Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock · usually sells Wednesdays

Sale of Wednesday, July 15, 2026

1,384 head sold ·Official USDA report · Past reports (273)

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $402.00/cwt +22.00 vs last sale · ≈ $2,705/hd at 673 lb · 64 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $412.28/cwt -24.27 vs last sale · ≈ $2,366/hd at 574 lb · 39 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $402.04/cwt -19.02 vs last sale · ≈ $2,091/hd at 520 lb · 35 head

Ashburn 6-weight steers cleared at $392/cwt, running $6/cwt above the GA average ($386) and $5/cwt under Thomasville, GA ($397). GA 6-weight steers are down $26 from their late-June peak of $411. What this means — computed from this report and its neighbors

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,384	1,083	1,377
Feeder cattle	1,073	842	1,004
Slaughter cattle	179	152	235
Replacement cattle	132	89	138

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers and heifers sharply lower, feeder bulls unevenly steady and replacement cows sharply higher.

→ Feeder bulls: feeder bulls unevenly steady and replacement cows sharply higher
▼ Feeder heifers: feeder steers and heifers sharply lower
▼ Feeder steers: feeder steers and heifers sharply lower
→ Replacement cows: feeder bulls unevenly steady and replacement cows sharply higher
→ Slaughter bulls: slaughter bulls bulls unevenly steady
▼ Slaughter cows: slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–415	410	2	485.00–495.00	$489.94	$2,009	-48.64
450	450	3	460.00	$460.00	$2,070	-40.62
500–525	504	12	445.00–450.00	$447.09	$2,253	-33.97
568–578	574	39	407.00–420.00	$412.28	$2,366	-24.27
600–614	606	25	400.00–402.50	$401.39	$2,432	-23.37
673	673	64	402.00	$402.00	$2,705	+22.00
718–730	722	3	340.00–345.00	$343.31	$2,479	—
760–770	765	2	325.00–345.00	$334.93	$2,562	-10.07

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	315	2	510.00–525.00	$517.86	$1,631	-26.95
369–378	373	8	485.00–505.00	$493.84	$1,842	-24.17
405–448	432	14	460.00–475.00	$464.68	$2,007	-33.71
450–495	473	33	435.00–457.00	$452.25	$2,139	-16.79
505–540	521	19	405.00–437.00	$427.48	$2,227	-13.21
574–599	584	10	400.00–402.50	$401.23	$2,343	-19.60
625–648	644	18	360.00–380.00	$371.10	$2,390	-38.90
650–675	663	6	350.00–365.00	$359.18	$2,381	—
700–708	703	11	337.00–357.00	$344.33	$2,421	—
780	780	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,496	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–328	322	12	490.00–505.00	$502.62	$1,618	+32.62
395	395	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,778	-31.21
400–436	425	12	430.00–450.00	$442.77	$1,882	-12.23
455–495	482	17	370.00–430.00	$419.75	$2,023	—
500–530	513	6	350.00–375.00	$365.02	$1,873	-44.49
565–597	588	6	330.00–370.00	$362.45	$2,131	-47.55
605–610	608	2	320.00–330.00	$325.02	$1,976	-57.73
665–675	670	2	305.00–320.00	$312.44	$2,093	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	3	580.00	$580.00	$1,380	—
260–265	263	2	580.00–600.00	$589.90	$1,551	—
425–431	428	11	430.00–435.00	$432.29	$1,850	-41.88
469–478	470	26	425.00	$425.00	$1,998	-22.53
505–540	520	35	390.00–415.00	$402.04	$2,091	-19.02
560–590	572	16	360.00–390.00	$365.90	$2,093	-19.10
651–665	653	10	320.00–340.00	$331.97	$2,168	-3.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	550.00	$550.00	$1,292	—
315–327	324	7	485.00–500.00	$487.81	$1,581	-23.44
355–390	376	16	425.00–450.00	$443.18	$1,666	-18.90
410–433	418	19	405.00–425.00	$415.00	$1,735	-37.06
455–490	472	13	380.00–415.00	$398.06	$1,879	-28.16
515–540	525	5	380.00–385.00	$381.03	$2,000	—
555–580	562	8	340.00–355.00	$341.94	$1,922	-28.06
600–645	626	5	325.00–330.00	$326.92	$2,047	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–225	218	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,090	—
263–285	270	3	450.00–470.00	$462.97	$1,250	-11.81
340–345	343	3	440.00–445.00	$441.65	$1,515	-8.43
350–365	356	6	390.00–420.00	$406.53	$1,447	-14.44
415–444	436	8	370.00–400.00	$390.30	$1,702	-21.72
485	485	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,698	-36.98
510–520	512	5	350.00	$350.00	$1,792	—
555–590	563	10	300.00–320.00	$309.02	$1,740	-40.98
615–645	630	4	300.00–320.00	$311.46	$1,962	-1.71
700–740	720	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,944	—
790–795	793	3	275.00–280.00	$276.66	$2,194	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–215	210	2	670.00–690.00	$679.76	$1,427	—
255	255	1	640.00	$640.00	$1,632	±0.00
355–390	374	10	475.00–520.00	$489.07	$1,829	—
405–430	418	14	440.00–450.00	$448.22	$1,874	-57.59
451–476	464	32	420.00–455.00	$439.30	$2,038	-42.00
505–531	529	33	425.00–440.00	$427.68	$2,262	-7.22
553–565	557	15	390.00–405.00	$393.33	$2,191	-11.24
610–621	619	5	370.00	$370.00	$2,290	-22.26
651	651	6	350.00	$350.00	$2,278	-7.44

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	560.00	$560.00	$1,568	—
340	340	4	500.00	$500.00	$1,700	-47.80
350–370	358	3	450.00–455.00	$451.63	$1,617	-65.61
400–445	426	4	420.00–425.00	$421.28	$1,795	-64.97
450–490	482	10	390.00–420.00	$406.63	$1,960	-48.34
510–520	515	2	385.00–395.00	$389.95	$2,008	-28.64
560–580	569	6	370.00	$370.00	$2,105	-10.00
600–620	610	2	340.00–350.00	$345.08	$2,105	—
730	730	2	330.00	$330.00	$2,409	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–270	266	4	500.00–510.00	$504.93	$1,343	-35.30
300–340	327	3	450.00	$450.00	$1,472	-35.95
383–394	389	16	405.00–440.00	$420.41	$1,635	-49.59
415–445	431	4	380.00–400.00	$392.43	$1,691	-40.52
465–490	478	2	370.00–375.00	$372.57	$1,781	-47.75
510–535	523	2	350.00–370.00	$359.76	$1,882	—
610	610	2	280.00–300.00	$290.00	$1,769	-27.45
705	705	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,939	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1465	1294	80-85%	67	180.00–190.00	$185.02	$2,394	-4.19
1090–1475	1329	80-85%	8	191.00–199.00	$194.10	$2,580	-4.40
1100–1940	1349	80-85%	15	167.00–179.00	$174.09	$2,348	-24.41

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1020	990	85-90%	2	160.00–165.00	$162.58	$1,610	+6.62
985–1270	1095	85-90%	3	170.00–172.00	$170.77	$1,870	+1.16
1020–1430	1141	85-90%	8	140.00–155.00	$149.84	$1,710	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1600–1860	1718	75-80%	3	185.00–189.00	$187.68	$3,224	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1920	1591	12	200.00–214.00	$206.58	$3,287	+3.49
1240–2260	1778	13	215.00–225.00	$219.67	$3,906	—
1695–2015	1826	4	227.00–239.00	$231.97	$4,236	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
821–970	883	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	4,050.00–4,350.00	$4,193.96
821–1380	1037	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	3,500.00–4,950.00	$4,133.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–1570	1126	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	2,000.00–3,250.00	$2,898.27
1450	1450	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105–1315	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,350.00–3,500.00	$3,418.49	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
935	935	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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Price trend

500–549 lb Medium and Large 1 steers — head-weighted average $/cwt by sale date, last 12 months.

Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.

← Previous sale (Jul 8, 2026)

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