Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 26, 2023

1,289 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Turner County Stockyard report →

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $212.77/cwt +0.65 vs last sale · ≈ $945/hd at 444 lb · 41 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $232.08/cwt -2.38 vs last sale · ≈ $1,191/hd at 513 lb · 30 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $208.28/cwt +4.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,085/hd at 521 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,289	1,251	1,244
Feeder cattle	985	934	934
Slaughter cattle	151	127	142
Replacement cattle	153	190	168

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers steady, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 2.00 lower, heifer and bull calves unevenly steady and replacement cows unevenly steady.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	245.00	$245.00	$882	—
400–410	405	5	240.00–245.00	$242.19	$981	—
452–488	472	20	237.00–245.00	$241.77	$1,141	-1.65
504–540	513	30	228.00–238.00	$232.08	$1,191	-2.38
570–585	580	3	217.00–221.00	$218.31	$1,266	—
610–643	636	15	199.00–203.00	$200.67	$1,276	+1.23
652–685	658	7	190.00–199.00	$196.37	$1,292	+1.30
723	723	3	189.00	$189.00	$1,366	-8.69
810–829	818	12	177.00–180.00	$178.73	$1,462	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	247.00	$247.00	$840	—
360–375	362	7	239.00–240.00	$239.15	$866	—
423–425	424	6	231.00–233.00	$232.00	$984	-12.17
460–498	489	4	225.00–229.00	$228.06	$1,115	-4.81
530–540	537	3	225.00–227.00	$225.66	$1,212	+1.67
568–595	577	8	209.00–215.00	$213.45	$1,232	—
640	640	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,267	—
660–665	663	2	187.00–188.00	$187.50	$1,243	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294	294	4	240.00	$240.00	$706	—
345	345	1	235.00	$235.00	$811	—
355	355	1	215.00	$215.00	$763	—
480	480	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,008	-12.45
590	590	1	197.00	$197.00	$1,162	—
705–725	715	2	175.00–182.00	$178.55	$1,277	-5.45

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	273	3	233.00–240.00	$235.93	$644	—
318–339	331	11	225.00–232.00	$228.59	$757	-10.87
355–388	373	16	220.00–226.00	$223.21	$833	—
415–449	444	41	207.00–217.00	$212.77	$945	+0.65
455–492	470	17	205.00–213.00	$208.07	$978	—
518 value added	518	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,166	—
500–530	521	19	205.00–210.00	$207.40	$1,081	+3.24
560–582	568	12	194.00–198.00	$194.68	$1,106	-5.16
615	615	3	195.00	$195.00	$1,199	-0.32
724 value added	724	4	187.00	$187.00	$1,354	—
795	795	2	179.00	$179.00	$1,423	-0.12
812	812	3	164.00	$164.00	$1,332	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	222.00	$222.00	$500	—
260	260	1	217.00	$217.00	$564	—
315–345	323	6	215.00–222.00	$216.99	$701	—
385–395	390	3	207.00–217.00	$212.99	$831	—
425–445	432	3	202.00–205.00	$203.97	$881	-1.38
478–485	480	4	192.00–201.00	$198.73	$954	-4.49
523–538	533	16	197.00–200.00	$198.69	$1,059	+2.68
704–718	713	12	165.00–169.00	$166.32	$1,186	—
770–777	774	5	158.00–161.00	$159.19	$1,232	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	190.00	$190.00	$380	—
275	275	1	190.00	$190.00	$522	—
468	468	2	186.00	$186.00	$870	-6.96
550–580	570	3	180.00–185.00	$183.39	$1,045	-0.20
640–645	643	2	169.00–175.00	$171.99	$1,106	—
755	755	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,132	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	260.00	$260.00	$598	—
260	260	1	255.00	$255.00	$663	—
300–345	328	15	240.00–245.00	$241.81	$793	—
355–391	379	8	230.00–239.00	$237.66	$901	-9.04
400–416	411	7	229.00–235.00	$230.81	$949	-11.17
457–460	459	13	220.00–223.00	$220.69	$1,013	—
511–518	513	11	205.00–207.00	$206.45	$1,059	—
552–562	557	6	191.00–198.00	$194.47	$1,083	—
610	610	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,183	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	268	2	230.00–237.00	$233.34	$625	—
300	300	1	225.00	$225.00	$675	-10.25
375–395	390	5	202.00–210.00	$204.20	$796	-20.32
410–445	428	2	200.00–205.00	$202.40	$866	-21.00
500–505	503	2	186.00–190.00	$187.99	$946	-17.41
693	693	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,109	—
725	725	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,160	—
750–795	758	19	150.00–157.00	$150.75	$1,143	—
861	861	12	139.00	$139.00	$1,197	—
947	947	10	110.00	$110.00	$1,042	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	257.00	$257.00	$553	—
275	275	1	240.00	$240.00	$660	—
315–340	325	5	235.00–237.00	$236.16	$768	-6.87
375–385	380	2	220.00–230.00	$225.07	$855	-8.47
410–440	427	7	210.00–220.00	$213.78	$913	-18.36
480	480	1	205.00	$205.00	$984	—
500–540	528	9	195.00–201.00	$199.64	$1,054	-14.36
553	553	5	202.00	$202.00	$1,117	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1345	1209	80-85%	7	83.00–89.00	$87.09	$1,053	—
1060–1650	1279	80-85%	18	100.00–110.00	$104.91	$1,342	+7.35
830–1740	1306	80-85%	40	90.00–99.00	$95.01	$1,241	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1255	1076	85-90%	35	80.00–89.00	$85.01	$915	—
1015–1170	1109	85-90%	5	70.00–79.00	$75.46	$837	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1605–1745	1675	75-80%	2	91.00–94.00	$92.44	$1,548	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1504	1387	2	101.00–106.00	$103.71	$1,438	—
1100–1930	1595	6	111.00–118.00	$115.23	$1,838	—
1830	1830	1	121.00	$121.00	$2,214	—

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–1214	1058	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	1,050.00–1,300.00	$1,176.49

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–880	837	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	700.00–1,000.00	$861.55
960–1005	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	800.00–1,075.00	$958.50

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040–1360	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	68	1,300.00–1,550.00	$1,463.82	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035–1235	1128	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	875.00–1,250.00	$1,101.25	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

↑ Back to top

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.