Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2025-01-13

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Jan 13
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
203 head
▼ 125 vs last sale 328▼ 317 vs year ago 520 · −61.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
118 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 205▼ 67 vs year ago 185 · −36.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 3▼ 37 vs year ago 39 · −94.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were 1.00 to 2.00 higher, while feeder cattle were 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade and demand were moderate with light offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

15 head Goats: 10.00 - 200.00; 7 head Sheep: 60.00- 235.00; 2 head Baby Calves: 120.00- 140.00; 3 head Hogs

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $248.75/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −126.70 against this barn's trailing median of $375.45.
Average price
$248.75
18 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,359
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$806
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$146.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.10
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548271.301,48713thin
Medium and Large 2541206.411,1174thin
Medium and Large 3545125.006811thin
One grade step is worth $146.30/cwt here — about $806 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale18 hd
248.75
—
NC average8 barns · 138 hd
252.85
−4.10
This barn, trailing median34 sales
375.45
−126.70
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 500–600 lb

34 sales
437389342294median 375.4503/0204/2707/0609/0711/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $423.11, low $307.90, median $375.45 across 34 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—Average1,605150.852,42112
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,481127.081,88278
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,559119.161,8588thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,18896.441,14513

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)990$1,2501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)835$8501thin

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1210300.00/cwt300.00–300.006301
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270301.00/cwt301.00–301.008131
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315291.00/cwt280.00–301.009172
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362315.42/cwt270.00–382.001,1425
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474307.17/cwt300.00–312.001,4564
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475145.00/cwt145.00–145.006891
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1961
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524293.97/cwt287.00–300.001,5405
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0561
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577284.97/cwt279.00–292.001,6449
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617275.32/cwt262.00–285.001,6999
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673250.15/cwt235.00–262.001,6846
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1714235.47/cwt222.00–256.001,6814
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1781235.41/cwt231.00–238.001,8395
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,8701
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1858217.03/cwt214.00–220.001,8622
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,013178.13/cwt160.00–196.001,8042
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240240.00/cwt240.00–240.005761
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3250170.00/cwt170.00–170.004251
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295260.00/cwt260.00–260.007671
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323232.33/cwt230.00–235.007502
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368278.51/cwt265.00–296.001,0256
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427256.59/cwt235.00–275.001,0967
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3450175.00/cwt175.00–175.007881
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2591
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522255.05/cwt240.00–269.001,3317
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575247.61/cwt235.00–260.001,4249
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612240.96/cwt225.00–250.001,4753
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662245.65/cwt240.00–250.001,6263
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717209.10/cwt200.00–220.001,4993
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1757233.31/cwt218.00–239.001,7666
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780157.25/cwt138.00–177.001,2272
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1840195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6381
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2865123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0641
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1870189.66/cwt187.00–192.001,6503
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1900187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,6831
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1965135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3031
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,6901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1288324.35/cwt300.00–350.009342
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325315.10/cwt295.00–335.001,0243
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375177.40/cwt175.00–180.006652
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382348.46/cwt337.00–357.001,3313
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421316.74/cwt275.00–335.001,33311
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423218.28/cwt200.00–235.009234
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425170.00/cwt170.00–170.007231
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479270.79/cwt255.00–280.001,2979
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483218.02/cwt200.00–237.001,0532
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525275.91/cwt250.00–290.001,4497
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525195.21/cwt175.00–210.001,0253
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006811
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575265.92/cwt250.00–285.001,5296
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4161
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622249.50/cwt245.00–258.001,5523
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1676231.06/cwt210.00–250.001,56210
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1728213.92/cwt195.00–230.001,5574
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1763209.97/cwt200.00–220.001,6022
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,5051
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,022154.98/cwt140.00–175.001,5843
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers350–400Large 3395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005531
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,213172.36/cwt170.00–175.002,0912
Bulls——1,683146.55/cwt132.00–159.002,46610
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92588.00/cwt88.00–88.008141
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04869.30/cwt68.00–70.007263
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,145119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,3631
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,168150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,7522
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,278104.86/cwt98.00–114.001,3408
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,489126.48/cwt119.00–135.001,88376
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,559119.16/cwt110.00–125.001,8588
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2835850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29901,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501

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.