Sale reports / Georgia / Ashburn / 2024-10-23

Ashburn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashburn, Georgia · Wed, Oct 23
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1939
Feeder Cattle receipts
788 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 761▼ 83 vs year ago 871 · −9.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
204 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 157▼ 80 vs year ago 284 · −28.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
182 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 108▲ 159 vs year ago 23 · +691.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cows and bulls unevenly steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers steady. Steer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, bull claves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves mostly steady. Replacement cattle mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $215.24/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −169.98 against this barn's trailing median of $385.23.
Average price
$215.24
51 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,145
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.79
vs GA average
−44.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2553216.191,19629
Medium and Large 3504214.001,07922
One grade step is worth $2.19/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale51 hd
215.24
—
GA average14 barns · 402 hd
211.46
+3.79
National average195 barns · 25,856 hd
259.63
−44.39
This barn, trailing median34 sales
385.23
−169.98
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
435387339291median 385.2303/0404/2907/0809/0210/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $421.11, low $305.15, median $385.23 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,429134.751,92514
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,165120.901,40864
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,376119.541,64520
CowsLean 85-90%Low973108.471,05532

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,088$1,65416
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,059$1,43443
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)913$1,17312
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,221$2,0238

Every lot

61 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278332.31/cwt330.00–340.009249
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3336302.95/cwt300.00–310.001,01825
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1412316.36/cwt313.00–321.001,30321
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2462286.22/cwt280.00–288.001,32233
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3469272.83/cwt270.00–275.001,28012
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1491293.36/cwt290.00–295.001,44012
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3534238.17/cwt235.00–245.001,2727
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538266.09/cwt265.00–275.001,4329
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2588241.51/cwt240.00–245.001,42029
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2676224.51/cwt220.00–229.001,5186
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2732215.22/cwt210.00–220.001,5755
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785214.00/cwt210.00–218.001,6802
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1211322.39/cwt320.00–325.006802
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290289.91/cwt285.00–295.008412
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1307276.69/cwt270.00–280.0084911
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3315253.81/cwt250.00–255.008004
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323265.08/cwt258.00–268.0085621
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371256.31/cwt250.00–260.0095142
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added402275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1063
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419240.85/cwt235.00–245.001,00915
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3441222.25/cwt220.00–230.0098037
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465227.63/cwt225.00–230.001,0583
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3504214.00/cwt210.00–218.001,07922
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505222.32/cwt220.00–225.001,1239
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575213.43/cwt210.00–220.001,22720
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3616202.49/cwt200.00–203.001,2476
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775180.94/cwt175.00–183.001,4028
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3285301.70/cwt300.00–305.008603
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2293318.35/cwt315.00–320.009333
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3333295.07/cwt290.00–300.009836
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2363309.90/cwt305.00–315.001,1252
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375286.84/cwt280.00–290.001,0763
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410312.53/cwt310.00–315.001,2812
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458269.92/cwt265.00–275.001,2364
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3485237.11/cwt230.00–240.001,1504
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3515224.29/cwt220.00–228.001,1553
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528252.58/cwt250.00–255.001,3342
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533232.04/cwt230.00–233.001,2379
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3625201.53/cwt198.00–205.001,2602
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655205.31/cwt200.00–208.001,3453
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,328131.16/cwt128.00–135.001,7428
Bulls——1,527137.64/cwt136.00–139.002,1025
Bulls——1,740149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,5931
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%926115.64/cwt113.00–120.001,0719
Cows—Lean 85-90%97099.13/cwt98.00–103.009626
Cows—Lean 85-90%999107.97/cwt105.00–110.001,07917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,153116.05/cwt112.00–119.001,33834
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,165124.75/cwt122.00–129.001,45324
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,229132.97/cwt131.00–138.001,6346
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,334123.80/cwt122.00–128.001,6517
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,395115.32/cwt111.00–118.001,60911
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415127.88/cwt126.00–130.001,8102
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39902,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-21,1081,195.94/head1,000.00–1,400.001,1962
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3122,309.18/head2,100.00–2,475.002,3095
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38601,116.01/head1,000.00–1,200.001,1167
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39801,262.71/head1,000.00–1,500.001,26324
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29881,252.07/head1,125.00–1,325.001,2525
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0011,219.48/head1,000.00–1,400.001,2195
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1281,851.91/head1,500.00–2,200.001,85211
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1591,651.39/head1,500.00–1,775.001,65119

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.