Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2025-12-15

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Dec 15
● Final119 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
645 head
▲ 143 vs last sale 502▲ 49 vs year ago 596 · +8.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
280 head
▲ 115 vs last sale 165▲ 81 vs year ago 199 · +40.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 11▼ 2 vs year ago 19 · −10.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sales for the weeks of Christmas or New Years in observance of the holidays.

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were 1.00 to 2.00 higher, while feeder cattle were 18.00 to 20.00 higher. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

5 head Goats: 90.00-170.00; 2 Sheep: 210.00-240.00; 14 head Hogs

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $348.98/cwt on 73 head. That ranks 15 of 34 comparable sales and sits −14.39 against this barn's trailing median of $363.37.
Average price
$348.98
73 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,881
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$768
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$141.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.08
vs NC average
−40.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539360.851,94663
Medium and Large 2537310.871,6696thin
Medium and Large 3538219.051,1774thin
One grade step is worth $141.81/cwt here — about $768 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 sale73 hd
348.98
—
NC average8 barns · 305 hd
323.89
+25.08
National average175 barns · 15,310 hd
389.91
−40.93
This barn, trailing median34 sales
363.37
−14.39
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
402359316273median 363.3703/0204/2707/0609/0711/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $388.39, low $287.21, median $363.37 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—Average1,595174.892,78922
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,435151.382,172139
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,580142.002,2441thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,035118.871,23067

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)1,364$2,2787
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,088$2,0084thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,246$2,8656

Every lot

119 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1235448.03/cwt435.00–460.001,0532
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275448.58/cwt445.00–455.001,2343
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3275250.00/cwt250.00–250.006881
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280350.00/cwt350.00–350.009801
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323470.12/cwt465.00–475.001,5182
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323353.37/cwt330.00–375.001,1412
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381446.20/cwt427.00–460.001,7004
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,4591
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424432.76/cwt400.00–450.001,8358
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3430270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1611
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added471448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,1104
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481416.24/cwt395.00–430.002,00213
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7641
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523398.56/cwt389.00–412.002,08410
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523297.54/cwt295.00–300.001,5562
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added555410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,2762
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573373.24/cwt352.00–392.002,13910
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8401
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3595270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6071
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3608189.98/cwt185.00–195.001,1552
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622344.23/cwt327.00–360.002,1419
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9221
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9471
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668324.22/cwt310.00–337.002,1666
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6801
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725309.19/cwt300.00–315.002,2424
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1793292.97/cwt285.00–301.002,3232
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820287.18/cwt272.00–302.002,3552
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2855197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,6841
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1923285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,6312
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1979255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,4966
Feeder Cattle · Heifers41 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230428.95/cwt400.00–455.009873
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230370.00/cwt370.00–370.008511
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3240315.00/cwt315.00–315.007561
Heifers250–300Medium 3280210.00/cwt210.00–210.005881
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1282450.36/cwt420.00–480.001,2703
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3285300.00/cwt300.00–300.008551
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2288334.88/cwt320.00–350.009645
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321355.84/cwt335.00–385.001,1426
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327414.22/cwt400.00–440.001,35421
Heifers300–350Medium 3333184.66/cwt170.00–200.006152
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0721
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368320.24/cwt315.00–325.001,1782
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375413.23/cwt390.00–435.001,55024
Heifers350–400Medium 3395175.00/cwt175.00–175.006911
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3400290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1601
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422393.34/cwt370.00–412.001,66034
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2431328.70/cwt315.00–350.001,4174
Heifers450–500Medium 3465209.52/cwt195.00–225.009742
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470378.18/cwt352.00–397.001,77736
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480280.42/cwt260.00–300.001,3462
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6251
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519315.27/cwt300.00–325.001,6364
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525367.22/cwt335.00–385.001,92844
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530242.06/cwt225.00–250.001,2833
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560150.00/cwt150.00–150.008401
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572346.11/cwt325.00–365.001,98019
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573302.08/cwt300.00–304.001,7312
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613241.85/cwt220.00–255.001,4833
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620329.25/cwt300.00–345.002,04111
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625159.96/cwt155.00–165.001,0002
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added661335.83/cwt329.00–339.002,22013
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674279.32/cwt260.00–300.001,8838
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2677240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6253
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1706258.31/cwt232.00–280.001,8245
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3720166.67/cwt165.00–168.001,2003
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740232.48/cwt230.00–235.001,7202
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3131
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,2341
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820219.50/cwt191.00–237.001,8004
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0801
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2885166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,4691
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1215456.36/cwt450.00–465.009813
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1258469.95/cwt465.00–475.001,2122
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320380.65/cwt350.00–400.001,2187
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1331449.76/cwt425.00–477.001,4898
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3363274.14/cwt250.00–300.009952
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3871
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371431.12/cwt405.00–457.001,59914
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423426.13/cwt400.00–445.001,80337
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423381.62/cwt380.00–382.001,6145
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2463336.90/cwt315.00–357.001,5606
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3465285.00/cwt270.00–300.001,3252
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467408.36/cwt385.00–432.001,90713
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3515275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4161
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2524336.76/cwt332.00–345.001,7654
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1526384.89/cwt365.00–404.002,02529
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567359.34/cwt340.00–387.502,03716
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2567255.71/cwt231.00–287.001,4503
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added614364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,2359
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1631338.70/cwt320.00–349.002,13715
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1679319.87/cwt311.00–325.002,1728
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730282.45/cwt272.00–297.002,0625
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2738225.08/cwt200.00–250.001,6612
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1773242.04/cwt229.00–255.001,8712
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1828231.85/cwt225.00–239.001,9202
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1865230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9901
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1905227.50/cwt210.00–245.002,0592
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1978214.39/cwt200.00–229.002,0972
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers300–350Large 3305270.00/cwt270.00–270.008241
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3470270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2691
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3613235.51/cwt210.00–260.001,4442
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers250–300Large 3265285.00/cwt285.00–285.007551
Dairy Heifers300–350Large 3335172.00/cwt172.00–172.005761
Dairy Heifers350–400Large 3380162.00/cwt162.00–162.006161
Dairy Heifers500–550Large 3515187.00/cwt187.00–187.009631
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,128157.43/cwt151.00–162.001,7763
Bulls——1,668173.99/cwt165.00–185.002,90216
Bulls——1,670197.13/cwt190.00–206.003,2923
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%969105.71/cwt100.00–119.001,02427
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025140.22/cwt138.00–142.001,4376
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,089125.55/cwt120.00–135.001,36734
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,428150.91/cwt140.00–162.002,155134
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,580142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,2441
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,617164.10/cwt163.00–167.002,6535
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0882,007.67/head1,800.00–2,500.002,0084
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3642,277.70/head1,800.00–2,700.002,2787
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2372,809.84/head2,750.00–2,900.002,8103
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2552,919.19/head2,775.00–3,075.002,9193

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.