Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2021-08-11

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Aug 11
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
657 head
▼ 140 vs last sale 797▼ 420 vs year ago 1,077 · −39.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
157 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 153▲ 100 vs year ago 57 · +175.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 0▼ 18 vs year ago 34 · −52.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.91/cwt on 168 head.
Average price
$130.91
168 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.71
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510135.6369291
Medium and Large 2506127.1464345
Medium and Large 3471122.7657832
One grade step is worth $12.87/cwt here — about $114 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 sale168 hd
130.91
—
GA average14 barns · 1,372 hd
128.20
+2.71
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—High1,56389.891,40510
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18270.8483744
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11459.0565819

Every lot

46 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2413176.35/cwt175.00–179.007283
Steers—Medium and Large 1423183.74/cwt180.00–188.0077731
Steers—Medium and Large 1458163.51/cwt162.00–165.007492
Steers—Medium and Large 2488149.40/cwt148.00–153.0072920
Steers—Medium and Large 1508154.22/cwt153.00–156.0078314
Steers—Medium and Large 1569150.11/cwt146.00–152.0085410
Steers—Medium and Large 2614135.60/cwt133.00–137.008335
Steers—Medium and Large 1678135.99/cwt133.00–138.009223
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330152.42/cwt150.00–155.005032
Heifers—Medium and Large 3363133.27/cwt130.00–137.004844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365156.45/cwt153.00–160.005712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383144.14/cwt140.00–145.0055212
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415124.84/cwt120.00–128.005185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418141.93/cwt140.00–144.0059312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427133.56/cwt130.00–139.005705
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465132.04/cwt130.00–136.006143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472141.78/cwt140.00–144.0066924
Heifers—Medium and Large 3490122.30/cwt120.00–128.0059917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521133.14/cwt131.00–135.0069414
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526125.00/cwt122.00–128.006589
Heifers—Medium and Large 3536115.32/cwt115.00–117.006186
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563119.98/cwt115.00–125.006752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575128.88/cwt128.00–135.0074134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622124.32/cwt121.00–126.007733
Heifers—Medium and Large 2626111.64/cwt110.00–113.0069914
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315207.81/cwt200.00–210.006555
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385177.47/cwt175.00–180.006832
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420161.00/cwt160.00–162.006762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428182.49/cwt180.00–185.007812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2457146.91/cwt143.00–150.0067113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467153.00/cwt150.00–155.007153
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513140.80/cwt138.00–147.0072210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563130.00/cwt129.00–131.007322
Bulls—Medium and Large 3613106.68/cwt105.00–110.006543
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635119.27/cwt115.00–125.007578
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32684.18/cwt81.00–88.001,1164
Bulls——1,625103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,6741
Bulls——1,74091.83/cwt90.00–94.001,5985
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09362.96/cwt59.00–66.0068810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13567.25/cwt65.00–68.0076312
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13754.71/cwt50.00–58.006229
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19972.00/cwt69.00–75.0086331
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22078.00/cwt78.00–78.009521
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3950825.00/cwt825.00–825.007,8382
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,098888.04/cwt875.00–900.009,7512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2751,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0013,3881

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.