Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2022-10-19

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Oct 19
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,198 head
▲ 246 vs last sale 952▲ 410 vs year ago 788 · +52.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
192 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 153▲ 18 vs year ago 174 · +10.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower, feeder steers 2.00 higher, feeder heifers and bulls mostly steady, steer calves 4.00 higher, heifer and bull calves unevenly steady, 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 $140.62/cwt on 266 head.
Average price
$140.62
266 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$718
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$239
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.25
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540143.93777190
Medium and Large 2438136.7559849
Medium and Large 3433124.3553927
One grade step is worth $19.58/cwt here — about $239 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 sale266 hd
140.62
—
GA average15 barns · 2,320 hd
137.37
+3.25
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—Low1,69584.471,4327thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16869.9481735
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47367.459942thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09559.0164616

Every lot

53 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1410177.89/cwt175.00–178.0072927
Steers—Medium and Large 2419158.61/cwt158.00–163.006658
Steers—Medium and Large 2483161.04/cwt158.00–162.0077821
Steers—Medium and Large 2516157.71/cwt150.00–160.008147
Steers—Medium and Large 1545163.00/cwt162.00–164.008888
Steers—Medium and Large 2573154.02/cwt153.00–155.008832
Steers—Medium and Large 1590166.00/cwt166.00–166.0097940
Steers—Medium and Large 1644152.25/cwt152.00–156.0098015
Steers—Medium and Large 1682156.76/cwt153.00–159.001,06940
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1278163.51/cwt162.00–165.004552
Heifers—Medium and Large 2305140.91/cwt140.00–145.0043011
Heifers—Medium and Large 3329137.90/cwt130.00–139.004548
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368142.69/cwt140.00–145.005254
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370128.59/cwt125.00–132.004762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371148.02/cwt146.00–150.005494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419145.23/cwt143.00–147.0060932
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420139.06/cwt132.00–140.0058419
Heifers—Medium and Large 3426121.73/cwt120.00–125.005194
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465120.11/cwt115.00–125.005592
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471134.74/cwt131.00–139.006354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1490144.75/cwt140.00–148.0070932
Heifers—Medium and Large 3517115.46/cwt115.00–120.0059711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520126.00/cwt125.00–127.006553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533141.87/cwt136.00–147.0075621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566145.65/cwt140.00–147.0082451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625142.06/cwt138.00–145.0088820
Heifers—Medium and Large 2629130.82/cwt130.00–135.008236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675139.28/cwt139.00–140.0094028
Heifers—Medium and Large 2710117.97/cwt114.00–122.008382
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2267169.55/cwt165.00–172.004533
Bulls—Medium and Large 3289160.41/cwt155.00–165.0046411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2324160.11/cwt157.00–162.005198
Bulls—Medium and Large 3325151.92/cwt147.00–157.004942
Bulls—Medium and Large 2374155.48/cwt152.00–159.0058118
Bulls—Medium and Large 3375147.12/cwt147.00–149.0055217
Bulls—Medium and Large 1417157.64/cwt153.00–160.006577
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428147.81/cwt142.00–150.0063327
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465145.63/cwt142.00–152.006773
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468123.56/cwt120.00–127.005782
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470133.91/cwt131.00–140.006298
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525132.52/cwt130.00–135.006962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1582132.68/cwt130.00–133.007729
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605125.33/cwt120.00–128.007583
Bulls—Medium and Large 3685105.99/cwt105.00–107.007262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1725109.50/cwt109.00–110.007942
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,65183.72/cwt83.00–85.001,3826
Bulls——1,96089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,7441
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05453.85/cwt50.00–57.005685
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11461.36/cwt58.00–65.0068411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14264.41/cwt60.00–67.0073610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16271.86/cwt68.00–76.0083524
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47367.45/cwt66.00–69.009942
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,56079.00/cwt79.00–79.001,2321

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.