Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 18, 2026

1,885 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $529.39/cwt +7.15 vs last sale · ≈ $2,515/hd at 475 lb · 68 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $475.20/cwt +18.33 vs last sale · ≈ $2,219/hd at 467 lb · 45 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $434.55/cwt +1.03 vs last sale · ≈ $2,116/hd at 487 lb · 45 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,885	1,846	799
Feeder cattle	1,430	1,529	595
Slaughter cattle	265	122	135
Replacement cattle	190	195	69

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows steady tp 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers and bulls sharply higher, feeder heifers steady to 10.00 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
265	265	1	650.00	$650.00	$1,722	—
308	308	3	635.00	$635.00	$1,956	—
350–376	372	33	595.00–625.00	$620.25	$2,307	+52.29
405–422	418	6	520.00–550.00	$540.00	$2,257	—
460–498	475	68	510.00–580.00	$529.39	$2,515	+7.15
510–545	524	9	470.00–510.00	$491.32	$2,575	+23.68
550–585	566	27	435.00–480.00	$471.21	$2,667	+34.42
603–645	626	37	410.00–435.00	$420.13	$2,630	-9.87
655–675	658	7	412.00–420.00	$413.17	$2,719	—
738–739	739	12	370.00–380.00	$371.66	$2,747	—
750–756	754	9	340.00–350.00	$343.32	$2,589	—
861	861	4	340.00	$340.00	$2,927	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	2	515.00	$515.00	$2,075	-17.11
465–490	488	14	460.00–475.00	$473.98	$2,313	-13.79
530	530	1	450.00	$450.00	$2,385	+2.47
560–595	580	3	400.00–425.00	$411.77	$2,388	-8.29
615	615	1	405.00	$405.00	$2,491	-7.91
660	660	2	395.00	$395.00	$2,607	+5.08
770–795	783	2	335.00	$335.00	$2,623	-1.70

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	2	610.00	$610.00	$1,513	+10.00
419–435	424	6	470.00–495.00	$486.46	$2,063	+2.25
480	480	1	450.00	$450.00	$2,160	+20.00
565–585	575	2	350.00–395.00	$372.11	$2,140	-2.59
712	712	3	320.00	$320.00	$2,278	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	650.00	$650.00	$1,300	—
310–348	344	37	510.00–520.00	$513.77	$1,767	-17.18
355–375	368	12	500.00–505.00	$501.61	$1,846	-0.40
403–437	422	38	470.00–495.00	$484.78	$2,046	+12.07
454–491	467	45	450.00–495.00	$475.20	$2,219	+18.33
500–541	532	33	425.00–450.00	$438.00	$2,330	-5.06
555–558	557	37	395.00–450.00	$436.50	$2,431	+6.50
608	608	2	360.00	$360.00	$2,189	-8.93
655–690	680	11	340.00–355.00	$349.49	$2,377	-4.26
724	724	12	352.00	$352.00	$2,548	—
750–795	767	3	325.00–350.00	$338.39	$2,595	+3.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,482	—
370–390	380	2	470.00–490.00	$479.74	$1,823	+2.22
425–440	435	5	440.00–455.00	$442.93	$1,927	-0.58
482–495	487	45	430.00–435.00	$434.55	$2,116	+1.03
500–535	505	17	385.00–415.00	$404.09	$2,041	-5.73
550–591	584	13	365.00–390.00	$373.07	$2,179	+1.69
625	625	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,188	±0.00
650–655	655	10	325.00–330.00	$329.50	$2,158	+4.45

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	275	13	450.00–520.00	$490.60	$1,349	-0.84
330–345	343	9	470.00	$470.00	$1,612	+10.00
385	385	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,694	+20.36
410–440	420	3	420.00–430.00	$426.51	$1,791	+6.93
525–535	530	2	355.00–370.00	$362.57	$1,922	-12.28
595	595	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,993	—
640	640	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,112	+9.16
735	735	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,838	-20.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	700.00	$700.00	$1,400	+29.29
300–349	335	43	600.00–650.00	$631.74	$2,116	+30.75
355–375	372	13	570.00–620.00	$579.03	$2,154	+11.34
415–430	419	19	500.00–530.00	$516.40	$2,164	+12.12
457–497	478	21	470.00–520.00	$494.96	$2,366	+22.47
500–517	510	18	455.00	$455.00	$2,320	+18.15
555–593	581	20	400.00–425.00	$404.31	$2,349	-13.65
613–628	620	7	380.00–395.00	$387.07	$2,400	-3.68
655–665	662	3	365.00–370.00	$368.35	$2,438	-11.03
730–745	738	2	330.00–345.00	$337.58	$2,491	-5.74
754–790	759	8	325.00–330.00	$329.35	$2,500	+4.35

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–244	222	12	600.00–640.00	$611.54	$1,358	—
295	295	1	630.00	$630.00	$1,858	—
305–315	310	2	550.00–570.00	$560.16	$1,736	+14.70
385	385	1	520.00	$520.00	$2,002	+0.09
525–535	531	5	405.00–420.00	$414.07	$2,199	+9.70
585	585	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,223	+12.05
655–684	680	8	330.00–337.00	$336.16	$2,286	-15.53
740	740	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,368	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	590.00	$590.00	$1,268	+40.00
265	265	1	525.00	$525.00	$1,391	-15.00
310–335	323	2	450.00–500.00	$474.03	$1,531	-25.97
382–395	386	7	470.00	$470.00	$1,814	+14.35
425	425	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,806	-23.74
570–590	577	3	350.00–355.00	$351.71	$2,029	+8.57
775	775	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,248	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1570	1221	80-85%	92	171.00–184.00	$177.78	$2,171	—
900–1595	1272	80-85%	35	158.00–170.00	$167.09	$2,125	—
905–1750	1397	80-85%	36	185.00–205.00	$190.52	$2,662	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–990	896	85-90%	6	164.00–170.00	$167.87	$1,504	—
855–1120	1007	85-90%	16	145.00–160.00	$153.25	$1,543	-13.61
1080–1185	1115	85-90%	3	135.00–142.00	$139.52	$1,556	-15.19

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1615	1340	75-80%	4	154.00–158.00	$156.15	$2,092	—
1415–1870	1587	75-80%	9	180.00–189.00	$185.61	$2,946	—
1545–1855	1688	75-80%	5	190.00–204.00	$195.00	$3,292	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1790	1522	6	202.00–215.00	$207.77	$3,162	—
1440–2040	1806	6	186.00–199.00	$193.05	$3,486	-36.82
1660–2280	1914	7	218.00–229.00	$225.03	$4,307	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00
760–1335	1029	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	1,800.00–2,750.00	$2,349.84
990–1305	1122	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,200.00–2,300.00	$2,261.22

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1435	1221	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	2,800.00–3,700.00	$3,001.82

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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
1392	1392	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1215	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

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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.