Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 7, 2020

743 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.08/cwt ≈ $529/hd at 430 lb · 32 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $128.44/cwt ≈ $787/hd at 613 lb · 24 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $97.00/cwt ≈ $916/hd at 944 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	743	922	717
Feeder cattle	572	—	585
Slaughter cattle	124	—	89
Replacement cattle	47	—	43

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 lower, feeder steers steady to 1.00 higher, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 3.00 higher, heifer calves steady, bull calves unevenly steady and replacement cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
455–488	480	4	141.00–144.00	$143.29	$688
515–542	535	4	131.00–132.00	$131.24	$702
555–558	558	7	129.00–130.00	$129.14	$721
612–620	613	24	128.00–128.50	$128.44	$787
670–680	675	2	120.00–126.00	$122.98	$830
700–701	701	18	120.00–122.50	$122.36	$858
815	815	1	108.00	$108.00	$880
850–885	868	2	103.00–104.00	$103.49	$898
944	944	19	97.00	$97.00	$916

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
345	345	1	142.00	$142.00	$490
440–445	442	10	136.00–143.00	$140.60	$621
505–547	539	12	120.00–129.00	$126.96	$684
612	612	4	120.00	$120.00	$734
700	700	1	107.00	$107.00	$749
805	805	2	100.00	$100.00	$805

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
370–396	387	7	130.00–132.00	$131.31	$508
410	410	1	127.00	$127.00	$521
465–480	473	2	120.00–125.00	$122.54	$580
550–590	571	4	108.00–117.00	$114.11	$652
625	625	1	106.00	$106.00	$662
690	690	1	110.00	$110.00	$759

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
300–345	317	5	133.00–136.00	$134.84	$427
365–380	374	7	126.00–135.00	$128.71	$481
405–445	430	32	120.00–127.00	$123.08	$529
455–470	462	10	117.00–119.00	$118.39	$547
506–520	509	13	115.00–119.00	$116.08	$591
555–565	560	2	118.00	$118.00	$661
620–625	623	2	109.00–112.00	$110.49	$688
680–685	683	2	111.00–113.00	$112.00	$765
705–725	715	2	105.00–107.00	$105.99	$758

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
360–398	380	11	119.00–125.00	$120.10	$456
400–440	420	7	112.00–119.00	$117.41	$493
458–490	471	11	114.00–116.00	$115.44	$544
500–540	517	3	111.00–114.00	$113.01	$584
550–585	572	3	103.00–113.00	$107.57	$615
700	700	1	100.00	$100.00	$700
775	775	1	94.00	$94.00	$728
846	846	5	87.00	$87.00	$736

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
355–390	367	3	110.00–117.00	$112.48	$413
415–425	420	2	100.00	$100.00	$420
490	490	1	96.00	$96.00	$470
540	540	1	96.00	$96.00	$518
595	595	1	90.00	$90.00	$536

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
327	327	3	156.00	$156.00	$510
403–445	424	12	139.00–145.00	$141.26	$599
450–495	471	4	132.00–137.00	$135.21	$637
510–545	535	8	125.00	$125.00	$669
550–580	560	9	118.00–126.00	$121.24	$679
610	610	1	120.00	$120.00	$732
660	660	1	111.00	$111.00	$733
725–735	730	2	105.00–112.00	$108.48	$792

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
260–290	275	5	140.00–150.00	$144.51	$397
310–332	327	4	130.00–131.00	$130.76	$428
350–390	374	5	120.00–130.00	$123.93	$463
400	400	3	123.00	$123.00	$492
455–465	460	2	109.00–118.00	$113.45	$522
520–545	533	2	110.00	$110.00	$586
623	623	6	99.00	$99.00	$617
700–715	708	2	92.00–100.00	$96.04	$680
750	750	1	87.00	$87.00	$652

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
340–345	343	2	150.00–154.00	$151.99	$521
350–380	370	3	135.00–142.00	$137.21	$508
415–445	433	4	128.00–132.00	$130.03	$563
470–490	478	3	125.00–128.00	$126.68	$606
500–545	531	8	111.00–121.00	$118.03	$627
560–595	583	3	107.00–113.00	$109.26	$637
630–640	635	2	103.00–105.00	$103.99	$660
670	670	1	103.00	$103.00	$690
715	715	1	102.00	$102.00	$729

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870–1160	991	85-90%	12	35.00–42.00	$39.29	$389
855–1235	1014	85-90%	26	43.00–50.00	$46.26	$469

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1040–1630	1248	80-85%	31	47.00–54.00	$50.73	$633
1085–1655	1351	80-85%	7	43.00–45.00	$44.37	$599

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1440	1440	75-80%	1	43.00	$43.00	$619
1540–1550	1545	75-80%	2	48.00–50.00	$49.00	$757

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1015–1685	1198	8	68.00–73.00	$70.39	$843
1430–2125	1726	6	76.00–79.00	$76.94	$1,328

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
840–1300	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	625.00–775.00	$718.82
985–1135	1106	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	550.00–725.00	$684.90

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1080	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	900.00–925.00	$915.82
1180–1450	1318	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	825.00–950.00	$894.37

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1420	1420	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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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.