Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2019-07-15

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Jul 15
● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
← earliestJul 15Aug 26 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
649 head
▲ 649 vs last sale 0▲ 649 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
▲ 170 vs last sale 0▲ 170 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend comparisons available due to no sale coverage last week. Moderate offerings, demand, and buyer activity. Quality of cattle is plain to average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.60/cwt on 138 head.
Average price
$112.60
138 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$554
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$19.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.83
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2487117.5757275
Medium and Large 2550113.006221thin
Medium 2503110.3455542
Small 1-247698.8847015thin
Medium and Large 350998.205005thin
One grade step is worth $19.37/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale138 hd
112.60
—
NC average2 barns · 603 hd
130.44
−17.83
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,59585.751,36721
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26160.9176880
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,59858.8194010
CowsLean 85-90%Low99749.0748915

Every lot

102 lots · USDA AMS · Harward Brothers Livestock Market - Turnersburg, NC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1-2215115.00/cwt115.00–115.002471
Steers—Small 1-2268113.71/cwt112.50–115.003052
Steers—Medium and Large 3275110.00/cwt110.00–110.003031
Steers—Medium 2285127.41/cwt125.00–130.003632
Steers—Medium 2332131.68/cwt130.00–135.004373
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2337140.33/cwt134.00–147.504733
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374136.39/cwt132.00–144.005105
Steers—Small 1-2378111.89/cwt110.00–117.004235
Steers—Medium 2379122.51/cwt118.00–130.004647
Steers—Medium 2413125.86/cwt120.00–130.005203
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428137.61/cwt132.00–144.005897
Steers—Medium 2469124.02/cwt117.00–129.005828
Steers—Medium and Large 3470102.50/cwt102.50–102.504821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481135.06/cwt130.00–139.006507
Steers—Medium 2515126.00/cwt126.00–126.006491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517134.63/cwt130.00–140.0069613
Steers—Small 1-2520110.00/cwt110.00–110.005721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy525143.46/cwt142.00–145.007532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570131.28/cwt128.00–139.0074816
Steers—Small 1-2570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
Steers—Medium 2585119.40/cwt115.00–122.006985
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605131.85/cwt127.00–137.007987
Steers—Medium 2619120.28/cwt115.00–124.007454
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675130.68/cwt130.00–132.008823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy693137.50/cwt137.50–137.509537
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy715139.38/cwt139.00–139.509974
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2743131.01/cwt129.00–133.009732
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2816132.30/cwt129.00–134.001,0803
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2265110.00/cwt110.00–110.002921
Heifers—Small 1-2305107.50/cwt107.50–107.503281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2339125.13/cwt122.00–127.504244
Heifers—Small 1-235592.50/cwt92.50–92.503281
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Fleshy375100.00/cwt100.00–100.003751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378123.13/cwt118.00–130.0046514
Heifers—Medium 2378115.68/cwt110.00–118.004376
Heifers—Medium 2423115.06/cwt110.00–117.004875
Heifers—Small 1-242898.83/cwt94.00–102.504233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430119.49/cwt117.50–124.0051410
Heifers—Small 1-245897.38/cwt90.00–105.004462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469118.19/cwt115.00–121.0055414
Heifers—Small 1-2Full47595.00/cwt95.00–95.004511
Heifers—Medium 2477111.20/cwt109.00–114.0053014
Heifers—Medium and Large 3490100.00/cwt100.00–100.004901
Heifers—Small 1-2507101.34/cwt100.00–104.005143
Heifers—Medium and Large 3510101.00/cwt101.00–101.005151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520114.36/cwt110.00–117.0059511
Heifers—Medium 2524108.41/cwt106.00–110.005685
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550113.00/cwt113.00–113.006221
Heifers—Medium and Large 355595.00/cwt95.00–95.005271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564115.75/cwt113.00–117.0065312
Heifers—Medium 2580108.51/cwt102.00–112.006298
Heifers—Medium and Large 361595.00/cwt95.00–95.005841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620109.98/cwt108.00–111.006825
Heifers—Medium 2620106.49/cwt106.00–107.006602
Heifers—Small 1-262598.97/cwt98.00–100.006192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668111.25/cwt109.00–112.007434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715102.00/cwt102.00–102.007291
Heifers—Medium 276590.00/cwt90.00–90.006891
Heifers—Small 1-276585.00/cwt85.00–85.006501
Heifers—Medium 281095.00/cwt95.00–95.007701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2421129.16/cwt125.00–133.005448
Bulls—Small 1-2422109.20/cwt107.50–110.004613
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430110.00/cwt110.00–110.004731
Bulls—Medium 2443121.50/cwt121.00–122.005382
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2469127.57/cwt124.00–137.505988
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475102.50/cwt100.00–105.004872
Bulls—Medium 2476119.45/cwt115.00–124.005698
Bulls—Small 1-2482108.89/cwt102.50–112.005255
Bulls—Medium 2516119.72/cwt116.50–122.006187
Bulls—Small 1-2526103.45/cwt100.00–110.005445
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528129.39/cwt124.00–136.0068316
Bulls—Medium and Large 354095.00/cwt95.00–95.005131
Bulls—Small 1-2Fleshy54090.00/cwt90.00–90.004861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2569126.54/cwt123.00–132.007209
Bulls—Medium 2570120.15/cwt117.00–121.0068512
Bulls—Small 1-2583101.22/cwt100.00–102.505902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2608117.49/cwt117.00–118.007142
Bulls—Medium 2626112.93/cwt110.00–115.0070710
Bulls—Small 1-2629104.18/cwt100.00–106.006555
Bulls—Medium 2675110.00/cwt110.00–110.007431
Bulls—Small 1-267596.22/cwt90.00–100.006494
Bulls—Medium 279593.00/cwt93.00–93.007391
Bulls—Medium 2855103.00/cwt103.00–103.008811
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 328049.65/cwt48.00–51.001393
Dairy Steers—Large 331558.00/cwt58.00–58.001831
Dairy Steers—Large 338050.00/cwt50.00–50.001901
Dairy Steers—Large 351064.00/cwt64.00–64.003261
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 353540.00/cwt40.00–40.002141
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,29175.81/cwt75.00–78.009794
Bulls——1,63994.34/cwt92.00–97.001,5467
Bulls——1,68583.71/cwt79.00–88.001,41110
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91942.21/cwt41.00–44.003884
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02651.56/cwt46.00–55.0052911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24562.70/cwt58.00–68.0078142
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26671.31/cwt69.00–74.0090310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28254.51/cwt50.00–57.0069928
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45352.88/cwt50.00–55.007684
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65958.66/cwt56.00–62.009734
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,76570.96/cwt70.00–72.001,2522
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2910535.00/cwt535.00–535.004,8691
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,195725.00/cwt725.00–725.008,6641

This sale against other markets

North Carolina weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.