Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 6, 2021

753 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.19/cwt +6.00 vs last sale · ≈ $615/hd at 480 lb · 42 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $118.92/cwt -1.50 vs last sale · ≈ $660/hd at 555 lb · 27 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.03/cwt +3.32 vs last sale · ≈ $545/hd at 422 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	753	952	743
Feeder cattle	666	813	572
Slaughter cattle	52	91	124
Replacement cattle	35	48	47

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 lower, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves steady to 3.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher 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
300	300	1	160.00	$160.00	$480	+10.00
350–376	372	12	150.00–160.00	$156.96	$584	+1.96
417–420	418	6	145.00–148.00	$147.50	$617	+7.17
456–486	470	17	142.00–146.00	$142.24	$669	+4.77
500–545	519	9	131.00–139.00	$132.32	$687	-0.56
556–580	559	8	125.00–126.00	$125.87	$704	-6.13
635	635	2	129.00	$129.00	$819	—
655–690	684	6	120.00–122.00	$120.99	$828	—
720	720	5	121.00	$121.00	$871	±0.00
760	760	1	116.00	$116.00	$882	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	140.00	$140.00	$525	+8.16
405–445	420	21	137.00–140.00	$137.19	$576	+12.53
480	480	1	134.00	$134.00	$643	+9.38
516–535	522	6	118.00–125.00	$120.39	$628	-1.61
555	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	+3.00
649	649	5	108.00	$108.00	$701	—
705	705	1	115.00	$115.00	$811	—
785	785	1	111.00	$111.00	$871	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	172.00	$172.00	$550	—
405	405	2	157.00	$157.00	$636	-1.00
475–490	485	6	145.00–147.00	$146.35	$710	+1.35
500–545	525	7	141.00–147.00	$144.87	$761	—
550–570	561	7	136.00–146.00	$141.60	$794	+6.22
605–645	622	7	131.00–136.00	$132.88	$827	+1.90
655–690	671	4	128.00–132.00	$129.72	$870	-0.28

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	2	137.50	$137.50	$358	—
315	315	2	137.50	$137.50	$433	-2.50
380	380	1	132.00	$132.00	$502	—
400–437	422	22	127.00–135.00	$129.03	$545	+3.32
450–499	480	42	126.00–130.00	$128.19	$615	+6.00
508–540	522	20	120.00–128.00	$126.28	$659	+6.67
551–580	560	14	119.00–128.00	$123.82	$693	+6.47
620–625	623	3	115.00–120.00	$117.99	$735	-1.36

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	137.00	$137.00	$322	—
253–290	274	6	135.00–137.00	$135.32	$371	-2.66
300–335	321	5	127.50–135.00	$131.57	$422	+6.12
350–390	378	4	129.00–130.00	$129.51	$490	+3.40
410–430	420	6	120.00–125.00	$123.37	$518	+3.61
450–490	480	8	117.00–125.00	$123.30	$592	+4.84
520–532	528	5	114.00–117.00	$114.99	$607	-0.87
569–580	573	9	109.00–115.00	$111.03	$636	—
640	640	1	110.00	$110.00	$704	-3.75
700–705	703	2	105.00–109.00	$107.01	$752	-1.99
793	793	2	104.00	$104.00	$825	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–230	223	3	127.00–132.00	$129.71	$289	-1.38
255–295	278	3	120.00–130.00	$123.53	$343	-0.90
303–333	321	8	122.00–125.00	$123.94	$398	+1.97
365–394	386	8	115.00–125.00	$122.19	$472	+2.76
560	560	1	95.00	$95.00	$532	-14.00
600	600	1	92.00	$92.00	$552	-9.00
655–665	663	4	85.00–87.00	$86.51	$574	-3.49
700	700	6	80.00	$80.00	$560	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	265	3	157.00–157.50	$157.33	$417	+5.24
320–348	342	6	145.00–155.00	$149.38	$511	+6.97
355	355	1	147.00	$147.00	$522	+4.43
410–448	422	18	130.00–135.00	$133.07	$562	+4.57
456–485	474	11	124.00–133.00	$125.76	$596	-1.49
530	530	4	117.00–124.00	$122.25	$648	+2.21
552–598	555	27	118.00–119.00	$118.92	$660	-1.50
630–641	639	6	110.00–113.00	$110.49	$706	+1.49
655–675	668	3	100.00–105.00	$101.63	$679	—
700–725	713	2	100.00–105.00	$102.46	$731	-0.31

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	268	3	170.00–175.00	$173.39	$465	—
315–335	328	9	160.00–170.00	$163.54	$536	+4.81
365–390	381	7	152.00–162.00	$155.69	$593	+2.33
400–430	416	8	147.00–152.00	$149.58	$622	+8.84
450–480	460	7	135.00–145.00	$138.54	$637	+1.86
501–545	515	11	127.00–133.00	$129.77	$668	+2.77
550–572	567	12	122.00–129.00	$126.44	$717	+2.44
600	600	1	120.00	$120.00	$720	+1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–287	278	5	132.00–140.00	$135.38	$376	+2.05
340	340	8	130.00	$130.00	$442	+5.49
385	385	1	132.00	$132.00	$508	±0.00
400–443	422	4	120.00–125.00	$122.37	$516	+5.26
470–480	477	3	109.00–117.00	$111.97	$534	-3.71
515–540	530	4	112.00–116.00	$114.01	$604	+9.01
555–582	569	4	110.00–112.00	$110.98	$631	+8.92
610–640	625	2	100.00–109.00	$104.39	$652	+6.99
655–695	682	4	94.00–97.00	$95.77	$653	-4.23
720	720	2	92.00	$92.00	$662	-1.65

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060	1060	80-85%	1	51.00	$51.00	$541	—
985–1635	1245	80-85%	11	60.00–67.00	$62.99	$784	—
1135–1650	1438	80-85%	6	68.00–75.00	$70.52	$1,014	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1090	978	85-90%	5	40.00–45.00	$42.76	$418	—
960–1110	1040	85-90%	5	49.00–56.00	$53.57	$557	—
1045	1045	85-90%	1	58.00	$58.00	$606	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1630	1630	75-80%	1	63.00	$63.00	$1,027	—
1990	1990	75-80%	1	51.00	$51.00	$1,015	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1640	1640	1	83.00	$83.00	$1,361	—
1670–1930	1797	3	97.00–99.00	$97.72	$1,756	—
1745–1860	1803	2	88.00–92.00	$90.06	$1,624	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1065	919	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	600.00–825.00	$734.09
805–1090	962	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	600.00–850.00	$742.46

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
980–1075	1028	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–950.00	$926.16

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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
1130–1265	1198	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	850.00–950.00	$902.82	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
935	935	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	525.00	$525.00	—

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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.