Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-07-15

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Jul 15
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
909 head
▼ 243 vs last sale 1,152▲ 221 vs year ago 688 · +32.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 144▼ 26 vs year ago 111 · −23.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 24▼ 8 vs year ago 32 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers 1.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 5.00 lower and 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 $118.39/cwt on 231 head.
Average price
$118.39
231 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$571
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.42
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1514122.36628116
Medium and Large 2452117.9753476
Medium and Large 3446107.3847939
One grade step is worth $14.98/cwt here — about $149 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 sale231 hd
118.39
—
GA average17 barns · 1,362 hd
115.97
+2.42
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—Average1,66688.951,48210
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39565.529142thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26962.7079636
CowsLean 85-90%High98155.4154421

Every lot

90 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2315145.00/cwt145.00–145.004571
Steers—Medium and Large 2381148.44/cwt142.00–150.005669
Steers—Medium and Large 3386139.00/cwt139.00–139.005377
Steers—Medium and Large 1391154.00/cwt154.00–154.006024
Steers—Medium and Large 2424137.58/cwt135.00–142.005835
Steers—Medium and Large 1425149.22/cwt147.00–151.006345
Steers—Medium and Large 3438126.55/cwt126.00–130.005547
Steers—Medium and Large 3470116.00/cwt116.00–116.005451
Steers—Medium and Large 2473128.68/cwt124.00–134.006093
Steers—Medium and Large 1475143.18/cwt139.00–146.0068014
Steers—Medium and Large 2525136.00/cwt136.00–136.007141
Steers—Medium and Large 1530141.84/cwt137.00–147.0075247
Steers—Medium and Large 3530116.73/cwt110.00–120.006193
Steers—Medium and Large 3575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006331
Steers—Medium and Large 1576131.81/cwt126.00–136.0075923
Steers—Medium and Large 2576124.50/cwt124.00–125.007174
Steers—Medium and Large 1608131.67/cwt128.00–136.0080110
Steers—Medium and Large 2622123.78/cwt119.00–125.007705
Steers—Medium and Large 1659124.49/cwt123.00–125.008204
Steers—Medium and Large 2683114.54/cwt110.00–120.0078210
Steers—Medium and Large 1715123.85/cwt123.00–124.008867
Steers—Medium and Large 1763117.21/cwt114.00–119.008945
Steers—Medium and Large 2773113.46/cwt112.00–115.008772
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3240127.00/cwt127.00–127.003051
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268132.57/cwt130.00–137.003553
Heifers—Medium and Large 3272120.43/cwt115.00–125.003283
Heifers—Medium and Large 3324120.11/cwt115.00–124.003899
Heifers—Medium and Large 2338125.00/cwt125.00–125.004232
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365124.92/cwt121.00–127.0045617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372134.03/cwt133.00–136.0049917
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380113.25/cwt110.00–120.004303
Heifers—Medium and Large 2409122.70/cwt120.00–127.0050215
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415105.64/cwt102.00–110.004383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421134.07/cwt129.00–136.0056414
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470118.17/cwt112.00–121.0055512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479126.46/cwt122.00–132.0060627
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485106.73/cwt100.00–110.005184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508122.78/cwt119.00–123.0062427
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517112.18/cwt107.00–115.0058018
Heifers—Medium and Large 353598.24/cwt95.00–105.005269
Heifers—Medium and Large 355896.67/cwt95.00–100.005393
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562107.00/cwt104.00–111.006013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577117.00/cwt117.00–117.0067510
Heifers—Medium and Large 362595.00/cwt95.00–95.005941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626108.19/cwt108.00–109.006775
Heifers—Medium and Large 2627102.63/cwt101.00–105.006433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650104.00/cwt104.00–104.006765
Heifers—Medium and Large 266097.00/cwt97.00–97.006402
Heifers—Medium and Large 366588.65/cwt85.00–91.005903
Heifers—Medium and Large 273594.00/cwt94.00–94.006911
Heifers—Medium and Large 177898.00/cwt98.00–98.0076211
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3212143.43/cwt140.00–150.003045
Bulls—Medium and Large 3278131.65/cwt130.00–135.003663
Bulls—Medium and Large 2284153.59/cwt150.00–155.0043613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315153.00/cwt153.00–153.004821
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320144.08/cwt140.00–146.004619
Bulls—Medium and Large 3331121.36/cwt120.00–130.0040211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1359148.02/cwt145.00–152.0053114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2359140.97/cwt135.00–143.005064
Bulls—Medium and Large 3360123.33/cwt120.00–130.004443
Bulls—Medium and Large 3410113.30/cwt110.00–116.004653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1411143.78/cwt136.00–146.0059130
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428132.03/cwt125.00–135.0056534
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
Bulls—Medium and Large 1479136.81/cwt136.00–138.006557
Bulls—Medium and Large 2486122.99/cwt120.00–126.005984
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510126.34/cwt126.00–127.006443
Bulls—Medium and Large 3512111.06/cwt108.00–115.005697
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525120.88/cwt116.00–124.0063514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2567112.86/cwt110.00–115.006408
Bulls—Medium and Large 3581105.72/cwt103.00–107.006147
Bulls—Medium and Large 1588127.05/cwt120.00–128.0074712
Bulls—Medium and Large 2619109.00/cwt107.00–110.006753
Bulls—Medium and Large 3633101.98/cwt100.00–104.006462
Bulls—Medium and Large 366595.00/cwt95.00–95.006321
Bulls—Medium and Large 2666100.39/cwt100.00–101.006695
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,62783.97/cwt80.00–88.001,3666
Bulls——1,72496.41/cwt93.00–100.001,6624
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97757.83/cwt56.00–61.0056513
Cows—Lean 85-90%98749.54/cwt46.00–52.004897
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00065.00/cwt65.00–65.006501
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11569.00/cwt69.00–69.007691
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25664.35/cwt61.00–68.0080827
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33356.33/cwt53.00–60.007518
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39565.52/cwt64.00–67.009142
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-3965900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,6852
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,035925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,5742
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2805800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,4401
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,064.78/cwt950.00–1,150.0012,2452
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,240757.26/cwt650.00–850.009,3902

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.