Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2022-08-10

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Aug 10
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,046 head
▲ 296 vs last sale 750▲ 389 vs year ago 657 · +59.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
345 head
▲ 250 vs last sale 95▲ 188 vs year ago 157 · +119.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers and bulls mostly steady, feeder heifers 7.00 to 9.00 higher, steer calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher, bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 7.00 to 9.00 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 $155.17/cwt on 337 head.
Average price
$155.17
337 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$810
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.38
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544158.02859234
Medium and Large 2471148.70701103
One grade step is worth $9.32/cwt here — about $159 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 sale337 hd
155.17
—
GA average15 barns · 1,803 hd
146.79
+8.38
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—Average1,74299.941,74110
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38484.661,1724thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09479.0786522
CowsLean 85-90%Average99762.726255thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1343198.30/cwt190.00–200.0068010
Steers—Medium and Large 1380193.76/cwt190.00–199.0073619
Steers—Medium and Large 1427186.66/cwt185.00–191.0079718
Steers—Medium and Large 1469181.34/cwt175.00–185.0085011
Steers—Medium and Large 2472161.82/cwt160.00–162.0076411
Steers—Medium and Large 1527179.61/cwt176.00–182.0094713
Steers—Medium and Large 1570170.21/cwt169.00–175.0097019
Steers—Medium and Large 2573155.00/cwt155.00–155.008887
Steers—Medium and Large 1625162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0132
Steers—Medium and Large 1691155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,07111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366167.81/cwt162.00–171.0061417
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376155.39/cwt152.00–159.0058412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428150.56/cwt145.00–153.0064442
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462152.49/cwt146.00–156.0070527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1491167.21/cwt162.00–168.0082175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524147.51/cwt144.00–151.0077339
Heifers—Medium and Large 2542140.02/cwt137.00–141.007594
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570142.68/cwt135.00–144.008137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1593158.15/cwt149.00–159.0093833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611158.94/cwt151.00–160.0097153
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640136.63/cwt136.00–140.008746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655138.00/cwt138.00–138.009042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1702127.47/cwt124.00–128.0089515
Heifers—Medium and Large 2715126.43/cwt124.00–128.009045
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1379187.60/cwt187.00–190.007115
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380164.98/cwt160.00–170.006273
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410176.63/cwt170.00–182.007247
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460173.52/cwt172.00–175.007982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1506153.75/cwt152.00–154.0077816
Bulls—Medium and Large 1604147.34/cwt146.00–150.008903
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,648101.47/cwt98.00–104.001,6723
Bulls——1,673110.55/cwt107.00–114.001,8503
Bulls——1,86590.83/cwt88.00–95.001,6944
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99762.72/cwt60.00–65.006255
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08378.37/cwt74.00–81.0084914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09370.54/cwt69.00–73.007713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12786.15/cwt84.00–89.009715
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33386.32/cwt83.00–90.001,1512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,3011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0801

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.