ago 122 · −22.1%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer and heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower, bull calves unevenly steady and replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $221.55/cwt on 266 head.
Average price
$221.55
266 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,004
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$393
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.40
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532224.841,19790
Medium and Large 2424221.61940135
Medium and Large 3375214.1180441
One grade step is worth $10.73/cwt here — about $393 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 sale266 hd
221.55
—
GA average17 barns · 2,609 hd
221.94
−0.40
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—Low1,540116.271,79113
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19894.931,13897
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54094.121,44911
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02884.6587075

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)1,073$1,2653thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,063$1,2483thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)935$9394thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,144$1,2686

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 2—623202.70/cwt195.00–205.001,2637
HeifersMedium and Large 2—655202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3231
HeifersMedium and Large 2—410223.46/cwt217.00–225.0091625
HeifersMedium and Large 1—700215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5051
HeifersMedium and Large 2—367227.01/cwt226.00–230.0083322
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535231.64/cwt227.00–232.001,23913
SteersMedium and Large 1—775240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8602
HeifersMedium and Large 2—327230.63/cwt227.00–235.0075434
HeifersMedium and Large 1—672215.10/cwt211.00–218.001,44510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567224.10/cwt222.00–227.001,2719
HeifersMedium and Large 1—815190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5493
HeifersMedium and Large 1—770206.02/cwt205.00–207.001,5862
SteersMedium and Large 2—534239.75/cwt239.00–245.001,2808
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474224.75/cwt224.00–225.001,0658
HeifersMedium and Large 1—348239.00/cwt239.00–239.008325
SteersMedium and Large 3—347259.69/cwt250.00–260.00901106
SteersMedium and Large 1—613244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,4964
SteersMedium and Large 1—655236.52/cwt236.00–240.001,5498
SteersMedium and Large 3—434239.37/cwt235.00–241.001,0398
SteersMedium and Large 1—557249.13/cwt247.00–256.001,38821
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365235.00/cwt235.00–235.0085810
SteersMedium and Large 3—275250.00/cwt250.00–250.006883
SteersMedium and Large 3—500220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1001
SteersMedium and Large 2—574234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,3436
SteersMedium and Large 1—460257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,1822
SteersMedium and Large 2—698221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,5433
SteersMedium and Large 3—368249.47/cwt245.00–255.009186
SteersMedium and Large 2—437254.22/cwt250.00–256.001,11110
SteersMedium and Large 3—463225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0424
SteersMedium and Large 1—536249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3355
SteersMedium and Large 1—870215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8711
SteersMedium and Large 2—488252.09/cwt251.00–253.001,23012
SteersMedium and Large 2—373264.77/cwt260.00–270.009882
SteersMedium and Large 2—315275.00/cwt275.00–275.008661
SteersMedium and Large 2—634228.96/cwt228.00–235.001,4527
BullsMedium and Large 1—459243.36/cwt240.00–244.001,11713
BullsMedium and Large 2—272265.90/cwt265.00–270.007236
BullsMedium and Large 1—420245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0291
BullsMedium and Large 1—563224.70/cwt221.00–226.001,2658
BullsMedium and Large 1—305275.00/cwt275.00–275.008391
BullsMedium and Large 1—525232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2181
CowsLean 85-90%—89395.11/cwt93.00–97.008492
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04086.07/cwt83.00–91.0089555
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14786.71/cwt84.00–89.0099518
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,232102.70/cwt100.00–108.001,26525
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00679.13/cwt73.00–82.0079618
Bulls——1,404112.26/cwt108.00–118.001,5768
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,59385.96/cwt85.00–87.001,3692
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46299.93/cwt98.00–103.001,4613
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,56193.93/cwt92.00–96.001,4666
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20094.08/cwt90.00–99.001,12954
Bulls——1,758122.69/cwt120.00–127.002,1575
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—865823.70/head750.00–900.008242
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0051,053.48/head1,000.00–1,100.001,0532
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0631,248.28/head1,100.00–1,325.001,2483
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0731,264.87/head1,175.00–1,325.001,2653
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1081,164.05/head1,100.00–1,225.001,1644
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2151,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4752
BullsMedium and Large 3—216248.76/cwt245.00–250.005374
BullsMedium and Large 2—550210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1551
BullsMedium and Large 3—374235.76/cwt230.00–240.0088217
BullsMedium and Large 3—345245.00/cwt245.00–245.008451
BullsMedium and Large 3—418225.88/cwt225.00–232.009448
BullsMedium and Large 3—275244.91/cwt240.00–250.006742
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618218.82/cwt215.00–222.001,35216
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413231.95/cwt230.00–237.0095813
BullsMedium and Large 2—515220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1331
BullsMedium and Large 3—580190.90/cwt187.00–195.001,1072
BullsMedium and Large 2—320262.41/cwt260.00–270.0084012
BullsMedium and Large 2—406239.61/cwt239.00–241.0097326
HeifersMedium and Large 3—770160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2321
HeifersMedium and Large 3—315220.85/cwt215.00–222.006968
HeifersMedium and Large 2—555206.50/cwt205.00–207.001,1464
HeifersMedium and Large 3—271226.47/cwt225.00–230.0061410
HeifersMedium and Large 3—462209.70/cwt202.00–212.009696
BullsMedium and Large 3—471225.22/cwt220.00–227.001,0617
HeifersMedium and Large 2—504215.23/cwt210.00–218.001,08513
HeifersMedium and Large 3—578194.85/cwt190.00–200.001,1262
HeifersMedium and Large 3—378211.46/cwt210.00–220.0079913
HeifersMedium and Large 2—700202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,4141
HeifersMedium and Large 3—545190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0361
HeifersMedium and Large 2—477216.01/cwt215.00–222.001,03028

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.