Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2022-05-23

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, May 23
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
510 head
▼ 120 vs last sale 630▲ 5 vs year ago 505 · +1.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
▼ 168 vs last sale 288▼ 80 vs year ago 200 · −40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 38▲ 6 vs year ago 22 · +27.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and Heifers sold 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher on Breakers and Boners with Lean cows trading steady to weak. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00-6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.30/cwt on 107 head.
Average price
$131.30
107 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.76
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539134.4672580
Medium and Large 3470121.9557327
One grade step is worth $12.51/cwt here — about $152 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 sale107 hd
131.30
—
NC average8 barns · 735 hd
129.54
+1.76
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—High1,705107.601,83518
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,61284.271,35819
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22883.671,02721
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low96859.445768thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2315169.81/cwt163.00–176.005352
Steers—Medium and Large 3315126.00/cwt126.00–126.003971
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2362167.83/cwt165.00–170.006085
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2414168.65/cwt162.50–173.006987
Steers—Medium and Large 3430147.50/cwt147.50–147.506341
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475166.25/cwt162.00–174.007908
Steers—Medium and Large 3475147.50/cwt147.50–147.507012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510158.95/cwt147.00–166.008115
Steers—Medium and Large 3560137.50/cwt137.50–137.507701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569150.92/cwt139.00–161.008599
Steers—Medium and Large 3610146.00/cwt146.00–146.008911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637155.68/cwt152.00–164.009929
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671147.89/cwt138.00–153.009928
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714139.05/cwt127.50–145.009934
Steers—Medium and Large 3725116.00/cwt116.00–116.008411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2778140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0892
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2815138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2858120.51/cwt119.00–122.001,0342
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315127.42/cwt122.50–132.504012
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330115.00/cwt115.00–115.003801
Heifers—Medium and Large 3369131.38/cwt125.00–136.004857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2389148.54/cwt142.00–159.005785
Heifers—Medium and Large 3417123.84/cwt117.00–128.005165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424135.44/cwt124.00–149.005749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475136.13/cwt130.00–146.0064716
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476123.60/cwt120.00–128.005886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526139.10/cwt134.00–147.0073218
Heifers—Medium and Large 3528121.63/cwt116.00–127.006422
Heifers—Medium and Large 3555100.99/cwt100.00–102.005602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570137.98/cwt131.00–144.0078611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628131.70/cwt125.00–137.008277
Heifers—Medium and Large 3635105.00/cwt105.00–105.006671
Heifers—Medium and Large 3668116.01/cwt113.00–119.007752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2688129.02/cwt122.00–142.008883
Heifers—Medium and Large 3700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733125.00/cwt125.00–125.009165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2768104.90/cwt100.00–113.008063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-297092.00/cwt92.00–92.008921
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2310160.00/cwt160.00–160.004961
Bulls—Medium and Large 3368127.70/cwt117.50–137.504702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2387149.04/cwt142.50–155.005773
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415126.37/cwt112.50–137.505245
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2427150.19/cwt140.00–159.0064112
Bulls—Medium and Large 3472128.15/cwt117.50–134.006053
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2479149.52/cwt135.00–158.007167
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520148.43/cwt140.00–154.0077210
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525123.00/cwt123.00–123.006461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571146.71/cwt140.00–154.008389
Bulls—Medium and Large 3571127.66/cwt112.50–133.007296
Bulls—Medium and Large 3618124.98/cwt120.00–130.007722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620141.90/cwt135.00–148.008809
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2673133.30/cwt128.00–136.008976
Bulls—Medium and Large 3673119.94/cwt115.00–125.008072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2723134.99/cwt134.00–136.009762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2755142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2810119.00/cwt119.00–119.009641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2863122.04/cwt117.00–127.001,0532
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37791.69/cwt87.00–94.001,2633
Bulls——1,665106.44/cwt98.00–111.001,77210
Bulls——1,982119.45/cwt114.00–126.002,3675
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81346.86/cwt44.00–50.003812
Cows—Lean 85-90%95060.37/cwt60.00–61.005743
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09066.89/cwt66.00–68.007293
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18882.47/cwt80.00–87.0098013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27290.80/cwt88.00–94.001,1555
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32576.97/cwt75.00–79.001,0203
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55185.95/cwt83.00–88.001,33311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68877.37/cwt73.00–79.001,3065
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,70889.59/cwt89.00–91.001,5303
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3251,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0015,5691

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.