Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 21, 2021

946 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.14/cwt -9.33 vs last sale · ≈ $630/hd at 477 lb · 55 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.77/cwt -3.50 vs last sale · ≈ $525/hd at 368 lb · 33 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.63/cwt -9.64 vs last sale · ≈ $572/hd at 419 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	946	1,332	955
Feeder cattle	812	1,174	782
Slaughter cattle	95	115	121
Replacement cattle	39	43	52

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, heifer calves 4.00 to 7.00 lower, bull calves unevenly steady 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
255	255	1	170.00	$170.00	$434	-10.00
384–393	387	11	165.00–173.00	$167.31	$647	—
400–445	423	18	155.00–162.00	$159.11	$673	-0.32
470–491	487	16	140.00–150.00	$143.89	$701	-6.03
520–545	534	23	140.00–145.00	$143.78	$768	-6.74
550–595	565	15	136.00–142.00	$139.73	$789	-4.42
650	650	1	124.00	$124.00	$806	-11.00
735	735	1	127.00	$127.00	$933	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	182.00	$182.00	$673	+10.00
400–408	407	11	167.00–174.00	$173.01	$704	—
453–483	464	15	152.00–161.00	$154.75	$718	-7.17
505–525	514	5	149.00–153.00	$150.99	$776	-4.37
565–595	578	17	143.00–149.00	$146.82	$849	-5.44
601–636	620	16	142.00–146.00	$143.22	$888	-1.45
655–680	668	5	139.00–143.00	$140.98	$942	-1.57
705–735	717	3	133.00–136.00	$134.67	$966	-1.33
765	765	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,017	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316–320	317	5	157.00–162.00	$160.99	$510	—
355	355	1	162.00	$162.00	$575	—
420–445	434	4	135.00–145.00	$138.65	$602	-4.25
465–485	475	4	135.00–136.00	$135.51	$644	-0.69
500–520	510	2	131.00–135.00	$133.04	$679	-4.09
565	565	5	123.00	$123.00	$695	-9.05
690	690	1	120.00	$120.00	$828	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–232	224	4	165.00–175.00	$172.77	$387	+5.77
325 value added	325	1	162.00	$162.00	$526	—
300–345	330	3	149.00–158.00	$152.77	$504	+5.77
350–385	368	33	141.00–150.00	$142.77	$525	-3.50
400–441	419	28	135.00–144.00	$136.63	$572	-9.64
455–494	477	55	128.00–135.00	$132.14	$630	-8.61
500–535	524	11	126.00–131.00	$127.81	$670	-5.95
550–595	568	19	124.00–128.00	$125.97	$716	-6.20
610–630	617	3	122.00	$122.00	$753	-7.40
680	680	1	120.00	$120.00	$816	-6.53
735	735	1	115.00	$115.00	$845	+0.64
760–790	780	3	110.00–111.00	$110.32	$860	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253	253	3	150.00	$150.00	$380	+10.00
309–320	315	14	137.00–146.00	$143.22	$451	+2.01
360–395	391	18	135.00–140.00	$137.11	$536	+2.24
405–440	420	7	127.00–134.00	$131.97	$554	-2.00
450–480	465	2	125.00–126.00	$125.48	$583	-7.52
505–545	523	3	120.00–125.00	$123.34	$645	-1.02
550–555	551	4	118.00–122.00	$120.50	$664	—
600	600	2	121.00	$121.00	$726	-2.88
660	660	1	115.00	$115.00	$759	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	285	4	127.00–135.00	$132.63	$378	+4.32
315–345	328	3	130.00–135.00	$133.40	$438	+3.40
380–395	388	3	128.00–132.00	$129.98	$504	+2.00
410	410	1	115.00	$115.00	$472	-5.66
460–477	474	6	110.00–117.00	$115.87	$549	+4.63
525–545	535	2	117.00–118.00	$117.49	$629	-2.51
565	565	1	115.00	$115.00	$650	+0.52
613	613	2	110.00	$110.00	$674	-5.00
650	650	1	108.00	$108.00	$702	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	170.00	$170.00	$434	-4.18
305–345	327	17	155.00–165.00	$162.04	$530	+3.57
350–395	359	17	150.00–160.00	$154.45	$554	-0.73
405–445	424	12	149.00–154.00	$151.43	$642	-0.14
460–498	480	11	138.00–147.00	$143.34	$688	+0.17
500–505	503	2	134.00–135.00	$134.50	$677	-3.17
575–585	580	3	127.00–134.00	$130.34	$756	-1.40
680	680	1	119.00	$119.00	$809	-1.20
765–795	780	2	115.00–117.00	$116.02	$905	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	190.00	$190.00	$428	—
280–285	283	2	197.00–200.00	$198.49	$562	+6.22
300–320	310	2	182.00–192.00	$186.84	$579	+4.36
351–385	359	12	165.00–175.00	$169.56	$609	-5.04
365–370 value added	368	2	180.00–182.00	$181.01	$666	—
406–410	407	6	155.00–165.00	$157.34	$640	-2.63
450–455	453	14	148.00–152.00	$149.92	$679	-6.08
515–535	525	5	138.00–142.00	$139.40	$732	-4.97
570–585	578	3	135.00–138.00	$135.99	$786	-2.99
600–615	608	7	130.00–138.00	$134.99	$821	+1.45
660	660	1	129.00	$129.00	$851	+1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–291	288	9	140.00–147.00	$140.72	$405	-16.82
310–335	323	3	140.00–150.00	$145.61	$470	+3.26
370	370	2	135.00	$135.00	$500	-8.22
405–435	412	8	130.00–140.00	$136.73	$563	-1.33
465–480	477	5	124.00	$124.00	$591	-7.03
515–540	526	6	120.00–130.00	$125.61	$661	-1.67
580	580	1	117.00	$117.00	$679	-3.27

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1255	1220	80-85%	2	73.00–75.00	$73.97	$902	-3.60
1025–1655	1232	80-85%	27	68.00–73.00	$70.21	$865	-7.36
1045–1405	1236	80-85%	10	60.00–67.00	$64.29	$795	-13.28

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1180	977	85-90%	10	51.00–58.00	$54.72	$535	—
915–1180	1046	85-90%	10	59.00–66.00	$62.71	$656	-0.79
1040–1060	1050	85-90%	2	71.00	$71.00	$746	+0.09

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990	990	75-80%	1	68.00	$68.00	$673	—
850–1550	1200	75-80%	2	65.00	$65.00	$780	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395	1395	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,242	—
1260–1730	1489	9	81.00–87.00	$83.69	$1,246	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1070	1033	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	875.00–1,000.00	$943.23
1195	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1270	1270	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–1050	964	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	650.00–750.00	$721.79
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785–988	941	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	950.00–1,175.00	$1,092.90	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1198	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,239.85	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1110–1185	1138	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	825.00–1,150.00	$962.87	—

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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.