Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2021-02-03

Ashburn

Name: Ashburn livestock auction prices — 2021-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Feb 3

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939

← Jan 27Feb 3Feb 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

878 head

▲ 205 vs last sale 673▼ 36 vs year ago 914 · −3.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

76 head

▼ 47 vs last sale 123▼ 89 vs year ago 165 · −53.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

23 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 44▼ 9 vs year ago 32 · −28.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 5.00 to 8.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder steers , steers and heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers 2.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, bull calves steady to 3.00 higher and replacement cows 4.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.11/cwt on 252 head.

Average price

$125.11

252 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$14.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.50

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	507	127.40	646	202
Medium and Large 2	464	121.82	566	15thin
Medium and Large 3	455	113.32	515	35

One grade step is worth $14.08/cwt here — about $131 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 sale252 hd

125.11

—

GA average16 barns · 1,143 hd

119.61

+5.50

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,575	84.38	1,329	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,303	68.86	898	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,567	65.19	1,022	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,043	61.12	638	6thin

Every lot

78 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	335	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	553	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	338	171.00/cwt	170.00–173.00	578	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	361	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	614	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	163.99/cwt	160.00–166.00	615	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	566	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	161.79/cwt	160.00–164.00	686	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	430	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	593	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	442	157.75/cwt	155.00–159.00	697	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	154.24/cwt	153.00–156.00	733	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	480	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	643	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	149.21/cwt	141.00–151.00	721	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	151.80/cwt	139.00–154.00	791	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	140.03/cwt	139.00–142.00	742	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	562	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	837	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	137.92/cwt	136.00–142.00	789	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	621	113.74/cwt	110.00–120.00	706	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	130.91/cwt	124.00–132.00	825	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	859	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	121.28/cwt	120.00–123.00	867	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	971	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	225	124.89/cwt	120.00–130.00	281	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	275	128.00/cwt	126.00–130.00	352	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	295	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	425	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	429	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	139.85/cwt	139.00–145.00	466	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	338	125.21/cwt	119.00–127.00	423	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	374	131.04/cwt	130.00–132.00	490	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	376	115.73/cwt	110.00–120.00	435	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	136.39/cwt	133.00–139.00	529	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	124.68/cwt	122.00–127.00	526	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	132.99/cwt	130.00–135.00	573	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	440	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	506	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	451	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	514	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	129.55/cwt	127.00–133.00	609	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	505	118.51/cwt	117.00–120.00	598	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	124.34/cwt	123.00–127.00	645	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	124.01/cwt	122.00–130.00	692	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	584	105.11/cwt	102.00–109.00	614	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	585	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	644	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	121.01/cwt	119.00–125.00	750	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	661	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	621	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	114.96/cwt	112.00–116.00	787	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	773	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	793	93.49/cwt	91.00–96.00	741	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	220	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	367	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	255	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	388	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	283	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	481	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	328	167.15/cwt	165.00–170.00	548	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	330	156.77/cwt	152.00–162.00	517	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	366	165.00/cwt	163.00–167.00	604	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	395	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	612	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	412	154.46/cwt	152.00–162.00	636	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	423	149.53/cwt	149.00–150.00	633	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	457	138.07/cwt	138.00–139.00	631	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	460	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	492	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	463	149.46/cwt	147.00–152.00	692	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	570	120.95/cwt	120.00–121.00	689	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	630	112.54/cwt	110.00–115.00	709	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	750	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	818	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	270	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	254	11
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	364	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	335	10
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	538	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	484	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	613	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	503	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,414	78.98/cwt	76.00–83.00	1,117	4
Bulls	—	—	1,700	87.72/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,491	3
Bulls	—	—	1,840	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,766	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	512	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	995	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	697	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	61.18/cwt	57.00–64.00	655	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	75.99/cwt	74.00–79.00	976	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,288	62.56/cwt	60.00–65.00	806	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	69.63/cwt	66.00–73.00	919	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,567	65.19/cwt	62.00–68.00	1,022	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	898.56/cwt	875.00–925.00	7,817	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	913	903.36/cwt	875.00–925.00	8,248	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	920	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,440	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,090	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	9,538	1

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Turner County Stockyard - Ashburn, GA

Wed Feb 3, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 878Last week 673Year ago 914

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 123Year ago 165

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 44Year ago 32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	570	120.00–121.00	120.95
3	—	395	155.00	155.00
2	—	330	152.00–162.00	156.77
2	—	423	149.00–150.00	149.53
16	—	457	138.00–139.00	138.07
2	—	630	110.00–115.00	112.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	412	152.00–162.00	154.46
9	—	366	163.00–167.00	165.00
3	—	283	170.00	170.00
2	—	463	147.00–152.00	149.46
7	—	328	165.00–170.00	167.15
1	—	750	109.00	109.00
1	—	575	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	107.00	107.00
1	—	220	167.00	167.00
2	—	255	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	793	91.00–96.00	93.49
3	—	422	122.00–127.00	124.68
1	—	585	110.00	110.00
2	—	325	132.00	132.00
5	—	374	130.00–132.00	131.04
2	—	505	117.00–120.00	118.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	470	127.00–133.00	129.55
25	—	388	133.00–139.00	136.39
1	—	295	144.00	144.00
25	—	685	112.00–116.00	114.96
22	—	431	130.00–135.00	132.99
10	—	620	119.00–125.00	121.01
7	—	333	139.00–145.00	139.85
8	—	519	123.00–127.00	124.34
1	—	750	103.00	103.00
45	—	558	122.00–130.00	124.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	451	114.00	114.00
4	—	661	94.00	94.00
4	—	376	110.00–120.00	115.73
9	—	584	102.00–109.00	105.11
2	—	275	126.00–130.00	128.00
1	—	440	115.00	115.00
7	—	338	119.00–127.00	125.21
2	—	225	120.00–130.00	124.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	338	170.00–173.00	171.00
23	—	483	141.00–151.00	149.21
17	—	375	160.00–166.00	163.99
5	—	621	110.00–120.00	113.74
3	—	530	139.00–142.00	140.03
8	—	442	155.00–159.00	157.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	783	124.00	124.00
34	—	521	139.00–154.00	151.80
17	—	630	124.00–132.00	130.91
7	—	671	128.00	128.00
4	—	475	153.00–156.00	154.24
10	—	715	120.00–123.00	121.28
30	—	424	160.00–164.00	161.79
4	—	361	170.00	170.00
27	—	572	136.00–142.00	137.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	562	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	165.00	165.00
1	—	480	134.00	134.00
1	—	375	151.00	151.00
1	—	430	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	613	82.00	82.00
10	—	364	92.00	92.00
2	—	538	90.00	90.00
11	—	270	94.00	94.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	70.00	70.00
1	—	985	52.00	52.00
4	—	1,070	57.00–64.00	61.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,567	62.00–68.00	65.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,288	60.00–65.00	62.56
7	—	1,285	74.00–79.00	75.99
17	—	1,320	66.00–73.00	69.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,414	76.00–83.00	78.98
1	—	1,840	96.00	96.00
3	—	1,700	84.00–91.00	87.72

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	913	875.00–925.00	903.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,090	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	870	875.00–925.00	898.56

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	700.00	700.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.