Turner County Stockyard Market Report

Ashburn, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 5, 2026 Corrected report

1,769 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $436.91/cwt +61.73 vs last sale · ≈ $2,652/hd at 607 lb · 56 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $371.90/cwt -13.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,952/hd at 525 lb · 54 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $490.38/cwt ≈ $2,268/hd at 462 lb · 48 head

Ashburn, GA 6-weight steers brought $400/cwt, $20/cwt above the GA average ($380), and the highest of the 4 yards reporting the class. GA 6-weight steers have come off $36 from the late June peak of $411. What this means — computed from this report and its neighbors

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,769	861	1,984
Feeder cattle	1,360	683	1,535
Slaughter cattle	159	113	183
Replacement cattle	250	65	266

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 5.00 to 7.00 lower, slaughter bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers and heifers sharply higher, feeder bulls 5.00 to 10.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

▲ Feeder bulls: feeder bulls 5.00 to 10.00 higher and replacement cows steady
▲ Feeder heifers: feeder steers and heifers sharply higher
▲ Feeder steers: feeder steers and heifers sharply higher
▲ Replacement cows: feeder bulls 5.00 to 10.00 higher and replacement cows steady
→ Slaughter bulls: slaughter bulls unevenly steady
▼ Slaughter cows: slaughter cows 5.00 to 7.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	600.00	$600.00	$1,500	—
360	360	4	475.00	$475.00	$1,710	—
454	454	14	467.00	$467.00	$2,120	—
466 value added	466	34	500.00	$500.00	$2,330	—
500–525	517	3	405.00–410.00	$406.61	$2,102	+1.07
556–585	560	29	400.00–422.00	$417.09	$2,336	+26.56
605	605	3	400.00	$400.00	$2,420	+24.82
607 value added	607	53	439.00	$439.00	$2,665	—
655–672	670	24	360.00–362.00	$361.92	$2,425	+2.82
719–740	723	5	337.00–340.00	$337.61	$2,441	—
750–760	755	2	335.00–340.00	$337.48	$2,548	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	323	2	475.00–505.00	$489.19	$1,580	+9.88
385	385	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,810	—
410	410	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,845	—
455–487	478	36	425.00–450.00	$428.90	$2,050	+19.06
541	541	7	402.00	$402.00	$2,175	+24.09
570–596	578	23	377.00–385.00	$382.49	$2,211	+10.12
605–632	616	42	366.00–385.00	$374.80	$2,309	+21.50
655	655	2	350.00	$350.00	$2,292	+17.47
710–735	723	4	322.00–327.00	$324.46	$2,346	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,552	—
388–395	392	4	410.00–420.00	$414.96	$1,627	—
419–447	432	9	400.00–420.00	$412.01	$1,780	-1.66
453–495	471	11	390.00–410.00	$398.74	$1,878	+21.83
515–535	525	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,942	—
555–595	586	9	350.00–380.00	$364.30	$2,135	+31.75

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	550.00	$550.00	$1,292	—
250–275	263	6	470.00–490.00	$479.84	$1,262	—
300–343	334	8	435.00–440.00	$439.41	$1,468	+14.41
355–378	367	13	410.00–440.00	$417.52	$1,532	—
406–438	428	21	390.00–405.00	$396.97	$1,699	—
450–485	461	37	375.00–400.00	$392.95	$1,811	+23.99
480 value added	480	1	485.00	$485.00	$2,328	—
508–534	525	54	370.00–375.00	$371.90	$1,952	+20.89
550–566	558	17	350.00–370.00	$359.67	$2,007	—
655–674	671	8	320.00–332.00	$330.29	$2,216	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,224	-46.24
330–348	344	4	420.00–425.00	$421.20	$1,449	+14.93
350–393	382	12	370.00–400.00	$386.79	$1,478	+3.40
415–444	433	30	370.00–385.00	$375.27	$1,625	+4.69
450–485	476	4	360.00–370.00	$363.64	$1,731	+17.47
505	505	5	360.00	$360.00	$1,818	+21.13
560–598	587	34	330.00–342.00	$338.35	$1,986	+19.56
615–648	642	7	315.00–327.00	$323.34	$2,076	+1.56
650	650	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,950	+8.36

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	2	390.00–400.00	$394.81	$1,315	-35.19
375	375	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,369	—
415	415	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,370	-12.63
454–480	459	5	320.00–335.00	$323.14	$1,483	-0.24
510–545	527	3	320.00–330.00	$326.68	$1,722	—
590	590	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,770	—
605	605	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,845	+12.70
780	780	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,106	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	700.00	$700.00	$1,680	—
250–275	262	5	570.00–600.00	$579.73	$1,519	—
314	314	9	525.00	$525.00	$1,648	—
355–365	360	3	470.00–510.00	$494.98	$1,782	—
405–419	415	9	425.00–435.00	$428.84	$1,780	+2.06
456–475	465	17	410.00–420.00	$415.66	$1,933	—
525–533	526	36	380.00–390.00	$380.98	$2,004	+3.69
550–560	555	2	365.00–370.00	$367.52	$2,040	+2.59
696	696	4	352.00	$352.00	$2,450	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223–225	224	3	580.00–620.00	$593.41	$1,329	—
275	275	1	560.00	$560.00	$1,540	—
308–348	334	19	450.00–480.00	$458.15	$1,530	-45.25
384–385	384	6	435.00–450.00	$437.51	$1,680	-4.36
400–445	422	33	400.00–420.00	$410.76	$1,733	—
450–485	477	18	380.00–400.00	$392.20	$1,871	+16.11
585	585	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,077	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	500.00–505.00	$502.50	$1,482	—
345	345	4	435.00–450.00	$446.25	$1,540	+11.25
380–395	393	6	400.00	$400.00	$1,572	—
403–442	431	14	365.00–390.00	$385.46	$1,661	—
465–485	473	8	350.00–375.00	$358.22	$1,694	+3.80
525	525	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,759	+21.75
570–580	575	2	330.00–340.00	$335.04	$1,926	—
630	630	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,890	—
680	680	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,108	—
755	755	5	280.00	$280.00	$2,114	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1585	1197	80-85%	39	174.00–187.00	$180.49	$2,160	—
1060–1715	1272	80-85%	24	160.00–172.00	$167.14	$2,126	-29.69
1150–1670	1314	80-85%	21	188.00–200.00	$191.48	$2,516	+3.73

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020	1020	85-90%	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,795	—
895–1150	1059	85-90%	10	150.00–159.00	$153.01	$1,620	—
950–1185	1080	85-90%	16	160.00–170.00	$163.06	$1,761	+8.53

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515–1750	1675	75-80%	5	175.00–180.00	$178.96	$2,998	-20.04
1685	1685	75-80%	1	199.00	$199.00	$3,353	±0.00
1790–1835	1813	75-80%	2	160.00–171.00	$165.57	$3,002	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1670	1444	5	225.00–239.00	$233.57	$3,373	—
1345–1860	1591	8	199.00–210.00	$205.92	$3,276	-27.68
1340–1990	1648	6	211.00–218.00	$214.71	$3,538	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–1210	1014	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	3,200.00–4,300.00	$3,562.05
1025–1065	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	3,400.00–3,550.00	$3,473.56
960–1305	1109	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	3,050.00–4,050.00	$3,411.61

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1025	913	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,200.00–2,700.00	$2,403.42
760–1350	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	2,000.00–3,150.00	$2,664.59
1035	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00

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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
1010–1200	1137	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	2,650.00–3,550.00	$3,121.55	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1064–1320	1117	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	3,600.00–3,700.00	$3,654.45	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
860	860	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—

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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.