Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2019-05-22

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, May 22
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
533 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 606▲ 533 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
126 head
▼ 77 vs last sale 203▲ 126 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 97▲ 75 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 steady to 3.00 lower, bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 5.00 lower, bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.76/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$124.76
128 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$589
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.75
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525126.8166670
Medium and Large 2431125.7354229
Medium and Large 3384118.8545729
One grade step is worth $7.96/cwt here — about $209 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 sale128 hd
124.76
—
GA average15 barns · 1,142 hd
124.01
+0.75
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—Average1,53979.601,2258thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22055.3567544
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02649.6650945

Every lot

65 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3280149.57/cwt147.00–155.004195
Steers—Medium and Large 3335148.28/cwt145.00–150.004973
Steers—Medium and Large 3360144.34/cwt144.00–145.005203
Steers—Medium and Large 2371148.76/cwt147.00–150.005529
Steers—Medium and Large 2432146.83/cwt142.00–151.006345
Steers—Medium and Large 1439161.78/cwt160.00–166.0071010
Steers—Medium and Large 1467158.64/cwt157.00–162.007413
Steers—Medium and Large 2478145.31/cwt141.00–150.0069511
Steers—Medium and Large 1523143.12/cwt140.00–150.0074919
Steers—Medium and Large 3530127.34/cwt126.00–129.006753
Steers—Medium and Large 3573126.00/cwt126.00–126.007224
Steers—Medium and Large 1579138.31/cwt135.00–144.0080121
Steers—Medium and Large 1638133.24/cwt133.00–135.008508
Steers—Medium and Large 1653128.00/cwt128.00–128.008366
Steers—Medium and Large 1705125.00/cwt125.00–125.008814
Steers—Medium and Large 3735106.01/cwt105.00–107.007792
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3265125.53/cwt125.00–127.003334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1316141.00/cwt141.00–141.004465
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325124.31/cwt120.00–126.004048
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328134.94/cwt132.00–137.004434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379137.17/cwt135.00–141.005205
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383120.00/cwt115.00–124.004606
Heifers—Medium and Large 2386132.01/cwt130.00–133.0051010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415138.07/cwt132.00–141.005739
Heifers—Medium and Large 3424115.00/cwt115.00–115.004884
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426124.63/cwt120.00–130.005315
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468110.76/cwt109.00–114.005185
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483119.45/cwt115.00–125.005775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488126.99/cwt126.00–128.006207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521125.83/cwt124.00–126.0065617
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523115.62/cwt114.00–119.006053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573123.63/cwt121.00–126.0070818
Heifers—Medium and Large 3573108.12/cwt105.00–111.006202
Heifers—Medium and Large 2608109.51/cwt108.00–111.006662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774110.00/cwt110.00–110.008519
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3235160.00/cwt160.00–160.003764
Bulls—Medium and Large 1260166.00/cwt166.00–166.004322
Bulls—Medium and Large 3269147.20/cwt145.00–150.003967
Bulls—Medium and Large 1314165.00/cwt165.00–165.0051810
Bulls—Medium and Large 3319140.78/cwt136.00–146.004495
Bulls—Medium and Large 2338151.19/cwt147.00–157.005115
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368145.64/cwt142.00–148.0053611
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378138.39/cwt134.00–141.0052310
Bulls—Medium and Large 3417131.53/cwt129.00–134.005487
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429143.86/cwt139.00–145.0061712
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467134.33/cwt133.00–136.006273
Bulls—Medium and Large 3471120.61/cwt119.00–126.0056812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518126.14/cwt123.00–129.006537
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555125.00/cwt125.00–125.006944
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575112.20/cwt112.00–115.0064515
Bulls—Medium and Large 2668115.00/cwt115.00–115.007684
Bulls—Medium and Large 370595.00/cwt95.00–95.006703
Bulls—Medium and Large 2770102.00/cwt102.00–102.007853
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,46976.43/cwt75.00–78.001,1234
Bulls——1,60882.77/cwt81.00–84.001,3314
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02151.12/cwt48.00–55.0052235
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04344.55/cwt41.00–47.0046510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22056.34/cwt54.00–59.0068733
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22152.36/cwt49.00–54.0063911
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2943887.73/cwt875.00–925.008,3714
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3944697.95/cwt550.00–775.006,5898
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3961682.68/cwt625.00–775.006,56112
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,207807.39/cwt625.00–875.009,7455
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2281,010.95/cwt1,000.00–1,025.0012,4142
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29151,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0010,2942

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.