Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2019-10-02

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Oct 2
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
652 head
▼ 162 vs last sale 814▲ 652 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 83▲ 112 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 42▲ 27 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 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers steady, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer, heifer and bull calves unevenly steady 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 $106.72/cwt on 208 head.
Average price
$106.72
208 head · 400 lb average
Value per head Derived
$427
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$248
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$5.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.79
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490109.6053778
Medium and Large 2413106.1743965
Medium and Large 3278103.8228965
One grade step is worth $5.77/cwt here — about $248 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 sale208 hd
106.72
—
GA average16 barns · 1,534 hd
105.94
+0.79
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—Average1,60676.551,2309thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47548.007081thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36047.8965125
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10839.8244145

Every lot

67 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3356106.49/cwt105.00–110.003797
Steers—Medium and Large 2418120.17/cwt117.00–124.005026
Steers—Medium and Large 2473119.02/cwt117.00–121.005636
Steers—Medium and Large 1512118.53/cwt116.00–123.0060719
Steers—Medium and Large 3518110.00/cwt110.00–110.005702
Steers—Medium and Large 1566119.00/cwt116.00–121.0067415
Steers—Medium and Large 3624107.42/cwt106.00–110.006705
Steers—Medium and Large 1718116.00/cwt116.00–116.008332
Steers—Medium and Large 379395.02/cwt90.00–100.007542
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3227108.17/cwt107.00–109.0024641
Heifers—Medium and Large 3269101.31/cwt100.00–105.002739
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320111.43/cwt110.00–113.0035732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333120.33/cwt119.00–121.004013
Heifers—Medium and Large 333899.99/cwt95.00–105.003384
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378113.34/cwt110.00–115.004284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388121.41/cwt119.00–122.004715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417116.17/cwt113.00–120.0048420
Heifers—Medium and Large 342691.22/cwt90.00–95.003898
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428108.96/cwt103.00–112.004664
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473110.29/cwt106.00–116.0052210
Heifers—Medium and Large 248299.28/cwt95.00–104.0047913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529104.16/cwt104.00–105.0055131
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530102.50/cwt102.00–103.005432
Heifers—Medium and Large 353890.67/cwt90.00–92.004883
Heifers—Medium and Large 256697.79/cwt95.00–100.005536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570103.31/cwt102.00–106.005893
Heifers—Medium and Large 266891.00/cwt91.00–91.006084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1689102.53/cwt100.00–103.007066
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3218110.00/cwt110.00–110.002403
Bulls—Medium and Large 1247147.00/cwt147.00–147.0036322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1277143.79/cwt142.00–144.0039810
Bulls—Medium and Large 3282111.27/cwt110.00–120.003147
Bulls—Medium and Large 2293133.47/cwt130.00–137.003912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1311142.49/cwt138.00–143.0044319
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330131.93/cwt130.00–135.004353
Bulls—Medium and Large 3330121.62/cwt120.00–123.004013
Bulls—Medium and Large 3356115.56/cwt110.00–120.004114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1366135.20/cwt135.00–138.0049516
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375126.45/cwt123.00–130.004742
Bulls—Medium and Large 2421118.57/cwt115.00–122.004998
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425108.16/cwt105.00–110.0046012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1432127.77/cwt126.00–130.005525
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455118.23/cwt118.00–119.005389
Bulls—Medium and Large 346799.30/cwt98.00–100.004643
Bulls—Medium and Large 1503113.00/cwt110.00–116.005683
Bulls—Medium and Large 351499.96/cwt95.00–105.005145
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524106.23/cwt104.00–108.0055710
Bulls—Medium and Large 2574104.14/cwt102.00–105.005986
Bulls—Medium and Large 358296.36/cwt95.00–98.005613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1603105.00/cwt105.00–105.006332
Bulls—Medium and Large 261597.57/cwt95.00–100.006005
Bulls—Medium and Large 367883.49/cwt80.00–87.005662
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 362165.00/cwt65.00–65.004048
Dairy Steers—Large 370363.00/cwt63.00–63.004436
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30369.53/cwt69.00–70.009062
Bulls——1,69378.55/cwt75.00–80.001,3307
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00136.68/cwt34.00–38.0036718
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17941.91/cwt39.00–45.0049427
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19456.07/cwt53.00–59.006694
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37947.58/cwt45.00–51.0065617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44641.03/cwt40.00–42.005934
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47548.00/cwt48.00–48.007081
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3790550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,3451
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,230825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,1481
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,240665.78/cwt600.00–725.008,2562
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-3883752.41/cwt700.00–800.006,6444
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,245800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,9602

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.