Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 25, 2021

1,323 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.50/cwt +0.70 vs last sale · ≈ $621/hd at 472 lb · 67 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $153.82/cwt +8.96 vs last sale · ≈ $778/hd at 506 lb · 45 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $125.94/cwt +1.94 vs last sale · ≈ $611/hd at 485 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,323	1,035	1,104
Feeder cattle	1,096	896	867
Slaughter cattle	132	76	136
Replacement cattle	95	63	101

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer, heifer, bull calves unevenly steady 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
275	275	1	187.00	$187.00	$514	—
355–385	383	14	170.00–174.00	$173.74	$665	+2.07
460–499	483	14	155.00–162.00	$159.35	$770	+7.27
504–518	506	45	153.00–159.00	$153.82	$778	+8.96
550–593	585	22	145.00–155.00	$152.26	$891	+11.46
600–629	626	9	141.00–142.00	$141.11	$883	+3.45
780	780	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,045	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	8	172.00	$172.00	$537	-3.00
350	350	1	165.00	$165.00	$578	-1.82
422–440	427	8	150.00–155.00	$151.25	$646	-7.98
450–475	463	4	141.00–151.00	$146.66	$679	+1.63
505–545	521	6	144.00–148.00	$146.49	$763	+5.88
560–597	583	34	135.00–144.00	$140.62	$820	+3.62
610–619	618	9	136.00–138.00	$136.22	$842	—
660–690	684	7	131.00–135.00	$134.45	$920	+6.23

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	160.00	$160.00	$424	—
370–383	382	9	152.00–158.00	$157.35	$601	+8.69
405–430	420	12	139.00–145.00	$139.91	$588	-1.60
450–497	481	27	130.00–140.00	$135.48	$652	+2.02
500–545	523	4	131.00–139.00	$135.31	$708	+3.26
711	711	11	115.00	$115.00	$818	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	155.00	$155.00	$450	+2.00
350–385	364	5	139.00–142.00	$140.00	$510	+0.19
410–435	417	16	135.00–137.00	$136.00	$567	-0.74
453–495	472	67	128.00–135.00	$131.50	$621	+0.70
503–530	513	7	123.00–130.00	$125.04	$641	-3.67
610–644	628	10	123.00–127.00	$124.56	$782	+4.22
653–659	655	4	119.00–122.00	$121.24	$794	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	152.00	$152.00	$418	+8.43
300–345	309	17	139.00–142.00	$139.89	$432	-1.25
350–398	378	11	134.00–138.00	$135.42	$512	+1.56
400–445	417	17	130.00–134.00	$131.51	$548	+4.00
450–490	485	35	124.00–126.00	$125.94	$611	+1.94
505–545	511	9	120.00–122.00	$121.10	$619	-0.36
550–596	585	11	119.00–123.00	$121.11	$708	+1.53
615–620	618	2	115.00–119.00	$116.99	$723	+3.99

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	142.00	$142.00	$348	+0.59
280–295	290	4	130.00–140.00	$134.52	$390	+1.46
330–335	333	2	135.00–136.00	$135.50	$451	+7.68
360–390	386	22	127.00–132.00	$130.03	$502	+3.12
415–435	425	8	115.00–125.00	$119.40	$507	-4.10
450–483	466	10	113.00–122.00	$120.11	$560	+3.52
530–535	533	4	110.00–119.00	$114.48	$610	+1.90
605–625	607	9	108.00–110.00	$109.77	$666	+3.77

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–296	288	7	150.00–160.00	$152.76	$440	+2.76
330–335	332	3	140.00–150.00	$146.63	$487	+3.12
356–395	369	20	140.00–148.00	$143.42	$529	+5.74
400–445	425	5	125.00–135.00	$129.36	$550	-2.03
460–495	472	9	125.00–131.00	$128.43	$606	-0.62
500–505	502	3	115.00–117.00	$115.67	$581	-7.48
550–595	575	4	116.00–121.00	$118.97	$684	+2.80
600–605	602	3	118.00	$118.00	$710	+5.00
650–690	670	3	105.00–109.00	$106.64	$714	+4.62
710–725	718	2	103.00–104.00	$103.49	$743	+10.49
765	765	1	105.00	$105.00	$803	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–276	269	5	165.00–172.00	$169.42	$456	—
305–325	318	3	165.00–175.00	$171.81	$546	—
370–395	379	9	150.00–158.00	$154.05	$584	-2.61
405–430	424	7	138.00–142.00	$138.97	$589	-5.03
460–492	480	11	132.00–137.00	$134.95	$648	-0.36
500–505	503	3	129.00–133.00	$130.66	$657	-0.05
640	640	1	119.00	$119.00	$762	+0.38
655	655	1	119.00	$119.00	$779	+5.00
710–715	713	2	112.00–117.00	$114.49	$816	+5.49

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–285	283	2	185.00–190.00	$187.48	$531	-6.56
306–327	314	8	180.00–187.00	$182.73	$574	+5.81
350–375	364	5	165.00–175.00	$168.74	$614	+0.55
425	425	2	155.00–160.00	$157.50	$669	+4.18
470–475	473	2	142.00–147.00	$144.49	$683	-2.55
555	555	1	129.00	$129.00	$716	±0.00
760	760	1	119.00	$119.00	$904	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1220	1052	80-85%	3	78.00–82.00	$79.66	$838	—
1085–1485	1276	80-85%	21	70.00–75.00	$71.76	$916	—
1170–1455	1302	80-85%	14	62.00–68.00	$66.25	$863	+1.71

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1220	1080	85-90%	14	51.00–57.00	$54.54	$589	-7.49
1005–1165	1085	85-90%	2	68.00	$68.00	$738	+5.97
980–1295	1166	85-90%	9	59.00–66.00	$62.30	$726	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475–1560	1529	75-80%	8	65.00–69.00	$67.41	$1,031	—
1370–1715	1560	75-80%	4	58.00–62.00	$60.16	$938	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1705	1263	5	78.00–85.00	$80.60	$1,018	-5.32
1032–1835	1337	13	90.00–97.00	$92.46	$1,236	—
1610–1865	1738	2	102.00–103.00	$102.54	$1,782	+10.15

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1095–1330	1184	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,050.00–1,250.00	$1,101.43
1075–1360	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,026.93

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–955	877	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	725.00–850.00	$771.34
825–1225	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	750.00–975.00	$903.79
925–1430	1234	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	900.00–1,025.00	$964.66

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025–1585	1352	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,200.00–1,350.00	$1,260.30	+135.30

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1140–1390	1254	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	800.00–1,125.00	$998.90	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
945	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790	790	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	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.