Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2023-12-06

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Dec 6
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,138 head
▲ 171 vs last sale 967▲ 106 vs year ago 1,032 · +10.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▼ 106 vs last sale 221▼ 47 vs year ago 162 · −29.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 71▼ 140 vs year ago 172 · −81.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steer, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer and bull calves 5.00 to 7.00 higher, heifer calves mostly steady, 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 $219.01/cwt on 211 head.
Average price
$219.01
211 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,034
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.05
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1458228.611,04778
Medium and Large 2488214.021,045117
Medium and Large 3422208.7088116thin
One grade step is worth $19.92/cwt here — about $166 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 sale211 hd
219.01
—
GA average15 barns · 1,496 hd
206.96
+12.05
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—Low1,613113.061,82311
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21692.701,12733
CowsLean 85-90%High1,09881.1189118

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,444$1,9247

Every lot

58 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 1280303.71/cwt300.00–312.008503
Steers—Medium and Large 1332303.78/cwt300.00–307.001,00926
Steers—Medium and Large 1366290.39/cwt290.00–292.001,0635
Steers—Medium and Large 1408287.48/cwt285.00–290.001,1732
Steers—Medium and Large 3416256.26/cwt255.00–265.001,0668
Steers—Medium and Large 1456253.74/cwt250.00–260.001,15727
Steers—Medium and Large 2474244.27/cwt240.00–247.001,1585
Steers—Medium and Large 3475235.99/cwt235.00–237.001,1212
Steers—Medium and Large 1530239.90/cwt239.00–247.001,27125
Steers—Medium and Large 2542233.82/cwt230.00–235.001,26720
Steers—Medium and Large 1567233.15/cwt230.00–240.001,32219
Steers—Medium and Large 2622222.46/cwt220.00–224.001,38413
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3274223.12/cwt220.00–227.006114
Heifers—Medium and Large 2337226.02/cwt225.00–227.007624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1341244.91/cwt240.00–247.0083510
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367219.58/cwt215.00–222.008063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377239.30/cwt235.00–240.009027
Heifers—Medium and Large 2386233.28/cwt233.00–235.0090027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410231.32/cwt230.00–232.009489
Heifers—Medium and Large 3413216.61/cwt210.00–220.008953
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433226.43/cwt225.00–227.0098014
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476219.00/cwt217.00–220.001,04218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485226.78/cwt225.00–229.001,10036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515222.13/cwt220.00–225.001,14413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517206.70/cwt205.00–215.001,06916
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520197.50/cwt195.00–200.001,0274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2587196.76/cwt192.00–200.001,15533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610191.33/cwt190.00–192.001,1673
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615184.98/cwt180.00–190.001,1385
Heifers—Medium and Large 3620174.06/cwt170.00–178.001,0792
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2312292.32/cwt290.00–297.009123
Bulls—Medium and Large 1324302.95/cwt300.00–310.009827
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368291.51/cwt290.00–292.001,0734
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373266.61/cwt265.00–270.009943
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390276.54/cwt275.00–280.001,07913
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423251.69/cwt250.00–255.001,0653
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424236.18/cwt232.00–242.001,00115
Bulls—Medium and Large 3457211.68/cwt210.00–215.009673
Bulls—Medium and Large 2458228.49/cwt227.00–230.001,0462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1469237.16/cwt235.00–242.001,11228
Bulls—Medium and Large 1511233.92/cwt232.00–237.001,19518
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513226.69/cwt225.00–230.001,1633
Bulls—Medium and Large 2562210.51/cwt210.00–212.001,18316
Bulls—Medium and Large 3566195.82/cwt192.00–200.001,1085
Bulls—Medium and Large 1569220.67/cwt220.00–222.001,2563
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610206.17/cwt202.00–207.001,2586
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623193.99/cwt192.00–195.001,2093
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,528113.67/cwt112.00–116.001,7376
Bulls——1,548104.86/cwt102.00–109.001,6233
Bulls——1,963123.52/cwt120.00–126.002,4252
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04073.29/cwt70.00–76.007623
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09781.92/cwt78.00–85.0089912
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16085.68/cwt85.00–86.009943
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16887.72/cwt82.00–91.001,02516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25595.63/cwt93.00–100.001,20013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280103.06/cwt101.00–106.001,3194
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2881,855.97/head1,775.00–1,925.001,8562
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5071,951.31/head1,800.00–2,050.001,9515

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.