Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 19, 2021

862 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.14/cwt +0.91 vs last sale · ≈ $572/hd at 423 lb · 30 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $138.94/cwt +2.52 vs last sale · ≈ $586/hd at 422 lb · 27 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $122.92/cwt +4.99 vs last sale · ≈ $722/hd at 587 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	862	867	1,027
Feeder cattle	668	703	874
Slaughter cattle	122	86	87
Replacement cattle	72	78	66

Market comments — USDA reporter

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

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	157.00	$157.00	$487	+3.00
410–435	418	3	144.00–146.00	$145.31	$607	-1.32
470–490	476	13	140.00–143.00	$141.08	$672	+3.73
500–545	523	17	135.00–141.00	$138.01	$722	+4.97
555–585	574	4	134.00–135.00	$134.75	$773	+3.27
610–635	623	6	124.00–128.00	$126.84	$790	+6.84
680–690	685	2	125.00–126.00	$125.50	$860	—
700–732	727	7	115.00–120.00	$115.69	$841	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–487	480	23	145.00–151.00	$149.60	$718	+5.64
580	580	2	136.00	$136.00	$789	-0.18
620–640	629	11	129.00–130.00	$129.91	$817	-2.50
690	690	1	128.00	$128.00	$883	-2.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	145.00	$145.00	$377	—
390	390	2	140.00–145.00	$142.50	$556	+1.50
431–440	434	3	134.00–140.00	$137.97	$599	+5.46
470–493	489	6	122.00–132.00	$130.40	$638	-0.11
500–535	522	3	125.00–133.00	$129.25	$675	—
600–623	615	5	110.00–120.00	$114.05	$701	—
665–695	683	3	112.00–119.00	$115.98	$792	+10.98
725	725	1	109.00	$109.00	$790	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	154.00	$154.00	$454	+9.98
320–347	340	11	139.00–140.00	$139.09	$473	-2.47
360–365	362	16	136.00–141.00	$138.43	$501	+1.39
400–445	423	30	132.00–139.00	$135.14	$572	+0.91
450–497	482	19	126.00–134.00	$128.69	$620	-0.50
500–543	525	21	120.00–127.00	$124.35	$653	+1.69
579–595	587	27	119.00–126.00	$122.92	$722	+4.99
610–635	627	3	116.00–119.00	$118.03	$740	+2.88
665–680	677	5	109.00–117.00	$110.57	$749	+1.57
736	736	14	106.00	$106.00	$780	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	138.00	$138.00	$393	+1.82
340–345	343	3	131.00–137.00	$134.00	$460	+0.66
355–391	384	5	130.00	$130.00	$499	+3.00
402–445	414	6	123.00–130.00	$127.76	$529	+0.24
465	465	1	122.00	$122.00	$567	+1.59
505–535	525	12	110.00–115.00	$113.22	$594	-1.84
580	580	1	116.00	$116.00	$673	+4.84
630	630	1	113.00	$113.00	$712	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	135.00	$135.00	$358	+7.52
345	345	1	121.00	$121.00	$417	-4.28
365–380	376	4	120.00–126.00	$122.52	$461	+8.53
405–440	424	6	117.00–121.00	$118.99	$505	+5.67
470–490	482	4	110.00–113.00	$111.24	$536	-3.29
580–595	589	4	110.00–113.00	$112.01	$660	+6.01
648	648	2	108.00	$108.00	$700	—
650–690	679	7	100.00–105.00	$104.14	$707	—
795	795	1	91.00	$91.00	$723	+7.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	155.00	$155.00	$434	+1.63
320–345	333	7	153.00–157.00	$154.42	$514	+2.77
353–390	357	18	144.00–147.00	$144.50	$516	+5.22
400–446	422	27	134.00–143.00	$138.94	$586	+2.52
450–490	481	8	130.00–138.00	$131.77	$634	+3.42
500–540	509	7	120.00–124.00	$123.25	$627	+0.02
550–595	573	3	119.00–121.00	$119.64	$686	+4.10
610–645	619	4	112.00–117.00	$113.75	$704	—
675	675	1	108.00	$108.00	$729	+1.00
780	780	1	100.00	$100.00	$780	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	145.00	$145.00	$355	-5.52
280–295	287	3	140.00–145.00	$142.38	$409	+6.47
318	318	2	139.00	$139.00	$442	-1.77
350–385	368	3	129.00–132.00	$131.05	$482	-0.69
410	410	2	131.00	$131.00	$537	+8.42
460–495	483	6	120.00–128.00	$125.26	$605	+6.15
590–595	593	2	110.00–113.00	$111.49	$661	+5.49
655	655	1	98.00	$98.00	$642	-5.00
780	780	1	95.00	$95.00	$741	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–365	359	4	150.00–157.00	$152.98	$549	+2.98
455–460	458	2	140.00–141.00	$140.50	$643	+2.59
500–530	513	4	130.00–133.00	$131.73	$676	+0.66
555–560	557	3	124.00–129.00	$125.99	$702	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1625	1168	80-85%	36	68.00–75.00	$71.36	$833	—
1075–1420	1231	80-85%	13	59.00–66.00	$64.04	$788	-16.34
1125–1415	1255	80-85%	8	76.00–84.00	$79.39	$996	+8.00

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1010	920	85-90%	11	50.00–55.00	$53.17	$489	—
855–1170	963	85-90%	17	56.00–63.00	$59.91	$577	+7.58
900–1160	975	85-90%	6	66.00–72.00	$67.67	$660	+15.34

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1655	1485	75-80%	7	65.00–68.00	$66.74	$991	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195	1195	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,052	—
1350–1855	1611	5	90.00–94.00	$91.90	$1,481	—
1670	1670	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,653	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1015	983	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	550.00–700.00	$618.56
985–1035	1007	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	625.00–700.00	$674.30
885–1195	1014	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	600.00–775.00	$691.72

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1010	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	850.00–875.00	$862.12
895–1165	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	875.00	$875.00

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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
1075–1410	1256	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	800.00–1,075.00	$947.76	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1108–1245	1177	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
863–920	887	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	725.00–900.00	$824.06	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
936	936	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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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.