Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 29, 2021

952 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.71/cwt -3.28 vs last sale · ≈ $539/hd at 429 lb · 47 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $119.61/cwt -3.82 vs last sale · ≈ $620/hd at 518 lb · 45 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $120.04/cwt -1.87 vs last sale · ≈ $630/hd at 525 lb · 36 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	952	1,275	922
Feeder cattle	813	1,108	805
Slaughter cattle	91	92	83
Replacement cattle	48	75	34

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 7.00 lower, slaughter and feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder steers mostly steady, feeder heifers unevenly steady, steer and bull calves 2.00 to 6.00 lower, heifer calves 3.00 to 8.00 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
438	438	2	158.00	$158.00	$692	-2.50
450	450	2	145.00	$145.00	$652	-11.75
573–585	574	13	134.00–135.50	$135.38	$777	-12.20
624–633	629	10	129.00–134.00	$130.98	$824	-6.16
680	680	1	130.00	$130.00	$884	-2.56
710–749	745	12	127.00–129.00	$127.33	$949	-2.67
765 value added	765	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,033	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	150.00	$150.00	$495	-5.77
390	390	2	155.00	$155.00	$604	-0.29
405–448	433	13	135.00–145.00	$140.33	$608	-14.11
450–460	455	2	135.00–140.00	$137.47	$625	-6.98
507–535	513	14	131.00–136.00	$132.88	$682	-7.75
572	572	5	132.00	$132.00	$755	-5.64
705	705	1	121.00	$121.00	$853	-0.33

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	330	2	135.00–142.00	$138.39	$457	—
370–395	386	4	125.00–135.00	$131.84	$509	-1.65
408–440	419	11	120.00–130.00	$124.66	$522	-10.34
455–493	484	9	118.00–127.00	$124.62	$603	-6.37
535	535	1	122.00	$122.00	$653	-4.62
550	550	1	117.00	$117.00	$644	-10.34
660	660	1	114.00	$114.00	$752	-4.02

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–305	303	2	140.00	$140.00	$424	—
400–445	429	47	121.00–130.00	$125.71	$539	-3.28
458–475	461	5	121.00–122.50	$122.19	$563	-7.53
500–548	518	45	119.00–121.00	$119.61	$620	-3.82
550–590	580	33	116.00–119.00	$117.35	$681	-5.46
615–638	630	3	118.00–120.00	$119.35	$752	+1.20
660–683	668	10	115.00–121.00	$116.84	$780	-3.16
725	725	1	110.00	$110.00	$798	—
760	760	1	112.00	$112.00	$851	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	270	3	137.00–140.00	$137.98	$373	-0.06
300–337	327	9	125.00–127.00	$125.45	$410	-10.48
365–385	378	11	125.00–130.00	$126.11	$477	-1.60
420–435	429	8	119.00–120.00	$119.76	$514	-5.48
450–490	468	16	115.00–120.00	$118.46	$554	-3.42
510–545	535	8	115.00–117.00	$115.86	$620	-3.20
615–620	616	4	113.00–114.00	$113.75	$701	+1.76
675–690	683	2	104.00–109.00	$106.47	$727	-3.85
715	715	1	109.00	$109.00	$779	+1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	235	2	127.00–135.00	$131.09	$308	+4.18
265–297	287	5	122.00–132.00	$124.43	$357	-1.98
310–337	327	15	120.00–122.50	$121.97	$399	-3.78
365–395	389	19	115.00–122.00	$119.43	$465	-0.39
425–440	434	6	111.00–118.00	$114.83	$498	-4.71
470–495	485	4	111.00–114.00	$112.49	$546	+1.17
505–545	528	3	105.00–110.00	$107.72	$569	-5.23
570	570	1	109.00	$109.00	$621	+6.64
630	630	3	101.00	$101.00	$636	-4.69
695	695	1	90.00	$90.00	$626	—
740	740	1	90.00	$90.00	$666	—
753	753	2	90.00	$90.00	$678	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	282	3	147.00–157.00	$152.09	$429	—
300–325	314	4	140.00–145.00	$142.41	$447	—
365–385	374	14	137.00–147.00	$142.57	$533	-3.40
405–448	442	22	127.00–137.00	$128.50	$568	-9.53
450–495	480	12	122.00–132.00	$127.25	$611	-4.46
501–548	525	36	118.00–126.00	$120.04	$630	-1.87
555–579	576	12	118.00–121.00	$120.42	$694	+0.58
605	605	1	109.00	$109.00	$659	—
712–728	723	16	100.00–109.00	$102.77	$743	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	140.00	$140.00	$336	—
285–286	286	6	130.00–140.00	$133.33	$381	-16.67
330–334	333	6	122.00–125.00	$124.51	$415	-16.78
370–387	383	4	132.00	$132.00	$506	-1.03
400–440	432	9	115.00–122.00	$117.11	$506	-3.11
450–475	458	9	110.00–119.00	$115.68	$530	-2.36
500	500	1	105.00	$105.00	$525	-8.35
570–585	578	2	97.00–107.00	$102.06	$590	-5.18
605–615	607	5	95.00–101.00	$97.40	$591	-8.94
685	685	1	100.00	$100.00	$685	-4.00
700–745	731	6	93.00–96.00	$93.65	$685	-4.84
818–825	820	3	85.00–93.00	$90.32	$741	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–330	325	4	155.00–160.00	$158.73	$516	-11.27
365–395	380	2	150.00–157.00	$153.36	$583	-4.65
405–435	423	3	138.00–145.00	$140.74	$595	-8.20
455–475	467	3	135.00–140.00	$136.68	$638	-14.34
505–535	520	2	127.00	$127.00	$660	-21.00
555–565	562	3	124.00	$124.00	$697	-6.00
605	605	1	119.00	$119.00	$720	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1520	1160	80-85%	10	64.00–71.00	$66.92	$776	—
980–1390	1192	80-85%	29	56.00–63.00	$58.96	$703	—
1190–1440	1364	80-85%	7	54.00–55.00	$54.30	$741	+6.65

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1200	1070	85-90%	6	41.00–48.00	$45.29	$485	—
950–1270	1119	85-90%	20	49.00–56.00	$52.61	$589	+8.33

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315	1315	75-80%	1	59.00	$59.00	$776	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210	1210	1	78.00	$78.00	$944	—
1455–1895	1675	2	84.00–88.00	$86.26	$1,445	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–990	907	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	500.00–725.00	$616.08
835–1075	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	625.00–800.00	$712.75
875–1060	988	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	725.00–800.00	$768.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
965–1210	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	950.00–1,125.00	$994.87

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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
1020–1265	1161	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	825.00–1,025.00	$927.07	—

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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.