Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2020-04-20

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Apr 20
● Final138 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
744 head
▲ 485 vs last sale 259▲ 744 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
213 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 149▲ 213 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 8▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly 3 to 4 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly 4 to 10 higher. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest was moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.26/cwt on 286 head.
Average price
$124.26
286 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$17
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$31.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.62
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2423135.18572140
Medium and Large 2472120.4456986
Small 1-2545105.1757328
Medium and Large 3569103.4658932
One grade step is worth $31.72/cwt here — about −$17 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale286 hd
124.26
—
NC average8 barns · 946 hd
116.64
+7.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—High1,55786.881,35322
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21061.0973987
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53158.789005thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04646.4848672

Every lot, as filed

138 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—273135.00/cwt135.00–135.003692
SteersMedium and Large 3—280115.00/cwt115.00–115.003221
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Full—505120.00/cwt120.00–120.006061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—609131.23/cwt129.00–133.007994
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—558133.38/cwt120.00–138.007448
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—524137.98/cwt136.00–140.0072310
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—469142.17/cwt137.00–147.0066729
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—417145.73/cwt138.00–155.0060831
BullsMedium and Large 2—703111.49/cwt110.00–113.007842
BullsMedium and Large 2—632119.25/cwt115.00–123.007546
BullsMedium and Large 2—433132.46/cwt125.00–137.505748
BullsMedium and Large 2—667116.10/cwt112.00–125.007748
BullsMedium and Large 2—517125.87/cwt115.00–132.0065111
BullsMedium and Large 2—482130.86/cwt120.00–137.0063114
BullsMedium and Large 2—574126.18/cwt116.00–132.0072415
BullsMedium and Large 3—530109.00/cwt109.00–109.005781
BullsMedium and Large 3—625102.50/cwt102.50–102.506411
BullsMedium and Large 3—78595.00/cwt95.00–95.007461
BullsMedium and Large 3—478104.92/cwt100.00–110.005022
BullsMedium and Large 3—86092.49/cwt90.00–95.007952
BullsMedium and Large 3—672103.72/cwt93.00–110.006973
BullsMedium and Large 3—711103.48/cwt90.00–108.007364
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—47184.04/cwt83.00–87.503966
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—910925.00/cwt925.00–925.008,4181
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—748750.00/cwt750.00–750.005,6102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—220147.50/cwt147.50–147.503251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—605134.00/cwt134.00–134.008111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—280146.62/cwt140.00–150.004117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—658126.28/cwt126.00–128.008317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—426149.89/cwt138.00–162.0063910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—482146.39/cwt135.00–157.0070610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—574139.18/cwt135.00–147.0079911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—332149.56/cwt140.00–163.0049720
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—367148.53/cwt140.00–163.0054520
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—710127.71/cwt120.00–128.5090721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—528144.47/cwt135.00–150.2576325
SteersMedium and Large 2—510126.00/cwt126.00–126.006431
SteersMedium and Large 2—625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007501
SteersMedium and Large 2—715119.00/cwt119.00–119.008511
SteersMedium and Large 2—770115.00/cwt115.00–115.008861
SteersMedium and Large 2—578121.17/cwt117.50–125.007002
SteersMedium and Large 2—182133.00/cwt125.00–145.002423
SteersMedium and Large 2—313134.15/cwt132.50–135.004203
SteersMedium and Large 3—485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005581
SteersMedium and Large 3—725106.00/cwt106.00–106.007691
SteersMedium and Large 3—805102.00/cwt102.00–102.008211
SteersMedium and Large 3—868102.75/cwt102.50–103.008922
SteersSmall 1-2—225110.00/cwt110.00–110.002481
SteersSmall 1-2—275109.00/cwt109.00–109.003001
SteersSmall 1-2—360114.00/cwt114.00–114.004101
SteersSmall 1-2—650101.00/cwt101.00–101.006571
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 3—44562.50/cwt62.50–62.502781
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 3—55555.00/cwt55.00–55.003051
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 3—51962.16/cwt56.00–66.003234
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2—23575.00/cwt75.00–75.001761
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—22080.00/cwt80.00–80.001761
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—32572.00/cwt72.00–72.002341
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—54583.00/cwt83.00–83.004521
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—28885.99/cwt75.00–97.502484
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—36588.42/cwt85.00–92.003234
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—41786.75/cwt76.00–92.503625
SteersMedium and Large 2—281133.25/cwt120.00–140.003747
SteersMedium and Large 2—380127.89/cwt120.00–138.004867
SteersMedium and Large 3—18590.00/cwt90.00–90.001671
BullsSmall 1-2—519108.97/cwt105.00–111.005664
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—600119.00/cwt119.00–119.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—180155.28/cwt145.00–165.002802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—650119.00/cwt119.00–119.007742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—279138.28/cwt135.00–140.003864
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—224141.99/cwt130.00–157.503186
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—463130.29/cwt127.00–135.0060311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—329141.75/cwt135.00–151.0046615
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—586121.26/cwt118.00–123.5071115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—512123.47/cwt118.00–130.0063218
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—370144.70/cwt132.50–151.0053530
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—426136.41/cwt126.00–150.0058136
HeifersMedium and Large 2—230130.00/cwt130.00–130.002992
HeifersMedium and Large 2—173119.95/cwt115.00–125.002083
HeifersMedium and Large 2—262129.22/cwt125.00–132.503393
HeifersMedium and Large 2—332123.66/cwt120.00–126.004113
HeifersMedium and Large 2—612114.17/cwt112.50–115.006993
HeifersMedium and Large 2—655114.00/cwt114.00–114.007475
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378128.67/cwt120.00–134.004868
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428122.25/cwt117.00–130.005239
HeifersMedium and Large 2—567115.86/cwt112.00–123.0065713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—590131.00/cwt131.00–131.007731
HeifersMedium and Large 3—585106.95/cwt104.00–110.006262
HeifersMedium and Large 3—80598.00/cwt98.00–98.007892
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415102.89/cwt100.00–109.004273
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473107.01/cwt105.00–110.005063
HeifersMedium and Large 3—528103.57/cwt95.00–109.005474
HeifersMedium and Large 3—618103.96/cwt92.50–110.006425
HeifersMedium and Large 3—667107.56/cwt105.00–109.007177
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—42093.00/cwt93.00–93.003911
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—55590.00/cwt90.00–90.005002
HeifersSmall 1-2—330110.00/cwt110.00–110.003631
HeifersSmall 1-2—365110.00/cwt110.00–110.004021
HeifersSmall 1-2—73596.00/cwt96.00–96.007061
HeifersSmall 1-2—76092.50/cwt92.50–92.507031
HeifersSmall 1-2—293110.00/cwt110.00–110.003222
HeifersSmall 1-2—445110.00/cwt110.00–110.004902
HeifersSmall 1-2—613106.63/cwt105.00–110.006543
HeifersSmall 1-2—520105.32/cwt95.00–112.005485
HeifersSmall 1-2—574106.98/cwt104.00–110.006145
HeifersSmall 1-2—658103.31/cwt99.00–107.006806
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—33595.00/cwt95.00–95.003181
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—375135.00/cwt135.00–135.005061
BullsSmall 1-2—710109.00/cwt109.00–109.007741
BullsSmall 1-2—588111.76/cwt111.00–112.506572
BullsSmall 1-2—603104.99/cwt100.00–110.006333
HeifersMedium and Large 3—315107.50/cwt107.50–107.503391
SteersMedium and Large 2—483128.01/cwt125.00–131.006183
SteersMedium and Large 2—225134.42/cwt130.00–138.003024
SteersMedium and Large 2—676119.24/cwt115.00–123.008066
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475122.45/cwt113.00–130.0058217
HeifersMedium and Large 2—522117.45/cwt107.00–124.0061320
HeifersMedium and Large 3—260112.50/cwt112.50–112.502931
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—600690.00/cwt690.00–690.004,1401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,220643.36/cwt625.00–660.007,8492
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,325852.22/cwt800.00–925.0011,2924
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,100760.53/cwt700.00–825.008,3663
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,140800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,1201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,030793.06/cwt735.00–850.008,1692
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—745570.00/cwt570.00–570.004,2471
Stock CowsSmall 1-2—595464.00/cwt464.00–464.002,7611
Bulls——1,795100.66/cwt99.00–102.001,8072
Bulls——1,45176.12/cwt72.00–79.001,1054
Bulls——1,55487.85/cwt80.00–96.001,36516
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15055.00/cwt55.00–55.006331
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32773.24/cwt68.00–79.009725
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20360.42/cwt50.00–71.0072781
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52050.00/cwt50.00–50.007601
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53460.97/cwt56.00–64.009354
CowsLean 85-90%—94439.00/cwt30.00–45.0036826
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10350.71/cwt45.00–56.0055946
SteersMedium and Large 3—38597.00/cwt97.00–97.003731
HeifersMedium and Large 3—79591.00/cwt91.00–91.007231

How this sale compares

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.