Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-11-18

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Nov 18
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,231 head
▲ 1,231 vs last sale 0▲ 348 vs year ago 883 · +39.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
202 head
▲ 202 vs last sale 0▲ 74 vs year ago 128 · +57.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 0▼ 17 vs year ago 46 · −37.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No report from previous week to compare to.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.05/cwt on 283 head.
Average price
$120.05
283 head · 468 lb average
Value per head Derived
$562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.98
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511121.31620181
Medium and Large 2412119.4049265
Medium and Large 3354115.0440737
One grade step is worth $6.28/cwt here — about $213 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 sale283 hd
120.05
—
GA average18 barns · 2,444 hd
117.08
+2.98
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—Low1,41778.891,1186thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14260.5269176
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03849.7051618

Every lot

67 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2380155.68/cwt152.00–160.005926
Steers—Medium and Large 1397168.57/cwt168.00–169.006697
Steers—Medium and Large 2407157.34/cwt156.00–160.006403
Steers—Medium and Large 1418162.63/cwt161.00–168.006809
Steers—Medium and Large 1483151.13/cwt150.00–159.0073025
Steers—Medium and Large 2492145.98/cwt145.00–149.0071812
Steers—Medium and Large 2515137.36/cwt130.00–139.0070730
Steers—Medium and Large 3517123.97/cwt121.00–126.006413
Steers—Medium and Large 1527145.81/cwt141.00–150.0076840
Steers—Medium and Large 1571133.83/cwt130.00–137.007646
Steers—Medium and Large 2611117.95/cwt115.00–125.0072114
Steers—Medium and Large 1624129.70/cwt127.00–133.0080958
Steers—Medium and Large 1667123.44/cwt120.00–125.0082320
Steers—Medium and Large 1737122.12/cwt120.00–123.0090019
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3227124.53/cwt120.00–127.002833
Heifers—Medium and Large 2233131.58/cwt130.00–135.003076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268137.57/cwt135.00–140.003692
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273129.58/cwt127.00–134.003544
Heifers—Medium and Large 3282120.50/cwt115.00–125.003406
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315134.71/cwt132.00–137.004246
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315127.48/cwt122.00–131.0040218
Heifers—Medium and Large 3345116.82/cwt110.00–118.0040323
Heifers—Medium and Large 2366123.43/cwt120.00–127.004525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374133.81/cwt130.00–138.005009
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423134.10/cwt129.00–137.0056724
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425120.75/cwt118.00–125.005135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478128.38/cwt124.00–131.0061417
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485117.62/cwt115.00–119.005708
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517118.46/cwt116.00–126.0061266
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523109.13/cwt106.00–116.005717
Heifers—Medium and Large 355894.59/cwt90.00–99.005285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573114.48/cwt111.00–118.0065636
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578102.26/cwt100.00–108.005918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614114.57/cwt109.00–116.007037
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620103.75/cwt103.00–105.006434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661110.88/cwt107.00–114.0073311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710102.67/cwt100.00–108.007293
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2210175.25/cwt172.00–177.003683
Bulls—Medium and Large 3233166.01/cwt165.00–167.003872
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270159.95/cwt155.00–165.004328
Bulls—Medium and Large 2313157.80/cwt155.00–160.0049411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1324166.14/cwt165.00–170.005386
Bulls—Medium and Large 3372137.58/cwt135.00–140.005125
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373161.31/cwt158.00–168.0060221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373148.70/cwt145.00–152.005554
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416159.20/cwt155.00–165.0066214
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420144.97/cwt142.00–150.006095
Bulls—Medium and Large 3427134.81/cwt132.00–140.005769
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475151.36/cwt150.00–154.007193
Bulls—Medium and Large 3477132.81/cwt130.00–135.006345
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520122.65/cwt122.00–124.006383
Bulls—Medium and Large 1529129.06/cwt126.00–134.0068315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1564126.12/cwt123.00–129.007116
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568115.04/cwt110.00–117.006534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1621118.23/cwt116.00–124.0073417
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40876.79/cwt73.00–79.001,0814
Bulls——1,43583.10/cwt81.00–85.001,1922
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91245.27/cwt42.00–48.004135
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08751.41/cwt49.00–55.0055913
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08954.97/cwt51.00–59.0059932
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15763.77/cwt60.00–67.0073839
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35870.72/cwt68.00–75.009605
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2998938.35/cwt900.00–975.009,3652
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,015920.26/cwt875.00–950.009,3412
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,018782.99/cwt750.00–825.007,9712
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,9881
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,223938.19/cwt900.00–975.0011,4742

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.