Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2020-12-16

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Dec 16
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,133 head
▼ 379 vs last sale 1,512▲ 433 vs year ago 700 · +61.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
152 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 187▼ 39 vs year ago 191 · −20.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 21▼ 94 vs year ago 109 · −86.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls 5.00 lower, feeder steers and bulls mostly steady, feeder heifers 3.00 higher, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 2.00 lower, bull calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.81/cwt on 218 head.
Average price
$114.81
218 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$572
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.85
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2456117.12534117
Medium and Large 1684114.2578250
Medium and Large 3413110.0445551
One grade step is worth $7.08/cwt here — about $80 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 sale218 hd
114.81
—
GA average18 barns · 2,117 hd
113.95
+0.85
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—Average1,62971.861,1718thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16653.8962833
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07445.5949034

Every lot

54 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1411155.74/cwt153.00–158.006404
Steers—Medium and Large 2416143.66/cwt140.00–150.0059818
Steers—Medium and Large 2463136.06/cwt134.00–140.0063013
Steers—Medium and Large 1478147.40/cwt144.00–154.0070514
Steers—Medium and Large 1507141.65/cwt138.00–145.0071814
Steers—Medium and Large 2510134.00/cwt132.00–135.006833
Steers—Medium and Large 1577132.19/cwt131.00–134.0076311
Steers—Medium and Large 2633114.55/cwt114.00–118.007257
Steers—Medium and Large 1663120.66/cwt120.00–121.008006
Steers—Medium and Large 2693114.49/cwt114.00–119.0079320
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3258123.71/cwt120.00–125.003194
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318115.99/cwt113.00–122.003698
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328130.18/cwt125.00–132.0042712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374125.32/cwt124.00–130.0046935
Heifers—Medium and Large 3386111.21/cwt110.00–120.0042916
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418122.10/cwt118.00–128.0051013
Heifers—Medium and Large 3424112.83/cwt110.00–114.004787
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477117.48/cwt115.00–124.0056019
Heifers—Medium and Large 3478109.70/cwt103.00–113.005246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488135.03/cwt133.00–136.006596
Heifers—Medium and Large 353096.78/cwt96.00–100.005135
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533107.25/cwt105.00–111.0057215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568103.92/cwt100.00–107.0059017
Heifers—Medium and Large 356995.62/cwt90.00–99.005445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615106.51/cwt105.00–108.006554
Heifers—Medium and Large 261794.04/cwt92.00–98.005803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1691113.59/cwt104.00–114.0078524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765109.38/cwt100.00–110.0083716
Heifers—Medium and Large 278892.65/cwt88.00–95.007303
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3319143.62/cwt136.00–146.0045819
Bulls—Medium and Large 2327152.96/cwt150.00–157.0050010
Bulls—Medium and Large 2361146.69/cwt144.00–151.0053013
Bulls—Medium and Large 3372134.72/cwt131.00–140.0050125
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416150.00/cwt147.00–153.006247
Bulls—Medium and Large 2426144.24/cwt137.00–147.0061411
Bulls—Medium and Large 3427127.30/cwt125.00–132.005443
Bulls—Medium and Large 3458123.00/cwt120.00–127.005636
Bulls—Medium and Large 2464135.01/cwt130.00–140.006269
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465141.67/cwt140.00–145.006593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513134.37/cwt130.00–139.0068913
Bulls—Medium and Large 2517122.20/cwt120.00–125.006329
Bulls—Medium and Large 3531111.25/cwt110.00–115.0059111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568121.48/cwt120.00–123.006904
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615103.37/cwt101.00–108.006363
Bulls—Medium and Large 268691.43/cwt90.00–92.006277
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56270.34/cwt68.00–73.001,0996
Bulls——1,83076.42/cwt76.00–77.001,3982
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05549.11/cwt47.00–53.0051814
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08743.12/cwt39.00–46.0046920
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13151.77/cwt49.00–55.0058622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23558.12/cwt56.00–64.0071811
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,050856.75/cwt825.00–925.008,9963
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,175900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,5752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,5001

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.