Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2021-01-13

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Jan 13
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,042 head
▲ 417 vs last sale 625▼ 128 vs year ago 1,170 · −10.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
123 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 152▼ 42 vs year ago 165 · −25.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.44/cwt on 225 head.
Average price
$138.44
225 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$770
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$85
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$5.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.55
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3423140.995962thin
Medium and Large 1578139.71807161
Medium and Large 2504135.0768162
One grade step is worth $5.92/cwt here — about −$85 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 sale225 hd
138.44
—
GA average15 barns · 744 hd
136.89
+1.55
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—High1,75380.531,41210
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23159.7373538
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02246.9247919

Every lot

49 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 2335157.72/cwt157.00–160.005284
Steers—Medium and Large 2422148.40/cwt147.00–152.0062610
Steers—Medium and Large 3423140.99/cwt139.00–143.005962
Steers—Medium and Large 1426165.21/cwt165.00–167.0070419
Steers—Medium and Large 2460138.81/cwt138.00–147.0063921
Steers—Medium and Large 1471149.27/cwt147.00–150.007034
Steers—Medium and Large 1531143.88/cwt140.00–148.0076425
Steers—Medium and Large 2562127.99/cwt123.00–132.0071913
Steers—Medium and Large 1567143.11/cwt135.00–144.0081160
Steers—Medium and Large 1611132.10/cwt126.00–136.0080719
Steers—Medium and Large 2624120.06/cwt116.00–125.0074914
Steers—Medium and Large 1688119.18/cwt119.00–122.0082016
Steers—Medium and Large 1715122.15/cwt122.00–124.0087313
Steers—Medium and Large 1767113.80/cwt113.00–115.008735
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3309128.21/cwt125.00–130.003968
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327138.02/cwt137.00–139.004514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2392133.27/cwt130.00–134.0052216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418140.83/cwt134.00–144.0058932
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420119.77/cwt115.00–123.005033
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432126.94/cwt125.00–132.0054811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469121.21/cwt119.00–125.005685
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478128.73/cwt127.00–135.0061555
Heifers—Medium and Large 3510104.70/cwt100.00–109.005343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520122.37/cwt120.00–130.0063611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520114.97/cwt110.00–118.0059810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574121.83/cwt116.00–123.0069945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610109.21/cwt107.00–112.006665
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655119.34/cwt111.00–121.0078212
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320160.25/cwt158.00–161.005134
Bulls—Medium and Large 1381157.86/cwt155.00–159.006015
Bulls—Medium and Large 2386153.70/cwt145.00–156.0059311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416152.20/cwt150.00–158.006334
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425142.33/cwt140.00–145.006053
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430133.70/cwt130.00–136.005753
Bulls—Medium and Large 3462125.71/cwt120.00–128.0058111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467147.70/cwt146.00–150.006903
Bulls—Medium and Large 2474136.19/cwt131.00–140.0064610
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518123.03/cwt121.00–125.006374
Bulls—Medium and Large 1521133.00/cwt129.00–139.006934
Bulls—Medium and Large 2564115.38/cwt109.00–119.0065114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1571128.34/cwt120.00–130.007339
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,09592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,0071
Bulls——1,75886.55/cwt86.00–87.001,5222
Bulls——1,84677.17/cwt75.00–79.001,4257
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02154.16/cwt50.00–58.005535
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02244.33/cwt42.00–49.0045314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13463.13/cwt60.00–67.0071610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21954.68/cwt52.00–59.0066721
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40470.05/cwt68.00–74.009847

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.