Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 14, 2021

1,711 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.16/cwt +1.07 vs last sale · ≈ $597/hd at 426 lb · 41 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 bulls $150.71/cwt -10.59 vs last sale · ≈ $559/hd at 371 lb · 30 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.21/cwt -7.10 vs last sale · ≈ $676/hd at 523 lb · 30 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,711	1,529
Feeder cattle	1,384	1,215
Slaughter cattle	231	230
Replacement cattle	96	84

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers 3.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder heifers 3.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves 4.00 to 10.00 lower, heifer calves 2.00 to 8.00 lower. bull calves 3.00 to 8.00 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
385	385	1	165.00	$165.00	$635	-8.00
454–465	455	15	149.00–150.00	$149.67	$681	—
500–537	515	18	144.00–148.00	$146.05	$752	-2.35
550–563	560	15	140.00–145.00	$143.67	$805	-5.33
613–648	620	30	131.00–136.00	$134.79	$836	-7.29
670–692	688	6	127.00–127.50	$127.42	$877	—
750–767	765	19	120.00–126.00	$124.11	$949	-7.26
963	963	15	106.00	$106.00	$1,021	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275	273	2	162.00–172.00	$166.95	$456	—
345	345	1	165.00	$165.00	$569	—
350–393	384	12	155.00–159.00	$157.00	$603	—
400–440	433	22	149.00–151.00	$149.17	$646	-11.41
450–496	485	16	142.00–147.00	$144.62	$701	-8.47
510–540	531	8	134.00–141.00	$137.46	$730	—
555	555	2	135.00–137.00	$136.00	$755	—
615–630	623	2	124.00–130.00	$126.96	$791	-10.04
665–685	683	8	123.00–124.00	$123.12	$841	-8.22

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	342	3	145.00–155.00	$150.62	$515	-6.57
380–385	382	3	139.00–147.00	$144.31	$551	-10.69
445	445	1	146.00	$146.00	$650	—
453–465	459	6	125.00–132.00	$128.30	$589	—
565	565	1	125.00	$125.00	$706	—
685	685	1	116.00	$116.00	$795	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	339	5	141.00–143.00	$141.59	$480	-5.07
350–395	374	26	138.00–144.00	$140.33	$525	-5.37
400–440	426	41	134.00–142.00	$140.16	$597	+1.07
450–480	472	15	132.00–140.00	$137.05	$647	-2.92
505–545	523	30	127.00–135.00	$129.21	$676	-7.10
550–590	563	17	121.00–130.00	$125.32	$706	-5.86
600–640	609	13	118.00–121.00	$118.64	$723	-7.71
656–683	667	9	113.00–118.00	$115.81	$772	-5.86
715–731	729	10	113.00–114.00	$113.90	$830	-8.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	147.00–147.50	$147.25	$346	-6.83
250–285	271	7	137.50–142.00	$139.44	$378	-2.45
310–325	319	7	135.00–138.00	$136.27	$435	-4.99
355–395	375	5	130.00–137.00	$132.85	$498	-4.55
403–445	417	5	125.00–131.00	$128.60	$536	-4.78
450–490	481	9	125.00–131.00	$129.58	$623	-3.07
500–545	525	14	119.00–126.00	$122.02	$641	-5.53
560–590	570	8	115.00–120.00	$117.26	$668	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	232	5	132.00–140.00	$135.04	$313	+0.04
285–295	290	2	135.00	$135.00	$392	+4.08
325–345	339	9	120.00–130.00	$124.25	$421	-1.92
355–385	370	2	125.00–127.00	$125.96	$466	+0.49
410–445	431	4	112.00–122.00	$117.85	$508	-4.10
470–480	475	2	120.00–122.00	$121.01	$575	—
525	525	1	110.00	$110.00	$578	—
650	650	1	105.00	$105.00	$682	+2.51

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–260	258	2	160.00–167.00	$163.47	$422	-9.28
300–345	321	8	155.00–165.00	$157.66	$506	-8.67
350–398	371	30	148.00–154.00	$150.71	$559	-10.59
405–444	429	25	139.00–148.00	$143.18	$614	-11.02
470–485	479	4	137.00–140.00	$137.99	$661	-3.25
513–545	527	11	126.00–130.00	$129.09	$680	-4.49
550–595	571	5	125.00–129.00	$126.80	$724	-4.68
605–645	621	4	115.00–122.00	$119.30	$741	—
715	715	1	109.00	$109.00	$779	—
760	760	1	104.00	$104.00	$790	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275	273	2	170.00–175.00	$172.52	$471	-8.28
300–335	319	6	162.00–175.00	$169.94	$542	-3.12
360–380	377	6	157.00–165.00	$159.79	$602	-8.81
405–410	408	2	152.00–155.00	$153.51	$626	-10.19
457–495	473	14	142.00–145.00	$143.42	$678	-6.62
505–540	515	12	133.00–143.00	$137.86	$710	+0.07
560–570	565	2	133.00–134.00	$133.50	$754	-1.50
665	665	1	120.00	$120.00	$798	—
755	755	1	110.00	$110.00	$830	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–235	228	3	150.00–157.00	$153.06	$349	-13.10
252–285	264	6	145.00–155.00	$151.31	$399	-12.16
307–340	324	6	136.00–145.00	$140.73	$456	-5.07
375–385	380	2	135.00–137.00	$136.01	$517	+0.81
410–445	428	3	135.00–137.00	$136.01	$582	+0.01
465–490	480	6	122.00–131.00	$127.52	$612	—
505	505	1	125.00	$125.00	$631	-1.69
615–630	623	2	112.00–114.00	$113.01	$704	—
695	695	1	113.00	$113.00	$785	+1.97
708–740	716	6	103.00–104.00	$103.66	$742	-6.34

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1450	1226	80-85%	24	59.00–66.00	$64.47	$790	—
1060–1580	1258	80-85%	11	75.00–81.00	$77.40	$974	+4.06
985–1785	1273	80-85%	75	67.00–74.00	$69.80	$889	-12.46

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1065	973	85-90%	17	49.00–56.00	$51.12	$497	—
895–1170	1005	85-90%	20	57.00–64.00	$60.86	$612	—
920–1125	1023	85-90%	2	66.00–68.00	$66.90	$684	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1670	1462	75-80%	13	63.00–67.00	$64.80	$947	—
1480–1665	1573	75-80%	2	58.00–60.00	$59.06	$929	-0.89

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1680	1437	3	81.00–86.00	$83.33	$1,197	—
1410–1465	1438	2	92.00–95.00	$93.47	$1,344	—
1940	1940	1	105.00	$105.00	$2,037	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–1260	1031	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	875.00–925.00	$893.04
995–1185	1111	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	700.00–900.00	$821.47

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1015–1360	1253	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	950.00–1,025.00	$980.65
1265–1485	1325	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	950.00–1,050.00	$980.87

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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
1315–1673	1470	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	34	1,200.00–1,350.00	$1,252.17	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1097–1415	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	875.00–1,150.00	$1,008.00	+54.09

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1000	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	600.00–900.00	$735.44	+19.13

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–243	220	13	106.00	$106.00	$233	—

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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.