Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-01-15

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Jan 15
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,170 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 1,134▲ 1,170 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
165 head
▼ 101 vs last sale 266▲ 165 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
104 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 96▲ 104 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 higher, bulls lightly tested, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves steady to 4.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady and replacement cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.98/cwt on 264 head.
Average price
$133.98
264 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$603
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.71
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1450138.02621183
Medium and Large 2454127.3257861
Medium and Large 3439117.4151520
One grade step is worth $20.61/cwt here — about $106 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 sale264 hd
133.98
—
GA average15 barns · 1,479 hd
127.27
+6.71
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—Average1,60977.061,2406thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24155.0668367
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58154.368608thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98748.2247627

Every lot

84 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1205195.00/cwt195.00–195.004002
Steers—Medium and Large 1271193.78/cwt192.00–195.005255
Steers—Medium and Large 2321174.91/cwt170.00–180.005616
Steers—Medium and Large 1328186.16/cwt182.00–192.0061138
Steers—Medium and Large 1373178.21/cwt175.00–185.0066512
Steers—Medium and Large 2374168.64/cwt165.00–171.0063112
Steers—Medium and Large 2424162.00/cwt160.00–165.006875
Steers—Medium and Large 1428171.00/cwt167.00–177.0073229
Steers—Medium and Large 3435144.63/cwt140.00–148.0062911
Steers—Medium and Large 3463144.02/cwt143.00–147.006674
Steers—Medium and Large 2474156.08/cwt150.00–158.007405
Steers—Medium and Large 1482166.57/cwt163.00–169.0080327
Steers—Medium and Large 2518142.50/cwt140.00–143.007386
Steers—Medium and Large 1526159.24/cwt156.00–165.0083817
Steers—Medium and Large 1563148.50/cwt148.00–149.008362
Steers—Medium and Large 1616139.28/cwt138.00–144.0085814
Steers—Medium and Large 2639132.11/cwt130.00–137.008447
Steers—Medium and Large 2666128.00/cwt128.00–128.008527
Steers—Medium and Large 1690137.40/cwt135.00–138.009485
Steers—Medium and Large 1727131.75/cwt131.00–134.009588
Steers—Medium and Large 2805111.00/cwt111.00–111.008945
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3220131.59/cwt130.00–135.002893
Heifers—Medium and Large 2238143.03/cwt142.00–145.003403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1253153.51/cwt152.00–155.003882
Heifers—Medium and Large 2269143.33/cwt140.00–150.0038610
Heifers—Medium and Large 3283132.48/cwt130.00–135.003752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315149.84/cwt147.00–154.0047223
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325138.88/cwt133.00–143.004514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375145.06/cwt142.00–150.0054434
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376138.17/cwt131.00–146.005209
Heifers—Medium and Large 2412131.27/cwt129.00–135.005413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423141.15/cwt139.00–145.0059740
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435124.49/cwt124.00–125.005422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460125.06/cwt120.00–129.005754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476135.67/cwt131.00–141.0064619
Heifers—Medium and Large 3481111.64/cwt105.00–115.0053710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added505138.00/cwt138.00–138.006971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523131.00/cwt126.00–135.0068541
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527119.93/cwt115.00–125.0063212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555130.50/cwt130.00–132.0072412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578116.03/cwt115.00–117.006712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2619114.26/cwt112.00–115.007074
Heifers—Medium and Large 3623107.69/cwt106.00–109.006713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1657115.00/cwt115.00–115.007569
Heifers—Medium and Large 2657108.30/cwt108.00–111.0071210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705119.00/cwt119.00–119.008392
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1248192.00/cwt192.00–192.004766
Bulls—Medium and Large 1256187.00/cwt187.00–187.004796
Bulls—Medium and Large 2266180.55/cwt180.00–182.004807
Bulls—Medium and Large 1334182.59/cwt180.00–189.0061018
Bulls—Medium and Large 2337171.58/cwt170.00–177.005787
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370162.24/cwt162.00–162.506002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380170.33/cwt167.00–172.006473
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423144.88/cwt142.00–148.006132
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425157.67/cwt155.00–160.006709
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426164.58/cwt161.00–170.0070121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466157.99/cwt156.00–162.0073618
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470134.58/cwt132.00–137.006332
Bulls—Medium and Large 2482148.13/cwt148.00–149.007148
Bulls—Medium and Large 2516130.84/cwt129.00–138.006756
Bulls—Medium and Large 1533142.05/cwt139.00–147.0075717
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560139.82/cwt136.00–142.007836
Bulls—Medium and Large 3577111.14/cwt105.00–114.006413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2586124.30/cwt123.00–127.007287
Bulls—Medium and Large 3621107.77/cwt100.00–110.006695
Bulls—Medium and Large 1663119.01/cwt118.00–124.007896
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45067.00/cwt67.00–67.009721
Bulls——1,64179.07/cwt76.00–82.001,2985
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98149.64/cwt46.00–53.0048721
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01043.26/cwt39.00–45.004376
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23355.41/cwt52.00–58.0068352
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25050.74/cwt47.00–52.0063411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32162.46/cwt62.00–64.008254
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58055.13/cwt52.00–58.008717
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59049.00/cwt49.00–49.007791
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-3753868.11/cwt825.00–900.006,5374
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-29001,304.44/cwt1,275.00–1,350.0011,74028
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,120924.74/cwt850.00–1,050.0010,3576
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1231,265.32/cwt1,200.00–1,325.0014,21012
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3884646.38/cwt575.00–750.005,7145
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2918881.75/cwt875.00–900.008,0945
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29551,031.63/cwt925.00–1,100.009,8529
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,026760.02/cwt625.00–850.007,79810
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,108612.75/cwt575.00–650.006,7892

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.