Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2019-10-30

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Oct 30
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
802 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 811▲ 802 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 126▲ 144 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 98▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves 4.00 to 6.00 higher, heifer and bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, 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 $110.66/cwt on 208 head.
Average price
$110.66
208 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$530
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.32
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490115.0056484
Medium and Large 2475108.10514115
Medium and Large 3422102.904359thin
One grade step is worth $12.10/cwt here — about $129 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
110.66
—
GA average16 barns · 1,375 hd
109.34
+1.32
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—Low1,69273.281,2406thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66544.977492thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25544.4555834
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02838.5039623

Every lot

61 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323157.56/cwt155.00–160.005092
Steers—Medium and Large 1378154.42/cwt152.00–157.005848
Steers—Medium and Large 1414149.87/cwt146.00–155.006207
Steers—Medium and Large 2435139.44/cwt132.00–141.0060713
Steers—Medium and Large 1467138.48/cwt134.00–144.006477
Steers—Medium and Large 2473127.38/cwt125.00–129.006038
Steers—Medium and Large 1519133.83/cwt129.00–137.0069532
Steers—Medium and Large 2529126.01/cwt120.00–128.006674
Steers—Medium and Large 1563126.96/cwt124.00–129.0071539
Steers—Medium and Large 2568116.37/cwt115.00–119.006613
Steers—Medium and Large 2608114.70/cwt112.00–120.006973
Steers—Medium and Large 1639124.20/cwt121.00–129.0079418
Steers—Medium and Large 1663120.36/cwt117.00–126.0079815
Steers—Medium and Large 1730118.01/cwt117.00–119.008614
Steers—Medium and Large 1770118.48/cwt116.00–120.009124
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278119.18/cwt117.00–122.003315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1308120.99/cwt120.00–122.003734
Heifers—Medium and Large 2314114.18/cwt112.00–117.003595
Heifers—Medium and Large 1362122.19/cwt120.00–125.004425
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370113.73/cwt111.00–119.0042115
Heifers—Medium and Large 3390106.80/cwt102.00–110.004175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425120.93/cwt118.00–124.0051427
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435112.29/cwt108.00–117.0048821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463113.46/cwt111.00–115.005258
Heifers—Medium and Large 346398.03/cwt96.00–100.004544
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475108.13/cwt106.00–110.0051423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522113.16/cwt107.00–115.0059120
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529103.87/cwt100.00–106.0054914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579113.25/cwt109.00–118.006569
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580103.13/cwt100.00–107.0059828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608102.01/cwt100.00–103.006203
Heifers—Medium and Large 260893.00/cwt92.00–94.005654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663100.99/cwt100.00–102.006704
Heifers—Medium and Large 170899.99/cwt97.00–103.007084
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2279147.03/cwt142.00–150.004106
Bulls—Medium and Large 1285153.53/cwt152.00–155.004384
Bulls—Medium and Large 2314138.73/cwt136.00–145.004364
Bulls—Medium and Large 1319151.64/cwt147.00–155.004848
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370137.29/cwt132.00–142.0050812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375148.26/cwt145.00–155.0055611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2407128.32/cwt125.00–130.005223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1409140.84/cwt137.00–145.005768
Bulls—Medium and Large 1457126.16/cwt124.00–132.0057714
Bulls—Medium and Large 2487119.78/cwt119.00–122.0058318
Bulls—Medium and Large 1508125.02/cwt120.00–130.006356
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520113.40/cwt110.00–116.005908
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555119.00/cwt117.00–120.006603
Bulls—Medium and Large 2566109.74/cwt106.00–114.006218
Bulls—Medium and Large 1616115.29/cwt110.00–119.007106
Bulls—Medium and Large 1668100.69/cwt98.00–102.006733
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,49877.29/cwt75.00–79.001,1582
Bulls——1,78971.28/cwt68.00–73.001,2754
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01236.16/cwt32.00–39.0036614
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05242.14/cwt40.00–44.004439
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22241.69/cwt39.00–44.0050917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28747.21/cwt45.00–51.0060817
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66544.97/cwt44.00–46.007492
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,118682.34/cwt650.00–700.007,6293
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,150676.63/cwt600.00–750.007,7812
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,088897.13/cwt850.00–950.009,7612
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2661,134.41/cwt1,075.00–1,175.0014,3627

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.