Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2022-10-03

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Oct 3
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
447 head
▼ 239 vs last sale 686▼ 308 vs year ago 755 · −40.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
168 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 253▼ 14 vs year ago 182 · −7.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 17▼ 15 vs year ago 25 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate 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 $142.01/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −57.34 against this barn's trailing median of $199.35.
Average price
$142.01
77 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$700
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$37
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.44
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2482150.0272330
Medium and Large 2-3501136.8968547
One grade step is worth $13.13/cwt here — about $37 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 sale77 hd
142.01
—
NC average8 barns · 403 hd
124.56
+17.44
This barn, trailing median33 sales
199.35
−57.34
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,35480.171,08623
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49279.691,1897thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06468.5772912

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)872$9205

Every lot

44 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3439136.02/cwt129.00–143.005972
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465156.69/cwt155.00–158.007293
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480146.08/cwt142.00–150.007012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565151.02/cwt150.00–152.008532
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3572136.53/cwt130.00–140.007813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620145.85/cwt140.00–152.009042
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3628133.95/cwt130.00–138.008412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2362155.21/cwt151.00–160.005625
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3378136.69/cwt130.00–147.005175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425146.92/cwt143.00–151.006244
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3433138.51/cwt128.00–145.006005
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479145.18/cwt139.00–149.006959
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3483133.91/cwt127.00–142.0064710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2506138.96/cwt135.00–146.007034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3510128.49/cwt123.00–135.006556
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3563129.79/cwt122.00–134.007319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576134.76/cwt134.00–135.007764
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3623123.80/cwt119.00–127.007716
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3672116.66/cwt112.00–119.007843
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3725118.52/cwt115.00–122.008592
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3223158.21/cwt150.00–167.003532
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3323150.67/cwt145.00–157.004872
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3376150.82/cwt143.00–157.005677
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2378166.22/cwt163.00–170.006285
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2416158.36/cwt155.00–160.006596
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3430145.25/cwt143.00–146.006254
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3469140.89/cwt130.00–148.006617
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473154.33/cwt150.00–160.007306
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2512140.56/cwt137.00–145.007207
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3525130.79/cwt125.00–137.006879
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3569127.39/cwt122.00–135.007256
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573135.09/cwt130.00–139.007744
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3628125.79/cwt122.00–130.007905
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675134.56/cwt132.00–137.009082
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3675130.48/cwt129.00–132.008812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3723120.64/cwt119.00–123.008723
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03360.87/cwt57.00–64.006293
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07471.13/cwt64.00–76.007649
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29872.19/cwt65.00–78.009376
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36689.89/cwt86.00–94.001,2284
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37780.87/cwt75.00–87.001,11413
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49279.69/cwt75.00–84.001,1897
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3705506.21/head455.00–550.005062
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29831,196.36/head1,000.00–1,450.001,1963

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.