Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-08-19

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Aug 19
● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,120 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 1,077▲ 402 vs year ago 718 · +56.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 57▲ 6 vs year ago 75 · +8.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 34▲ 12 vs year ago 31 · +38.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 3.00 to 7.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 4.00 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 $124.26/cwt on 311 head.
Average price
$124.26
311 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$544
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$78
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.84
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1431127.89551176
Medium and Large 2458120.66553102
Medium and Large 3408116.0847333
One grade step is worth $11.81/cwt here — about $78 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 sale311 hd
124.26
—
GA average17 barns · 1,586 hd
118.42
+5.84
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—Low1,42285.141,2113thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29563.9182835
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09651.6356616
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,82550.009131thin

Every lot

93 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1265190.00/cwt190.00–190.005042
Steers—Medium and Large 2270175.00/cwt175.00–175.004731
Steers—Medium and Large 2309159.58/cwt159.00–165.0049318
Steers—Medium and Large 3328152.17/cwt150.00–157.004993
Steers—Medium and Large 2360153.66/cwt147.00–156.005536
Steers—Medium and Large 1365163.03/cwt160.00–164.005954
Steers—Medium and Large 3383142.57/cwt135.00–145.0054616
Steers—Medium and Large 2410147.63/cwt141.00–149.0060515
Steers—Medium and Large 3420129.89/cwt125.00–135.005465
Steers—Medium and Large 1441153.16/cwt150.00–157.0067518
Steers—Medium and Large 1458143.59/cwt139.00–149.0065863
Steers—Medium and Large 3473118.86/cwt116.00–122.005625
Steers—Medium and Large 2493133.39/cwt128.00–137.0065823
Steers—Medium and Large 2527128.85/cwt123.00–130.0067911
Steers—Medium and Large 3535118.51/cwt117.00–120.006342
Steers—Medium and Large 1538132.20/cwt131.00–138.0071148
Steers—Medium and Large 2559128.00/cwt128.00–128.007164
Steers—Medium and Large 3565115.00/cwt115.00–115.006502
Steers—Medium and Large 1590131.71/cwt131.00–134.0077711
Steers—Medium and Large 3605115.00/cwt115.00–115.006963
Steers—Medium and Large 1624130.64/cwt126.00–132.0081510
Steers—Medium and Large 2627119.00/cwt119.00–119.007463
Steers—Medium and Large 1663127.29/cwt125.00–131.0084410
Steers—Medium and Large 3683112.01/cwt110.00–114.007652
Steers—Medium and Large 1700127.00/cwt127.00–127.008891
Steers—Medium and Large 3708107.00/cwt106.00–108.007582
Steers—Medium and Large 1774127.68/cwt121.00–128.0098821
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2215137.38/cwt135.00–140.002952
Heifers—Medium and Large 3230130.00/cwt130.00–130.002991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1262144.03/cwt138.00–147.0037710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270135.00/cwt135.00–135.003653
Heifers—Medium and Large 3271127.98/cwt127.00–130.003476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1314137.42/cwt137.00–140.0043128
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315125.97/cwt125.00–127.003972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330134.24/cwt132.00–135.0044312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2359126.10/cwt125.00–127.004539
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370119.65/cwt119.00–120.004433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374131.68/cwt131.00–134.004927
Heifers—Medium and Large 3419112.72/cwt110.00–116.004728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421129.53/cwt125.00–135.0054556
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428122.18/cwt120.00–124.0052329
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476112.80/cwt110.00–114.005379
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485121.72/cwt120.00–126.0059026
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485116.52/cwt115.00–117.005656
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515100.00/cwt100.00–100.005151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517120.52/cwt119.00–124.0062346
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535115.21/cwt111.00–118.0061630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560118.00/cwt118.00–118.006611
Heifers—Medium and Large 3568101.66/cwt100.00–105.005773
Heifers—Medium and Large 2622108.70/cwt107.00–110.0067610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660109.00/cwt109.00–109.007192
Heifers—Medium and Large 270596.00/cwt96.00–96.006771
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2230175.00/cwt175.00–175.004031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1235187.45/cwt185.00–190.004412
Bulls—Medium and Large 3236141.11/cwt140.00–145.003334
Bulls—Medium and Large 2280163.76/cwt160.00–170.004596
Bulls—Medium and Large 1285182.00/cwt182.00–182.005191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318165.70/cwt165.00–167.005273
Bulls—Medium and Large 2331158.69/cwt152.00–161.005258
Bulls—Medium and Large 3333144.35/cwt141.00–147.004813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1383152.58/cwt150.00–154.005847
Bulls—Medium and Large 3388123.53/cwt122.00–125.004792
Bulls—Medium and Large 2394133.94/cwt133.00–139.005286
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424144.67/cwt141.00–151.006136
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425123.89/cwt121.00–127.005272
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429134.13/cwt134.00–136.0057523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460135.00/cwt135.00–135.006211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471126.92/cwt122.00–131.0059824
Bulls—Medium and Large 3474118.16/cwt115.00–120.005608
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523121.26/cwt116.00–124.0063414
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530105.00/cwt105.00–105.005571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573120.00/cwt120.00–120.006886
Bulls—Medium and Large 3573107.42/cwt105.00–110.006162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577114.31/cwt112.00–116.006603
Bulls—Medium and Large 3605104.00/cwt104.00–104.006291
Bulls—Medium and Large 2608110.51/cwt109.00–112.006722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1621119.17/cwt116.00–120.007407
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675109.49/cwt108.00–111.007392
Bulls—Medium and Large 370091.00/cwt91.00–91.006371
Bulls—Medium and Large 2710103.22/cwt100.00–106.007334
Bulls—Medium and Large 378593.51/cwt93.00–94.007342
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,36881.71/cwt80.00–83.001,1182
Bulls——1,53092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,4081
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07748.68/cwt47.00–52.0052411
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13758.13/cwt55.00–62.006615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26165.82/cwt63.00–70.0083020
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31072.71/cwt71.00–76.009534
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35157.25/cwt55.00–62.0077311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,82550.00/cwt50.00–50.009131
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3945871.21/cwt725.00–950.008,2333
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,082962.59/cwt925.00–1,025.0010,4155
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,087760.89/cwt625.00–850.008,2717
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,139733.98/cwt650.00–800.008,3606

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.