Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-02-26

Ashburn

Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2020-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Feb 26

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939

← Feb 19Feb 26Mar 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

630 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 637▲ 630 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

118 head

▼ 53 vs last sale 171▲ 118 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

47 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 43▲ 47 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 3.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, feeder heifers steady to 1.00 higher. feeder bulls lightly tested, steer, heifer, bull calves unevenly steady and replacement cows steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.48/cwt on 201 head.

Average price

$129.48

201 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$13.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.88

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	430	133.44	574	36
Medium and Large 1	542	129.26	701	154
Medium and Large 3	432	119.69	518	11thin

One grade step is worth $13.74/cwt here — about $57 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 sale201 hd

129.48

—

GA average14 barns · 1,323 hd

130.36

−0.88

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,534	85.06	1,305	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,248	59.77	746	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,059	48.79	517	39

Every lot

76 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	303	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	530	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	182.35/cwt	178.00–185.00	678	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	373	157.99/cwt	154.00–160.00	589	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	379	169.65/cwt	166.00–174.00	643	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	161.29/cwt	158.00–167.00	669	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	184.73/cwt	181.00–187.00	781	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	435	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	657	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	459	164.67/cwt	162.00–172.00	756	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	466	174.25/cwt	174.00–175.00	812	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	151.15/cwt	149.00–159.00	733	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	154.26/cwt	151.00–159.00	822	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	533	144.00/cwt	143.00–145.00	768	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	553	121.52/cwt	118.00–125.00	672	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	150.15/cwt	147.00–152.00	851	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	143.04/cwt	141.00–145.00	812	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	137.60/cwt	134.00–141.00	856	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	651	138.12/cwt	131.00–138.50	899	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	673	116.01/cwt	113.00–119.00	781	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	948	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	785	113.97/cwt	110.00–118.00	895	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	228	149.31/cwt	147.00–152.00	340	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	235	137.45/cwt	135.00–140.00	323	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	277	160.99/cwt	157.00–165.00	446	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	290	150.98/cwt	150.00–152.00	438	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	147.38/cwt	145.00–150.00	483	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	338	131.01/cwt	130.00–132.00	443	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	342	157.36/cwt	155.00–162.00	538	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	360	163.48/cwt	162.00–165.00	589	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	366	145.41/cwt	141.00–146.00	532	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	372	136.52/cwt	134.00–139.00	508	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	138.76/cwt	136.00–143.00	577	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	420	152.96/cwt	152.00–154.00	642	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	461	133.45/cwt	129.00–134.00	615	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	140.31/cwt	136.00–146.00	661	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	475	117.26/cwt	115.00–122.00	557	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	523	119.99/cwt	117.00–122.00	628	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	523	109.48/cwt	109.00–110.00	573	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	127.18/cwt	126.00–132.00	668	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	124.24/cwt	123.00–129.00	704	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	113.39/cwt	110.00–118.00	646	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	570	104.49/cwt	104.00–105.00	596	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	120.84/cwt	116.00–121.00	767	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	117.00/cwt	116.00–118.00	776	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	749	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	794	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	233	158.21/cwt	155.00–165.00	369	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	290	172.90/cwt	172.00–173.00	501	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	324	195.40/cwt	190.00–200.00	633	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	341	168.58/cwt	165.00–170.00	575	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	360	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	702	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	378	144.83/cwt	140.00–150.00	547	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	383	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	651	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	423	167.83/cwt	163.00–170.00	710	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	428	138.29/cwt	135.00–140.00	592	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	437	159.40/cwt	152.00–161.00	697	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	455	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	801	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	460	141.48/cwt	140.00–143.00	651	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	468	166.07/cwt	161.00–170.00	777	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	525	152.01/cwt	148.00–158.00	798	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	537	139.88/cwt	139.00–141.00	751	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	571	141.27/cwt	139.00–144.00	807	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	618	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	803	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,472	88.07/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,296	5
Bulls	—	—	1,552	79.87/cwt	76.00–83.00	1,240	5
Bulls	—	—	1,755	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,685	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,048	51.11/cwt	48.00–55.00	536	25
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	44.64/cwt	40.00–47.00	481	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	60.89/cwt	58.00–65.00	755	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	55.87/cwt	54.00–57.00	700	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,445	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	997	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	843	527.27/cwt	500.00–575.00	4,445	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	925	648.47/cwt	550.00–700.00	5,998	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,005	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,045	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,060	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,950	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 2-3	837	716.53/cwt	700.00–750.00	5,997	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,238	932.77/cwt	900.00–975.00	11,548	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,275	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	13,388	2

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Turner County Stockyard - Ashburn, GA

Wed Feb 26, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 630Last week 637Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 118Last week 171Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 47Last week 43Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	635	116.00–121.00	120.84
29	—	525	126.00–132.00	127.18
21	—	471	136.00–146.00	140.31
20	—	567	123.00–129.00	124.24
11	—	749	106.00	106.00
9	—	366	141.00–146.00	145.41
7	—	416	136.00–143.00	138.76
5	—	277	157.00–165.00	160.99
3	—	342	155.00–162.00	157.36
2	—	663	116.00–118.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	115.00–122.00	117.26
2	—	570	104.00–105.00	104.49
2	—	523	109.00–110.00	109.48
2	—	338	130.00–132.00	131.01
2	—	235	135.00–140.00	137.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	461	129.00–134.00	133.45
6	—	372	134.00–139.00	136.52
5	—	523	117.00–122.00	119.99
3	—	570	110.00–118.00	113.39
3	—	328	145.00–150.00	147.38
2	—	290	150.00–152.00	150.98
2	—	228	147.00–152.00	149.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	152.00–154.00	152.96
2	—	360	162.00–165.00	163.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	135.00–140.00	138.29
3	—	233	155.00–165.00	158.21
2	—	378	140.00–150.00	144.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	437	152.00–161.00	159.40
10	—	290	172.00–173.00	172.90
8	—	537	139.00–141.00	139.88
5	—	341	165.00–170.00	168.58
2	—	460	140.00–143.00	141.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	176.00	176.00
1	—	360	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	571	139.00–144.00	141.27
5	—	423	163.00–170.00	167.83
5	—	324	190.00–200.00	195.40
4	—	383	170.00	170.00
3	—	525	148.00–158.00	152.01
3	—	468	161.00–170.00	166.07
2	—	618	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	154.00–160.00	157.99
2	—	673	113.00–119.00	116.01
2	—	553	118.00–125.00	121.52
2	—	435	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	485	149.00–159.00	151.15
9	—	379	166.00–174.00	169.65
5	—	415	158.00–167.00	161.29
2	—	785	110.00–118.00	113.97
2	—	568	141.00–145.00	143.04
2	—	533	143.00–145.00	144.00
2	—	303	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	466	174.00–175.00	174.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	651	131.00–138.50	138.12
32	—	533	151.00–159.00	154.26
19	—	459	162.00–172.00	164.67
13	—	777	122.00	122.00
13	—	567	147.00–152.00	150.15
6	—	622	134.00–141.00	137.60
3	—	423	181.00–187.00	184.73
3	—	372	178.00–185.00	182.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,048	48.00–55.00	51.11
14	—	1,078	40.00–47.00	44.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,240	58.00–65.00	60.89
11	—	1,253	54.00–57.00	55.87
1	—	1,445	69.00	69.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,755	96.00	96.00
5	—	1,472	87.00–89.00	88.07
5	—	1,552	76.00–83.00	79.87

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	843	500.00–575.00	527.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	925	550.00–700.00	648.47

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,060	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,005	900.00	900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	837	700.00–750.00	716.53

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,238	900.00–975.00	932.77

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,275	1,050.00	1,050.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.