Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2021-01-20

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Jan 20
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,239 head
▲ 197 vs last sale 1,042▲ 317 vs year ago 922 · +34.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 123▼ 74 vs year ago 183 · −40.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 0▼ 13 vs year ago 60 · −21.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 5.00 lower, bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves 1,00 to 5.00 lower, heifer calves 2.00 to 6.00 lower and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.37/cwt on 278 head.
Average price
$119.37
278 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$214
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.74
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545121.37661127
Medium and Large 2449119.17535111
Medium and Large 3394113.5444740
One grade step is worth $7.83/cwt here — about $214 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 sale278 hd
119.37
—
GA average17 barns · 2,823 hd
116.63
+2.74
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—Average1,62782.661,34517
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26459.9275851
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54649.547664thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06446.6449618

Every lot

86 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2319152.85/cwt151.00–160.0048811
Steers—Medium and Large 1352165.00/cwt165.00–165.005815
Steers—Medium and Large 2379154.06/cwt150.00–159.0058411
Steers—Medium and Large 2420155.00/cwt155.00–155.006515
Steers—Medium and Large 1432158.97/cwt158.00–159.0068729
Steers—Medium and Large 3433129.01/cwt125.00–130.005595
Steers—Medium and Large 1489147.53/cwt146.00–152.0072116
Steers—Medium and Large 3513113.25/cwt110.00–120.005813
Steers—Medium and Large 2523132.59/cwt128.00–135.006933
Steers—Medium and Large 1546143.45/cwt139.00–144.007839
Steers—Medium and Large 1567134.20/cwt132.00–137.0076140
Steers—Medium and Large 361095.00/cwt95.00–95.005801
Steers—Medium and Large 1624128.91/cwt124.00–133.0080415
Steers—Medium and Large 2655112.00/cwt112.00–112.007341
Steers—Medium and Large 1688122.67/cwt120.00–123.008449
Steers—Medium and Large 2715115.00/cwt115.00–115.008226
Steers—Medium and Large 1735120.15/cwt119.00–121.0088315
Steers—Medium and Large 1771113.00/cwt113.00–113.008716
Steers—Medium and Large 2795104.00/cwt104.00–104.008271
Steers—Medium and Large 1878113.00/cwt113.00–113.009924
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2250130.00/cwt130.00–130.003251
Heifers—Medium and Large 3286120.97/cwt120.00–127.003469
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323120.11/cwt119.00–122.0038814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327126.30/cwt125.00–130.0041317
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378115.57/cwt112.00–119.004372
Heifers—Medium and Large 2386124.20/cwt120.00–129.0047934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395132.00/cwt132.00–132.005211
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415110.00/cwt110.00–110.004571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432130.64/cwt127.00–136.0056429
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432119.22/cwt114.00–123.0051512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459127.24/cwt125.00–132.0058420
Heifers—Medium and Large 3462109.42/cwt109.00–110.005067
Heifers—Medium and Large 2492121.06/cwt121.00–122.0059615
Heifers—Medium and Large 2512112.46/cwt110.00–116.0057619
Heifers—Medium and Large 3513105.00/cwt105.00–105.005392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528119.78/cwt118.00–124.0063217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1586117.23/cwt115.00–119.0068712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590110.00/cwt110.00–110.006496
Heifers—Medium and Large 359097.00/cwt97.00–97.005721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624115.98/cwt110.00–118.0072437
Heifers—Medium and Large 2635101.00/cwt101.00–101.006411
Heifers—Medium and Large 364393.51/cwt91.00–96.006012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669109.78/cwt105.00–115.007345
Heifers—Medium and Large 367385.13/cwt80.00–90.005732
Heifers—Medium and Large 2710100.00/cwt100.00–100.007102
Heifers—Medium and Large 275596.00/cwt96.00–96.007254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768111.00/cwt111.00–111.008526
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3279152.47/cwt152.00–157.0042511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2292160.00/cwt160.00–160.004676
Bulls—Medium and Large 1312159.00/cwt159.00–159.004964
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325155.29/cwt150.00–157.0050510
Bulls—Medium and Large 3368131.90/cwt129.00–135.004852
Bulls—Medium and Large 1369153.87/cwt152.00–156.0056822
Bulls—Medium and Large 2397149.51/cwt145.00–151.005944
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422141.83/cwt135.00–145.0059916
Bulls—Medium and Large 3422118.89/cwt115.00–125.005025
Bulls—Medium and Large 1437151.35/cwt146.00–154.0066133
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463143.38/cwt138.00–144.0066410
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476131.88/cwt126.00–135.006289
Bulls—Medium and Large 3479110.00/cwt110.00–110.005274
Bulls—Medium and Large 3517111.00/cwt110.00–112.005743
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522132.49/cwt128.00–134.0069215
Bulls—Medium and Large 2541117.65/cwt116.00–124.006367
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568122.63/cwt119.00–127.006976
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600109.00/cwt109.00–109.006541
Bulls—Medium and Large 3600103.00/cwt103.00–103.006181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1632112.61/cwt110.00–116.007123
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670111.57/cwt109.00–113.007487
Bulls—Medium and Large 2695106.00/cwt106.00–106.007371
Bulls—Medium and Large 273599.00/cwt99.00–99.007281
Bulls—Medium and Large 374589.00/cwt89.00–89.006631
Bulls—Medium and Large 278596.00/cwt96.00–96.007541
Bulls—Medium and Large 378582.00/cwt82.00–82.006441
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53175.87/cwt74.00–79.001,1627
Bulls——1,59184.22/cwt81.00–87.001,3406
Bulls——1,85092.22/cwt89.00–94.001,7064
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05051.98/cwt49.00–56.005468
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07542.37/cwt39.00–46.0045510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24353.66/cwt53.00–54.006676
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25158.72/cwt55.00–62.0073533
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31266.33/cwt63.00–70.0087012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54649.54/cwt48.00–50.007664
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,032652.71/cwt550.00–775.006,7365
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,113641.63/cwt550.00–700.007,1414
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,160861.47/cwt800.00–950.009,9935

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.