Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 12, 2021

867 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $122.66/cwt +3.45 vs last sale · ≈ $656/hd at 535 lb · 32 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $134.23/cwt +4.48 vs last sale · ≈ $580/hd at 432 lb · 30 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $136.42/cwt +1.71 vs last sale · ≈ $589/hd at 432 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	867	1,278	961
Feeder cattle	703	947	842
Slaughter cattle	86	174	87
Replacement cattle	78	157	32

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves unevenly stead, heifer calves 1.00 to 4.00 higher 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
330	330	1	159.00	$159.00	$525	—
400	400	2	148.00	$148.00	$592	±0.00
466–495	474	11	141.00–145.00	$143.96	$682	+0.08
505–548	533	18	139.00–144.00	$139.83	$745	-4.17
570–583	578	5	135.00–139.00	$136.18	$787	-8.32
600–638	619	17	130.00–134.00	$132.41	$820	-2.29
675	675	1	130.00	$130.00	$878	-3.36

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	2	154.00–160.00	$156.97	$452	—
333	333	2	154.00	$154.00	$513	+2.00
370–395	389	11	145.00–147.00	$145.91	$568	-3.34
415–420	419	8	144.00–147.00	$146.63	$614	+2.20
450–495	487	9	136.00–140.00	$137.35	$669	-3.95
515–545	532	3	131.00–136.00	$133.04	$708	-1.62
555–595	575	2	131.00–132.00	$131.48	$756	-0.51
600	600	1	120.00	$120.00	$720	—
790	790	1	116.00	$116.00	$916	+11.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	150.00	$150.00	$352	—
330	330	1	142.00	$142.00	$469	-4.52
398	398	6	141.00	$141.00	$561	—
415–425	420	2	132.00–133.00	$132.51	$557	-0.53
470–495	483	2	130.00–131.00	$130.51	$630	-4.49
560	560	1	121.00	$121.00	$678	—
660	660	1	105.00	$105.00	$693	-1.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	3	140.00–147.00	$144.02	$415	+1.84
305–340	324	10	139.00–149.00	$141.56	$459	+3.67
355–390	367	20	133.00–141.00	$137.04	$503	+1.41
400–441	432	30	130.00–140.00	$134.23	$580	+4.48
450–495	474	13	126.00–135.00	$129.19	$612	+7.10
515–545	535	32	120.00–125.00	$122.66	$656	+3.45
561–570	562	15	117.00–118.00	$117.93	$663	+0.56
600–640	614	5	110.00–117.00	$115.15	$707	+2.15
658	658	5	109.00	$109.00	$717	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–215	212	3	139.00–147.00	$144.42	$306	+7.89
260–296	285	9	134.00–139.00	$136.18	$388	+2.79
300–345	316	6	131.00–135.00	$133.34	$421	-0.84
390	390	1	127.00	$127.00	$495	—
415–435	419	15	120.00–129.00	$127.52	$534	+5.20
460–490	479	7	117.00–125.00	$120.41	$577	+0.79
500–535	514	4	109.00–119.00	$115.06	$591	+2.49
550–585	564	6	109.00–115.00	$111.16	$627	+2.68
710	710	1	94.00	$94.00	$667	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	2	125.00–130.00	$127.48	$367	+3.79
310–330	322	3	120.00–129.00	$125.28	$403	+5.28
370–375	373	2	112.00–116.00	$113.99	$425	-4.54
435–445	438	3	111.00–117.00	$113.32	$496	-3.70
455–475	465	2	113.00–116.00	$114.53	$533	+5.37
585	585	1	106.00	$106.00	$620	+2.49
775	775	6	84.00	$84.00	$651	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	279	8	150.00–160.00	$153.37	$428	—
300–345	327	13	147.00–157.00	$151.65	$496	-1.82
350–395	381	23	137.00–147.00	$139.28	$531	+2.03
410–445	432	29	132.00–140.00	$136.42	$589	+1.71
460–490	473	10	125.00–133.00	$128.35	$607	+0.43
525–545	540	4	120.00–125.00	$123.23	$665	+2.23
555–587	576	13	113.00–120.00	$115.54	$666	-1.46
650	650	1	107.00	$107.00	$696	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	220	3	147.00–155.00	$150.52	$331	+3.15
275–295	289	4	132.00–142.00	$135.91	$393	-11.28
305–345	314	7	135.00–145.00	$140.77	$442	-2.54
350–390	369	7	129.00–135.00	$131.74	$486	-0.39
400–425	413	2	120.00–125.00	$122.58	$506	-1.14
470–495	478	9	115.00–121.00	$119.11	$569	+0.05
525–530	528	2	110.00–114.00	$112.01	$591	-5.33
590–595	593	2	106.00	$106.00	$629	-4.32
600–645	626	4	104.00–107.00	$106.28	$665	+2.08
690	690	1	103.00	$103.00	$711	+8.97

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	313	3	160.00–168.00	$162.88	$510	-2.09
350	350	1	150.00	$150.00	$525	—
450–483	471	6	134.00–141.00	$137.91	$650	—
505–530	518	2	128.00–134.00	$131.07	$679	-3.93
650	650	1	115.00	$115.00	$748	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1405	1225	80-85%	8	63.00–66.00	$65.44	$802	-8.84
935–1415	1235	80-85%	16	76.00–82.00	$80.38	$993	+6.10
1040–1430	1284	80-85%	16	68.00–75.00	$71.39	$917	+3.25

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1080	979	85-90%	5	50.00–54.00	$52.33	$512	—
965–1415	1130	85-90%	14	55.00–61.00	$57.41	$649	—
1140	1140	85-90%	1	67.00	$67.00	$764	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1650	1416	75-80%	7	63.00–67.00	$64.27	$910	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1780	1555	3	95.00–100.00	$96.61	$1,502	—
1460–1745	1563	4	82.00–88.00	$86.11	$1,346	—
1865	1865	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,902	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–950	844	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	625.00–775.00	$683.37
935–1065	987	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	600.00–775.00	$683.74
815–1250	1022	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	725.00–875.00	$797.71

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780	780	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1125	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00

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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
1015–1206	1112	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	42	800.00–1,000.00	$901.90	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–760	753	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	825.00–875.00	$837.62	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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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.