Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 28, 2021

907 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $146.52/cwt -4.47 vs last sale · ≈ $772/hd at 527 lb · 35 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.51/cwt +9.88 vs last sale · ≈ $636/hd at 434 lb · 32 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $138.20/cwt -5.02 vs last sale · ≈ $862/hd at 624 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	907	946	914
Feeder cattle	810	812	805
Slaughter cattle	58	95	78
Replacement cattle	39	39	31

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder steers 4.00 to 7.00 lower, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 3.00 to 6.00 higher and replacement cows steady..

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	200.00	$200.00	$480	—
295	295	1	192.00	$192.00	$566	—
310–325	318	2	192.00–197.00	$194.44	$618	—
380	380	1	187.00	$187.00	$711	+5.00
400–425	408	16	174.00–180.00	$175.56	$716	+2.55
410–425 value added	418	2	187.00–192.00	$189.46	$792	—
455–491	475	15	150.00–157.00	$150.78	$716	-3.97
505–546	527	35	144.00–150.00	$146.52	$772	-4.47
558–595	573	8	142.00–147.00	$143.63	$823	-3.19
600–646	624	32	135.00–145.00	$138.20	$862	-5.02
668–693	675	21	130.00–139.00	$135.53	$915	-5.45
744	744	4	131.00	$131.00	$975	-3.67
803	803	6	129.00	$129.00	$1,036	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	190.00	$190.00	$456	—
280	280	2	167.00	$167.00	$468	-3.00
325–345	335	2	167.00–175.00	$170.88	$572	—
375–385	380	2	160.00–163.00	$161.48	$614	-5.83
405–445	433	14	150.00–160.00	$152.50	$660	-6.61
470–475	473	3	140.00–149.00	$146.02	$691	+2.13
515–540	532	16	138.00–143.00	$140.75	$749	-3.03
550–570	562	3	135.00–140.00	$137.02	$770	-2.71
625–640	631	6	130.00–131.00	$130.33	$822	—
690	690	1	125.00	$125.00	$862	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–355	353	2	150.00–152.00	$151.01	$533	-10.99
435	435	1	141.00	$141.00	$613	+2.35
480	480	1	135.00	$135.00	$648	-0.51
512–540	527	17	130.00–135.00	$132.17	$697	-0.87
625	625	1	130.00	$130.00	$812	—
650	650	1	116.00	$116.00	$754	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	170.00	$170.00	$382	-2.77
270	270	1	152.00	$152.00	$410	—
300–335	317	5	147.00–154.00	$151.83	$481	-0.94
375 value added	375	1	160.00	$160.00	$600	—
355–390	377	21	143.00–148.00	$145.49	$548	+2.72
415–445	434	32	142.00–150.00	$146.51	$636	+9.88
450–496	477	22	134.00–144.00	$136.66	$652	+4.52
500–539	518	25	131.00–139.00	$133.30	$690	+5.49
550–580	575	21	125.00–129.00	$126.29	$726	+0.32
600–640	610	19	123.00–128.00	$124.83	$761	+2.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	228	2	150.00	$150.00	$342	—
270–290	286	5	140.00–150.00	$148.11	$424	-1.89
300–335	322	3	142.00–150.00	$145.51	$469	+2.29
390–395	393	2	132.00–142.00	$136.97	$538	-0.14
400–440	414	6	130.00–137.00	$133.95	$555	+1.98
465–482	479	5	128.00–131.00	$130.42	$625	+4.94
505–545	511	7	125.00–129.00	$128.39	$656	+5.05
575	575	1	121.00	$121.00	$696	+0.50
625	625	1	110.00	$110.00	$688	-11.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	228	11	137.00–147.00	$145.52	$332	—
260–290	275	2	135.00–140.00	$137.64	$379	+5.01
330–345	335	5	135.00–140.00	$136.61	$458	+3.21
415–445	428	3	125.00–129.00	$127.68	$546	+12.68
470–490	480	2	118.00–121.00	$119.53	$574	+3.66
575	575	1	110.00	$110.00	$632	-5.00
660	660	1	103.00	$103.00	$680	-5.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	185.00	$185.00	$426	-5.00
260	260	1	185.00	$185.00	$481	-13.49
275–295 value added	285	3	200.00–202.00	$201.31	$574	—
310–340	328	13	172.00–182.00	$175.39	$575	-11.45
355–387 value added	379	4	182.00–184.00	$183.53	$696	+2.52
381–395	382	10	171.00–172.00	$171.90	$657	+2.34
405–425	416	4	157.00–167.00	$163.43	$680	+6.09
450–455	453	2	157.00–164.00	$160.48	$727	+10.56
502–525	503	16	134.00–138.00	$134.26	$675	-5.14
550–560	555	2	130.00–138.00	$134.04	$744	-1.95
610–613	612	3	125.00–127.00	$126.34	$773	-8.65
765	765	1	110.00	$110.00	$842	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	5	170.00	$170.00	$479	±0.00
355–380	364	5	160.00–165.00	$162.24	$591	+7.79
420–440	432	11	144.00–149.00	$147.08	$635	-4.35
450–485	468	10	133.00–142.00	$135.99	$636	-7.35
500–526	520	14	129.00–131.00	$130.15	$677	-4.35
555–580	568	5	122.00–129.00	$125.39	$712	-4.95
605	605	1	119.00	$119.00	$720	—
680–690	688	4	114.00–119.00	$115.76	$796	-3.24

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	150.00	$150.00	$428	+9.28
300–310	305	2	142.00–150.00	$145.93	$445	+0.32
382–385	383	4	130.00–131.00	$130.75	$501	-4.25
433–440	436	7	137.00–140.00	$138.14	$602	+1.41
460–485	475	8	124.00–132.00	$128.61	$611	+4.61
535	535	1	125.00	$125.00	$669	-0.61
585	585	1	110.00	$110.00	$644	-7.00
670	670	1	100.00	$100.00	$670	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1590	1233	80-85%	12	69.00–77.00	$73.55	$907	+3.34
955–1690	1332	80-85%	5	60.00–65.00	$62.28	$830	—
1345	1345	80-85%	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,063	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1045	894	85-90%	7	66.00–70.00	$67.80	$606	—
840–1475	1053	85-90%	6	50.00–57.00	$53.29	$561	-17.71

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1695	1695	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$1,102	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1004–1705	1180	6	77.00–80.00	$79.42	$937	—
1565	1565	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,581	—
1120–2160	1740	3	88.00–90.00	$89.57	$1,559	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745–815	780	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–725.00	$713.06
975	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
900–1115	1008	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–850.00	$822.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1175	1022	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	950.00–1,050.00	$1,000.16

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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
1045–1195	1116	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	850.00–1,050.00	$950.32	-12.55

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
867–950	909	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,025.00–1,075.00	$1,048.86	-44.04

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795–940	868	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–950.00	$868.73	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	4	108.00	$108.00	$259	—
266	266	11	90.00	$90.00	$239	—

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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.