Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 11, 2022

1,455 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $177.32/cwt +3.56 vs last sale · ≈ $851/hd at 480 lb · 83 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $158.34/cwt -1.31 vs last sale · ≈ $755/hd at 477 lb · 81 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $166.63/cwt -0.37 vs last sale · ≈ $986/hd at 592 lb · 47 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,455	1,365	867
Feeder cattle	1,200	1,114	703
Slaughter cattle	180	157	86
Replacement cattle	75	94	78

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower with outstanding cows 91.00 to 94.00, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers unevenly steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 3'00 higher 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
298	298	2	199.00	$199.00	$593	—
395	395	1	185.00	$185.00	$731	+0.49
403–430	417	15	178.00–181.00	$179.24	$747	+2.04
453–496	480	83	170.00–180.00	$177.32	$851	+3.56
510–538	532	35	167.00–175.00	$173.13	$921	—
573–598	592	47	162.00–171.00	$166.63	$986	-0.37
627–635	628	16	161.00–163.00	$161.25	$1,013	+10.25
688	688	5	154.00	$154.00	$1,060	+3.20
774	774	5	143.00	$143.00	$1,107	+2.10
800	800	3	131.00	$131.00	$1,048	-9.00
870–875	873	2	123.00–127.00	$125.01	$1,091	-9.99
943	943	3	121.00	$121.00	$1,141	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	185.00	$185.00	$527	—
330	330	3	184.00	$184.00	$607	+3.35
353–394	378	29	171.00–181.00	$178.37	$674	+1.37
400–445	426	10	167.00–176.00	$174.33	$743	+2.07
450–485	466	4	161.00–167.00	$163.71	$763	-2.43
501–535	509	13	160.00–165.00	$163.84	$834	+0.71
550–598	571	6	154.00–162.00	$157.47	$899	-1.53
600–645	615	3	151.00–153.00	$151.70	$933	+2.70
690	690	8	147.00	$147.00	$1,014	±0.00
710	710	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,030	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	5	160.00	$160.00	$506	-13.00
350–380	369	4	152.00–160.00	$155.53	$574	—
443	443	3	155.00	$155.00	$687	-8.39
460–490	471	5	147.00–157.00	$151.87	$715	-6.13
535	535	1	150.00	$150.00	$802	—
615	615	1	142.00	$142.00	$873	—
665–675	670	2	139.00–140.00	$139.50	$935	—
700–745	723	2	125.00–128.00	$126.45	$914	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	332	12	165.00–170.00	$168.59	$560	—
350–393	376	10	162.00–172.00	$168.33	$633	+7.44
413–418	415	30	161.00–170.00	$168.02	$697	+5.38
450–496	477	81	154.00–160.00	$158.34	$755	-0.61
506–538	525	23	150.00–155.00	$152.35	$800	-5.74
550–579	571	46	147.00–154.00	$152.98	$874	+12.73
620–625	623	2	130.00–131.00	$130.50	$813	-6.01
677	677	14	125.00	$125.00	$846	—
705–730	718	2	124.00–130.00	$127.05	$912	+5.06
750	750	1	120.00	$120.00	$900	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	155.00	$155.00	$450	+4.79
300–330	315	2	147.00–157.00	$151.76	$478	+1.76
375–398	387	8	145.00–154.00	$150.15	$581	-3.02
405–445	427	4	154.00–157.00	$155.02	$662	+9.47
490	490	1	150.00	$150.00	$735	+0.46
550–590	573	3	135.00–139.00	$137.29	$787	+0.32
608–618	613	11	125.00–126.00	$125.55	$770	—
670–693	690	9	117.00–122.00	$117.98	$814	+0.49
735	735	1	116.00	$116.00	$853	+1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–265	263	2	147.00–150.00	$148.49	$391	+3.28
305–328	319	11	130.00–140.00	$136.93	$437	-3.07
355–395	375	3	137.00–140.00	$137.95	$517	-1.82
430	430	1	130.00	$130.00	$559	-1.24
475	475	1	134.00	$134.00	$636	+14.00
575–585	580	2	116.00–121.00	$118.48	$687	+1.48
720–740	730	2	100.00–105.00	$102.47	$748	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	180.00	$180.00	$423	—
277–285	279	5	175.00–180.00	$176.02	$491	—
315–325	323	5	165.00	$165.00	$533	-4.24
355–370	362	3	160.00–165.00	$163.29	$591	-0.41
405–435	416	5	159.00–162.00	$160.58	$668	+4.07
465–495	480	2	154.00–155.00	$154.48	$742	+3.63
500–540	520	2	150.00–152.00	$151.04	$785	+1.04
570	570	1	148.00	$148.00	$844	—
680–695	683	7	128.00–131.00	$129.86	$887	—
765–780	773	2	114.00–120.00	$117.03	$905	—
835	835	2	115.00	$115.00	$960	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	180.00	$180.00	$594	+3.00
350–391	383	8	170.00–179.00	$176.89	$677	+1.89
405	405	1	165.00	$165.00	$668	-6.00
450–480	465	3	162.00–167.00	$164.63	$766	+7.63
500–535	518	2	157.00–159.00	$157.97	$818	+3.00
555–583	574	3	153.00–154.00	$153.32	$880	+4.32
603–620	609	3	143.00–146.00	$144.98	$883	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	160.00	$160.00	$392	±0.00
265	265	1	167.00	$167.00	$443	+6.94
300–345	330	4	145.00–155.00	$149.89	$495	-4.19
390	390	1	155.00	$155.00	$604	+6.66
400–430	415	2	137.00–140.00	$138.45	$575	-8.20
530	530	1	130.00	$130.00	$689	-3.88
555–570	563	2	127.00–135.00	$130.95	$737	—
645	645	1	119.00	$119.00	$768	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1725	1169	80-85%	21	73.00–80.00	$77.00	$900	—
1110–1270	1176	80-85%	5	65.00–72.00	$69.16	$813	—
1038–1650	1312	80-85%	17	83.00–90.00	$86.40	$1,134	+16.94

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1020	932	85-90%	12	55.00–62.00	$58.61	$546	—
825–1080	1004	85-90%	4	73.00–76.00	$75.23	$755	—
925–1260	1097	85-90%	20	64.00–71.00	$67.65	$742	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1565	1443	75-80%	5	64.00–66.00	$64.54	$931	—
1365–1555	1460	75-80%	3	82.00–86.00	$84.42	$1,233	+12.10
1280–1825	1580	75-80%	3	70.00–74.00	$71.85	$1,135	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1770	1186	13	93.00–99.00	$95.32	$1,130	—
1565–1975	1770	2	105.00–109.00	$106.77	$1,890	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–977	913	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	625.00–725.00	$705.28
790–1050	936	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	650.00–850.00	$762.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00
860–1125	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	925.00–950.00	$939.17

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
660–840	735	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	525.00–725.00	$660.80	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
930–950	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	925.00–950.00	$937.63	-69.70

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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.