Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2026-09-14

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Sep 14
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
483 head
▲ 233 vs last sale 250▼ 139 vs year ago 622 · −22.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
149 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 117▼ 15 vs year ago 164 · −9.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 29▲ 2 vs year ago 18 · +11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 lower, while feeder cattle were 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

11 head Sheep: 155.00 - 410.00; 51 head Goats: 50.00 - 265.00; 1 head Baby Calves: 400.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $306.14/cwt on 53 head, down $3.77 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 34 comparable sales and sits −57.23 against this barn's trailing median of $363.37.
Average price
$306.14
▼ 3.77 vs prior sale
53 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$655
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$120.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.53
vs NC average
−48.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533323.411,72540
Medium and Large 2550267.931,47410thin
Medium and Large 3527203.141,0703thin
One grade step is worth $120.27/cwt here — about $655 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 sale53 hd
306.14
—
NC average8 barns · 218 hd
306.67
−0.53
National average171 barns · 9,246 hd
354.31
−48.17
This barn, trailing median34 sales
363.37
−57.23
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—Low1,604182.532,92922
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,311151.091,98054
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,726141.792,4477thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,141128.391,46535

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)1,282$2,0057
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)983$1,8243thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,157$3,3529
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,045$3,3501thin

Every lot

109 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 1329463.67/cwt432.00–485.001,5254
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,3471
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375489.76/cwt470.00–505.001,8373
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434422.06/cwt404.00–450.001,8329
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2443357.40/cwt340.00–375.001,5832
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added468429.00/cwt429.00–429.002,0086
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473396.08/cwt377.00–412.001,8738
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3505200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0101
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4181
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534383.52/cwt370.00–390.002,04815
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578336.07/cwt322.00–359.001,9426
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3600242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4521
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2613288.22/cwt275.00–302.001,7672
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added619365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2595
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621342.58/cwt310.00–350.002,12721
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8011
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674317.54/cwt290.00–335.002,1405
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1714306.29/cwt292.00–326.002,1877
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715269.52/cwt267.00–272.001,9272
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3725176.06/cwt172.00–180.001,2762
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766293.88/cwt285.00–308.002,2514
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,3761
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2850200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7001
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875283.00/cwt277.00–289.002,4762
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,1871
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3240300.00/cwt300.00–300.007201
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1272446.83/cwt425.00–475.001,2159
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0151
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3300295.00/cwt295.00–295.008851
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325422.93/cwt400.00–439.001,3759
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338365.04/cwt360.00–370.001,2342
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3368263.33/cwt255.00–272.009692
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373399.91/cwt385.00–415.001,49210
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380345.13/cwt340.00–350.001,3114
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,1841
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423314.07/cwt300.00–329.001,3292
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424381.76/cwt367.00–400.001,61914
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460293.33/cwt290.00–300.001,3493
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465252.47/cwt250.00–255.001,1742
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471347.30/cwt330.00–377.001,63612
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3515189.71/cwt180.00–200.009772
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519324.53/cwt300.00–342.001,68430
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527265.84/cwt250.00–292.001,4015
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3550230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2651
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573270.02/cwt250.00–285.001,5475
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576320.06/cwt300.00–330.001,84410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613296.53/cwt270.00–316.001,81812
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628256.57/cwt247.00–275.001,6115
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2658242.59/cwt235.00–250.001,5962
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674284.62/cwt270.00–297.001,9189
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3680200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3601
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3705155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0931
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added718306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,1975
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721273.38/cwt259.00–282.001,9714
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,3111
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0132
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2820159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,3041
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1928207.19/cwt196.00–227.001,9233
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1970220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,1341
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2970157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,5231
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230604.42/cwt575.00–655.001,3903
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260559.23/cwt535.00–580.001,4545
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2268454.07/cwt440.00–480.001,2175
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2322406.87/cwt400.00–415.001,3103
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328482.75/cwt470.00–510.001,5836
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3335290.00/cwt290.00–290.009721
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1367442.16/cwt420.00–470.001,62312
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368383.28/cwt380.00–385.001,4103
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3393307.45/cwt300.00–315.001,2082
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422404.53/cwt380.00–420.001,70711
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428222.40/cwt220.00–225.009522
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430338.18/cwt325.00–360.001,4543
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470329.63/cwt300.00–350.001,5494
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473388.49/cwt362.00–410.001,83824
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518309.99/cwt300.00–325.001,6064
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519367.49/cwt350.00–390.001,90712
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572324.54/cwt310.00–342.001,85614
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573290.64/cwt280.00–300.001,6654
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3595255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5171
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1626314.19/cwt300.00–330.001,96717
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635283.50/cwt280.00–287.001,8002
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670281.52/cwt272.00–290.001,8865
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725246.92/cwt230.00–270.001,7903
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1766264.50/cwt240.00–287.002,0265
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1945252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,3811
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1990246.99/cwt245.00–249.002,4452
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3620257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,5931
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3805208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,6741
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers450–500Large 3475237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1261
Dairy Heifers600–650Large 3608184.68/cwt170.00–199.001,1232
Dairy Heifers650–700Large 3674197.20/cwt180.00–212.001,3294
Dairy Heifers700–750Large 3730188.49/cwt188.00–189.001,3762
Dairy Heifers850–900Large 3880235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0681
Dairy Heifers950–1000Large 3985229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,2561
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,588161.46/cwt154.00–165.002,5643
Bulls——1,590182.44/cwt175.00–192.002,90115
Bulls——1,671198.69/cwt196.00–201.003,3204
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%827102.42/cwt97.00–110.008473
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,157129.80/cwt120.00–135.001,50228
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,268137.97/cwt136.00–140.001,7494
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,307148.12/cwt140.00–165.001,93648
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,339174.83/cwt169.00–188.002,3416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,726141.79/cwt136.00–146.002,4477
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0453,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0482,678.52/head2,300.00–2,950.002,6792
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0903,249.77/head3,225.00–3,275.003,2502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2273,662.06/head3,000.00–4,100.003,6625
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29831,823.98/head1,600.00–1,950.001,8243
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2822,005.32/head1,650.00–2,350.002,0057

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.