Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-09-23

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Sep 23
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
773 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 788▲ 773 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 75▲ 128 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 39▲ 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers and heifers 3.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder bulls steady, steer, heifer, and bull calves unevenly steady, 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 $114.62/cwt on 235 head.
Average price
$114.62
235 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$533
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.78
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1456121.1055361
Medium and Large 2482113.11545119
Medium and Large 3439110.7148655
One grade step is worth $10.39/cwt here — about $67 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 sale235 hd
114.62
—
GA average17 barns · 1,673 hd
112.84
+1.78
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—Low1,42075.241,0688thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20759.0971325
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40756.1679119
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06750.4053823

Every lot

70 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3240160.04/cwt153.00–163.003845
Steers—Medium and Large 2321152.64/cwt150.00–153.004909
Steers—Medium and Large 2366147.02/cwt145.00–149.005384
Steers—Medium and Large 3369140.46/cwt134.00–144.005185
Steers—Medium and Large 1412150.66/cwt150.00–152.006213
Steers—Medium and Large 2420144.59/cwt140.00–146.0060731
Steers—Medium and Large 3444136.75/cwt133.00–139.006078
Steers—Medium and Large 2474131.71/cwt130.00–132.006247
Steers—Medium and Large 1528135.46/cwt134.00–137.0071514
Steers—Medium and Large 2531123.69/cwt120.00–129.0065724
Steers—Medium and Large 2569122.20/cwt119.00–124.006955
Steers—Medium and Large 1583129.69/cwt125.00–131.0075616
Steers—Medium and Large 3615107.54/cwt105.00–110.006612
Steers—Medium and Large 1621124.49/cwt123.00–128.0077335
Steers—Medium and Large 3655101.80/cwt99.00–105.006675
Steers—Medium and Large 1673121.18/cwt120.00–123.008166
Steers—Medium and Large 1723116.41/cwt115.00–121.0084213
Steers—Medium and Large 277498.57/cwt97.00–104.007635
Steers—Medium and Large 1783109.79/cwt105.00–115.0086010
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3262131.33/cwt125.00–134.003449
Heifers—Medium and Large 2316130.54/cwt130.00–132.0041311
Heifers—Medium and Large 3331124.96/cwt121.00–129.004148
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368111.85/cwt108.00–114.004128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370132.08/cwt130.00–134.004892
Heifers—Medium and Large 2379121.48/cwt120.00–128.0046018
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435113.25/cwt111.00–119.0049319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438122.15/cwt120.00–124.0053524
Heifers—Medium and Large 3439107.31/cwt105.00–110.0047112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474119.76/cwt116.00–121.0056835
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483110.04/cwt105.00–115.0053114
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523110.39/cwt106.00–114.0057717
Heifers—Medium and Large 352398.99/cwt96.00–102.005182
Heifers—Medium and Large 356996.99/cwt91.00–100.005526
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572107.41/cwt102.00–110.0061434
Heifers—Medium and Large 2617102.80/cwt100.00–105.006346
Heifers—Medium and Large 362696.35/cwt92.00–99.006036
Heifers—Medium and Large 367591.73/cwt91.00–93.006194
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2265163.29/cwt160.00–168.004334
Bulls—Medium and Large 3265151.21/cwt148.00–153.004013
Bulls—Medium and Large 2317156.06/cwt150.00–160.004953
Bulls—Medium and Large 3334143.57/cwt140.00–147.004805
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375142.91/cwt141.00–147.005365
Bulls—Medium and Large 3377133.24/cwt130.00–137.005023
Bulls—Medium and Large 3432122.36/cwt120.00–125.005296
Bulls—Medium and Large 1437148.67/cwt143.00–153.006503
Bulls—Medium and Large 2437135.14/cwt130.00–139.005918
Bulls—Medium and Large 3467112.91/cwt110.00–119.005275
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475139.41/cwt135.00–144.006622
Bulls—Medium and Large 2482125.99/cwt121.00–131.006077
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523116.46/cwt114.00–119.006094
Bulls—Medium and Large 3532103.48/cwt100.00–109.005517
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573115.48/cwt115.00–119.006628
Bulls—Medium and Large 2582110.30/cwt106.00–114.006423
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613112.51/cwt110.00–115.006902
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625103.90/cwt101.00–109.006494
Bulls—Medium and Large 362895.04/cwt93.00–97.005972
Bulls—Medium and Large 266899.47/cwt98.00–101.006642
Bulls—Medium and Large 1738102.01/cwt101.00–103.007532
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32273.08/cwt70.00–77.009666
Bulls——1,71381.72/cwt79.00–84.001,4002
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01746.90/cwt43.00–49.0047715
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08162.40/cwt59.00–65.006754
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19662.49/cwt59.00–66.0074715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22354.00/cwt51.00–57.0066010
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23851.53/cwt50.00–57.006384
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39253.37/cwt50.00–57.0074313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44162.22/cwt61.00–65.008976
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2897750.05/cwt650.00–800.006,7283
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,138682.22/cwt550.00–825.007,76411
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,098799.43/cwt750.00–850.008,7784

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.