Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2022-05-02

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, May 2
● Final158 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
807 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 840▼ 5 vs year ago 812 · −0.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 445 vs last sale 463▼ 197 vs year ago 215 · −91.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
243 head
▲ 209 vs last sale 34▲ 198 vs year ago 45 · +440.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current goat receipts 39.

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly steady to 1.00 lower, while feeder heifers were mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher and feeder bulls were mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.97/cwt on 281 head.
Average price
$135.97
281 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$599
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$41.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.86
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2430145.63626170
Medium 2415128.5353470
Medium and Large 3555111.2461726
Small 1-2485104.0950415thin
One grade step is worth $41.54/cwt here — about $122 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 sale281 hd
135.97
—
NC average8 barns · 1,083 hd
132.11
+3.86
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—High1,467101.731,49225
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52874.621,14064
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20471.1685746
CowsLean 85-90%Average92763.5458968

Every lot

158 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy332155.48/cwt150.00–160.005167
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy370154.49/cwt154.00–155.005722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378166.88/cwt162.50–169.006318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy423180.52/cwt177.50–183.007643
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy428154.33/cwt150.00–157.506614
Steers—Medium 2428135.15/cwt130.00–140.005782
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2439168.88/cwt162.50–174.007417
Steers—Medium and Large 3443119.26/cwt117.50–121.005282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy458156.00/cwt156.00–156.007144
Steers—Medium and Large 3468114.26/cwt112.50–116.005352
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added476171.25/cwt170.00–175.008157
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476166.23/cwt162.50–172.0079118
Steers—Medium 2478134.82/cwt130.00–140.006442
Steers—Medium 2510141.21/cwt137.50–145.007202
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524155.02/cwt150.00–159.0081210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587161.41/cwt160.00–167.0094718
Steers—Medium 2623134.86/cwt130.00–140.008402
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631155.84/cwt150.00–159.0098312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669143.91/cwt140.00–147.009635
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715142.64/cwt136.00–149.001,0202
Steers—Medium and Large 3718110.27/cwt108.00–112.507922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2811137.88/cwt132.50–141.001,1186
Feeder Cattle · Heifers50 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2185161.35/cwt157.50–165.002982
Heifers—Medium 2185142.43/cwt140.00–145.002632
Heifers—Medium 2218134.83/cwt130.00–140.002942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2227150.00/cwt150.00–150.003413
Heifers—Medium 2273130.00/cwt127.50–135.003556
Heifers—Medium 2Fancy278141.16/cwt140.00–142.503923
Heifers—Medium 2Fleshy313120.81/cwt120.00–122.503783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy322140.53/cwt140.00–142.504535
Heifers—Small 1-2323112.24/cwt107.50–115.003633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325151.00/cwt150.00–157.004917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy326163.63/cwt160.00–169.005335
Heifers—Medium 2337129.73/cwt124.00–134.0043710
Heifers—Medium 2366130.28/cwt130.00–132.004777
Heifers—Small 1-2370114.22/cwt110.00–118.004232
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370113.60/cwt110.00–117.504202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373146.94/cwt142.50–152.5054815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy373137.43/cwt135.00–140.0051312
Heifers—Medium 2Fleshy378120.00/cwt120.00–120.004542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy382158.68/cwt155.00–162.506068
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410116.66/cwt116.00–118.004783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421146.33/cwt142.00–152.0061630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy421138.78/cwt136.00–140.005848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy423159.57/cwt155.00–164.0067512
Heifers—Medium 2424129.47/cwt127.00–132.505498
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Fleshy43395.07/cwt92.50–97.504122
Heifers—Medium 2Fleshy440120.51/cwt120.00–121.005302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462144.88/cwt139.00–152.0066917
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Fleshy46387.57/cwt85.00–90.004052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy464156.74/cwt156.00–159.007274
Heifers—Medium 2468129.22/cwt125.00–132.506057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy479133.57/cwt130.00–138.006405
Heifers—Small 1-2480107.05/cwt105.00–110.005144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy512149.95/cwt148.00–154.007683
Heifers—Medium 2514124.71/cwt122.00–127.006417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521138.51/cwt133.00–145.0072214
Heifers—Medium and Large 3522114.97/cwt110.00–118.006006
Heifers—Small 1-2Full52577.52/cwt75.00–80.004072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy538132.25/cwt132.00–132.507122
Heifers—Medium 2564125.38/cwt120.00–130.007074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy565130.41/cwt130.00–132.007375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569140.44/cwt137.00–142.5079911
Heifers—Medium and Large 3583119.49/cwt119.00–120.006972
Heifers—Small 1-2585104.03/cwt100.00–108.006092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy620130.48/cwt130.00–131.008092
Heifers—Medium and Large 3623116.45/cwt115.00–118.007252
Heifers—Medium and Large 3663115.00/cwt115.00–115.007623
Heifers—Medium 2680124.56/cwt122.00–128.008477
Heifers—Small 1-2710102.46/cwt100.00–105.007272
Heifers—Medium and Large 3735112.50/cwt110.00–115.008272
Heifers—Medium and Large 3830109.00/cwt109.00–109.009052
Feeder Cattle · Bulls45 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2177169.25/cwt165.00–172.503003
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy220154.36/cwt150.00–160.003404
Bulls—Medium 2227145.68/cwt145.00–147.003313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2276159.29/cwt155.00–165.004406
Bulls—Medium 2288140.81/cwt140.00–142.504063
Bulls—Medium and Large 3315119.00/cwt115.00–123.003752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy321150.65/cwt150.00–152.504844
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy328172.53/cwt169.00–176.005662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2328161.82/cwt156.00–166.005318
Bulls—Small 1-2330121.55/cwt118.00–125.004012
Bulls—Medium 2333130.00/cwt130.00–130.004332
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy360151.25/cwt150.00–152.505452
Bulls—Medium 2371133.67/cwt130.00–140.004965
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2372160.12/cwt154.00–167.5059616
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy380172.05/cwt170.00–178.006544
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425175.69/cwt174.00–177.507472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy426149.13/cwt147.00–155.006356
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2429163.89/cwt157.50–170.0070314
Bulls—Medium 2432133.24/cwt128.00–139.005767
Bulls—Medium 2Fleshy443120.00/cwt120.00–120.005322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy467171.61/cwt168.00–177.008013
Bulls—Medium 2Fleshy467124.63/cwt120.00–129.005823
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2469159.86/cwt152.50–167.5075041
Bulls—Medium 2475136.37/cwt130.00–143.0064816
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy480148.04/cwt145.00–150.007119
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515155.01/cwt150.00–160.0079817
Bulls—Medium 2Fleshy527125.74/cwt122.50–130.006633
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy528165.48/cwt165.00–166.008742
Bulls—Medium 2528138.32/cwt132.50–145.007307
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy529147.10/cwt146.00–148.007785
Bulls—Small 1-2530110.24/cwt105.00–114.005843
Bulls—Medium 2Fleshy563127.07/cwt121.00–130.007153
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy565147.35/cwt145.00–149.008333
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2567157.60/cwt152.50–165.0089413
Bulls—Medium 2603136.99/cwt135.00–139.008262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620147.35/cwt142.50–153.0091410
Bulls—Medium and Large 3628107.85/cwt105.00–112.006774
Bulls—Medium 2667133.67/cwt131.00–135.008923
Bulls—Medium and Large 3670110.34/cwt108.00–113.007393
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2680140.34/cwt140.00–141.009543
Bulls—Medium 2737128.65/cwt126.00–133.009483
Bulls—Medium 2770125.01/cwt124.00–126.009633
Bulls—Medium and Large 3778109.99/cwt106.00–114.008562
Bulls—Medium 2810115.84/cwt115.00–117.509383
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Fleshy88386.70/cwt80.00–90.007663
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers14 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3200127.50/cwt127.50–127.502551
Dairy Steers—Large 3Full250100.00/cwt100.00–100.002501
Dairy Steers—Large 3Full309112.50/cwt112.50–112.503481
Dairy Steers—Large 3325135.00/cwt135.00–135.004391
Dairy Steers—Large 3377124.23/cwt122.50–127.504683
Dairy Steers—Large 3Value Added400145.00/cwt145.00–145.005803
Dairy Steers—Large 3420127.72/cwt124.00–129.005364
Dairy Steers—Large 345092.50/cwt92.50–92.504161
Dairy Steers—Large 3505121.00/cwt121.00–121.006111
Dairy Steers—Large 3Full54073.00/cwt73.00–73.003941
Dairy Steers—Large 387097.00/cwt97.00–97.008441
Dairy Steers—Large 3Full96566.00/cwt66.00–66.006371
Dairy Steers—Large 3Full1,12066.00/cwt66.00–66.007391
Dairy Steers—Large 31,41575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0611
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 3Full53540.00/cwt40.00–40.002141
Dairy Heifers—Large 3Full56030.00/cwt30.00–30.001681
Dairy Heifers—Large 3Full64056.00/cwt56.00–56.003581
Dairy Heifers—Large 3Full70552.00/cwt52.00–52.003671
Dairy Heifers—Large 3Full98574.00/cwt74.00–74.007291
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32598.90/cwt98.00–101.001,3108
Bulls——1,49991.92/cwt90.00–94.001,3786
Bulls——1,552109.13/cwt106.00–113.001,69411
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83045.36/cwt44.00–47.003765
Cows—Lean 85-90%91356.99/cwt54.00–60.0052018
Cows—Lean 85-90%92773.62/cwt70.00–77.0068213
Cows—Lean 85-90%95165.97/cwt63.00–69.0062732
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15858.97/cwt58.00–62.006838
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21072.16/cwt68.00–75.0087327
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22277.56/cwt76.00–81.0094811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49473.58/cwt70.00–77.001,09939
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49867.62/cwt64.00–69.001,0137
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61379.58/cwt78.00–82.001,28418
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3331,612.85/cwt1,600.00–1,625.0021,4992
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2724561.18/cwt500.00–600.004,0634
Bred Cows—Small 1-2990875.00/cwt875.00–875.008,6631
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,045875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,1441
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,120801.56/cwt750.00–850.008,9772
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,165830.34/cwt725.00–925.009,6734
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,285975.00/cwt975.00–975.0012,5291
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2815845.55/cwt750.00–925.006,8912
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,0501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,5001

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.