Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 28, 2020

799 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Turner County Stockyard report →

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $120.00/cwt +6.83 vs last sale · ≈ $788/hd at 657 lb · 29 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $116.23/cwt -4.58 vs last sale · ≈ $496/hd at 427 lb · 26 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $117.54/cwt -0.79 vs last sale · ≈ $544/hd at 463 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	799	727	970
Feeder cattle	678	591	802
Slaughter cattle	86	97	144
Replacement cattle	35	39	24

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower and replacement cows unevenly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	170.00	$170.00	$391	—
310	310	1	153.00	$153.00	$474	—
366–385	383	21	143.00–149.00	$143.55	$550	—
400–445	429	4	138.00–141.00	$139.50	$598	-0.50
470–495	485	22	129.00–136.00	$131.10	$636	-2.92
500–538	531	8	125.00–130.00	$128.80	$684	+5.25
563–595	567	14	120.00–127.00	$124.85	$708	+3.07
616	616	6	117.00	$117.00	$721	—
657	657	29	120.00	$120.00	$788	+6.83
715–739	734	5	105.00–110.00	$109.03	$800	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–330	315	13	145.00–147.00	$146.35	$461	+1.87
380–390	385	2	135.00–142.00	$138.45	$533	+0.96
407–430	419	6	130.00–137.00	$133.40	$559	-2.72
494–495	494	10	128.00	$128.00	$632	+1.96
572	572	5	118.00	$118.00	$675	-1.00
788	788	3	99.00	$99.00	$780	-6.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	130.00	$130.00	$422	-9.00
420	420	1	120.00	$120.00	$504	-1.39
460	460	1	115.00	$115.00	$529	—
520	520	1	105.00	$105.00	$546	-9.00
590	590	1	104.00	$104.00	$614	—
650–675	663	2	100.00–105.00	$102.55	$680	+2.55

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	130.00	$130.00	$344	±0.00
312	312	13	123.00	$123.00	$384	-5.00
370–390	378	10	120.00–121.00	$120.90	$457	—
400–440	427	26	115.00–121.00	$116.23	$496	-4.58
454–490	463	23	112.00–122.00	$117.54	$544	-0.79
503–545	523	20	110.00–118.00	$112.03	$586	-1.64
555–585	572	3	112.00–118.00	$115.31	$660	+8.31
610–637	635	11	107.00–110.00	$109.74	$697	—
685	685	1	102.00	$102.00	$699	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	126.00	$126.00	$284	-0.01
258–275	267	6	125.00–126.00	$125.48	$335	+1.02
305–345	318	5	116.00–121.00	$118.01	$375	-3.27
360	360	1	119.00	$119.00	$428	-0.81
440	440	2	113.00–114.00	$113.50	$499	+0.50
480	480	1	107.00	$107.00	$514	+0.81
530	530	2	102.00	$102.00	$541	-5.05
560–590	572	9	100.00–107.00	$102.80	$588	+0.78
620–635	625	8	95.00–100.00	$98.48	$616	-0.52
685–695	693	6	100.00	$100.00	$693	+7.00
710	710	1	87.00	$87.00	$618	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	120.00	$120.00	$276	+0.69
270–290	285	15	118.00–121.00	$119.20	$340	-1.30
310–345	328	2	111.00–112.00	$111.47	$366	-4.99
350	350	3	100.00–108.00	$102.67	$359	-6.96
420	420	1	104.00	$104.00	$437	+0.48
495	495	1	100.00	$100.00	$495	+6.35
500–540	511	4	90.00–96.00	$94.03	$480	—
560–565	563	2	90.00–95.00	$92.49	$521	—
638–645	640	3	83.00–92.00	$88.98	$569	-1.02
680	680	1	82.00	$82.00	$558	-6.00
710	710	1	82.00	$82.00	$582	-2.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	215	2	155.00	$155.00	$333	—
265–290	278	2	145.00–147.00	$145.95	$406	-1.96
324–340	328	15	134.00–144.00	$142.56	$468	+6.44
357–390	364	16	132.00–137.00	$133.05	$484	+1.62
405–440	429	19	124.00–131.00	$125.96	$540	+0.78
480	480	1	121.00	$121.00	$581	+2.30
520–545	536	16	105.00–115.00	$108.91	$584	—
550–567	561	3	102.00–103.00	$102.33	$574	-3.19
605–640	625	3	96.00–100.00	$98.01	$613	-2.99

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	165.00	$165.00	$454	+10.00
313–335	324	6	150.00–157.00	$153.55	$498	—
355–396	380	10	138.00–142.00	$139.27	$529	+0.23
400–445	429	4	134.00–135.00	$134.49	$577	+3.59
455–485	472	3	126.00–130.00	$128.31	$606	-0.19
503–530	513	11	117.00–123.00	$121.07	$621	+5.75
550	550	1	113.00	$113.00	$622	—
610	610	1	105.00	$105.00	$640	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	140.00	$140.00	$315	+3.98
270	270	1	125.00	$125.00	$338	-9.07
350–375	362	3	113.00–120.00	$116.61	$422	-5.78
400–440	417	3	108.00–117.00	$112.64	$470	-3.68
570	570	2	95.00	$95.00	$542	—
645	645	1	90.00	$90.00	$580	—
725	725	1	87.00	$87.00	$631	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1860	1354	80-85%	9	48.00–54.00	$51.41	$696	—
1105–1680	1363	80-85%	10	63.00–67.00	$64.09	$874	—
1015–1670	1365	80-85%	16	55.00–62.00	$59.13	$807	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1325	957	85-90%	11	40.00–47.00	$44.18	$423	+2.85
995–1160	1048	85-90%	11	48.00–54.00	$50.12	$525	+2.68

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1705	1510	4	69.00–71.00	$70.47	$1,064	—
1515–2115	1710	4	80.00–86.00	$82.31	$1,408	—
1745	1745	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,553	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1135	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	475.00–625.00	$571.94
970–1110	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	650.00–750.00	$699.46
1075–1105	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	600.00–675.00	$650.11

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005–1290	1173	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	750.00–825.00	$795.18
1130–1230	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–900.00	$876.06

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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.