Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2019-08-14

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Aug 14
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
283 head
▼ 685 vs last sale 968▲ 283 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
▼ 164 vs last sale 246▲ 82 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 103▲ 24 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 2.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 3.00 lower and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.91/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$113.91
76 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$526
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$146
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$2.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.59
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3310115.503586thin
Medium and Large 1496114.8157038
Medium and Large 2449112.5350532
One grade step is worth $2.97/cwt here — about −$146 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 sale76 hd
113.91
—
GA average16 barns · 912 hd
108.32
+5.59
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—Low1,51979.631,2107thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27658.7374919
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03150.2751834

Every lot

51 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3262142.32/cwt140.00–145.003733
Steers—Medium and Large 2330135.00/cwt134.00–136.004462
Steers—Medium and Large 2368138.95/cwt134.00–143.005115
Steers—Medium and Large 2423128.09/cwt125.00–131.005422
Steers—Medium and Large 2475125.28/cwt123.00–129.005953
Steers—Medium and Large 1540125.94/cwt123.00–130.0068016
Steers—Medium and Large 2568120.65/cwt118.00–124.006858
Steers—Medium and Large 1614125.20/cwt122.00–128.0076927
Steers—Medium and Large 1679118.98/cwt118.00–120.008084
Steers—Medium and Large 2738103.51/cwt102.00–105.007642
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2213137.41/cwt135.00–140.002932
Heifers—Medium and Large 3288118.25/cwt117.00–120.003414
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335119.54/cwt115.00–124.004004
Heifers—Medium and Large 3355110.00/cwt110.00–110.003912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366122.49/cwt121.00–124.004484
Heifers—Medium and Large 2366118.31/cwt115.00–120.0043310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422111.29/cwt109.00–116.004706
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430119.66/cwt118.00–121.005156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474119.36/cwt116.00–120.005668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534110.00/cwt110.00–110.005879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555110.67/cwt108.00–112.006149
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582103.69/cwt102.00–106.006033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610107.00/cwt107.00–107.006532
Heifers—Medium and Large 266498.02/cwt96.00–100.006517
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1207176.38/cwt172.00–180.003653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1263159.43/cwt157.00–162.004192
Bulls—Medium and Large 2288147.55/cwt144.00–149.004254
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320140.49/cwt140.00–141.004502
Bulls—Medium and Large 3325124.71/cwt120.00–129.004052
Bulls—Medium and Large 3372122.96/cwt121.00–126.004573
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375133.56/cwt130.00–138.005013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380141.64/cwt141.00–143.005383
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424118.39/cwt115.00–124.005024
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425136.68/cwt134.00–140.005813
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476117.74/cwt114.00–119.005604
Bulls—Medium and Large 3477111.00/cwt111.00–111.005292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528114.00/cwt114.00–114.006023
Bulls—Medium and Large 352899.04/cwt95.00–102.005233
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570117.00/cwt117.00–117.006672
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,47377.40/cwt77.00–79.001,1405
Bulls——1,63585.20/cwt82.00–88.001,3932
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92746.20/cwt42.00–49.0042814
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10453.12/cwt50.00–57.0058620
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22253.82/cwt51.00–56.006585
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29560.49/cwt58.00–64.0078314
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,048626.25/cwt600.00–650.006,5632
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0951,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0012,8662
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,155925.00/cwt925.00–925.0010,6841
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-3930825.00/cwt825.00–825.007,6732
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1901,385.36/cwt1,200.00–1,425.0016,48616

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.