Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2023-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers 3.00 higher, feeder bulls and heifers mostly steady, steer and bull calves 8.00 to 10.00 higher, heifer calves 6.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $272.30/cwt on 203 head.

Average price

$272.30

203 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,335

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$19

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$26.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.84

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	487	273.88	1,333	191
Medium and Large 2	547	247.15	1,352	12thin

One grade step is worth $26.73/cwt here — about −$19 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 sale203 hd

272.30

—

GA average16 barns · 1,569 hd

249.46

+22.84

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,499	114.08	1,710	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,182	89.46	1,057	59
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,471	88.93	1,308	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,081	80.17	867	30

Every lot, as filed

56 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	474	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,360	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	565	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,559	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	231.99/cwt	230.00–237.00	747	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	214.93/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,139	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	213.48/cwt	210.00–217.00	999	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	208.56/cwt	206.00–213.00	1,308	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	274.70/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,151	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	269.66/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,273	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	223.01/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,184	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	239.81/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,141	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	216.33/cwt	215.00–217.00	909	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	239.09/cwt	232.00–241.00	992	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	261.35/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,330	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	222.46/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,513	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	249.91/cwt	247.00–252.00	1,539	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	256.89/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,459	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	304.16/cwt	300.00–310.00	928	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	240.67/cwt	239.00–247.00	1,608	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	286.37/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,068	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	263.53/cwt	262.00–265.00	1,088	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	246.95/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,415	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	256.09/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,204	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	283.16/cwt	280.00–285.00	943	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	293	282.57/cwt	280.00–290.00	828	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	280	301.33/cwt	300.00–310.00	844	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	256.03/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,173	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	265.74/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,111	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	334	295.90/cwt	290.00–300.00	988	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	81.14/cwt	78.00–84.00	895	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	92.54/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,366	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	84.42/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,237	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	90.30/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,037	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	952	73.16/cwt	70.00–76.00	696	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	86.57/cwt	85.00–88.00	996	2
Bulls	—	—	1,605	116.59/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,871	10
Bulls	—	—	1,233	107.81/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,329	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	84.42/cwt	81.00–86.00	1,027	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	96.48/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,154	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	533	215.12/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,147	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	239.51/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,341	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	225.38/cwt	222.00–227.00	1,179	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	225	282.44/cwt	280.00–285.00	635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	234.50/cwt	232.00–242.00	1,219	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	227.08/cwt	222.00–232.00	1,397	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	227.87/cwt	225.00–230.00	966	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	216.88/cwt	215.00–220.00	781	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	201.31/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,147	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	234.22/cwt	230.00–235.00	902	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	237.92/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,142	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	277.00/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,094	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	198.49/cwt	197.00–200.00	1,221	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	225.75/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,275	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	245.04/cwt	242.00–247.00	963	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	206.49/cwt	205.00–207.00	1,365	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	210.06/cwt	209.00–217.00	1,220	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	220.76/cwt	217.00–227.00	1,042	10

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Turner County Stockyard - Ashburn, GA

Wed Oct 18, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,124Last week 1,036Year ago 1,198

Slaughter CattleReceipts 315Last week 155Year ago 192

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	474	287.00	287.00
25	—	565	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	419	270.00–277.00	274.70
6	—	472	267.00–275.00	269.66
19	—	509	255.00–263.00	261.35
12	—	616	247.00–252.00	249.91
18	—	568	255.00–257.00	256.89
12	—	305	300.00–310.00	304.16
10	—	668	239.00–247.00	240.67
21	—	373	285.00–295.00	286.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	220.00–225.00	222.46
2	—	413	262.00–265.00	263.53
6	—	573	245.00–252.00	246.95
2	—	470	252.00–260.00	256.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	322	230.00–237.00	231.99
15	—	530	210.00–217.00	214.93
8	—	424	225.00–230.00	227.87
6	—	385	230.00–235.00	234.22
2	—	615	197.00–200.00	198.49
10	—	581	209.00–217.00	210.06
10	—	472	217.00–227.00	220.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	210.00–217.00	213.48
3	—	420	215.00–217.00	216.33
8	—	360	215.00–220.00	216.88
3	—	570	200.00–202.00	201.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	627	206.00–213.00	208.56
16	—	531	220.00–225.00	223.01
12	—	476	234.00–245.00	239.81
11	—	415	232.00–241.00	239.09
24	—	565	220.00–226.00	225.75
5	—	393	242.00–247.00	245.04
4	—	661	205.00–207.00	206.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	333	280.00–285.00	283.16
10	—	293	280.00–290.00	282.57
3	—	523	222.00–227.00	225.38
2	—	225	280.00–285.00	282.44
5	—	480	235.00–245.00	237.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	280	300.00–310.00	301.33
5	—	458	250.00–260.00	256.03
16	—	418	257.00–267.00	265.74
7	—	334	290.00–300.00	295.90
8	—	560	235.00–242.00	239.51
4	—	520	232.00–242.00	234.50
2	—	615	222.00–232.00	227.08
5	—	395	275.00–285.00	277.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	210.00–220.00	215.12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,103	78.00–84.00	81.14
5	—	952	70.00–76.00	73.16
2	—	1,150	85.00–88.00	86.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,476	90.00–96.00	92.54
4	—	1,465	80.00–88.00	84.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,148	87.00–94.00	90.30
21	—	1,216	81.00–86.00	84.42
12	—	1,196	95.00–100.00	96.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,605	112.00–120.00	116.59
4	—	1,233	103.00–110.00	107.81

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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