Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 18, 2022

978 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.63/cwt -16.35 vs last sale · ≈ $790/hd at 578 lb · 68 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $143.26/cwt -6.74 vs last sale · ≈ $668/hd at 466 lb · 32 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 steers $154.98/cwt -8.86 vs last sale · ≈ $818/hd at 528 lb · 30 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	978	1,455	862
Feeder cattle	801	1,200	668
Slaughter cattle	115	180	122
Replacement cattle	62	75	72

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher with out standing cows 91.00 to 96.00, slaughter bulls, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower, steer and bull calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower, heifer calves 3.00 to 7.00 lower 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
372	372	3	170.00	$170.00	$632	-8.37
427–448	432	8	158.00	$158.00	$683	-16.33
482–488	484	8	151.00–158.00	$153.65	$744	-10.06
515–536	528	30	151.00–157.00	$154.98	$818	-8.86
608	608	2	144.00	$144.00	$876	-7.70
650–699	669	12	138.00–143.00	$138.98	$930	-8.02

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–343	337	7	155.00–157.00	$155.55	$524	-4.45
355–372	363	8	150.00–160.00	$154.70	$562	-0.83
405–430	420	3	145.00–155.00	$150.77	$633	-4.23
468–495	482	8	140.00–150.00	$143.08	$690	-8.79
515–545	530	2	135.00–139.00	$137.06	$726	-12.94
570–580	575	2	125.00–132.00	$128.47	$739	—
640–641	641	8	138.00–139.00	$138.63	$889	-3.37
755	755	1	126.00	$126.00	$951	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
581	581	8	156.00	$156.00	$906	-10.63

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406–415	407	12	150.00–154.00	$153.66	$625	-14.36
453–473	462	10	151.00–153.00	$151.89	$702	-6.45
503	503	2	147.00	$147.00	$739	-5.35
570–578	578	68	135.00–137.00	$136.63	$790	-16.35
609–640	622	17	125.00–128.00	$126.44	$786	-4.06
665	665	1	123.00	$123.00	$818	-2.00
803	803	4	114.00	$114.00	$915	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	328	2	142.00–145.00	$143.53	$471	-8.23
355–395	367	7	147.00–151.00	$150.25	$551	+0.10
400–445	417	16	140.00–147.00	$143.33	$598	-11.69
459–480	466	32	137.00–146.00	$143.26	$668	-6.74
504–538	524	23	134.00–140.00	$137.42	$720	—
550–590	576	12	125.00–134.00	$129.73	$747	-7.56
680–697	690	5	114.00–115.00	$114.39	$789	-3.59

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	145.00	$145.00	$428	-3.49
305–345	323	12	130.00–140.00	$136.67	$441	-0.26
352–379	369	23	130.00–140.00	$137.24	$506	-0.71
400–448	433	7	135.00–139.00	$137.20	$594	+7.20
450	450	1	125.00	$125.00	$562	-9.00
510–536	526	10	123.00–132.00	$126.64	$666	—
580–585	582	3	111.00–115.00	$112.66	$656	-5.82
605–635	618	3	110.00–112.00	$110.65	$684	—
660	660	1	100.00	$100.00	$660	—
735	735	1	105.00	$105.00	$772	+2.53

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	167.00	$167.00	$484	-9.02
335	335	2	169.00	$169.00	$566	+4.00
350–355	352	3	155.00–158.00	$156.99	$553	-6.30
405–445	425	28	146.00–150.00	$148.42	$631	-12.16
455–485	472	3	142.00–146.00	$144.29	$681	-10.19
500–528	518	11	140.00–145.00	$143.56	$744	-7.48
550–595	572	4	133.00–141.00	$138.08	$790	-9.92
605–645	625	2	130.00–134.00	$131.94	$825	—
660	660	1	132.00	$132.00	$871	+2.14
730	730	1	129.00	$129.00	$942	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	266	5	145.00–150.00	$147.93	$393	-19.07
300–344	328	13	145.00–155.00	$150.68	$494	+0.79
350–398	377	9	145.00–150.00	$147.75	$557	-7.25
405–439	425	9	135.00–145.00	$139.20	$592	+0.75
460–480	468	3	130.00–139.00	$133.61	$625	—
520–530	525	3	127.00–135.00	$131.31	$689	+1.31
565–595	578	3	121.00–126.00	$123.63	$715	-7.32
645	645	1	128.00	$128.00	$826	+9.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–515	513	2	150.00–152.00	$151.00	$775	-6.97
600–615	611	7	140.00–141.00	$140.14	$856	-4.84
689	689	4	138.00	$138.00	$951	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1525	1158	80-85%	23	77.00–84.00	$80.72	$935	+3.72
1075–1540	1193	80-85%	13	70.00–76.00	$73.07	$872	+3.91
1125–1500	1332	80-85%	11	85.00–89.00	$86.76	$1,156	+0.36

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1170	1044	85-90%	21	64.00–71.00	$67.56	$705	—
875–1525	1096	85-90%	8	56.00–63.00	$60.10	$659	-7.55
1170	1170	85-90%	1	76.00	$76.00	$889	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435	1435	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,578	—
1325–1780	1538	5	91.00–98.00	$94.01	$1,446	—
1155–2085	1615	3	100.00–106.00	$102.91	$1,662	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–860	823	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–775.00	$742.00
805–925	847	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	650.00–775.00	$708.07
830–935	879	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	700.00–850.00	$762.02

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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
1070–1320	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	950.00–1,075.00	$1,023.90	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010–1435	1227	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,200.00–1,425.00	$1,321.30	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–915	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,148.88	—

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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.