Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2023-10-04

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Oct 4
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,106 head
▲ 148 vs last sale 958▲ 26 vs year ago 1,080 · +2.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
435 head
▲ 92 vs last sale 343▲ 292 vs year ago 143 · +204.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 0▼ 127 vs year ago 142 · −89.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $217.64/cwt on 147 head.
Average price
$217.64
147 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,105
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.91
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1578226.671,30930
Medium and Large 2471219.941,03594
Medium and Large 3569196.471,11923
One grade step is worth $30.20/cwt here — about $191 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 sale147 hd
217.64
—
GA average16 barns · 1,295 hd
207.73
+9.91
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—Average1,544117.391,8127thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38792.431,2824thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20091.581,09971
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04082.0785447

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)1,190$1,3632thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,118$1,2632thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,270$1,7751thin

Every lot

52 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 1273298.35/cwt295.00–300.008143
Steers—Medium and Large 2313292.48/cwt290.00–295.009152
Steers—Medium and Large 1315305.08/cwt300.00–310.009612
Steers—Medium and Large 3370251.68/cwt250.00–252.009316
Steers—Medium and Large 1404268.49/cwt267.00–269.001,0854
Steers—Medium and Large 2458251.59/cwt250.00–252.001,1525
Steers—Medium and Large 3464242.65/cwt242.00–245.001,1269
Steers—Medium and Large 1477259.80/cwt255.00–265.001,23915
Steers—Medium and Large 2513242.54/cwt240.00–245.001,2442
Steers—Medium and Large 2560244.25/cwt242.00–245.001,3684
Steers—Medium and Large 1564250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,41027
Steers—Medium and Large 1621241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,4977
Steers—Medium and Large 2660229.63/cwt228.00–232.001,51610
Steers—Medium and Large 1665238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5836
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2337229.02/cwt227.00–230.007723
Heifers—Medium and Large 2362224.46/cwt220.00–225.0081310
Heifers—Medium and Large 3376213.69/cwt210.00–215.008034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2448222.70/cwt215.00–225.0099839
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462221.13/cwt215.00–225.001,02211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467233.71/cwt227.00–237.001,0913
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475207.53/cwt205.00–210.009862
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515203.53/cwt200.00–207.001,0484
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524219.28/cwt216.00–220.001,14911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528229.80/cwt227.00–230.001,21315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2564210.64/cwt206.00–214.001,18820
Heifers—Medium and Large 3660187.30/cwt185.00–190.001,23613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,47412
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270292.41/cwt290.00–295.007902
Bulls—Medium and Large 3270260.63/cwt260.00–265.007048
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373267.77/cwt267.00–270.009994
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427247.73/cwt245.00–252.001,05812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1464237.21/cwt235.00–242.001,1014
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473230.71/cwt230.00–235.001,0917
Bulls—Medium and Large 1508231.00/cwt228.00–235.001,1733
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525220.97/cwt220.00–227.001,1607
Bulls—Medium and Large 1556216.41/cwt215.00–222.001,2035
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570208.47/cwt207.00–210.001,1882
Bulls—Medium and Large 1606206.58/cwt206.00–210.001,2527
Bulls—Medium and Large 2608193.49/cwt192.00–195.001,1762
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,477114.33/cwt113.00–115.001,6893
Bulls——1,594119.68/cwt118.00–121.001,9084
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93675.61/cwt72.00–79.0070813
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07389.76/cwt88.00–95.009638
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08282.94/cwt80.00–86.0089726
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14293.39/cwt90.00–98.001,06739
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24999.63/cwt98.00–102.001,2447
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27786.50/cwt83.00–89.001,10525
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34393.57/cwt90.00–98.001,2573
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,3531
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2701,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1181,262.64/head1,200.00–1,325.001,2632
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1901,363.45/head1,250.00–1,450.001,3632

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.