Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 28, 2025

1,244 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $361.37/cwt -21.97 vs last sale · ≈ $1,774/hd at 491 lb · 42 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $450.77/cwt -5.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,424/hd at 316 lb · 41 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 steers $384.69/cwt -7.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,723/hd at 448 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,244	1,139	1,098
Feeder cattle	1,048	931	798
Slaughter cattle	107	172	262
Replacement cattle	89	36	38

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers and bull calves unevenly steady, steer and heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 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
375	375	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,650	+10.00
400–445	425	8	405.00–435.00	$418.90	$1,780	-3.03
484–485	484	8	380.00–382.00	$381.50	$1,846	-10.85
505–548	536	27	355.00–375.00	$363.83	$1,950	-17.49
563–577	568	16	352.00–360.00	$354.36	$2,013	—
623–646	637	12	329.00–332.00	$329.66	$2,100	—
655	655	2	322.00–330.00	$326.00	$2,135	—
760–762	760	22	264.00–275.00	$265.50	$2,018	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,128	—
408–449	448	31	377.00–400.00	$384.69	$1,723	-7.81
482–485	482	9	365.00–370.00	$369.44	$1,781	-14.10
523	523	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,830	-18.16
585	585	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,989	-9.67
643	643	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,058	-13.97
655	655	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,900	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,223	—
375–390	383	2	350.00–370.00	$359.80	$1,378	—
425	425	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,275	—
619	619	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,795	—
756	756	5	260.00	$260.00	$1,966	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–240	234	6	465.00–490.00	$478.89	$1,121	—
250–285	269	8	440.00–485.00	$469.34	$1,263	—
300–346	338	11	400.00–435.00	$405.29	$1,370	—
390	390	11	400.00	$400.00	$1,560	-0.46
403–425	409	26	365.00–380.00	$371.82	$1,521	-12.49
455–499	477	22	337.00–357.00	$345.56	$1,648	-16.27
503–541	520	25	327.00–342.00	$335.49	$1,745	-15.01
562–565	564	13	315.00–327.00	$319.60	$1,803	-10.40
620–625	622	3	302.00–317.00	$307.03	$1,910	-2.97
650–674	665	16	275.00–295.00	$282.33	$1,877	+12.33
713–747	734	12	260.00–270.00	$263.33	$1,933	—
750–776	774	13	250.00–262.00	$261.11	$2,021	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–240	225	2	430.00–450.00	$439.33	$988	—
250–280	263	3	410.00–430.00	$421.27	$1,108	—
313–323	321	16	380.00	$380.00	$1,220	-5.00
353–390	364	8	360.00–380.00	$369.28	$1,344	-5.71
403–443	431	19	350.00–355.00	$353.72	$1,525	-13.49
455–490	481	21	315.00–335.00	$327.29	$1,574	-11.02
508–512	510	6	302.00–330.00	$311.79	$1,590	-23.28
596	596	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,788	-10.01
680	680	1	257.00	$257.00	$1,748	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–341	340	8	340.00–357.00	$354.94	$1,207	-18.44
365–380	370	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,295	-10.65
425	425	3	337.00	$337.00	$1,432	-10.14
570–590	580	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,450	—
660	660	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,584	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–225	215	2	490.00–500.00	$495.23	$1,065	-9.59
250–299	290	20	475.00–500.00	$480.82	$1,394	-4.87
304–325	316	41	440.00–467.00	$450.77	$1,424	-5.34
368–386	374	21	415.00–420.00	$418.28	$1,564	-3.63
416	416	22	391.00	$391.00	$1,627	-11.44
475–499	491	42	361.00–362.00	$361.37	$1,774	-21.97
520–543	533	24	340.00–367.00	$348.84	$1,859	-4.84
597	597	5	335.00	$335.00	$2,000	-8.29
600–645	625	14	285.00–315.00	$297.40	$1,859	-9.36
660–687	685	11	290.00–292.00	$290.18	$1,988	-5.22
708	708	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,912	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	450.00	$450.00	$968	—
254–292	269	14	440.00–450.00	$446.12	$1,200	-19.98
355–390	358	13	370.00–390.00	$388.32	$1,390	-10.77
430–449	443	8	365.00–375.00	$367.93	$1,630	-15.20
455–495	478	6	340.00–350.00	$343.36	$1,641	-17.47
520	520	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,664	-17.48
555–595	575	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,840	—
638	638	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,786	—
705–738	729	7	257.00–260.00	$257.83	$1,880	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,010	—
255–265	260	2	390.00–400.00	$395.10	$1,027	—
409–440	415	5	330.00–350.00	$345.76	$1,435	-17.52
460–498	485	5	300.00–330.00	$309.57	$1,501	-36.20
525	525	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,575	-26.69
565	565	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,610	—
630	630	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,575	—
720	720	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,800	—
788	788	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,891	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1415	1180	80-85%	12	141.00–149.00	$145.48	$1,717	-2.57
1000–1595	1254	80-85%	42	150.00–160.00	$155.30	$1,947	—
1095–1590	1332	80-85%	14	160.00–166.00	$162.60	$2,166	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1315	1066	85-90%	7	135.00–141.00	$137.76	$1,469	—
1025–1160	1093	85-90%	2	130.00–132.00	$130.94	$1,431	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1770	1514	75-80%	4	164.00–174.00	$168.65	$2,553	—
1550–2000	1715	75-80%	5	157.00–162.00	$159.41	$2,734	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515–1935	1717	9	191.00–202.00	$196.38	$3,372	+2.25
1575–1940	1728	5	185.00–190.00	$187.15	$3,234	-6.98
1615–2040	1919	4	204.00–214.00	$208.17	$3,995	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1260	1076	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,150.00–2,500.00	$2,318.87
1035–1130	1083	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,250.00–2,300.00	$2,273.90

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
809	809	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1070–2200	1823	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,150.00–2,200.00	$2,190.22	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

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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.