Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 22, 2021

1,275 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $147.58/cwt ≈ $840/hd at 569 lb · 46 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $150.64/cwt +5.05 vs last sale · ≈ $777/hd at 516 lb · 39 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.72/cwt +0.69 vs last sale · ≈ $615/hd at 474 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,275	1,286	946
Feeder cattle	1,108	1,045	773
Slaughter cattle	92	105	128
Replacement cattle	75	136	45

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 5.00 to 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, feeder steers 1.00 to 3.00 higher, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower 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
360	360	1	172.00	$172.00	$619	+4.00
405	405	14	160.50	$160.50	$650	-1.92
464–496	480	17	154.00–160.00	$156.75	$752	+5.61
501–545	516	39	146.00–154.00	$150.64	$777	+5.05
553–586	569	46	143.00–152.00	$147.58	$840	—
623–647	631	22	135.00–143.00	$137.14	$865	—
658–695	671	10	129.00–135.00	$132.56	$889	+4.76
735	735	2	130.00	$130.00	$956	—
760–774	773	10	122.00–126.00	$125.61	$971	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	335	13	155.00–156.00	$155.77	$522	—
355–394	372	13	155.00–157.00	$155.29	$578	-5.12
410–440	419	4	151.00–156.00	$154.44	$647	+2.59
455–475	463	20	140.00–147.00	$144.45	$669	+2.45
503–545	528	7	138.00–145.00	$140.63	$743	-0.11
555–565	558	3	133.00–140.00	$137.64	$768	+6.36
633–645	634	24	126.00–133.00	$132.70	$841	+5.21
665–695	677	3	124.00–128.00	$126.30	$855	+1.86
705–720	712	3	121.00–122.00	$121.33	$864	-2.67

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278	278	5	147.50	$147.50	$410	—
360–375	368	4	130.00–137.00	$133.49	$491	—
405–425	412	3	135.00	$135.00	$556	-2.21
475–480	478	2	129.00–133.00	$130.99	$626	-7.94
515–525	521	5	121.00–131.00	$126.62	$660	-2.38
560–565	563	3	124.00–129.00	$127.34	$717	+7.91
625	625	1	115.00	$115.00	$719	-1.66
660–678	674	4	115.00–119.00	$118.02	$795	—
725–740	733	2	115.00–119.00	$117.02	$858	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	12	138.00	$138.00	$535	+2.00
405–440	433	10	128.00–130.00	$128.99	$559	-2.15
452–495	474	33	126.00–133.00	$129.72	$615	+0.69
510–543	533	32	122.00–127.00	$123.43	$658	-5.77
553–563	558	10	122.00–124.00	$122.81	$685	-2.04
610–643	623	9	116.00–122.00	$118.15	$736	-0.59
688	688	10	120.00	$120.00	$826	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	277	6	135.00–145.00	$138.04	$382	-3.34
312–325	313	14	135.00–136.00	$135.93	$425	+1.96
375–395	384	20	124.00–132.00	$127.71	$490	-5.51
405–445	419	7	123.00–127.00	$125.24	$525	-0.27
455–492	486	25	119.00–125.00	$121.88	$592	+0.07
500–540	530	16	117.00–121.00	$119.06	$631	-0.86
555–590	575	6	113.00–120.00	$115.63	$665	-3.07
630–640	633	3	110.00–113.00	$111.99	$709	-1.67
665–690	680	3	108.00–112.00	$110.32	$750	-0.44
700	700	1	108.00	$108.00	$756	—
750	750	1	106.00	$106.00	$795	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–238	235	5	125.00–135.00	$126.91	$298	-3.09
260–290	278	3	122.00–132.00	$126.41	$351	+3.75
300–340	319	7	122.00–127.00	$125.75	$401	+2.52
350–397	368	9	118.00–123.00	$119.82	$441	-1.57
410–445	418	28	112.00–122.00	$119.54	$500	+4.25
455–495	467	11	109.00–117.00	$111.32	$520	-6.58
510–535	523	2	111.00–115.00	$112.95	$591	+5.12
565–580	570	3	100.00–105.00	$102.36	$583	-6.65
610–635	622	3	102.00–109.00	$105.69	$657	+0.04

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	150.00	$150.00	$435	+2.27
325–344	343	13	141.00–145.00	$141.29	$485	+0.73
360–390	372	6	130.00–139.00	$133.03	$495	+0.97
405–431	427	22	115.00–125.00	$120.22	$513	-8.61
450–486	469	17	115.00–121.00	$118.04	$554	-2.39
515–535	527	9	108.00–115.00	$113.35	$597	+3.61
555–570	561	4	103.00–112.00	$107.24	$602	-10.27
615–625	622	3	105.00–108.00	$106.34	$661	-0.62
650–655	653	2	103.00–105.00	$104.00	$679	+2.48
715–740	728	2	98.00–99.00	$98.49	$717	-1.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–375	373	2	142.00–150.00	$145.97	$544	+4.95
400–445	423	5	133.00–142.00	$138.03	$584	-1.23
460–485	472	8	128.00–138.00	$131.71	$622	-1.04
500–545	524	19	118.00–128.00	$121.91	$639	-4.52
550–580	567	6	117.00–125.00	$119.84	$679	-0.16

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	170.00	$170.00	$578	+8.00
350–370	360	6	155.00–160.00	$158.01	$569	+2.81
400–440	425	3	147.00–151.00	$148.94	$633	—
460–475	468	2	150.00–152.00	$151.02	$707	+6.02
525	525	1	148.00	$148.00	$777	+11.40
550–565	558	2	130.00	$130.00	$725	—
725	725	2	120.00	$120.00	$870	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1285	1039	85-90%	17	48.00–53.00	$50.72	$527	—
1020–1210	1104	85-90%	12	41.00–47.00	$44.28	$489	-12.29

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1535	1204	80-85%	17	55.00–61.00	$57.14	$688	-17.74
1220	1220	80-85%	1	63.00	$63.00	$769	-11.88
1220–1605	1373	80-85%	5	45.00–49.00	$47.65	$654	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1650	1385	3	73.00–80.00	$76.98	$1,066	—
1710	1710	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,659	—
1780	1780	1	86.00	$86.00	$1,531	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–940	892	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	825.00–975.00	$927.62
960–1180	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	900.00–1,050.00	$967.34
970–1350	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,061.87

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–960	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–775.00	$737.30
995–1160	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	725.00–975.00	$874.46

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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
1335	1335	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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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.