Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2022-09-14

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Sep 14
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,250 head
▲ 347 vs last sale 903▲ 205 vs year ago 1,045 · +19.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
344 head
▲ 228 vs last sale 116▲ 239 vs year ago 105 · +227.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers 3.00 lower, feeder bulls and heifers mostly steady, steer calves 6.00 to 8.00 lower, heifer and bull calves 6.00 lower, 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 $150.54/cwt on 193 head.
Average price
$150.54
193 head · 447 lb average
Value per head Derived
$674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.92
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1489152.77746101
Medium and Large 2408148.9960867
Medium and Large 3386145.6756225
One grade step is worth $7.10/cwt here — about $184 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 sale193 hd
150.54
—
GA average15 barns · 2,234 hd
149.62
+0.92
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—Low1,47797.291,4376thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63084.001,3691thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24681.051,01027
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03569.3271823

Every lot

51 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1358198.49/cwt197.00–200.007112
Steers—Medium and Large 2374187.67/cwt186.00–191.0070214
Steers—Medium and Large 2430176.24/cwt170.00–179.0075810
Steers—Medium and Large 2462176.01/cwt171.00–178.0081311
Steers—Medium and Large 3475167.00/cwt165.00–169.0079315
Steers—Medium and Large 3517157.57/cwt155.00–159.008159
Steers—Medium and Large 2523164.23/cwt161.00–170.0085912
Steers—Medium and Large 1564168.69/cwt168.00–169.0095110
Steers—Medium and Large 3565152.09/cwt147.00–157.008592
Steers—Medium and Large 2576162.57/cwt157.00–165.0093615
Steers—Medium and Large 1638165.85/cwt160.00–167.001,0586
Steers—Medium and Large 1684152.78/cwt152.00–153.001,04514
Steers—Medium and Large 2713143.51/cwt140.00–147.001,0232
Steers—Medium and Large 1795139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,10521
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2256150.85/cwt150.00–151.003867
Heifers—Medium and Large 2326154.27/cwt152.00–157.005034
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328146.03/cwt141.00–150.004793
Heifers—Medium and Large 3359145.49/cwt142.00–148.0052212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2364152.83/cwt152.00–154.0055619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380162.32/cwt160.00–163.0061726
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425150.17/cwt150.00–152.0063812
Heifers—Medium and Large 3436145.79/cwt141.00–148.0063610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471146.33/cwt140.00–148.0068916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481149.14/cwt149.00–150.0071741
Heifers—Medium and Large 2511141.28/cwt135.00–144.007227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521152.19/cwt149.00–155.0079313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567145.63/cwt143.00–146.008268
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568136.56/cwt132.00–141.007762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640152.06/cwt144.00–154.0097310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680143.62/cwt139.00–146.009773
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285194.82/cwt190.00–200.005552
Bulls—Medium and Large 2321191.90/cwt187.00–193.0061611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335203.38/cwt200.00–205.006813
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368185.99/cwt185.00–187.006842
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370196.71/cwt195.00–200.007283
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422176.83/cwt175.00–177.0074629
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475161.03/cwt155.00–173.0076514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478161.46/cwt159.00–164.0077214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1509153.66/cwt147.00–156.0078226
Bulls—Medium and Large 3558133.68/cwt130.00–137.007463
Bulls—Medium and Large 2579146.52/cwt140.00–148.0084812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1639148.58/cwt146.00–149.009497
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,28891.48/cwt90.00–93.001,1783
Bulls——1,468100.14/cwt97.00–103.001,4702
Bulls——2,060109.00/cwt109.00–109.002,2451
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98567.10/cwt62.00–69.0066112
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09071.75/cwt70.00–75.0078211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18882.42/cwt79.00–86.0097910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26487.84/cwt87.00–89.001,1106
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29076.11/cwt72.00–78.0098211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,3691

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.