Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2026-02-09

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 9
● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
426 head
▼ 204 vs last sale 630▼ 357 vs year ago 783 · −45.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
305 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 293▲ 123 vs year ago 182 · +67.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 31▼ 7 vs year ago 17 · −41.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to three weeks ago slaughter cattle were 4.00 to 6.00 higher, while feeder cattle were 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

45 head Goats: 50.00-320.00; 14 Sheep: 200.00-360.00; 6 head Baby Calves: 400.00 -1100.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $391.34/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 35 of 34 comparable sales and sits +27.98 against this barn's trailing median of $363.37.
Average price
$391.34
51 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,116
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$705
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$113.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.48
vs NC average
−32.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543401.302,17945
Medium and Large 2530331.311,7554thin
Medium and Large 3513287.321,4742thin
One grade step is worth $113.98/cwt here — about $705 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale51 hd
391.34
—
NC average6 barns · 85 hd
375.86
+15.48
National average187 barns · 18,214 hd
423.95
−32.61
This barn, trailing median34 sales
363.37
+27.98
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—Average1,634191.843,13426
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,430167.622,398168
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,531155.542,3819thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,148136.211,56473

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)1,234$2,2115
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,139$2,6655

Every lot

99 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,0751
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1255525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,3391
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1305560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,7081
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320300.00/cwt300.00–300.009601
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373537.65/cwt500.00–555.002,0056
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380330.79/cwt310.00–350.001,2572
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431507.14/cwt480.00–527.002,1869
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440411.00/cwt400.00–422.001,8082
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3440300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3201
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added463492.00/cwt492.00–492.002,2782
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482451.30/cwt425.00–475.002,1759
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3490230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1271
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6901
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524439.95/cwt425.00–465.002,30523
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574414.57/cwt385.00–432.002,38013
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614411.07/cwt382.00–425.002,5247
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3615195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1991
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625317.62/cwt310.00–325.001,9852
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1659385.15/cwt359.00–399.002,5387
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0551
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730353.40/cwt339.00–367.002,5805
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added760345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,6222
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1792298.77/cwt295.00–300.002,3664
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1845329.88/cwt329.00–330.002,7878
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1893310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,7682
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220411.65/cwt400.00–425.009062
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3220250.00/cwt250.00–250.005501
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,1641
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2255400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0201
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3265290.00/cwt290.00–290.007691
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1286529.83/cwt515.00–560.001,5155
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315440.68/cwt425.00–465.001,3884
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334499.21/cwt475.00–520.001,6674
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371486.54/cwt475.00–505.001,8056
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378272.95/cwt250.00–295.001,0322
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2414380.24/cwt350.00–400.001,5744
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3417322.76/cwt300.00–345.001,3463
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429450.68/cwt415.00–467.001,93319
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473420.52/cwt389.00–437.001,98915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2513326.75/cwt305.00–355.001,6763
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3513287.32/cwt275.00–300.001,4742
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522401.83/cwt382.00–420.002,09824
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added552420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,3186
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573392.98/cwt375.00–406.002,25215
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634335.26/cwt312.00–367.002,1268
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683240.97/cwt232.00–250.001,6462
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7041
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715213.74/cwt202.00–225.001,5282
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,7431
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790281.65/cwt275.00–285.002,2253
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1845277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,3411
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1870252.53/cwt229.00–275.002,1972
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2873199.40/cwt190.00–208.001,7413
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1923244.30/cwt220.00–260.002,2553
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1235525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,2341
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270426.48/cwt400.00–455.001,1512
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280482.20/cwt470.00–500.001,3503
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324557.52/cwt525.00–575.001,8069
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3327308.06/cwt275.00–335.001,0073
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,7101
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3370315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1661
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374519.71/cwt500.00–550.001,9449
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3422300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2663
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426488.01/cwt465.00–515.002,07921
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3450240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0801
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466473.79/cwt450.00–500.002,2089
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490377.78/cwt350.00–405.001,8512
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519419.36/cwt400.00–449.002,17615
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8111
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573304.90/cwt280.00–325.001,7473
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575233.50/cwt225.00–242.001,3432
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1579371.94/cwt350.00–385.002,1544
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3801
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1609341.50/cwt337.00–360.002,0808
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670355.00/cwt335.00–365.002,3793
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723326.79/cwt300.00–337.002,3638
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1778296.51/cwt280.00–310.002,3073
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1813318.03/cwt316.00–320.002,5862
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1945222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,0981
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers600–650Large 3615192.56/cwt190.00–195.001,1842
Dairy Heifers650–700Large 3650194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,2611
Dairy Heifers700–750Large 3713187.54/cwt175.00–200.001,3372
Dairy Heifers800–850Large 3813200.62/cwt190.00–211.001,6313
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers250–300Large 3255225.00/cwt225.00–225.005741
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3370220.00/cwt220.00–220.008141
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,433170.05/cwt156.00–178.002,4379
Bulls——1,736192.96/cwt184.00–200.003,3507
Bulls——1,743210.66/cwt205.00–214.003,67210
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%919117.41/cwt110.00–127.001,07919
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,211141.07/cwt128.00–150.001,70847
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,301182.29/cwt180.00–187.002,37216
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,346154.61/cwt152.00–158.002,0817
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,444166.08/cwt157.00–179.002,398152
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,531155.54/cwt150.00–167.002,3819
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2342,210.74/head1,700.00–2,600.002,2115
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0052,409.00/head1,750.00–2,750.002,4093
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0302,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6503,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001

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.