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Ashburn

Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2020-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Apr 22

● Final94 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939

← Apr 15Apr 22Apr 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

606 head

▲ 125 vs last sale 481▼ 198 vs year ago 804 · −24.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

157 head

▲ 86 vs last sale 71▲ 38 vs year ago 119 · +31.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

28 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 24▼ 41 vs year ago 69 · −59.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 higher, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 7.00 higher, feeder steers 5.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers 3.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves 8.00 to 12.00 higher, heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher, bull calves 6.00 to 12.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.44/cwt on 165 head.

Average price

$133.44

165 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$201

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1

$4.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.54

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	471	137.32	647	12thin
Medium and Large 2	574	134.17	770	64
Medium and Large 1	641	132.39	849	89

One grade step is worth $4.93/cwt here — about −$201 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 sale165 hd

133.44

—

GA average15 barns · 597 hd

133.97

−0.54

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	—	Average	1,469	86.63	1,273	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	70.61	873	55
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,506	67.26	1,013	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,035	58.10	601	23

Every lot

94 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	277	167.28/cwt	165.00–172.00	463	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	565	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	370	145.96/cwt	145.00–147.00	540	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	635	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	652	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	410	145.49/cwt	145.00–146.00	597	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	155.46/cwt	150.00–158.00	676	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	154.54/cwt	152.00–157.00	708	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	491	146.33/cwt	145.00–147.00	718	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	495	137.98/cwt	134.00–143.00	683	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	517	141.35/cwt	139.00–146.00	731	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	517	131.00/cwt	129.00–133.00	677	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	811	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	139.40/cwt	135.00–145.00	776	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	562	131.15/cwt	126.00–133.00	737	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	617	121.65/cwt	116.00–125.00	751	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	818	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	124.03/cwt	121.00–126.00	831	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	703	116.01/cwt	113.00–119.00	816	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	118.49/cwt	118.00–119.00	912	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	108.28/cwt	103.00–112.00	895	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,044	79.32/cwt	79.00–82.00	828	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,241	81.84/cwt	81.00–82.00	1,016	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	205	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	312	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	205	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	277	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	235	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	335	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	270	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	397	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	282	128.99/cwt	127.00–130.00	364	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	293	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	416	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	320	128.85/cwt	125.00–132.00	412	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	139.36/cwt	135.00–142.00	453	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	366	139.20/cwt	138.00–142.00	509	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	386	132.61/cwt	130.00–137.00	512	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	390	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	456	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	130.87/cwt	128.00–137.00	560	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	431	123.47/cwt	122.00–126.00	532	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	118.48/cwt	118.00–119.00	560	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	473	114.52/cwt	114.00–115.00	542	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	124.73/cwt	123.00–130.00	591	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	529	117.16/cwt	115.00–120.00	620	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	121.34/cwt	120.00–125.00	647	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	540	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	616	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	555	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	599	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	118.91/cwt	117.00–120.00	669	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	569	112.22/cwt	110.00–113.00	639	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	631	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	663	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	635	97.22/cwt	96.00–100.00	617	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	695	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	709	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	707	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	704	82.52/cwt	79.00–88.00	581	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	732	93.58/cwt	90.00–97.00	685	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	750	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	790	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	624	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	746	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	223	166.08/cwt	165.00–167.00	370	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	265	165.96/cwt	165.00–167.00	440	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	282	141.31/cwt	140.00–142.00	398	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	323	158.94/cwt	155.00–162.00	513	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	323	142.93/cwt	140.00–150.00	462	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	333	170.24/cwt	165.00–172.00	567	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	368	149.83/cwt	145.00–155.00	551	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	379	163.12/cwt	159.00–169.00	618	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	382	135.73/cwt	132.00–140.00	518	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	413	142.92/cwt	140.00–145.00	590	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	418	128.51/cwt	127.00–130.00	537	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	425	150.13/cwt	147.00–152.00	638	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	454	147.98/cwt	143.00–149.00	672	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	468	114.48/cwt	110.00–119.00	536	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	484	135.99/cwt	134.00–138.00	658	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	523	110.48/cwt	110.00–111.00	578	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	528	140.84/cwt	132.00–142.00	744	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	528	128.97/cwt	125.00–131.00	681	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	571	121.25/cwt	118.00–124.00	692	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	583	107.49/cwt	105.00–110.00	627	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	608	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	669	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	615	123.83/cwt	120.00–128.00	762	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	650	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	774	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	725	83.94/cwt	82.00–86.00	609	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,429	81.51/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,165	6
Bulls	—	—	1,485	88.68/cwt	86.00–93.00	1,317	15
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	978	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	636	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,014	52.68/cwt	50.00–56.00	534	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,053	59.82/cwt	57.00–62.00	630	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	63.68/cwt	61.00–66.00	774	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,229	79.30/cwt	77.00–85.00	975	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,247	70.49/cwt	67.00–74.00	879	33
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,463	63.20/cwt	60.00–66.00	925	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,558	72.14/cwt	69.00–76.00	1,124	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,325	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	960	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,720	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	974	744.90/cwt	600.00–825.00	7,255	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 2-3	915	769.88/cwt	650.00–875.00	7,044	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,005	762.56/cwt	750.00–775.00	7,664	4

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 Apr 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 606Last week 481Year ago 804

Slaughter CattleReceipts 157Last week 71Year ago 119

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 24Year ago 69

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	119.00	119.00
2	—	265	165.00–167.00	165.96
6	—	425	147.00–152.00	150.13
7	—	379	159.00–169.00	163.12
8	—	333	165.00–172.00	170.24
10	—	454	143.00–149.00	147.98
13	—	528	132.00–142.00	140.84
18	—	615	120.00–128.00	123.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	223	165.00–167.00	166.08
2	—	368	145.00–155.00	149.83
2	—	608	110.00	110.00
3	—	528	125.00–131.00	128.97
4	—	484	134.00–138.00	135.99
4	—	571	118.00–124.00	121.25
6	—	323	155.00–162.00	158.94
11	—	413	140.00–145.00	142.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	127.00–130.00	128.51
2	—	468	110.00–119.00	114.48
2	—	523	110.00–111.00	110.48
2	—	583	105.00–110.00	107.49
2	—	725	82.00–86.00	83.94
6	—	323	140.00–150.00	142.93
3	—	382	132.00–140.00	135.73
3	—	282	140.00–142.00	141.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	205	135.00	135.00
1	—	390	117.00	117.00
4	—	704	79.00–88.00	82.52
4	—	635	96.00–100.00	97.22
4	—	320	125.00–132.00	128.85
3	—	282	127.00–130.00	128.99
2	—	790	79.00	79.00
2	—	473	114.00–115.00	114.52
1	—	555	108.00	108.00
1	—	540	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	631	105.00	105.00
15	—	529	115.00–120.00	117.16
10	—	386	130.00–137.00	132.61
8	—	325	135.00–142.00	139.36
7	—	732	90.00–97.00	93.58
4	—	569	110.00–113.00	112.22
4	—	473	118.00–119.00	118.48
4	—	431	122.00–126.00	123.47
2	—	695	102.00	102.00
2	—	293	142.00	142.00
1	—	235	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	428	128.00–137.00	130.87
13	—	563	117.00–120.00	118.91
12	—	474	123.00–130.00	124.73
6	—	533	120.00–125.00	121.34
5	—	366	138.00–142.00	139.20
3	—	700	101.00	101.00
2	—	820	91.00	91.00
1	—	750	100.00	100.00
1	—	270	147.00	147.00
1	—	205	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	116.00–125.00	121.65
3	—	277	165.00–172.00	167.28
16	—	562	126.00–133.00	131.15
13	—	435	150.00–158.00	155.46
12	—	491	145.00–147.00	146.33
9	—	1,044	79.00–82.00	79.32
8	—	517	139.00–146.00	141.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	670	121.00–126.00	124.03
15	—	557	135.00–145.00	139.40
14	—	378	168.00	168.00
13	—	827	103.00–112.00	108.28
7	—	639	128.00	128.00
6	—	1,241	81.00–82.00	81.84
3	—	530	153.00	153.00
3	—	410	159.00	159.00
2	—	770	118.00–119.00	118.49
2	—	703	113.00–119.00	116.01
2	—	458	152.00–157.00	154.54
2	—	323	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	495	134.00–143.00	137.98
3	—	517	129.00–133.00	131.00
2	—	410	145.00–146.00	145.49
2	—	370	145.00–147.00	145.96
1	—	565	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,053	57.00–62.00	59.82
7	—	1,014	50.00–56.00	52.68
2	—	978	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,463	60.00–66.00	63.20
5	—	1,558	69.00–76.00	72.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,247	67.00–74.00	70.49
12	—	1,215	61.00–66.00	63.68
10	—	1,229	77.00–85.00	79.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,485	86.00–93.00	88.68
6	—	1,429	78.00–85.00	81.51

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	974	600.00–825.00	744.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	700.00	700.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	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	4	—	915	650.00–875.00	769.88

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	4	—	1,005	750.00–775.00	762.56

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.