Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2019-05-15

Ashburn

Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2019-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, May 15

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939

← May 8May 15May 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

606 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 638▲ 606 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

203 head

▲ 46 vs last sale 157▲ 203 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

97 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 113▲ 97 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder heifers lightly tested, feeder bulls 2.00 to 5.00 lower, heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, bull calves 2.00 to 6.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.32/cwt on 160 head.

Average price

$128.32

160 head · 430 lb average

Value per head Derived

$551

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$10.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.98

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	456	129.66	591	65
Medium and Large 2	404	129.40	523	77
Medium and Large 3	446	118.83	530	18thin

One grade step is worth $10.83/cwt here — about $61 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 sale160 hd

128.32

—

GA average16 barns · 1,181 hd

125.34

+2.98

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,633	80.22	1,310	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,153	57.30	661	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	954	49.27	470	69

Every lot

69 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	223	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	372	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	288	160.35/cwt	157.00–162.00	462	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	315	153.82/cwt	150.00–158.00	485	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	147.53/cwt	147.00–148.00	553	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	381	152.78/cwt	151.00–157.00	582	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	413	139.42/cwt	135.00–141.00	576	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	417	152.59/cwt	150.00–156.00	636	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	154.74/cwt	150.00–158.00	721	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	511	138.30/cwt	135.00–139.00	707	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	145.78/cwt	143.00–148.00	829	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	135.46/cwt	134.00–136.00	779	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	133.52/cwt	130.00–136.00	833	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	862	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	227	143.69/cwt	142.00–147.00	326	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	228	125.95/cwt	125.00–127.00	287	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	287	137.62/cwt	135.00–139.00	395	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	327	132.89/cwt	130.00–136.00	435	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	139.47/cwt	138.00–145.00	467	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	364	133.08/cwt	128.00–135.00	484	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	136.45/cwt	136.00–137.00	508	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	383	122.37/cwt	120.00–124.00	469	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	133.76/cwt	132.00–137.00	572	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	126.00/cwt	123.00–129.00	546	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	463	119.68/cwt	119.00–120.00	554	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	474	123.38/cwt	121.00–125.00	585	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	125.45/cwt	121.00–131.00	600	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	521	114.56/cwt	110.00–117.00	597	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	119.62/cwt	119.00–121.00	624	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	122.66/cwt	122.00–123.00	695	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	574	119.40/cwt	116.00–122.00	685	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	639	110.73/cwt	110.00–113.00	708	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	762	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	793	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	233	158.54/cwt	155.00–162.00	369	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	260	171.02/cwt	170.00–173.00	445	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	278	154.88/cwt	150.00–160.00	431	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	283	164.25/cwt	162.00–168.00	465	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	324	137.42/cwt	135.00–140.00	445	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	331	155.92/cwt	153.00–159.00	516	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	360	154.45/cwt	154.00–155.00	556	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	385	149.01/cwt	146.00–150.00	574	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	386	138.82/cwt	137.00–142.00	536	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	426	141.26/cwt	140.00–148.00	602	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	430	132.26/cwt	131.00–136.00	569	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	469	135.41/cwt	135.00–136.00	635	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	518	124.51/cwt	121.00–126.00	645	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	537	131.34/cwt	130.00–134.00	705	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	545	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	736	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	583	130.00/cwt	129.00–132.00	758	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	623	116.59/cwt	116.00–119.00	726	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	624	111.38/cwt	105.00–114.00	695	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	625	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	781	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	658	116.68/cwt	111.00–121.00	768	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	688	105.97/cwt	103.00–109.00	729	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,538	76.56/cwt	73.00–79.00	1,177	5
Bulls	—	—	1,751	84.79/cwt	83.00–87.00	1,485	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	920	44.65/cwt	40.00–47.00	411	20
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	968	51.15/cwt	48.00–55.00	495	49
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,070	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	696	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,144	57.97/cwt	55.00–62.00	663	49
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,226	51.52/cwt	48.00–54.00	632	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	898	719.02/cwt	600.00–825.00	6,457	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	971	770.40/cwt	650.00–900.00	7,481	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,042	844.80/cwt	825.00–900.00	8,803	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,094	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,846	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,103	773.12/cwt	600.00–875.00	8,528	12
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 2-3	920	863.24/cwt	850.00–900.00	7,942	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	13,455	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,313	1,049.81/cwt	950.00–1,150.00	13,784	4

This sale against other markets

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 May 15, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 606Last week 638Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 203Last week 157Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 97Last week 113Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	135.00	135.00
2	—	625	125.00	125.00
3	—	260	170.00–173.00	171.02
3	—	583	129.00–132.00	130.00
18	—	360	154.00–155.00	154.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	130.00–134.00	131.34
3	—	658	111.00–121.00	116.68
5	—	283	162.00–168.00	164.25
5	—	385	146.00–150.00	149.01
5	—	469	135.00–136.00	135.41
5	—	623	116.00–119.00	116.59
13	—	426	140.00–148.00	141.26
20	—	331	153.00–159.00	155.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	233	155.00–162.00	158.54
2	—	688	103.00–109.00	105.97
3	—	278	150.00–160.00	154.88
4	—	430	131.00–136.00	132.26
4	—	518	121.00–126.00	124.51
5	—	624	105.00–114.00	111.38
7	—	386	137.00–142.00	138.82
10	—	324	135.00–140.00	137.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	114.00	114.00
3	—	567	122.00–123.00	122.66
4	—	721	110.00	110.00
7	—	372	136.00–137.00	136.45
10	—	335	138.00–145.00	139.47
18	—	428	132.00–137.00	133.76
21	—	478	121.00–131.00	125.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	227	142.00–147.00	143.69
3	—	433	123.00–129.00	126.00
4	—	639	110.00–113.00	110.73
5	—	474	121.00–125.00	123.38
5	—	522	119.00–121.00	119.62
10	—	574	116.00–122.00	119.40
25	—	364	128.00–135.00	133.08
11	—	327	130.00–136.00	132.89
11	—	287	135.00–139.00	137.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	521	110.00–117.00	114.56
6	—	463	119.00–120.00	119.68
3	—	383	120.00–124.00	122.37
2	—	228	125.00–127.00	125.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	413	135.00–141.00	139.42
4	—	315	150.00–158.00	153.82
3	—	288	157.00–162.00	160.35
2	—	375	147.00–148.00	147.53
2	—	223	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	381	151.00–157.00	152.78
15	—	575	134.00–136.00	135.46
6	—	511	135.00–139.00	138.30
5	—	417	150.00–156.00	152.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	466	150.00–158.00	154.74
11	—	624	130.00–136.00	133.52
6	—	569	143.00–148.00	145.78
2	—	668	129.00	129.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	968	48.00–55.00	51.15
20	—	920	40.00–47.00	44.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,144	55.00–62.00	57.97
7	—	1,226	48.00–54.00	51.52
1	—	1,070	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,538	73.00–79.00	76.56
4	—	1,751	83.00–87.00	84.79

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,103	600.00–875.00	773.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	971	650.00–900.00	770.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	898	600.00–825.00	719.02

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,094	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,042	825.00–900.00	844.80

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	920	850.00–900.00	863.24

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,313	950.00–1,150.00	1,049.81

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,035	1,300.00	1,300.00

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.