Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2022-08-29

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Aug 29
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
642 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 717▲ 215 vs year ago 427 · +50.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
161 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 212▲ 9 vs year ago 152 · +5.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 6▲ 10 vs year ago 7 · +142.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold mostly steady. Feeder classes sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $163.29/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 4 of 33 comparable sales and sits −36.06 against this barn's trailing median of $199.35.
Average price
$163.29
62 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$826
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$15
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$18.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.97
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2482172.3483131
Medium and Large 2-3529154.2481631
One grade step is worth $18.10/cwt here — about $15 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 sale62 hd
163.29
—
NC average7 barns · 539 hd
137.32
+25.97
This barn, trailing median33 sales
199.35
−36.06
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—High1,524107.851,6449thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30787.271,14115
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65286.781,43412
CowsLean 85-90%Average92268.416315thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,148$1,1586

Every lot

58 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3328181.65/cwt180.00–185.005963
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2333196.33/cwt185.00–207.506542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380176.59/cwt173.00–180.006712
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3383168.90/cwt166.00–172.006472
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2419183.30/cwt177.00–187.007685
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3432171.18/cwt165.00–177.007393
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475180.56/cwt175.00–186.008582
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3483165.05/cwt163.00–169.007973
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3527155.75/cwt150.00–162.008213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528169.10/cwt163.00–180.008939
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2558175.51/cwt174.00–177.009792
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3570156.28/cwt152.00–162.008913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623169.55/cwt165.00–178.001,0563
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3628155.74/cwt148.00–160.009784
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3662154.05/cwt149.00–158.001,0203
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665159.97/cwt156.00–165.001,0643
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2716159.45/cwt157.00–166.001,1424
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3773130.03/cwt127.00–133.001,0052
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775158.52/cwt157.00–160.001,2292
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3328153.45/cwt148.00–157.005033
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3368150.06/cwt147.00–155.005523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378161.12/cwt157.00–167.006096
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3419149.81/cwt145.00–155.006284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420162.73/cwt159.00–167.006834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468158.21/cwt154.00–163.007403
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3472148.83/cwt143.00–155.007023
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3526145.61/cwt140.00–149.007664
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531161.34/cwt155.00–169.008577
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3563147.65/cwt140.00–152.008313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564155.92/cwt150.00–163.008795
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3628138.47/cwt130.00–147.008703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630146.52/cwt141.00–154.009235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665143.67/cwt143.00–144.009553
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3328173.73/cwt165.00–180.005703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2335189.72/cwt182.00–200.006363
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2371183.56/cwt178.00–190.006814
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3388170.95/cwt166.00–175.006634
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2417179.09/cwt177.00–182.507475
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3423165.17/cwt160.00–174.006993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2467174.12/cwt168.00–181.008135
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3468159.18/cwt153.00–165.007454
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2516168.54/cwt159.00–180.008705
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3525155.81/cwt151.00–161.008182
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568161.44/cwt155.00–165.009174
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3575147.07/cwt140.00–153.008464
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2618158.27/cwt154.00–166.009783
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3626143.34/cwt139.00–149.008974
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2668154.93/cwt151.00–159.001,0352
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3671140.55/cwt130.00–147.009434
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3727136.24/cwt123.00–144.009903
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,460116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,6941
Bulls——1,532106.83/cwt103.00–110.001,6378
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92268.41/cwt65.00–72.006315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29983.40/cwt77.00–90.001,08310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32395.01/cwt91.00–100.001,2575
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64784.36/cwt82.00–90.001,3899
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66794.04/cwt90.00–96.001,5683
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1481,157.58/head610.00–1,650.001,1586

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.