Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2023-10-25

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Oct 25
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
871 head
▼ 253 vs last sale 1,124▲ 94 vs year ago 777 · +12.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
284 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 315▲ 39 vs year ago 245 · +15.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 0▼ 5 vs year ago 28 · −17.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer, bull and heifer calves 10.00 lower, replacement cattle 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 $207.31/cwt on 122 head.
Average price
$207.31
122 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,098
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$291
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$8.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.67
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3326213.686978thin
Medium and Large 1580207.791,20473
Medium and Large 2481205.2198741
One grade step is worth $8.47/cwt here — about −$291 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 sale122 hd
207.31
—
GA average16 barns · 1,141 hd
196.64
+10.67
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—Low1,447111.421,61211
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43597.141,39429
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09489.6898163
CowsLean 85-90%High91978.4572154

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,043$9732thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,091$1,10410

Every lot

47 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2413248.49/cwt247.00–250.001,0264
Steers—Medium and Large 1459252.41/cwt250.00–254.001,1595
Steers—Medium and Large 2484244.25/cwt243.00–247.001,18211
Steers—Medium and Large 2532239.86/cwt237.00–245.001,2767
Steers—Medium and Large 1583239.08/cwt238.00–242.001,3947
Steers—Medium and Large 2590224.25/cwt222.00–226.001,3239
Steers—Medium and Large 1629232.85/cwt230.00–234.001,46510
Steers—Medium and Large 1663224.86/cwt222.00–226.001,4917
Steers—Medium and Large 1707223.01/cwt220.00–226.001,5774
Steers—Medium and Large 2758203.98/cwt202.00–205.001,5463
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3326213.68/cwt212.00–220.006978
Heifers—Medium and Large 2393214.96/cwt210.00–220.008459
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427209.58/cwt205.00–215.0089517
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462205.67/cwt205.00–207.009503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463212.71/cwt210.00–217.0098513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530205.63/cwt205.00–207.001,0906
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532212.87/cwt210.00–217.001,13225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564209.03/cwt205.00–213.001,17911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635204.54/cwt202.00–207.001,29910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1688190.98/cwt185.00–197.001,3142
Heifers—Medium and Large 2727177.54/cwt170.00–179.001,2916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added755196.25/cwt196.00–197.001,48212
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2287275.54/cwt270.00–280.007917
Bulls—Medium and Large 2364244.76/cwt240.00–247.0089116
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370232.57/cwt230.00–237.008618
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420225.65/cwt220.00–227.009485
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425234.62/cwt230.00–240.0099720
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465228.01/cwt227.00–230.001,0603
Bulls—Medium and Large 3469217.81/cwt215.00–220.001,0226
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527212.50/cwt210.00–215.001,12013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535221.58/cwt220.00–227.001,18510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558223.52/cwt220.00–227.001,2472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625213.50/cwt210.00–217.001,3344
Bulls—Medium and Large 2643201.00/cwt200.00–202.001,2922
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,412114.75/cwt112.00–120.001,6205
Bulls——1,476108.65/cwt104.00–111.001,6046
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88173.28/cwt70.00–77.0064624
Cows—Lean 85-90%94380.06/cwt78.00–85.0075522
Cows—Lean 85-90%97089.51/cwt86.00–93.008688
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06882.13/cwt77.00–85.0087719
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09698.66/cwt95.00–103.001,08118
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11288.98/cwt86.00–94.0098926
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40188.85/cwt86.00–91.001,2455
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42894.80/cwt92.00–98.001,35414
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,461104.56/cwt101.00–109.001,52810
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0911,103.90/head1,025.00–1,200.001,10410
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,043973.44/head925.00–1,025.009732

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.