Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2022-11-14

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Nov 14
● Final114 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
735 head
▲ 262 vs last sale 473▲ 13 vs year ago 722 · +1.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
320 head
▲ 87 vs last sale 233▲ 105 vs year ago 215 · +48.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 17▲ 7 vs year ago 15 · +46.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle were mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher, while feeder cattle were steady to 4.00 higher. Trade and demand was moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle 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 $115.24/cwt on 281 head.
Average price
$115.24
281 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$27.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.29
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532124.06660160
Medium 2533107.4257380
Medium 347796.0845941
One grade step is worth $27.98/cwt here — about $201 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
115.24
—
NC average8 barns · 1,224 hd
118.53
−3.29
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—High1,70997.771,67020
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,38475.521,045124
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40171.691,00425
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04357.4459966

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,055$7751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)898$7592thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)960$96018
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)885$8251thin

Every lot

114 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2250117.50/cwt117.50–117.502941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290155.00/cwt155.00–155.004501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320172.00/cwt172.00–172.005502
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360173.00/cwt173.00–173.006231
Steers—Medium 2395132.50/cwt132.50–132.505231
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2417165.48/cwt142.50–174.0069012
Steers—Medium 3435110.00/cwt110.00–110.004791
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469149.60/cwt140.00–160.0070211
Steers—Medium 3475108.70/cwt107.50–110.005162
Steers—Medium 2485125.00/cwt125.00–125.006061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515161.73/cwt148.00–172.0083317
Steers—Medium 2540130.00/cwt130.00–130.007021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577145.09/cwt135.00–159.0083711
Steers—Medium 3600110.00/cwt110.00–110.006601
Steers—Medium 2608122.02/cwt118.00–126.007422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2614154.85/cwt130.00–157.5095120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671134.53/cwt128.00–142.5090311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2721129.27/cwt120.00–139.009325
Steers—Medium 2730116.00/cwt116.00–116.008471
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0261
Steers—Medium 2795107.00/cwt107.00–107.008511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2885122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,0841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,135115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3051
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,235114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,4081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,280110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4081
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 2218113.82/cwt112.50–115.002482
Heifers—Medium 326899.46/cwt95.00–102.502674
Heifers—Medium 2277110.89/cwt110.00–112.503073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2279121.48/cwt117.50–123.003394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2326121.43/cwt115.00–135.003969
Heifers—Medium 2328109.37/cwt107.50–112.503596
Heifers—Medium 2370110.41/cwt110.00–112.504096
Heifers—Medium 337598.80/cwt90.00–102.503718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377122.93/cwt117.00–130.0046310
Heifers—Medium 2418109.82/cwt105.00–116.004596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426125.56/cwt117.50–139.0053517
Heifers—Medium 343494.99/cwt85.00–100.004127
Heifers—Medium 346898.53/cwt87.50–102.504616
Heifers—Medium 2469110.69/cwt105.00–115.005198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471130.35/cwt117.00–138.0061435
Heifers—Medium 2524109.42/cwt105.00–115.005738
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531128.39/cwt120.00–136.0068231
Heifers—Medium 353498.44/cwt85.00–102.505266
Heifers—Medium 355699.08/cwt92.50–102.505514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568121.17/cwt115.00–130.0068812
Heifers—Medium 2572110.35/cwt110.00–116.0063117
Heifers—Medium 2623105.87/cwt100.00–110.0066012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626123.00/cwt115.00–127.0077019
Heifers—Medium 366485.77/cwt83.00–87.505704
Heifers—Medium 2670104.72/cwt102.50–108.007024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673117.05/cwt110.00–120.007888
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2727116.33/cwt114.00–119.008463
Heifers—Medium 2740107.00/cwt107.00–107.007921
Heifers—Medium 375085.00/cwt85.00–85.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765111.63/cwt110.00–115.008543
Heifers—Medium 282091.99/cwt90.00–95.007543
Heifers—Medium 382080.00/cwt80.00–80.006561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2824105.15/cwt100.00–110.008665
Heifers—Medium 287592.25/cwt92.00–92.508072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2905104.00/cwt104.00–104.009411
Heifers—Medium 294580.00/cwt80.00–80.007561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2950110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0451
Heifers—Medium 299082.00/cwt82.00–82.008121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,273106.61/cwt100.00–113.001,3572
Feeder Cattle · Bulls33 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 2240120.00/cwt120.00–120.002881
Bulls—Medium 2279115.92/cwt110.00–125.003237
Bulls—Medium 2321114.03/cwt102.50–122.503664
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2324153.68/cwt150.00–165.004986
Bulls—Medium 2378124.93/cwt120.00–130.004723
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2382154.41/cwt140.00–168.0059015
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2422151.76/cwt135.00–168.0064021
Bulls—Medium 2425130.96/cwt130.00–132.005572
Bulls—Medium 342588.62/cwt85.00–92.503772
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2463143.13/cwt132.50–156.0066314
Bulls—Medium 2478119.38/cwt110.00–130.005713
Bulls—Medium 2518117.83/cwt110.00–122.506108
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523140.72/cwt125.00–155.0073627
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570139.85/cwt127.00–150.0079724
Bulls—Medium 357394.01/cwt87.50–100.005395
Bulls—Medium 2578108.57/cwt100.00–122.506288
Bulls—Medium 361794.85/cwt87.50–100.005853
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2624132.73/cwt125.00–146.0082816
Bulls—Medium 2627115.55/cwt110.00–118.007246
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2672119.77/cwt110.00–130.0080514
Bulls—Medium 2673110.61/cwt108.00–115.007443
Bulls—Medium 367989.03/cwt84.00–95.006056
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2724112.64/cwt106.00–120.0081611
Bulls—Medium 272596.68/cwt95.00–100.007013
Bulls—Medium 372584.99/cwt80.00–90.006163
Bulls—Medium 278197.36/cwt95.00–100.007604
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2782104.31/cwt102.50–108.008165
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2818105.60/cwt102.00–108.008644
Bulls—Medium 282096.07/cwt93.00–99.007882
Bulls—Medium 382582.50/cwt82.50–82.506811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2860104.32/cwt103.00–106.008973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2922100.67/cwt100.00–102.009283
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,040100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0401
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 367084.00/cwt84.00–84.005631
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 381052.00/cwt52.00–52.004211
Dairy Heifers—Large 31,16573.00/cwt73.00–73.008501
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51885.69/cwt80.00–88.001,3014
Bulls——1,71799.70/cwt92.00–105.001,71214
Bulls——2,030108.43/cwt108.00–109.002,2012
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93348.13/cwt41.00–54.0044923
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10262.42/cwt55.00–68.0068843
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38074.77/cwt67.00–81.001,032113
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40171.69/cwt66.00–78.001,00425
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42783.17/cwt82.00–86.001,18711
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2898759.26/head575.00–925.007592
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,055775.00/head775.00–775.007751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2885825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2924885.67/head675.00–1,200.008869
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29651,080.10/head950.00–1,300.001,0806
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,057940.85/head800.00–1,075.009413

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.