Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2021-10-13

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Oct 13
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
523 head
▼ 143 vs last sale 666▲ 16 vs year ago 507 · +3.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 52▼ 133 vs year ago 166 · −80.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 35▼ 47 vs year ago 65 · −72.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.41/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −71.61 against this barn's trailing median of $209.03.
Average price
$137.41
120 head · 412 lb average
Value per head Derived
$566
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.80
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1399149.0759529
Medium and Large 2397140.7255954
Medium and Large 3444123.4454937
One grade step is worth $25.63/cwt here — about $46 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 sale120 hd
137.41
—
GA average16 barns · 1,420 hd
123.61
+13.80
This barn, trailing median27 sales
209.03
−71.61
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

27 sales
235206177148median 209.0303/0404/1506/0308/0510/28
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $220.56, low $161.81, median $209.03 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,53780.951,2443thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25962.337848thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62555.008941thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00348.604877thin

Every lot

76 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3315154.87/cwt152.00–157.004889
Steers—Medium and Large 2323165.00/cwt165.00–165.005332
Steers—Medium and Large 2372156.00/cwt156.00–156.005804
Steers—Medium and Large 3393155.00/cwt155.00–155.006097
Steers—Medium and Large 3421146.11/cwt138.00–148.0061511
Steers—Medium and Large 2433151.18/cwt150.00–155.0065510
Steers—Medium and Large 1464153.00/cwt153.00–153.007104
Steers—Medium and Large 3470132.79/cwt130.00–138.006247
Steers—Medium and Large 2478144.34/cwt144.00–145.006903
Steers—Medium and Large 1532142.71/cwt140.00–144.007596
Steers—Medium and Large 2539137.60/cwt135.00–138.007427
Steers—Medium and Large 1560139.20/cwt139.00–140.0078010
Steers—Medium and Large 2571133.29/cwt133.00–134.007617
Steers—Medium and Large 2607123.37/cwt120.00–128.007493
Steers—Medium and Large 1613136.96/cwt133.00–140.0084014
Steers—Medium and Large 3614111.00/cwt111.00–111.006824
Steers—Medium and Large 3660110.00/cwt110.00–110.007261
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3234130.51/cwt130.00–132.003054
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273134.83/cwt132.00–137.003686
Heifers—Medium and Large 3277123.02/cwt120.00–127.003413
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323122.19/cwt117.00–125.003956
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328129.45/cwt127.00–130.0042510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361135.13/cwt133.00–136.0048812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2361129.07/cwt125.00–130.004669
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373115.86/cwt112.00–120.004325
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415108.68/cwt106.00–110.004513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422132.15/cwt129.00–134.0055814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445120.00/cwt120.00–120.005341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465128.58/cwt126.00–130.005983
Heifers—Medium and Large 3472109.59/cwt106.00–115.005176
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478121.81/cwt119.00–124.005824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522125.18/cwt123.00–126.0065311
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523110.97/cwt110.00–112.005803
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530115.67/cwt115.00–117.006133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570119.99/cwt119.00–121.006843
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006331
Heifers—Medium and Large 359599.00/cwt99.00–99.005891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610117.29/cwt114.00–119.007153
Heifers—Medium and Large 3620100.00/cwt100.00–100.006201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733105.00/cwt105.00–105.007702
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3235139.87/cwt135.00–142.003293
Bulls—Medium and Large 2284151.95/cwt150.00–160.004326
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315147.91/cwt142.00–150.0046617
Bulls—Medium and Large 1316158.32/cwt155.00–160.005005
Bulls—Medium and Large 3329132.31/cwt130.00–135.004357
Bulls—Medium and Large 1357155.00/cwt155.00–155.0055313
Bulls—Medium and Large 3377124.89/cwt120.00–130.004713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2381144.20/cwt143.00–147.005498
Bulls—Medium and Large 1408147.25/cwt147.00–147.506012
Bulls—Medium and Large 3422127.99/cwt125.00–130.005407
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435138.99/cwt135.00–144.0060512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2462130.01/cwt127.00–132.006013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470141.00/cwt140.00–142.006635
Bulls—Medium and Large 3490119.30/cwt115.00–125.0058510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515130.00/cwt130.00–130.006701
Bulls—Medium and Large 3523118.49/cwt117.00–120.006202
Bulls—Medium and Large 1557128.99/cwt128.00–131.007183
Bulls—Medium and Large 2571123.22/cwt120.00–126.007045
Bulls—Medium and Large 3580111.00/cwt111.00–111.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610115.51/cwt114.00–117.007052
Bulls—Medium and Large 3615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006771
Bulls—Medium and Large 2650114.00/cwt114.00–114.007411
Bulls—Medium and Large 3675100.00/cwt100.00–100.006751
Bulls—Medium and Large 3768100.01/cwt99.00–101.007682
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,21574.00/cwt74.00–74.008991
Bulls——1,69884.43/cwt84.00–85.001,4342
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86558.00/cwt58.00–58.005021
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02044.71/cwt44.00–45.004563
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03249.36/cwt49.00–50.005093
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24356.01/cwt55.00–57.006963
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26866.12/cwt64.00–69.008385
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62555.00/cwt55.00–55.008941
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,038926.05/cwt900.00–975.009,6124
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,086776.28/cwt650.00–850.008,4308
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,123787.92/cwt775.00–800.008,8482
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1451,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0012,3092

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.