Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2026-03-16

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Mar 16
● Final121 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
544 head
▼ 371 vs last sale 915▼ 206 vs year ago 750 · −27.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
154 head
▼ 97 vs last sale 251▼ 38 vs year ago 192 · −19.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 41▼ 2 vs year ago 17 · −11.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were 1.00-3.00 higher, while feeder cattle were 3.00 to 8.00 higher on a light comparison. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

39 head Sheep and Goats: 40.00-270.00; 4 head Baby Calves: 1100.00-1375.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $396.76/cwt on 45 head, up $19.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 34 comparable sales and sits +21.31 against this barn's trailing median of $375.45.
Average price
$396.76
▲ 19.17 vs prior sale
45 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,152
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,064
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3
$187.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.37
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541407.802,20838
Medium and Large 2528371.411,9613thin
Medium and Large 3575341.231,9623thin
Large 3520220.001,1441thin
One grade step is worth $187.80/cwt here — about $1,064 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 sale45 hd
396.76
—
NC average9 barns · 189 hd
377.39
+19.37
This barn, trailing median34 sales
375.45
+21.31
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—Low1,629184.683,00921
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,538163.582,51631
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,236160.551,98438
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,036138.751,43742

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 (2-4 yrs)1,153$3,1695
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,350$2,5732thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,022$2,2395
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)850$2,2501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)908$3,1252thin

Every lot

121 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2305425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2961
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328540.31/cwt490.00–545.001,77212
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added358555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,9872
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3360300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0801
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363514.86/cwt500.00–525.001,8693
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,7631
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3430362.35/cwt350.00–375.001,5582
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440482.59/cwt475.00–490.002,1232
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440459.83/cwt445.00–475.002,0232
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465443.32/cwt435.00–452.002,0612
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520463.83/cwt445.00–497.002,4123
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540423.50/cwt410.00–437.002,2872
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3570315.04/cwt310.00–320.001,7962
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added571452.75/cwt439.00–475.002,58511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2588391.86/cwt389.00–397.002,3046
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615399.67/cwt399.00–400.002,4583
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2011
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660401.60/cwt390.00–415.002,6513
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660349.92/cwt340.00–360.002,3092
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added686387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,6558
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780335.07/cwt331.00–345.002,6144
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,7471
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,4081
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230484.78/cwt480.00–490.001,1152
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3265314.62/cwt305.00–325.008342
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275502.03/cwt485.00–525.001,3816
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275452.21/cwt425.00–480.001,2443
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320496.73/cwt479.00–515.001,5908
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325452.45/cwt425.00–475.001,47010
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377490.44/cwt480.00–505.001,8498
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379443.61/cwt420.00–465.001,6818
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427433.58/cwt400.00–452.001,85119
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434460.77/cwt447.00–469.002,0008
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456450.46/cwt432.00–465.002,0547
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475399.32/cwt380.00–420.001,8977
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3483321.79/cwt295.00–350.001,5542
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3518341.56/cwt325.00–350.001,7693
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519385.62/cwt375.00–399.002,0018
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522367.85/cwt350.00–379.001,92010
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558405.80/cwt385.00–422.002,2643
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2567366.99/cwt342.00–375.002,08110
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3568304.60/cwt275.00–335.001,7304
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added575391.56/cwt382.00–412.002,2513
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620352.30/cwt345.00–362.002,1843
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2629315.01/cwt310.00–320.001,9814
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3665305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0282
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added666367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,4445
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1687333.92/cwt330.00–342.002,2946
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added720320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3042
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4961
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,4231
Feeder Cattle · Bulls42 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Large 3185310.00/cwt310.00–310.005741
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed205625.00/cwt625.00–625.001,2811
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2220418.94/cwt400.00–445.009223
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3220377.00/cwt377.00–377.008291
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230594.62/cwt555.00–615.001,3684
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3258346.81/cwt325.00–375.008953
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1267553.43/cwt510.00–570.001,4788
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2274474.36/cwt420.00–500.001,3006
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3323413.87/cwt340.00–500.001,3373
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325516.26/cwt490.00–545.001,67811
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333472.27/cwt460.00–480.001,5737
Bulls350–400Large 3355395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4021
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3363379.19/cwt350.00–415.001,3765
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376506.98/cwt485.00–530.001,90619
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2376446.21/cwt420.00–470.001,6787
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,9891
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422461.94/cwt440.00–492.001,9499
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425433.69/cwt420.00–450.001,8433
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3426391.25/cwt350.00–415.001,6676
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465446.07/cwt422.00–470.002,07416
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473420.28/cwt395.00–440.001,98810
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475358.64/cwt320.00–395.001,7045
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520416.39/cwt390.00–437.002,16521
Bulls500–550Large 3520220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1441
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528371.41/cwt350.00–389.001,9613
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568397.18/cwt380.00–410.002,25617
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575341.23/cwt325.00–365.001,9623
Bulls600–650Large 3620220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3641
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1621364.13/cwt350.00–375.002,2614
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628312.25/cwt300.00–325.001,9612
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670303.23/cwt300.00–310.002,0323
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673354.33/cwt335.00–375.002,3852
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3673267.70/cwt250.00–285.001,8022
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1724316.21/cwt305.00–322.002,2895
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,7421
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1775267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,0691
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7781
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3795200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5901
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1813271.10/cwt260.00–282.002,2042
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2825255.75/cwt235.00–277.002,1102
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1860267.36/cwt250.00–282.002,2993
Bulls900–950Large 3900220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9801
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3376234.24/cwt220.00–270.008814
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3490250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2251
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3578262.23/cwt250.00–275.001,5162
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3625315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9691
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3765200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5301
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers550–600Large 3550275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5131
Dairy Heifers700–750Large 3705192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,3541
Dairy Heifers750–800Large 3770185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4251
Dairy Heifers950–1000Large 3975192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,8721
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,378125.87/cwt110.00–145.001,7343
Bulls——1,413186.10/cwt170.00–200.002,6308
Bulls——1,878201.19/cwt196.00–216.003,77810
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%934120.77/cwt110.00–127.001,12814
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,056142.88/cwt130.00–153.001,50919
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,114175.27/cwt170.00–182.001,9538
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,151158.02/cwt154.00–164.001,8199
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,169142.45/cwt133.00–148.001,6658
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,304161.78/cwt150.00–168.002,11022
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,456156.37/cwt150.00–163.002,2777
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,558168.58/cwt160.00–174.002,62621
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,587145.43/cwt143.00–148.002,3083
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28502,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0222,239.36/head1,500.00–2,750.002,2395
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1533,168.91/head2,800.00–3,700.003,1695
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3502,573.33/head2,350.00–2,800.002,5732
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-26852,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1303,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501

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.