Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2022-05-30

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, May 30
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
234 head
▼ 276 vs last sale 510▼ 154 vs year ago 388 · −39.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
117 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 120▲ 27 vs year ago 90 · +30.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 28▼ 9 vs year ago 19 · −47.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current goat receipts 3.

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle were unevenly steady on a light test. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were mostly moderate. Offerings of cattle were light. Cattle quality was average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $147.69/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −51.66 against this barn's trailing median of $199.35.
Average price
$147.69
72 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.29
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2504152.4776950
Medium and Large 3500136.8268522
One grade step is worth $15.65/cwt here — about $84 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 sale72 hd
147.69
—
NC average7 barns · 415 hd
134.40
+13.29
This barn, trailing median33 sales
199.35
−51.66
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

33 sales
231200169138median 199.3503/0204/2706/2208/3111/02
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $216.84, low $152.07, median $199.35 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,37599.901,3745thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45686.231,25635
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12382.2092341
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low95068.9365520

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,210$1,2001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,139$8884thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,190$1,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,045$1,1504thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528156.13/cwt150.00–158.008246
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567162.20/cwt162.00–164.0092010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570154.04/cwt152.00–156.008782
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633145.02/cwt144.00–146.009182
Steers—Large 367581.58/cwt78.00–85.005512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3312121.47/cwt119.00–125.003793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415133.32/cwt130.00–136.005534
Heifers—Medium and Large 3421122.63/cwt120.00–125.005168
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Full464111.11/cwt110.00–112.505164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468129.27/cwt126.00–132.006059
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475121.78/cwt118.00–125.005784
Heifers—Medium and Large 3517121.68/cwt117.00–126.006295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533133.40/cwt128.00–138.007119
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Full535108.49/cwt108.00–109.005802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563135.83/cwt132.00–140.007655
Heifers—Medium and Large 3577123.16/cwt120.00–126.007116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2607135.00/cwt135.00–135.008195
Heifers—Medium and Large 3673119.45/cwt115.00–124.008042
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Full73887.49/cwt85.00–90.006462
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280166.65/cwt162.50–170.004673
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2322162.89/cwt159.00–165.005253
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323148.82/cwt147.50–150.004812
Bulls—Medium and Large 3369140.17/cwt136.00–145.005174
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375155.21/cwt150.00–162.505825
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2418160.35/cwt152.50–165.006704
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy468169.46/cwt168.00–171.007932
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2471158.28/cwt152.50–162.507458
Bulls—Medium and Large 3481142.78/cwt139.00–147.506875
Bulls—Medium and Large 3512130.66/cwt129.00–133.006693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2531149.85/cwt146.00–153.007964
Bulls—Medium and Large 3570134.95/cwt133.00–137.007692
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2579142.88/cwt140.00–145.008278
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610144.00/cwt144.00–144.008782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620148.00/cwt148.00–148.009187
Bulls—Medium and Large 3634129.32/cwt125.00–134.008206
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2693137.50/cwt137.00–138.009532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2723135.46/cwt134.00–137.009792
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3Value Added654122.00/cwt122.00–122.007984
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 367089.00/cwt89.00–89.005961
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,22084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,0251
Bulls——1,414103.88/cwt102.00–105.001,4694
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%72348.49/cwt48.00–49.003512
Cows—Lean 85-90%94265.46/cwt62.00–68.006176
Cows—Lean 85-90%99274.07/cwt70.00–77.0073512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07881.51/cwt77.00–84.0087920
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15387.50/cwt85.00–92.001,00916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20867.98/cwt64.00–70.008215
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38173.86/cwt70.00–77.001,0204
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45391.23/cwt88.00–95.001,32619
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48682.45/cwt78.00–85.001,22512
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2935725.00/head725.00–725.007251
Bred Cows—Medium 31,045550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,2051,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,2101,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,3701,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2915900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,0151,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,0251,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,1901,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,2251,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751

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.