Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2026-08-24

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Aug 24
● Final108 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
398 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 362▼ 235 vs year ago 633 · −37.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
164 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 178▼ 29 vs year ago 193 · −15.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 51▲ 5 vs year ago 24 · +20.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were mostly steady, while feeder cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

52 head Sheep: 70.00 -390.00 ; 30 head Goats: 30.00 - 435.00; 1 head Baby Calves: 600.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $334.08/cwt on 45 head, down $5.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 34 comparable sales and sits −29.29 against this barn's trailing median of $363.37.
Average price
$334.08
▼ 5.08 vs prior sale
45 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,785
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$941
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$175.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.16
vs NC average
−3.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534350.141,86834
Medium and Large 2537295.401,58610thin
Medium and Large 3530175.009281thin
One grade step is worth $175.14/cwt here — about $941 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
334.08
—
NC average9 barns · 139 hd
327.92
+6.16
National average160 barns · 6,296 hd
338.02
−3.94
This barn, trailing median34 sales
363.37
−29.29
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—Low1,775208.573,70110
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,285168.672,16849
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,514154.042,33210
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,112141.711,57654

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 (2-4 yrs)1,325$3,2001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,295$3,0272thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,162$2,63916
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,041$1,8305
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,039$3,3305

Every lot

108 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2210440.00/cwt440.00–440.009241
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1215550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,1831
Steers200–250Medium and Large 3230205.00/cwt205.00–205.004721
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1271502.75/cwt485.00–514.001,3624
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3330200.00/cwt200.00–200.006601
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335446.87/cwt440.00–450.001,4973
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3301
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385448.35/cwt440.00–460.001,7263
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3410255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0461
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424421.00/cwt395.00–437.001,7854
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430337.35/cwt325.00–350.001,4512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3465185.00/cwt185.00–185.008601
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473332.96/cwt315.00–350.001,5752
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476410.16/cwt395.00–442.001,9527
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3510259.80/cwt250.00–270.001,3252
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514375.86/cwt355.00–400.001,93210
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2524324.47/cwt312.00–335.001,7004
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3550180.00/cwt180.00–180.009901
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570363.85/cwt340.00–380.002,07412
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574325.47/cwt320.00–330.001,8684
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620343.74/cwt320.00–362.002,1316
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685351.72/cwt347.00–360.002,4094
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3695182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,2651
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,2771
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1243449.20/cwt420.00–467.001,0923
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2274352.40/cwt345.00–360.009664
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1279430.22/cwt400.00–445.001,2005
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3290230.00/cwt230.00–230.006671
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322409.66/cwt390.00–435.001,3199
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330266.77/cwt255.00–280.008803
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2331317.27/cwt300.00–335.001,0505
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2358347.59/cwt335.00–360.001,2442
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373227.35/cwt205.00–250.008482
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379399.01/cwt385.00–420.001,51210
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added408410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6733
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415342.68/cwt335.00–350.001,4222
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416391.31/cwt370.00–404.001,6289
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430281.71/cwt270.00–290.001,2113
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added462392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,8113
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468314.73/cwt300.00–329.001,4732
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469369.19/cwt345.00–387.001,73214
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522353.55/cwt335.00–382.001,84625
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528296.51/cwt275.00–310.001,5668
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530175.00/cwt175.00–175.009281
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566340.65/cwt320.00–360.001,9289
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573290.95/cwt287.00–295.001,6672
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620331.77/cwt327.00–335.002,0575
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added625342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,1389
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3561
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640234.05/cwt229.00–250.001,4984
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7551
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1681316.84/cwt300.00–325.002,1584
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717285.87/cwt260.00–300.002,0503
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5231
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8881
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2782217.31/cwt200.00–237.001,6993
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820222.17/cwt215.00–229.001,8222
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1873245.96/cwt232.00–260.002,1472
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2923189.36/cwt179.00–200.001,7482
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1933243.40/cwt233.00–265.002,27110
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2975178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,7361
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1993205.47/cwt195.00–216.002,0402
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2220470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,0341
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270460.74/cwt450.00–470.001,2442
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273525.14/cwt510.00–540.001,4342
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324476.95/cwt455.00–505.001,5456
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3330331.82/cwt300.00–355.001,0954
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3801
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2358390.07/cwt380.00–400.001,3962
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369441.98/cwt420.00–465.001,63114
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3380315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1971
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2409334.02/cwt325.00–350.001,3664
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3410300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2302
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424406.24/cwt375.00–430.001,72214
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476391.27/cwt360.00–405.001,86211
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479301.63/cwt280.00–325.001,4454
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2507298.39/cwt285.00–310.001,5133
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3520250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3002
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1531367.87/cwt350.00–387.001,95314
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567357.05/cwt320.00–369.002,02417
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568294.06/cwt280.00–308.001,6702
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3801
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1634350.08/cwt339.00–360.002,2206
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675257.38/cwt240.00–275.001,7374
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1676322.71/cwt300.00–345.002,1825
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720249.64/cwt245.00–252.001,7978
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770265.19/cwt250.00–280.002,0422
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1824248.71/cwt225.00–267.002,0494
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers800–850Large 3810206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,6691
Dairy Heifers950–1000Large 3960220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,1121
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers250–300Large 3290200.00/cwt200.00–200.005801
Dairy Steers300–350Large 3300225.00/cwt225.00–225.006751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,460177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,5841
Bulls——1,721209.08/cwt196.00–216.003,5987
Bulls——2,120222.55/cwt222.00–223.004,7182
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%989112.86/cwt100.00–120.001,1167
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130145.75/cwt130.00–155.001,64746
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,150158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,8171
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,153194.36/cwt190.00–198.002,2412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,291167.58/cwt160.00–181.002,16347
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,514154.04/cwt145.00–160.002,33210
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28253,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29382,745.33/head2,600.00–2,850.002,7452
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2483,904.51/head3,850.00–3,950.003,9052
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0411,829.59/head1,400.00–2,400.001,8305
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1622,638.62/head1,450.00–3,800.002,63916
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2953,027.22/head2,850.00–3,150.003,0272
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3253,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001

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.