Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2023-10-18

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Oct 18
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,124 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 1,036▼ 74 vs year ago 1,198 · −6.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
315 head
▲ 160 vs last sale 155▲ 123 vs year ago 192 · +64.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers 3.00 higher, feeder bulls and heifers mostly steady, steer and bull calves 8.00 to 10.00 higher, heifer calves 6.00 higher, 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 $272.30/cwt on 203 head.
Average price
$272.30
203 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,335
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$19
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.84
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1487273.881,333191
Medium and Large 2547247.151,35212thin
One grade step is worth $26.73/cwt here — about −$19 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 sale203 hd
272.30
—
GA average16 barns · 1,569 hd
249.46
+22.84
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—Average1,499114.081,71014
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18289.461,05759
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47188.931,3089thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08180.1786730

Every lot

56 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 1305304.16/cwt300.00–310.0092812
Steers—Medium and Large 1373286.37/cwt285.00–295.001,06821
Steers—Medium and Large 2413263.53/cwt262.00–265.001,0882
Steers—Medium and Large 1419274.70/cwt270.00–277.001,15131
Steers—Medium and Large 2470256.09/cwt252.00–260.001,2042
Steers—Medium and Large 1472269.66/cwt267.00–275.001,2736
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added474287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,36037
Steers—Medium and Large 1509261.35/cwt255.00–263.001,33019
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added565276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,55925
Steers—Medium and Large 1568256.89/cwt255.00–257.001,45918
Steers—Medium and Large 2573246.95/cwt245.00–252.001,4156
Steers—Medium and Large 1616249.91/cwt247.00–252.001,53912
Steers—Medium and Large 1668240.67/cwt239.00–247.001,60810
Steers—Medium and Large 2680222.46/cwt220.00–225.001,5132
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322231.99/cwt230.00–237.0074721
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360216.88/cwt215.00–220.007818
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385234.22/cwt230.00–235.009026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1393245.04/cwt242.00–247.009635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415239.09/cwt232.00–241.0099211
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420216.33/cwt215.00–217.009093
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424227.87/cwt225.00–230.009668
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468213.48/cwt210.00–217.009992
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472220.76/cwt217.00–227.001,04210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476239.81/cwt234.00–245.001,14112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530214.93/cwt210.00–217.001,13915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531223.01/cwt220.00–225.001,18416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565225.75/cwt220.00–226.001,27524
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570201.31/cwt200.00–202.001,1473
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581210.06/cwt209.00–217.001,22010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615198.49/cwt197.00–200.001,2212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627208.56/cwt206.00–213.001,3088
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661206.49/cwt205.00–207.001,3654
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2225282.44/cwt280.00–285.006352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1280301.33/cwt300.00–310.0084415
Bulls—Medium and Large 2293282.57/cwt280.00–290.0082810
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333283.16/cwt280.00–285.0094323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1334295.90/cwt290.00–300.009887
Bulls—Medium and Large 1395277.00/cwt275.00–285.001,0945
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418265.74/cwt257.00–267.001,11116
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458256.03/cwt250.00–260.001,1735
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480237.92/cwt235.00–245.001,1425
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520234.50/cwt232.00–242.001,2194
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523225.38/cwt222.00–227.001,1793
Bulls—Medium and Large 3533215.12/cwt210.00–220.001,1472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560239.51/cwt235.00–242.001,3418
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615227.08/cwt222.00–232.001,3972
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,233107.81/cwt103.00–110.001,3294
Bulls——1,605116.59/cwt112.00–120.001,87110
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95273.16/cwt70.00–76.006965
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10381.14/cwt78.00–84.0089523
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14890.30/cwt87.00–94.001,03726
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15086.57/cwt85.00–88.009962
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19696.48/cwt95.00–100.001,15412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21684.42/cwt81.00–86.001,02721
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46584.42/cwt80.00–88.001,2374
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47692.54/cwt90.00–96.001,3665

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.