Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2021-01-06

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Jan 6
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
625 head
▼ 508 vs last sale 1,133▼ 509 vs year ago 1,134 · −44.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
152 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 152▼ 114 vs year ago 266 · −42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to markets being closed for holidays.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.72/cwt on 164 head.
Average price
$116.72
164 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.35
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548119.4865594
Medium and Large 3447114.5051222
Medium and Large 2540112.3360648
One grade step is worth $7.16/cwt here — about $49 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 sale164 hd
116.72
—
GA average13 barns · 933 hd
115.37
+1.35
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—High1,36780.911,1065thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15462.8372533
CowsLean 85-90%Average97847.6346620

Every lot

48 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1379163.41/cwt162.00–164.0061920
Steers—Medium and Large 1431157.44/cwt155.00–160.006795
Steers—Medium and Large 2432143.41/cwt136.00–145.0062011
Steers—Medium and Large 1469152.15/cwt150.00–158.007148
Steers—Medium and Large 1520138.08/cwt136.00–143.0071814
Steers—Medium and Large 1563135.50/cwt135.00–136.007634
Steers—Medium and Large 1624122.71/cwt120.00–127.0076614
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3322126.73/cwt124.00–130.004085
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365122.50/cwt120.00–125.004474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375147.60/cwt145.00–149.005543
Heifers—Medium and Large 2394130.24/cwt130.00–132.005138
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417128.36/cwt125.00–130.005353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425137.76/cwt133.00–143.005854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465130.53/cwt128.00–134.0060724
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478120.83/cwt120.00–123.005787
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513124.27/cwt122.00–129.0063813
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520107.33/cwt104.00–109.0055813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522111.83/cwt110.00–113.0058412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558106.63/cwt100.00–110.005956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565114.33/cwt114.00–116.0064618
Heifers—Medium and Large 261598.31/cwt95.00–100.006053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618107.25/cwt105.00–111.0066322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711107.20/cwt100.00–109.0076210
Heifers—Medium and Large 274493.57/cwt90.00–94.006969
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3227158.38/cwt155.00–160.003603
Bulls—Medium and Large 3275151.00/cwt150.00–152.004154
Bulls—Medium and Large 1309167.22/cwt165.00–168.005174
Bulls—Medium and Large 2314158.78/cwt157.00–160.004995
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365163.67/cwt163.00–165.005973
Bulls—Medium and Large 2372152.71/cwt148.00–155.005683
Bulls—Medium and Large 2419141.66/cwt139.00–148.0059411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423154.58/cwt151.00–160.0065410
Bulls—Medium and Large 3463122.22/cwt120.00–127.005665
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475142.78/cwt142.00–149.006789
Bulls—Medium and Large 2495130.20/cwt129.00–132.006445
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515103.53/cwt100.00–107.005334
Bulls—Medium and Large 1521129.85/cwt124.00–131.0067715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565122.00/cwt117.00–125.006894
Bulls—Medium and Large 2605102.99/cwt100.00–105.006239
Bulls—Medium and Large 267993.94/cwt90.00–98.006385
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0172
Bulls——1,40376.28/cwt75.00–78.001,0702
Bulls——1,52090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3681
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97244.48/cwt40.00–48.0043212
Cows—Lean 85-90%98652.36/cwt49.00–55.005168
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09955.30/cwt53.00–58.006088
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15063.46/cwt60.00–67.0073018
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22769.81/cwt68.00–73.008577

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.