Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 18, 2026

1,292 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $447.36/cwt +4.67 vs last sale · ≈ $2,125/hd at 475 lb · 31 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $482.10/cwt +13.01 vs last sale · ≈ $2,353/hd at 488 lb · 27 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $431.47/cwt +13.87 vs last sale · ≈ $2,235/hd at 518 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,292	1,451	1,719
Feeder cattle	894	1,201	1,378
Slaughter cattle	185	114	253
Replacement cattle	213	136	88

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady, feeder bulls steady to 5.00 higher and replacement cows sharply higher.

▲ Feeder bulls: feeder bulls steady to 5.00 higher and replacement cows sharply higher
→ Feeder heifers: feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady
→ Feeder steers: feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady
▲ Replacement cows: feeder bulls steady to 5.00 higher and replacement cows sharply higher
▲ Slaughter bulls: slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher
▲ Slaughter cows: slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	2	570.00	$570.00	$1,784	—
355–393	378	13	540.00–560.00	$545.27	$2,061	—
420–425	423	2	520.00–535.00	$527.46	$2,231	+12.46
453–461	458	11	495.00–515.00	$502.19	$2,300	+10.42
500–505	503	3	470.00–495.00	$484.97	$2,439	+18.93
553–584	573	16	430.00–445.00	$435.03	$2,493	-4.97
600–635	606	9	410.00–420.00	$411.10	$2,491	+9.40
650–670	662	8	380.00–410.00	$387.39	$2,565	+2.93
755–760	758	9	345.00–357.00	$351.68	$2,666	—
810–813	812	18	322.00–330.00	$325.10	$2,640	-4.90
947	947	3	310.00	$310.00	$2,936	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	2	510.00	$510.00	$1,938	-18.91
445	445	1	480.00	$480.00	$2,136	-16.94
450–490	468	3	450.00–470.00	$463.59	$2,170	-1.37
510–530	523	3	440.00–450.00	$446.75	$2,337	+1.51
571	571	16	420.00	$420.00	$2,398	+14.75
615–637	632	4	395.00	$395.00	$2,496	+24.01
679–694	689	15	365.00–370.00	$367.66	$2,533	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	600.00	$600.00	$1,380	—
285	285	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,454	—
300–345	309	5	490.00–500.00	$492.23	$1,521	-6.78
470	470	1	435.00	$435.00	$2,044	—
505–548	537	17	420.00–435.00	$427.27	$2,294	—
590	590	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,183	-7.48
680–698	695	6	350.00–360.00	$358.37	$2,491	—
710–730	720	2	315.00–335.00	$324.86	$2,339	—
760	760	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,280	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–240	230	3	600.00–660.00	$618.26	$1,422	—
253–260	255	3	590.00–600.00	$593.39	$1,513	+23.49
310–335	326	7	500.00–520.00	$504.36	$1,644	-7.59
355–395	380	18	485.00–510.00	$496.89	$1,888	-9.42
412–445	431	21	460.00–495.00	$477.03	$2,056	-8.20
460–499	475	31	440.00–455.00	$447.36	$2,125	+4.67
500–540	518	27	420.00–445.00	$431.47	$2,235	+13.87
550–580	563	24	400.00–415.00	$411.63	$2,317	+23.10
620–640	636	6	360.00–370.00	$361.66	$2,300	—
698	698	26	346.00	$346.00	$2,415	+1.30
705–742	727	8	325.00–335.00	$327.51	$2,381	-15.49
751–793	763	8	320.00–335.00	$331.10	$2,526	+6.10

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	228	2	570.00–590.00	$580.55	$1,324	—
275–290	284	8	490.00–530.00	$519.98	$1,477	+15.38
350–365	358	2	440.00–470.00	$454.69	$1,628	+4.69
410	410	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,763	-23.46
450–492	475	11	420.00–430.00	$424.58	$2,017	+8.66
510–540	522	3	385.00–415.00	$400.29	$2,090	+6.15
585	585	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,194	+5.00
618–646	633	8	350.00–355.00	$351.83	$2,227	+14.09
670	670	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,312	+10.00
750	750	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,325	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,150	—
415–420	418	2	395.00–420.00	$407.43	$1,703	+27.47
463	463	2	390.00	$390.00	$1,806	+14.52
565	565	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,752	—
605–645	625	2	300.00–310.00	$305.16	$1,907	—
650–665	658	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,842	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–283	275	7	580.00–630.00	$590.55	$1,624	+0.55
300–345	319	6	560.00–610.00	$574.54	$1,833	+14.54
373–398	388	25	530.00–555.00	$535.82	$2,079	-9.18
405–440	435	15	495.00–520.00	$513.04	$2,232	+25.13
465–496	488	27	465.00–500.00	$482.10	$2,353	+13.01
520–540	526	9	440.00–455.00	$451.64	$2,376	+16.64
572–582	576	8	415.00–440.00	$430.52	$2,480	—
600	600	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,400	+22.37
705	705	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,432	—
762	762	3	340.00	$340.00	$2,591	+20.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	560.00–570.00	$565.27	$1,583	+11.18
325	325	2	510.00	$510.00	$1,658	-26.61
370	370	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,887	+43.01
410–445	434	4	455.00–470.00	$459.94	$1,996	-6.29
465–499	497	20	440.00–457.00	$456.21	$2,267	+21.25
515–545	530	2	415.00–430.00	$422.71	$2,240	+21.39
570	570	1	405.00	$405.00	$2,308	+5.00
665–698	686	5	325.00–340.00	$330.98	$2,271	-4.76

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,604	-5.60
530–535	533	2	360.00–370.00	$364.98	$1,945	-30.02
610	610	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,135	+30.00
685	685	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,192	±0.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1565	1220	80-85%	58	166.00–177.00	$171.19	$2,089	—
1040–1570	1254	80-85%	28	155.00–166.00	$160.85	$2,017	—
1165–1700	1374	80-85%	8	178.00–190.00	$183.37	$2,520	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1405	1060	85-90%	12	144.00–155.00	$150.16	$1,592	+3.69
950–1265	1074	85-90%	4	158.00–163.00	$160.78	$1,727	+39.17
865–1530	1089	85-90%	4	130.00–140.00	$135.45	$1,475	+13.84

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1440–1570	1505	75-80%	2	160.00	$160.00	$2,408	—
1390–1700	1575	75-80%	5	170.00–179.00	$173.02	$2,725	-3.90
1550–1845	1658	75-80%	5	180.00–190.00	$185.03	$3,068	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1545	1390	4	180.00–192.00	$184.59	$2,566	—
1185–2340	1746	9	199.00–206.00	$202.14	$3,529	—
1605–1885	1771	5	212.00–220.00	$215.25	$3,812	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645–1245	953	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	2,550.00–3,200.00	$2,984.50
745–1160	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,800.00–3,250.00	$2,988.42
1135–1285	1210	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,700.00–2,850.00	$2,770.35

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–1620	1034	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	3,100.00–3,300.00	$3,258.65
1105–1245	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	3,650.00–3,900.00	$3,767.55
1145–1400	1273	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,400.00–3,600.00	$3,489.98

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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
1075–1420	1248	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,400.00–3,500.00	$3,443.09	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
885–895	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,300.00–3,550.00	$3,425.70	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	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.