Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 24, 2021

1,226 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.23/cwt -0.03 vs last sale · ≈ $638/hd at 472 lb · 64 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $157.56/cwt -1.44 vs last sale · ≈ $748/hd at 475 lb · 56 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.49/cwt -0.13 vs last sale · ≈ $572/hd at 419 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,226	1,016	795
Feeder cattle	927	887	630
Slaughter cattle	161	95	118
Replacement cattle	138	34	47

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
217	217	3	192.00	$192.00	$417	—
285	285	1	177.00	$177.00	$504	—
315–345	339	7	168.00–174.00	$169.50	$575	-0.50
409–418	413	22	164.00–167.00	$164.68	$680	+4.44
456 value added	456	6	165.00	$165.00	$752	—
453–495	477	50	154.00–163.00	$156.67	$747	-2.33
513–541	531	24	145.00–150.00	$146.99	$781	-5.71
550–595	564	12	138.00–147.00	$143.90	$812	+5.22
610–631	618	21	130.00–135.00	$131.38	$812	-0.04
660–680	673	7	126.00–132.00	$127.70	$859	—
710–733	717	16	119.00–129.00	$126.38	$906	+5.38
750–792	786	7	118.00–119.00	$118.14	$929	-1.86

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–374	372	16	157.00–164.00	$159.69	$594	—
410–440	429	4	150.00–156.00	$151.97	$652	-3.13
470	470	1	138.00	$138.00	$649	-8.80
553–595	568	5	130.00–136.00	$133.51	$758	+1.50
650–696	688	7	119.00–125.00	$120.14	$827	—
713–725	715	7	117.00–118.00	$117.86	$843	-0.14
780	780	1	110.00	$110.00	$858	+1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	122.00	$122.00	$640	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262–290	266	8	141.00–147.00	$141.82	$377	-1.72
310–335	323	18	137.00–146.00	$141.34	$457	+2.44
350–395	372	26	135.00–143.00	$138.95	$517	-0.35
400–445	419	29	133.00–141.00	$136.49	$572	-0.13
455–486	472	64	129.00–139.00	$135.23	$638	-0.03
510–548	529	23	126.00–130.00	$127.98	$677	-0.31
550–584	568	29	123.00–128.00	$125.88	$715	+5.53
600–643	622	13	119.00–124.00	$119.97	$746	-2.03
655–673	670	6	116.00–120.00	$117.32	$786	-3.18
700–701	701	8	114.00–121.00	$120.13	$842	+9.13

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	265	2	120.00	$120.00	$318	-8.31
350–396	388	6	115.00–125.00	$116.50	$452	-5.49
450–490	470	2	110.00	$110.00	$517	+10.49
567–590	573	4	100.00–107.00	$101.80	$583	+1.60
627–640	628	12	92.00–100.00	$99.32	$624	-1.68
690	690	1	100.00	$100.00	$690	+2.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	2	137.00	$137.00	$274	—
265–270	268	2	130.00–137.00	$133.47	$358	-3.35
305–335	320	5	130.00–136.00	$133.16	$426	-0.78
360	360	1	131.00	$131.00	$472	+0.32
410–445	422	5	126.00–130.00	$128.00	$540	+3.75
460–465	461	4	120.00–128.00	$122.02	$563	-1.31
540–545	543	2	122.00–124.00	$123.00	$668	+3.31
655	655	1	104.00	$104.00	$681	+4.00
770	770	1	95.00	$95.00	$732	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	172.00	$172.00	$353	—
269	269	3	174.00	$174.00	$468	-4.47
325–340	333	4	167.00–173.00	$168.47	$561	+5.47
355–395	376	10	160.00–167.00	$162.94	$613	+5.94
413–439	425	12	151.00–158.00	$157.33	$669	+6.84
460–480	471	13	148.00–154.00	$149.61	$705	+8.59
505–548	533	16	133.00–142.00	$138.70	$739	-2.55
550–560	553	4	139.00	$139.00	$769	+10.12
625–635	630	2	119.00–120.00	$119.50	$753	—
662–693	680	10	113.00–120.00	$116.33	$791	—
745	745	1	110.00	$110.00	$820	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
208	208	2	167.00	$167.00	$347	—
270	270	1	165.00	$165.00	$446	-0.80
320–330	325	2	157.00–162.00	$159.54	$519	+3.49
355	355	1	156.00	$156.00	$554	+5.53
455–470	463	2	142.00	$142.00	$657	+5.81
640	640	1	109.00	$109.00	$698	-1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	2	130.00	$130.00	$446	-17.33
365–370	368	2	130.00–140.00	$135.03	$497	-3.60
430–445	438	2	125.00–135.00	$130.09	$570	-1.36
530	530	1	115.00	$115.00	$610	-2.42
605	605	1	96.00	$96.00	$581	-4.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1065	989	85-90%	19	49.00–54.00	$52.14	$516	—
890–1250	1020	85-90%	32	57.00–64.00	$59.90	$611	-9.76

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135	1135	80-85%	1	74.00	$74.00	$840	—
925–1690	1226	80-85%	10	55.00–62.00	$57.73	$708	—
935–1735	1324	80-85%	31	64.00–71.00	$66.80	$884	-7.95

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1690	1494	75-80%	5	63.00–64.00	$63.40	$947	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510	1510	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,495	+19.83
1170–1780	1512	6	81.00–87.00	$84.13	$1,272	+4.96
1365–1895	1579	5	89.00–96.00	$91.02	$1,437	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1038	969	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	525.00–625.00	$562.52
870–1235	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	600.00–900.00	$745.74
885–1135	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	600.00–825.00	$678.64

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	875.00	$875.00
875–1364	1266	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,021.54

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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
1138–1333	1247	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	1,150.00–1,375.00	$1,287.58	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075–1470	1273	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

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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.