Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 5, 2021

1,278 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.75/cwt -4.23 vs last sale · ≈ $563/hd at 434 lb · 41 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $117.37/cwt -3.49 vs last sale · ≈ $663/hd at 565 lb · 39 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $144.50/cwt +1.12 vs last sale · ≈ $815/hd at 564 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,278	1,082	674
Feeder cattle	947	908	598
Slaughter cattle	174	143	52
Replacement cattle	157	31	24

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers 1.00 to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 1.00 to 5.00 lower. heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower, bull calves 2.00 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
220	220	1	200.00	$200.00	$440	—
405	405	1	148.00	$148.00	$599	—
475–490	478	8	143.00–144.00	$143.88	$688	-3.90
515	515	3	144.00	$144.00	$742	+3.92
564	564	33	144.50	$144.50	$815	+1.12
613–635	614	17	130.00–135.00	$134.70	$827	+4.84
660–661	661	28	133.00–133.50	$133.36	$882	+9.07
740	740	1	119.00	$119.00	$881	-7.70
750	750	1	120.00	$120.00	$900	—
842	842	6	113.00	$113.00	$951	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	152.00	$152.00	$524	—
370–380	378	4	149.00–150.00	$149.25	$564	—
405–447	442	8	140.00–145.00	$144.43	$638	—
450–460	455	13	138.00–142.00	$141.30	$643	+0.62
500–525	504	9	132.00–135.00	$134.66	$679	—
560–585	575	16	125.00–135.00	$131.99	$759	-0.70
620–642	638	5	123.00–130.00	$128.64	$821	—
665	665	1	123.00	$123.00	$818	—
775	775	1	105.00	$105.00	$814	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	286	8	145.00–149.00	$148.25	$424	—
305–315	310	4	145.00–148.00	$146.52	$454	—
350–360	357	3	135.00–143.00	$137.69	$492	-13.12
405–430	413	3	127.00–137.00	$133.04	$549	-7.27
460–475	472	5	135.00	$135.00	$637	—
510–515	513	2	128.00–130.00	$129.00	$662	—
635	635	1	101.00	$101.00	$641	—
650	650	1	106.00	$106.00	$689	—
700	700	2	102.00	$102.00	$714	—
785	785	1	94.00	$94.00	$738	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	271	5	140.00–150.00	$142.18	$385	—
301–320	307	7	137.00–142.00	$137.89	$423	-5.11
350–390	365	16	133.00–139.00	$135.63	$495	-4.38
405–443	434	41	127.00–136.00	$129.75	$563	-4.23
450–495	475	22	122.00–123.00	$122.09	$580	-8.16
500–520	510	14	119.00–120.00	$119.21	$608	-6.61
555–590	565	39	116.00–121.00	$117.37	$663	-3.49
600	600	1	113.00	$113.00	$678	-1.97

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235	223	2	136.00–137.00	$136.53	$304	—
255–280	273	10	130.00–137.00	$133.39	$364	-5.47
330–345	334	7	132.00–139.00	$134.18	$448	+1.63
350–360	353	15	126.00–130.00	$128.14	$452	-3.00
400–446	434	29	119.00–126.00	$122.32	$531	-6.64
450–495	474	7	115.00–121.00	$119.62	$567	-4.02
505–545	528	5	111.00–115.00	$112.57	$594	-6.64
555–590	568	4	107.00–110.00	$108.48	$616	-9.33
690	690	1	105.00	$105.00	$724	+2.32
705	705	1	94.00	$94.00	$663	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	120.00–127.00	$123.69	$346	—
310	310	1	120.00	$120.00	$372	—
350–380	374	5	115.00–123.00	$118.53	$443	—
420–433	429	3	115.00–118.00	$117.02	$502	—
460–495	482	14	104.00–113.00	$109.16	$526	-8.50
510–540	525	2	100.00–105.00	$102.57	$538	—
550–560	555	2	102.00–105.00	$103.51	$574	-0.67
660	660	1	103.00	$103.00	$680	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	237	3	145.00–150.00	$147.37	$349	—
250–285	260	4	145.00–150.00	$147.19	$383	—
310–345	328	2	140.00–147.00	$143.31	$470	-9.12
360–395	376	7	130.00–135.00	$132.13	$497	-12.27
405–440	424	6	121.00–125.00	$123.72	$525	-12.29
455–495	479	5	114.00–121.00	$119.06	$570	—
515–545	528	12	110.00–119.00	$117.34	$620	—
555–590	575	3	110.00–111.00	$110.32	$634	+1.11
630–640	635	5	102.00–105.00	$104.20	$662	—
680–690	685	2	90.00–98.00	$94.03	$644	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–345	315	12	150.00–154.00	$153.47	$483	—
375–390	383	2	137.00–137.50	$137.25	$526	-14.94
415–441	434	14	134.00–136.00	$134.71	$585	-7.07
450–485	470	6	124.00–134.00	$127.92	$601	-7.70
516	516	4	121.00	$121.00	$624	+2.58
595	595	1	117.00	$117.00	$696	+0.80
610–615	613	2	110.00–112.00	$111.00	$680	—
785	785	1	94.00	$94.00	$738	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	187.00	$187.00	$402	—
285–290	288	2	170.00–172.00	$170.99	$492	—
325–330	327	3	160.00–170.00	$164.97	$539	—
410–435	423	2	140.00–141.00	$140.49	$594	—
526	526	6	135.00	$135.00	$710	+4.08
625	625	1	120.00	$120.00	$750	-4.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1420	1204	80-85%	16	60.00–64.00	$62.77	$756	—
930–1410	1241	80-85%	17	73.00–77.00	$74.28	$922	—
940–1660	1253	80-85%	51	65.00–72.00	$68.14	$854	-2.07

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1155	1028	85-90%	6	49.00–54.00	$51.52	$530	+6.02
870–1230	1084	85-90%	24	55.00–62.00	$59.10	$641	—
1035–1135	1085	85-90%	2	66.00–67.00	$66.52	$722	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1910	1481	75-80%	4	63.00–67.00	$64.84	$960	—
1710	1710	75-80%	1	62.00	$62.00	$1,060	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1435	1269	4	80.00–84.00	$81.88	$1,039	—
1375–1905	1711	4	87.00–94.00	$91.05	$1,558	—
1640–1780	1715	3	104.00–108.00	$106.34	$1,824	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	600.00–775.00	$716.67
880–1130	996	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	625.00–825.00	$731.23
865–1105	1017	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	700.00–850.00	$781.06

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–1175	1076	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	850.00–1,000.00	$906.24
990–1265	1113	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	875.00–1,100.00	$957.96

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1079–1445	1177	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	40	975.00–1,125.00	$1,066.75	+120.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1333–1496	1426	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	1,100.00–1,275.00	$1,161.50	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940–950	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	900.00–1,075.00	$934.70	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	550.00	$550.00	—

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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.