Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2024-01-17

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Jan 17
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
748 head
82 vs last sale 666 415 vs year ago 1,163 · 35.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
134 head
10 vs last sale 144 11 vs year ago 145 · 7.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
17 vs last sale 52 23 vs year ago 58 · 39.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 5.00 to 8.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers 4.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady and replacement cows 4.oo to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $232.77/cwt on 275 head.
Average price
$232.77
275 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,081
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.98
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1468235.831,104198
Medium and Large 2471225.461,06255
Medium and Large 3416223.4293022
One grade step is worth $12.41/cwt here — about $174 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 sale275 hd
232.77
GA average15 barns · 2,096 hd
219.79
+12.98
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
BullsLow1,532118.031,8086thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,196104.761,25376
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42398.351,4003thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98687.2085923

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)920$96510
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)920$8582thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)827$7923thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,018$1,13510

Every lot, as filed

86 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 1367249.84/cwt245.00–255.0091757
HeifersMedium and Large 3475218.48/cwt217.00–220.001,0382
HeifersMedium and Large 1267263.22/cwt260.00–265.007033
HeifersMedium and Large 2455227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0331
HeifersMedium and Large 1230295.00/cwt295.00–295.006791
HeifersMedium and Large 1412248.45/cwt240.00–253.001,02421
HeifersMedium and Large 2655190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2451
SteersMedium and Large 1432300.66/cwt297.00–305.001,2993
HeifersMedium and Large 2374240.32/cwt240.00–242.0089912
HeifersMedium and Large 3620190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1781
HeifersMedium and Large 2580211.19/cwt210.00–215.001,22513
HeifersMedium and Large 2284249.93/cwt245.00–255.007104
SteersMedium and Large 3260290.00/cwt290.00–290.007541
SteersMedium and Large 1458280.94/cwt275.00–285.001,2875
HeifersMedium and Large 2628190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1936
HeifersMedium and Large 3287239.11/cwt235.00–240.006865
HeifersMedium and Large 3345230.00/cwt230.00–230.007941
HeifersMedium and Large 2528222.35/cwt220.00–225.001,1743
SteersMedium and Large 1317318.00/cwt315.00–322.001,0083
SteersMedium and Large 3555235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3041
SteersMedium and Large 1368310.98/cwt307.00–317.001,1446
SteersMedium and Large 1562257.37/cwt257.00–257.501,4464
SteersMedium and Large 1626237.58/cwt235.00–239.001,48714
SteersMedium and Large 1720215.17/cwt214.00–220.001,5495
SteersMedium and Large 1695220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5291
SteersMedium and Large 2533255.99/cwt255.00–257.001,3648
SteersMedium and Large 1514260.36/cwt257.00–265.001,3388
SteersMedium and Large 2373293.66/cwt290.00–297.001,0952
SteersMedium and Large 2715210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5021
SteersMedium and Large 2435274.50/cwt273.00–285.001,1948
SteersMedium and Large 2587242.79/cwt240.00–246.001,42517
SteersMedium and Large 2780190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4821
SteersMedium and Large 3408265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0814
SteersMedium and Large 2635228.33/cwt225.00–230.001,4503
SteersMedium and Large 2470261.71/cwt257.00–267.001,2305
SteersMedium and Large 3380271.97/cwt270.00–280.001,0335
SteersMedium and Large 3455240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0921
BullsMedium and Large 1780190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4821
BullsMedium and Large 1558232.51/cwt232.00–235.001,2976
BullsMedium and Large 3429241.28/cwt235.00–250.001,0354
BullsMedium and Large 3578204.89/cwt200.00–210.001,1842
BullsMedium and Large 3335250.00/cwt250.00–250.008381
BullsMedium and Large 3640180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1521
CowsLean 85-90%1,00688.82/cwt85.00–94.0089417
CowsLean 85-90%94379.95/cwt77.00–84.007545
CowsLean 85-90%85096.00/cwt96.00–96.008161
CowsBoner 80-85%1,232115.26/cwt110.00–124.001,42023
CowsBoner 80-85%1,209103.88/cwt99.00–109.001,25633
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42398.35/cwt98.00–99.001,4003
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13594.13/cwt88.00–97.001,06820
Bulls1,478115.01/cwt112.00–118.001,7004
Bulls1,640124.06/cwt122.00–126.002,0352
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0181,134.72/head1,125.00–1,175.001,13510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3920857.74/head800.00–925.008582
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3827791.58/head750.00–825.007923
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29671,076.90/head1,025.00–1,125.001,0773
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3900917.56/head825.00–975.009187
BullsMedium and Large 1280314.99/cwt305.00–320.008825
BullsMedium and Large 2575215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2361
BullsMedium and Large 1519247.50/cwt247.00–252.001,28516
BullsMedium and Large 2278297.66/cwt295.00–300.008272
BullsMedium and Large 2483254.52/cwt252.00–255.001,22912
BullsMedium and Large 1468260.16/cwt260.00–262.001,21812
BullsMedium and Large 1326313.33/cwt305.00–317.001,02131
HeifersMedium and Large 1323260.88/cwt255.00–262.008436
HeifersMedium and Large 1509230.48/cwt229.00–235.001,17321
HeifersMedium and Large 1468232.31/cwt230.00–237.001,08737
HeifersMedium and Large 1660209.22/cwt209.00–210.001,3819
HeifersMedium and Large 1766187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,4324
HeifersMedium and Large 1571223.06/cwt220.00–224.001,27422
HeifersMedium and Large 1623212.54/cwt207.00–216.001,32417
HeifersMedium and Large 3573200.80/cwt200.00–202.001,1515
HeifersMedium and Large 3405222.00/cwt222.00–222.008991
HeifersMedium and Large 3385232.80/cwt225.00–235.008966
HeifersMedium and Large 2340245.99/cwt245.00–247.008362
BullsMedium and Large 2388295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1452
BullsMedium and Large 3280275.00/cwt275.00–275.007701
BullsMedium and Large 1378301.80/cwt299.00–310.001,14123
BullsMedium and Large 3725170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2331
HeifersMedium and Large 3230240.00/cwt240.00–240.005521
HeifersMedium and Large 2430235.02/cwt230.00–237.001,01113
BullsMedium and Large 1415299.67/cwt295.00–305.001,24417
BullsMedium and Large 2346295.48/cwt295.00–300.001,02210
BullsMedium and Large 2433270.05/cwt265.00–275.001,1695
BullsMedium and Large 2535230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2311
BullsMedium and Large 3375252.00/cwt252.00–252.009451

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.