Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 23, 2022

1,589 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.29/cwt -0.21 vs last sale · ≈ $853/hd at 572 lb · 48 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $154.36/cwt +3.16 vs last sale · ≈ $812/hd at 526 lb · 41 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.86/cwt -0.27 vs last sale · ≈ $722/hd at 469 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,589	958	1,155
Feeder cattle	1,192	746	855
Slaughter cattle	272	172	188
Replacement cattle	125	40	112

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 higher with outstanding bulls at 126.00 to 130.00, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer and heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower, bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower and replacement cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	190.00	$190.00	$627	-15.00
420–445	431	28	182.00–184.00	$183.86	$792	-6.49
450–463	461	6	177.00–180.00	$177.49	$818	-8.06
531–548	533	22	175.00–183.00	$181.88	$969	-0.81
553–586	565	21	169.00–174.00	$171.21	$967	-1.66
621	621	2	157.00	$157.00	$975	-2.00
670–675	673	2	154.00–155.00	$154.50	$1,040	-8.79
713–730	716	5	145.00–149.00	$148.18	$1,061	-0.82
765	765	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,079	-2.00
805–816	813	7	132.00–140.00	$137.74	$1,120	+1.74

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	374	4	182.00–185.00	$184.23	$689	-2.77
408–425	417	15	170.00–180.00	$172.65	$720	-4.35
520–533	528	11	159.00–166.00	$161.36	$852	—
550	550	1	160.00	$160.00	$880	-4.49
660–688	673	37	140.00–149.00	$142.22	$957	-10.45
730–745	735	3	138.00–140.00	$139.32	$1,024	—
768	768	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,029	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	182.00	$182.00	$437	-1.60
375–390	383	4	175.00–176.00	$175.51	$672	+8.51
400	400	1	167.00	$167.00	$668	—
520–540	530	2	150.00–157.00	$153.43	$813	+3.43
559	559	7	155.00	$155.00	$866	±0.00
665	665	1	135.00	$135.00	$898	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	167.00	$167.00	$351	—
375–390	386	23	160.00–164.00	$161.01	$621	-5.37
400–431	422	12	151.00–161.00	$154.04	$650	-5.40
458–488	469	38	148.00–157.00	$153.86	$722	-0.27
510–538	526	41	149.00–157.00	$154.36	$812	+3.16
561 value added	561	9	164.00	$164.00	$920	—
553–595	574	39	140.00–150.00	$145.89	$837	-3.61
600–605	603	2	138.00–143.00	$140.51	$847	-4.48
672–696	681	23	128.00–134.00	$131.60	$896	-13.40
692 value added	692	5	146.00	$146.00	$1,010	-16.00
713	713	2	132.00	$132.00	$941	-2.18
764–790	772	12	123.00–129.00	$127.30	$983	—
810–831	824	6	125.00	$125.00	$1,030	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	232	3	162.00	$162.00	$376	-2.41
290	290	1	155.00	$155.00	$450	-8.74
315–345	330	10	150.00–160.00	$154.60	$510	+0.13
370–395	386	10	145.00–155.00	$150.72	$582	-4.37
400–429	421	12	140.00–150.00	$147.54	$621	-5.20
450–475	456	11	140.00–145.00	$143.14	$653	-2.33
510	510	1	130.00	$130.00	$663	—
730	730	2	121.00	$121.00	$883	+2.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	231	4	145.00–152.00	$148.44	$343	-4.96
255–270	262	6	140.00–150.00	$144.80	$379	-0.53
300–325	309	7	140.00–147.00	$143.44	$443	+4.99
355–395	368	4	137.00–143.00	$139.92	$515	-4.32
505	505	1	118.00	$118.00	$596	+0.44
640	640	1	115.00	$115.00	$736	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	2	185.00–187.00	$186.02	$446	+3.43
270–298	289	3	180.00–182.00	$180.62	$522	+3.57
325	325	2	170.00	$170.00	$552	-5.49
350–393	384	25	170.00–177.00	$174.54	$670	+1.65
408–425	416	7	160.00–170.00	$163.84	$682	-4.21
455–486	476	10	157.00–164.00	$158.66	$755	+1.17
520	520	1	148.00	$148.00	$770	—
595	595	1	145.00	$145.00	$863	+3.01
634	634	6	138.00	$138.00	$875	—
680	680	1	129.00	$129.00	$877	-4.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	187.00	$187.00	$505	±0.00
375–385	382	3	182.00–185.00	$182.98	$699	-2.02
457	457	17	169.00	$169.00	$772	-1.00
515–525	520	2	154.00–155.00	$154.50	$803	-4.50
559–585	566	8	149.00–152.00	$149.78	$848	-3.84
625	625	6	141.00	$141.00	$881	-0.99
660	660	1	137.00	$137.00	$904	-3.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	170.00	$170.00	$416	+2.36
275	275	1	162.00	$162.00	$446	-7.49
303–335	318	6	157.00–167.00	$161.37	$513	-3.30
355	355	1	155.00	$155.00	$550	-5.00
452	452	3	137.00	$137.00	$619	-4.28
503–515	507	3	140.00–142.00	$141.32	$716	-1.68
625	625	1	121.00	$121.00	$756	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1290	1118	80-85%	17	84.00–90.00	$87.56	$979	+6.04
985–1595	1176	80-85%	52	93.00–100.00	$97.25	$1,144	-1.37
1060–1385	1253	80-85%	16	101.00–109.00	$104.13	$1,305	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–940	907	85-90%	6	69.00–72.00	$70.33	$638	—
870–1150	1020	85-90%	26	75.00–82.00	$78.43	$800	—
880–1125	1026	85-90%	21	83.00–90.00	$87.23	$895	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1760	1436	75-80%	19	87.00–94.00	$90.54	$1,300	—
1470–1940	1705	75-80%	2	84.00–86.00	$85.14	$1,452	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1760	1259	11	97.00–104.00	$100.97	$1,271	—
1135–2045	1610	8	115.00–121.00	$118.23	$1,904	—
1190–1950	1615	10	105.00–113.00	$109.18	$1,763	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–965	878	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,018.31
835–935	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	900.00–1,025.00	$957.42

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
810–915	874	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	675.00–950.00	$771.46

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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
1110	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

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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.