Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2023-06-21

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Jun 21
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,165 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 1,218▲ 553 vs year ago 612 · +90.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
242 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 244▼ 23 vs year ago 265 · −8.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 103 vs last sale 116▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $237.99/cwt on 212 head.
Average price
$237.99
212 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,404
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$524
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$16.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.73
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3360252.509092thin
Medium and Large 2471252.461,18823
Medium and Large 1607236.061,433187
One grade step is worth $16.44/cwt here — about −$524 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 sale212 hd
237.99
—
GA average14 barns · 1,086 hd
242.73
−4.73
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—Low1,382118.721,6419thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,186105.111,24736
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06486.5792124

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,045$1,3102thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,085$1,4102thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3360252.50/cwt250.00–255.009092
Steers—Medium and Large 2383263.43/cwt260.00–265.001,0093
Steers—Medium and Large 2415267.21/cwt266.00–268.001,1095
Steers—Medium and Large 1425270.99/cwt270.00–272.001,1522
Steers—Medium and Large 2484255.22/cwt252.00–257.001,2355
Steers—Medium and Large 1487261.43/cwt261.00–265.001,27311
Steers—Medium and Large 1514258.41/cwt257.00–262.001,32821
Steers—Medium and Large 2518240.41/cwt240.00–241.001,24510
Steers—Medium and Large 1554250.61/cwt245.00–251.001,38831
Steers—Medium and Large 1632229.44/cwt225.00–235.001,45095
Steers—Medium and Large 1680220.98/cwt219.00–227.001,5034
Steers—Medium and Large 1721210.83/cwt210.00–215.001,52023
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332237.58/cwt235.00–242.007895
Heifers—Medium and Large 2366227.98/cwt220.00–230.008345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381233.26/cwt232.00–237.0088910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2411223.90/cwt220.00–227.0092019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416232.98/cwt230.00–235.009697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459227.11/cwt221.00–230.001,04212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465213.41/cwt210.00–217.0099212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1507219.17/cwt215.00–222.001,11129
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515196.63/cwt195.00–200.001,0133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567216.43/cwt212.00–220.001,22730
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625196.18/cwt191.00–200.001,22611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635209.36/cwt209.00–212.001,32917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660202.52/cwt200.00–205.001,3372
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3334253.46/cwt252.00–257.0084710
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365249.88/cwt245.00–252.009128
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370260.56/cwt255.00–265.0096412
Bulls—Medium and Large 3411226.46/cwt225.00–235.009317
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425248.48/cwt247.00–250.001,0562
Bulls—Medium and Large 3471219.00/cwt212.00–220.001,03128
Bulls—Medium and Large 2486221.82/cwt221.00–227.001,07812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1508222.51/cwt220.00–225.001,1302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578219.98/cwt215.00–225.001,2714
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585203.82/cwt202.00–210.001,19212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620206.02/cwt205.00–207.001,2774
Bulls—Medium and Large 1658199.50/cwt199.00–200.001,3136
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,338113.06/cwt112.00–114.001,5132
Bulls——1,367117.73/cwt115.00–120.001,6095
Bulls——1,465126.85/cwt125.00–128.001,8582
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05389.44/cwt85.00–93.0094213
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06679.16/cwt77.00–84.008448
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10393.92/cwt93.00–96.001,0363
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,147104.27/cwt100.00–109.001,19619
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18897.38/cwt94.00–99.001,1578
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267113.74/cwt110.00–118.001,4419
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0451,309.81/head1,275.00–1,350.001,3102
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0851,410.14/head1,400.00–1,420.001,4102

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.