Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-10-07

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Oct 7
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
572 head
▼ 233 vs last sale 805▼ 13 vs year ago 585 · −2.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 83▲ 35 vs year ago 89 · +39.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 34▲ 4 vs year ago 43 · +9.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 lower, feeder steers steady to 1.00 higher, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 3.00 higher, heifer calves steady, bull calves unevenly steady and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $122.15/cwt on 127 head.
Average price
$122.15
127 head · 636 lb average
Value per head Derived
$777
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$158
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.29
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2533128.6268630
Medium and Large 3479122.7358816thin
Medium and Large 1705119.6484481
One grade step is worth $8.97/cwt here — about −$158 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 sale127 hd
122.15
—
GA average15 barns · 849 hd
126.44
−4.29
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—Average1,42473.201,04314
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26749.5662838
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,51047.007103thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00744.0644438

Every lot

83 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2345142.00/cwt142.00–142.004901
Steers—Medium and Large 3387131.31/cwt130.00–132.005087
Steers—Medium and Large 3410127.00/cwt127.00–127.005211
Steers—Medium and Large 2442140.60/cwt136.00–143.0062110
Steers—Medium and Large 3473122.54/cwt120.00–125.005802
Steers—Medium and Large 1480143.29/cwt141.00–144.006884
Steers—Medium and Large 1535131.24/cwt131.00–132.007024
Steers—Medium and Large 2539126.96/cwt120.00–129.0068412
Steers—Medium and Large 1558129.14/cwt129.00–130.007217
Steers—Medium and Large 3571114.11/cwt108.00–117.006524
Steers—Medium and Large 2612120.00/cwt120.00–120.007344
Steers—Medium and Large 1613128.44/cwt128.00–128.5078724
Steers—Medium and Large 3625106.00/cwt106.00–106.006631
Steers—Medium and Large 1675122.98/cwt120.00–126.008302
Steers—Medium and Large 3690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007591
Steers—Medium and Large 2700107.00/cwt107.00–107.007491
Steers—Medium and Large 1701122.36/cwt120.00–122.5085818
Steers—Medium and Large 2805100.00/cwt100.00–100.008052
Steers—Medium and Large 1815108.00/cwt108.00–108.008801
Steers—Medium and Large 1868103.49/cwt103.00–104.008982
Steers—Medium and Large 194497.00/cwt97.00–97.0091619
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1317134.84/cwt133.00–136.004275
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367112.48/cwt110.00–117.004133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374128.71/cwt126.00–135.004817
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380120.10/cwt119.00–125.0045611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420117.41/cwt112.00–119.004937
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420100.00/cwt100.00–100.004202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430123.08/cwt120.00–127.0052932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462118.39/cwt117.00–119.0054710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471115.44/cwt114.00–116.0054411
Heifers—Medium and Large 349096.00/cwt96.00–96.004701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509116.08/cwt115.00–119.0059113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517113.01/cwt111.00–114.005843
Heifers—Medium and Large 354096.00/cwt96.00–96.005181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560118.00/cwt118.00–118.006612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572107.57/cwt103.00–113.006153
Heifers—Medium and Large 359590.00/cwt90.00–90.005361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623110.49/cwt109.00–112.006882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683112.00/cwt111.00–113.007652
Heifers—Medium and Large 2700100.00/cwt100.00–100.007001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715105.99/cwt105.00–107.007582
Heifers—Medium and Large 277594.00/cwt94.00–94.007291
Heifers—Medium and Large 284687.00/cwt87.00–87.007365
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3275144.51/cwt140.00–150.003975
Bulls—Medium and Large 1327156.00/cwt156.00–156.005103
Bulls—Medium and Large 3327130.76/cwt130.00–131.004284
Bulls—Medium and Large 2343151.99/cwt150.00–154.005212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370137.21/cwt135.00–142.005083
Bulls—Medium and Large 3374123.93/cwt120.00–130.004635
Bulls—Medium and Large 3400123.00/cwt123.00–123.004923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424141.26/cwt139.00–145.0059912
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433130.03/cwt128.00–132.005634
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460113.45/cwt109.00–118.005222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1471135.21/cwt132.00–137.006374
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478126.68/cwt125.00–128.006063
Bulls—Medium and Large 2531118.03/cwt111.00–121.006278
Bulls—Medium and Large 3533110.00/cwt110.00–110.005862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006698
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560121.24/cwt118.00–126.006799
Bulls—Medium and Large 2583109.26/cwt107.00–113.006373
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610120.00/cwt120.00–120.007321
Bulls—Medium and Large 362399.00/cwt99.00–99.006176
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635103.99/cwt103.00–105.006602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660111.00/cwt111.00–111.007331
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670103.00/cwt103.00–103.006901
Bulls—Medium and Large 370896.04/cwt92.00–100.006802
Bulls—Medium and Large 2715102.00/cwt102.00–102.007291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1730108.48/cwt105.00–112.007922
Bulls—Medium and Large 375087.00/cwt87.00–87.006531
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,19870.39/cwt68.00–73.008438
Bulls——1,72676.94/cwt76.00–79.001,3286
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99139.29/cwt35.00–42.0038912
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01446.26/cwt43.00–50.0046926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24850.73/cwt47.00–54.0063331
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35144.37/cwt43.00–45.005997
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44043.00/cwt43.00–43.006191
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54549.00/cwt48.00–50.007572
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2980915.82/cwt900.00–925.008,9753
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3995600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,9701
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,073718.82/cwt625.00–775.007,7134
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,106684.90/cwt550.00–725.007,5758
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,318894.37/cwt825.00–950.0011,7883
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4201,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0016,3302

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.