Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-05-27

Ashburn

Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2020-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, May 27

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939

← May 20May 27Jun 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

598 head

▼ 276 vs last sale 874▼ 76 vs year ago 674 · −11.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

109 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 87▼ 13 vs year ago 122 · −10.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

26 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 66▲ 7 vs year ago 19 · +36.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 lower, feeder steers and bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers steady, steer calves steady to 3.00 lower, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 4.00 higher 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 $121.44/cwt on 189 head.

Average price

$121.44

189 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$16.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.00

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	485	126.94	616	83
Medium and Large 2	503	118.31	595	89
Medium and Large 3	470	110.94	522	17thin

One grade step is worth $16.00/cwt here — about $94 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 sale189 hd

121.44

—

GA average15 barns · 1,294 hd

118.44

+3.00

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	1,554	91.24	1,418	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,354	68.13	923	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,161	59.31	689	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,718	53.97	927	2thin

Every lot

86 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 1	300	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	480	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	305	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	412	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	363	133.96/cwt	131.00–136.00	486	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	155.03/cwt	152.00–156.00	564	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	384	144.43/cwt	141.00–150.00	555	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	143.53/cwt	140.00–146.00	604	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	426	137.50/cwt	136.00–138.00	586	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	137.49/cwt	137.00–138.00	588	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	460	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	635	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	141.16/cwt	140.00–143.00	651	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	494	129.00/cwt	128.00–131.00	637	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	508	116.48/cwt	112.00–121.00	592	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	134.51/cwt	131.00–135.00	693	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	541	137.99/cwt	135.00–142.00	747	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	135.76/cwt	131.00–140.00	771	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	130.66/cwt	129.00–133.00	745	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	769	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	129.57/cwt	128.00–132.00	796	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	132.50/cwt	131.00–134.00	881	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	675	106.49/cwt	105.00–108.00	719	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	691	118.10/cwt	115.00–120.00	816	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	708	111.45/cwt	107.00–117.00	789	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	124.89/cwt	120.00–128.00	897	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	121.59/cwt	119.00–127.00	923	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	275	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	358	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	320	130.47/cwt	129.00–133.00	418	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	137.49/cwt	137.00–138.00	461	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	350	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	431	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	133.24/cwt	126.00–135.00	493	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	136.51/cwt	136.00–138.00	527	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	416	127.38/cwt	123.00–133.00	530	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	419	121.22/cwt	120.00–122.00	508	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	134.49/cwt	131.00–136.00	566	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	464	117.47/cwt	112.00–120.00	545	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	475	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	475	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	127.45/cwt	123.00–129.00	618	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	511	116.32/cwt	110.00–120.00	594	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	123.08/cwt	121.00–127.00	639	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	540	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	513	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	566	113.89/cwt	108.00–116.00	645	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	568	100.95/cwt	98.00–105.00	573	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	113.50/cwt	113.00–114.00	695	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	623	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	673	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	650	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	631	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	695	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	765	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	700	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	658	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	705	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	649	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	750	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	630	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	795	95.29/cwt	91.00–96.00	758	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	325	153.48/cwt	152.00–155.00	499	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	325	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	429	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	335	147.99/cwt	147.00–149.00	496	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	365	152.52/cwt	152.00–153.00	557	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	398	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	513	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	402	145.74/cwt	144.00–146.00	586	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	407	125.38/cwt	120.00–128.00	510	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	435	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	587	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	461	117.98/cwt	110.00–120.00	544	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	475	128.33/cwt	125.00–131.00	610	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	484	139.43/cwt	137.00–140.00	675	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	511	131.47/cwt	130.00–132.00	672	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	539	125.19/cwt	124.00–126.00	675	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	569	119.92/cwt	115.00–123.00	682	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	626	112.27/cwt	110.00–114.00	703	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	680	109.06/cwt	105.00–113.00	742	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	683	114.49/cwt	114.00–115.00	782	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	705	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	776	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	305	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	275	10
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	371	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	326	8
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	424	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	394	12
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	567	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	493	11
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,363	84.53/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,152	4
Bulls	—	—	1,520	93.54/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,422	4
Bulls	—	—	2,003	100.05/cwt	99.00–101.00	2,004	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,082	52.02/cwt	49.00–55.00	563	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,189	61.88/cwt	58.00–65.00	736	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,211	74.31/cwt	71.00–77.00	900	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,363	66.81/cwt	63.00–70.00	911	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,614	59.92/cwt	58.00–62.00	967	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,718	53.97/cwt	52.00–56.00	927	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	916.93/cwt	900.00–925.00	8,665	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,008	651.07/cwt	600.00–750.00	6,563	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,013	804.69/cwt	650.00–900.00	8,152	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,083	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,664	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,105	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,011	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,205	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,845	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 May 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 598Last week 874Year ago 674

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 87Year ago 122

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 66Year ago 19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	485	123.00–129.00	127.45
10	—	612	113.00–114.00	113.50
11	—	519	121.00–127.00	123.08
14	—	421	131.00–136.00	134.49
4	—	386	136.00–138.00	136.51
4	—	695	110.00	110.00
8	—	335	137.00–138.00	137.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	97.00	97.00
1	—	700	94.00	94.00
4	—	320	129.00–133.00	130.47
6	—	464	112.00–120.00	117.47
7	—	566	108.00–116.00	113.89
7	—	795	91.00–96.00	95.29
8	—	623	108.00	108.00
13	—	370	126.00–135.00	133.24
15	—	416	123.00–133.00	127.38
27	—	511	110.00–120.00	116.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	95.00	95.00
1	—	705	92.00	92.00
1	—	750	84.00	84.00
2	—	275	130.00	130.00
2	—	350	123.00	123.00
2	—	475	100.00	100.00
3	—	568	98.00–105.00	100.95
5	—	419	120.00–122.00	121.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	759	119.00–127.00	121.59
11	—	421	140.00–146.00	143.53
13	—	461	140.00–143.00	141.16
13	—	541	135.00–142.00	137.99
18	—	568	131.00–140.00	135.76
1	—	300	160.00	160.00
2	—	665	131.00–134.00	132.50
5	—	364	152.00–156.00	155.03
6	—	718	120.00–128.00	124.89
7	—	614	128.00–132.00	129.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	126.00	126.00
2	—	428	137.00–138.00	137.49
2	—	460	138.00	138.00
7	—	708	107.00–117.00	111.45
8	—	515	131.00–135.00	134.51
10	—	691	115.00–120.00	118.10
16	—	384	141.00–150.00	144.43
21	—	570	129.00–133.00	130.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	135.00	135.00
2	—	508	112.00–121.00	116.48
2	—	675	105.00–108.00	106.49
3	—	363	131.00–136.00	133.96
3	—	494	128.00–131.00	129.00
4	—	426	136.00–138.00	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	371	88.00	88.00
10	—	305	90.00	90.00
11	—	567	87.00	87.00
12	—	424	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	152.00–155.00	153.48
2	—	365	152.00–153.00	152.52
2	—	683	114.00–115.00	114.49
2	—	705	110.00	110.00
4	—	511	130.00–132.00	131.47
5	—	484	137.00–140.00	139.43
8	—	402	144.00–146.00	145.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	135.00	135.00
2	—	335	147.00–149.00	147.99
2	—	680	105.00–113.00	109.06
4	—	626	110.00–114.00	112.27
6	—	569	115.00–123.00	119.92
10	—	539	124.00–126.00	125.19
11	—	475	125.00–131.00	128.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	132.00	132.00
2	—	398	129.00	129.00
3	—	407	120.00–128.00	125.38
5	—	461	110.00–120.00	117.98

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,083	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	945	900.00–925.00	916.93

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,105	725.00	725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,013	650.00–900.00	804.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,008	600.00–750.00	651.07

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	2	—	1,205	900.00	900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,003	99.00–101.00	100.05
4	—	1,363	82.00–89.00	84.53
4	—	1,520	90.00–98.00	93.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,614	58.00–62.00	59.92
14	—	1,211	71.00–77.00	74.31
22	—	1,363	63.00–70.00	66.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,718	52.00–56.00	53.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,082	49.00–55.00	52.02
17	—	1,189	58.00–65.00	61.88

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.