Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 24, 2021

1,155 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.68/cwt +0.22 vs last sale · ≈ $628/hd at 470 lb · 64 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.06/cwt +5.95 vs last sale · ≈ $700/hd at 526 lb · 25 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $126.45/cwt +4.53 vs last sale · ≈ $654/hd at 517 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,155	1,237	660
Feeder cattle	855	1,008	427
Slaughter cattle	188	183	204
Replacement cattle	112	46	29

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers 1.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves unevenly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves steady to 3.00 higher, steer calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–435	424	8	161.00–171.00	$165.43	$701	+7.84
455–495	471	16	156.00–164.00	$160.40	$755	—
505–525	510	8	148.00–157.00	$150.35	$767	+3.24
550–565	553	5	142.00–149.00	$147.57	$816	+7.20
613–640	625	19	134.00–140.00	$138.12	$863	+3.24
680	680	3	132.00	$132.00	$898	+0.19
715–745	737	7	126.00–129.00	$126.84	$935	+5.43
765–780	773	2	124.00–127.00	$125.51	$970	+8.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	170.00	$170.00	$400	—
305	305	1	167.00	$167.00	$509	-0.19
395	395	2	157.00	$157.00	$620	—
410–435	416	7	150.00–155.00	$152.84	$636	-2.16
475–483	482	7	147.00–150.00	$149.58	$721	+5.29
515–519	519	8	142.00–146.00	$145.50	$755	+4.16
580–587	582	14	139.00–143.00	$140.42	$817	+2.42
750–760	755	2	110.00–113.00	$111.49	$842	+0.49

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	160.00	$160.00	$464	—
335	335	1	150.00	$150.00	$502	-8.01
380	380	1	145.00	$145.00	$551	-3.50
420–425	423	2	135.00–145.00	$140.03	$592	-11.29
465–489	486	8	129.00–135.00	$129.72	$630	-11.28
505–515	510	2	130.00–139.00	$134.46	$686	-3.87
555–575	559	5	125.00–132.00	$129.37	$723	-0.97
695	695	1	118.00	$118.00	$820	+1.00
705	705	1	100.00	$100.00	$705	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	322	6	140.00–142.00	$140.67	$453	+1.20
350–397	385	19	135.00–142.00	$137.37	$529	-1.22
403–438	420	20	134.00–141.00	$137.90	$579	+1.26
452–488	470	64	130.00–138.00	$133.68	$628	+0.22
510–538	526	25	130.00–135.00	$133.06	$700	+5.95
550–572	559	13	125.00–132.00	$128.32	$717	+4.70
600–649	635	13	124.00–129.00	$126.29	$802	+3.43
655–685	673	4	118.00–123.00	$119.98	$807	+0.41

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	140.00	$140.00	$413	+5.99
315–340	332	8	135.00–137.00	$135.47	$450	+1.99
385–395	389	7	130.00–133.00	$130.86	$509	+0.81
405–440	427	14	129.00–135.00	$130.77	$558	+0.25
455–490	470	5	125.00–129.00	$127.43	$599	+2.84
505–535	517	25	121.00–129.00	$126.45	$654	+4.53
555–585	570	2	119.00–121.00	$120.03	$684	+5.27
600–605	603	2	115.00–118.00	$116.49	$702	—
665–680	673	2	105.00–114.00	$109.45	$737	-1.55
710	710	1	102.00	$102.00	$724	—
750	750	1	93.00	$93.00	$698	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	228	3	130.00–137.00	$133.92	$305	+6.47
275–285	279	5	130.00–132.00	$130.82	$365	+9.39
325–340	335	6	120.00–130.00	$126.77	$425	—
360–395	387	5	120.00–127.00	$123.81	$479	+3.20
410–445	430	3	122.00–125.00	$123.30	$530	—
465–480	473	4	115.00–124.00	$119.49	$565	+3.00
520–530	527	3	115.00–116.00	$115.67	$610	—
700	700	1	89.00	$89.00	$623	-1.00
760–795	778	2	85.00–92.00	$88.42	$688	+2.09

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	333	6	147.00–155.00	$150.33	$501	-4.45
355–385	365	9	153.00–157.00	$154.78	$565	+4.22
405–445	428	19	145.00–149.00	$147.59	$632	+3.88
450–495	472	12	137.00–143.00	$141.95	$670	+0.09
565–595	580	3	129.00–134.00	$132.33	$768	+4.65
600–630	622	5	126.00–127.00	$126.39	$786	+6.41
670–674	673	5	120.00–121.00	$120.20	$809	+4.80
705	705	1	112.00	$112.00	$790	+4.00
760–795	775	4	100.00–106.00	$103.27	$800	+3.77

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	180.00	$180.00	$387	—
255	255	1	175.00	$175.00	$446	—
300–340	316	6	160.00–170.00	$165.63	$523	+0.79
365–395	384	5	160.00–165.00	$162.03	$622	+3.54
405–440	430	6	155.00–160.00	$158.20	$680	+5.17
450–495	478	6	145.00–150.00	$146.57	$701	-1.69
505–545	528	6	138.00–144.00	$140.35	$741	+1.37
550–560	556	4	139.00–141.00	$139.50	$776	+5.89
600–635	615	8	129.00–133.00	$131.14	$807	+0.31
650–655	652	3	126.00–134.00	$130.32	$850	+7.31
700–720	708	3	120.00–121.00	$120.67	$854	—
750	750	1	114.00	$114.00	$855	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	278	7	145.00–155.00	$150.54	$419	+8.70
330–340	335	2	135.00–145.00	$139.93	$469	-5.07
385–398	394	3	140.00–146.00	$144.04	$568	+5.07
400–435	422	3	134.00–140.00	$136.38	$576	+3.19
450–475	464	4	126.00–127.00	$126.25	$586	-3.10
505–540	523	2	120.00–127.00	$123.38	$645	+1.70
550–590	573	3	111.00–121.00	$116.99	$670	+5.99
640–645	643	2	108.00–113.00	$110.49	$710	+0.49
705	705	1	98.00	$98.00	$691	-2.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1355	1163	80-85%	10	71.00–76.00	$72.88	$848	+11.09
870–1685	1242	80-85%	54	63.00–70.00	$66.07	$821	—
1000–1595	1272	80-85%	15	56.00–62.00	$58.60	$745	+3.69

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1260	983	85-90%	8	43.00–50.00	$46.41	$456	—
825–1225	1016	85-90%	16	51.00–58.00	$54.03	$549	—
980–1105	1044	85-90%	5	59.00–62.00	$59.99	$626	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1490	1415	75-80%	15	56.00–62.00	$58.91	$834	+2.76
1330–1770	1623	75-80%	3	53.00–55.00	$53.55	$869	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–2370	1647	12	78.00–85.00	$81.76	$1,347	-4.16
1175–1900	1672	10	86.00–93.00	$89.70	$1,500	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1265	1103	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	800.00–1,050.00	$897.34
975–1320	1131	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	825.00–1,000.00	$916.82
1075–1435	1291	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	925.00–1,050.00	$982.67

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–995	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	650.00–775.00	$739.46
825–1140	984	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	625.00–775.00	$714.33
830–1175	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	650.00–850.00	$798.55

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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
1244–1615	1377	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	42	1,250.00–1,525.00	$1,350.30	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080–1360	1197	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	875.00–1,100.00	$962.25	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	23	110.00	$110.00	$248	—
332	332	3	106.00	$106.00	$352	—
405–415	410	2	108.00	$108.00	$443	—

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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.