Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 25, 2026

1,024 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $421.10/cwt -16.90 vs last sale · ≈ $2,211/hd at 525 lb · 38 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $522.05/cwt -7.34 vs last sale · ≈ $2,459/hd at 471 lb · 38 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $537.34/cwt +20.94 vs last sale · ≈ $2,246/hd at 418 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,024	1,885	1,437
Feeder cattle	840	1,430	1,095
Slaughter cattle	95	265	210
Replacement cattle	89	190	132

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 10.00 lower, slauhter bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers 5.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers, bulls and replacement cows unevenly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	368	2	610.00–620.00	$614.76	$2,262	-5.49
410–431	427	11	570.00–580.00	$579.13	$2,473	+39.13
455–492	471	38	505.00–550.00	$522.05	$2,459	-7.34
506–535	515	18	520.00–535.00	$527.37	$2,716	+36.05
560–583	575	25	440.00–465.00	$454.71	$2,615	-16.50
605–642	631	18	417.00–440.00	$419.37	$2,646	-0.76
653–654	653	17	415.00	$415.00	$2,710	+1.83
745	745	5	362.00	$362.00	$2,697	-9.66
755–785	776	9	347.00–355.00	$349.61	$2,713	+6.29
876	876	4	325.00	$325.00	$2,847	-15.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	378	7	560.00–595.00	$589.06	$2,227	—
418–420	419	3	550.00	$550.00	$2,304	+35.00
505–540	526	6	430.00–480.00	$452.68	$2,381	+2.68
550	550	6	410.00	$410.00	$2,255	-1.77
604–645	611	17	400.00–415.00	$411.51	$2,514	+6.51
655–694	687	13	370.00–400.00	$377.16	$2,591	-17.84
708–740	731	18	340.00–360.00	$352.66	$2,578	—
750	750	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,550	+5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	580.00	$580.00	$1,682	—
670	670	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,345	—
748	748	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,319	—
765	765	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,410	—

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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	±0.00
315	315	1	580.00	$580.00	$1,827	+66.23
355–395	374	6	510.00–525.00	$516.63	$1,932	+15.02
403–445	432	28	470.00–500.00	$480.54	$2,076	-4.24
453–490	477	31	450.00–475.00	$464.31	$2,215	-10.89
505–545	525	38	410.00–450.00	$421.10	$2,211	-16.90
550–586	573	14	400.00–405.00	$400.69	$2,296	-35.81
617–620	618	23	370.00–395.00	$390.63	$2,414	+30.63
650–680	666	5	340.00–355.00	$349.05	$2,325	-0.44
753–793	762	13	340.00–350.00	$342.74	$2,612	+4.35

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
213–240	231	8	550.00–600.00	$589.31	$1,361	—
275–295	283	5	530.00–570.00	$546.25	$1,546	+26.25
320–330	324	15	530.00–540.00	$531.36	$1,722	—
375–395	389	7	485.00–500.00	$488.44	$1,900	+8.70
480–488	487	14	430.00–445.00	$439.29	$2,139	+4.74
510–528	522	3	380.00–405.00	$396.86	$2,072	-7.23
580–593	589	7	370.00–380.00	$377.16	$2,221	+4.09
605–630	618	2	350.00–360.00	$355.10	$2,195	+5.10
680–690	685	2	325.00–335.00	$330.04	$2,261	+0.54
784–795	785	8	300.00–315.00	$301.90	$2,370	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–344	342	8	500.00	$500.00	$1,710	+30.00
360	360	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,674	+25.00
535	535	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,899	-7.57
595	595	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,785	-35.00
720–745	728	4	295.00–310.00	$302.56	$2,203	+52.56
760–770	763	3	285.00–295.00	$288.36	$2,200	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–220	210	2	670.00–680.00	$675.24	$1,418	-24.76
275	275	1	670.00	$670.00	$1,842	—
302–328	309	7	630.00	$630.00	$1,947	-1.74
353–370	357	16	565.00–585.00	$576.53	$2,058	-2.50
406–445	418	33	500.00–550.00	$537.34	$2,246	+20.94
450–485	471	16	485.00–515.00	$499.80	$2,354	+4.84
510–542	523	16	450.00–490.00	$468.30	$2,449	+13.30
550–574	564	13	410.00–440.00	$427.25	$2,410	+22.94
605–645	622	7	400.00–415.00	$404.26	$2,514	+17.19
660–695	679	4	365.00–380.00	$369.87	$2,511	+1.52
705–725	715	2	345.00–350.00	$347.47	$2,484	+9.89

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	630.00	$630.00	$1,260	+18.46
250–290	267	5	600.00–640.00	$621.95	$1,661	-8.05
303–340	321	12	570.00–610.00	$591.64	$1,899	+31.48
365–387	385	10	550.00	$550.00	$2,118	+30.00
505–540	518	4	420.00–440.00	$425.21	$2,203	+11.14
685	685	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,398	+13.84
715–740	728	2	320.00–335.00	$327.37	$2,383	+7.37
760–769	767	5	320.00–325.00	$324.01	$2,485	—
905	905	3	270.00	$270.00	$2,444	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	210	4	590.00–600.00	$592.86	$1,245	+2.86
305–340	327	3	540.00–550.00	$543.11	$1,776	+69.08
350–360	355	2	460.00–500.00	$480.28	$1,705	+10.28
565–595	580	2	350.00–365.00	$357.69	$2,075	+5.98
660	660	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,980	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1525	1250	80-85%	13	153.00–167.00	$160.89	$2,011	-6.20
1080–1440	1268	80-85%	9	176.00–183.00	$179.07	$2,271	+11.98
925–1515	1309	80-85%	16	169.00–174.00	$170.59	$2,233	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1095	1005	85-90%	3	151.00–156.00	$154.47	$1,552	+1.22
830–1435	1090	85-90%	6	140.00–145.00	$143.89	$1,568	—
1180–1520	1302	85-90%	3	130.00–138.00	$135.23	$1,761	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1570–1640	1605	75-80%	2	152.00–156.00	$153.96	$2,471	—
1900–2030	1965	75-80%	2	168.00–173.00	$170.58	$3,352	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–2430	1633	3	185.00–193.00	$188.97	$3,086	—
1325–2195	1729	16	194.00–206.00	$198.95	$3,440	—
1425–2280	1923	10	205.00–223.00	$213.06	$4,097	-11.97

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–1065	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,250.00–2,650.00	$2,486.67
730–1085	922	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,000.00–2,900.00	$2,403.93
880–1010	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,000.00–2,800.00	$2,361.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1690	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	3,100.00–3,400.00	$3,260.31
1215	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1415–1515	1465	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,900.00–3,300.00	$3,106.83

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1310–1510	1397	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	3,400.00–4,250.00	$3,954.06	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–955	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,600.00–2,450.00	$2,006.42	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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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.