Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 25, 2022

931 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.22/cwt -4.78 vs last sale · ≈ $737/hd at 518 lb · 24 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.02/cwt +0.13 vs last sale · ≈ $716/hd at 471 lb · 23 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $169.00/cwt ≈ $791/hd at 468 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	931	978	858
Feeder cattle	717	801	693
Slaughter cattle	137	115	104
Replacement cattle	77	62	61

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to 2,00 higher with one outstanding bull at 119.00, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower 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
370–380	379	7	183.00–189.00	$183.84	$697	—
424	424	4	174.00	$174.00	$738	—
468	468	23	169.00	$169.00	$791	—
521–541	532	16	161.00–165.00	$162.71	$866	—
591–593	592	16	156.00–157.00	$156.31	$925	+0.31
611	611	14	154.00	$154.00	$941	—
655	655	1	147.00	$147.00	$963	—
861	861	5	125.00	$125.00	$1,076	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	168.00	$168.00	$462	—
322–324	323	7	153.00–155.00	$153.85	$497	-1.70
350–375	359	4	147.00–155.00	$149.09	$535	-5.61
400–445	422	10	139.00–145.00	$143.16	$604	-7.61
450–494	467	23	136.00–145.00	$143.37	$670	+0.29
502–535	515	10	126.00–131.00	$128.08	$660	-8.98
555–590	576	9	120.00–128.00	$122.35	$705	-6.12
730	730	1	116.00	$116.00	$847	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	3	177.00	$177.00	$704	+7.00
465–497	484	12	157.00–163.00	$161.00	$779	+7.35
510–515	513	2	138.00–141.00	$139.51	$716	-15.47
553–595	572	6	136.00–146.00	$139.46	$798	—
600–635	613	3	134.00–135.00	$134.33	$823	-9.67
650	650	1	135.00	$135.00	$878	-3.98
705–710	709	5	130.00–133.00	$132.40	$939	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419 value added	419	5	163.00	$163.00	$683	—
422–438	433	12	149.00–158.00	$153.71	$666	+0.05
455–477	471	23	145.00–153.00	$152.02	$716	+0.13
500–543	518	24	139.00–148.00	$142.22	$737	-4.78
553	553	10	138.00	$138.00	$763	+1.37
615–642	631	5	125.00–131.00	$128.66	$812	+2.22
743	743	8	124.00	$124.00	$921	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	130.00	$130.00	$286	—
260–295	271	4	127.00–132.00	$128.36	$348	-16.64
305–343	331	9	125.00–133.00	$129.38	$428	-7.29
375	375	1	136.00	$136.00	$510	-1.24
400–430	406	5	130.00–131.00	$130.79	$531	-6.41
455–460	459	4	120.00–124.00	$123.01	$565	-1.99
500–540	520	2	118.00–125.00	$121.37	$631	-5.27
565–590	573	3	115.00–117.00	$116.01	$665	+3.35
610	610	1	114.00	$114.00	$695	+3.35
660–695	683	3	110.00–113.00	$112.03	$765	+12.03
701–745	715	7	110.00–111.00	$110.14	$788	+5.14

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	3	139.00	$139.00	$442	-4.53
350	350	5	145.00	$145.00	$508	-5.25
400–445	427	11	138.00–142.00	$140.23	$599	-3.10
456	456	11	132.00	$132.00	$602	-11.26
510–530	520	5	132.00–136.00	$134.79	$701	-2.63
710	710	1	115.00	$115.00	$816	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	150.00	$150.00	$368	—
260–290	272	3	145.00–155.00	$148.25	$403	+0.32
310–335	327	5	140.00–150.00	$145.36	$475	-5.32
355–389	375	20	139.00–148.00	$144.41	$542	-3.34
410–445	421	8	130.00–135.00	$132.61	$558	-6.59
455–485	467	7	127.00–137.00	$133.14	$622	-0.47
505–520	516	4	126.00–136.00	$128.45	$663	-2.86
665	665	1	119.00	$119.00	$791	—
715	715	1	114.00	$114.00	$815	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–282	277	4	163.00–165.00	$163.47	$453	-3.53
300–340	315	6	163.00–170.00	$164.83	$519	-4.17
373–375	374	3	151.00–160.00	$154.01	$576	-2.98
405–435	423	3	146.00–152.00	$149.63	$633	+1.21
460–485	468	4	139.00–149.00	$145.91	$683	+1.62
515–544	536	10	139.00–147.00	$144.55	$775	+0.99
575	575	1	136.00	$136.00	$782	-2.08

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–280	273	2	180.00–187.00	$183.40	$501	—
340	340	4	179.00	$179.00	$609	—
395	395	1	181.00	$181.00	$715	—
415	415	5	171.00	$171.00	$710	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1535	1313	80-85%	12	70.00–75.00	$72.89	$957	-13.87
1115–1590	1333	80-85%	14	84.00–91.00	$87.37	$1,165	+0.61
1035–1800	1405	80-85%	32	76.00–83.00	$80.06	$1,125	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1020	977	85-90%	5	56.00–63.00	$59.37	$580	—
1070–1835	1211	85-90%	17	65.00–72.00	$69.45	$841	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–1670	1561	75-80%	9	72.00–79.00	$74.97	$1,170	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1735	1600	3	92.00–99.00	$94.81	$1,517	-8.10
1565–1735	1658	4	102.00–108.00	$104.42	$1,731	—
1590–2470	1881	7	110.00–117.00	$112.89	$2,123	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
980–1015	1003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	725.00–800.00	$749.42
1015–1260	1096	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	700.00–900.00	$823.03

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–1050	942	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	850.00–900.00	$870.33
990	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1220	1220	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

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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
995–1080	1051	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	775.00–925.00	$823.34	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00	$750.00	—

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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.