Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2020-05-11

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, May 11
● Final140 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
638 head
365 vs last sale 1,003 638 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
61 vs last sale 114 175 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
8 vs last sale 32 40 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 steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were 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 $113.44/cwt on 237 head.
Average price
$113.44
237 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$539
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 2
$28.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.87
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2383130.8750237
Medium and Large 2432118.7651385
Small 1-2538103.9255980
Medium and Large 3545103.8756634
Small 2285102.502921thin
One grade step is worth $28.37/cwt here — about $209 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 sale237 hd
113.44
NC average8 barns · 948 hd
112.57
+0.87
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
BullsAverage1,55394.921,47415
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22559.8273391
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52858.5089420
CowsLean 85-90%Average98246.8946137

Every lot, as filed

140 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
BullsMedium and Large 2526121.79/cwt116.00–127.506419
BullsMedium and Large 2438122.78/cwt117.50–128.005382
SteersMedium and Large 2668118.92/cwt116.00–122.007942
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy595117.50/cwt117.50–117.506991
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46369.86/cwt67.00–72.001,0224
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01544.00/cwt44.00–44.004471
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21659.54/cwt54.00–66.0072486
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy57892.42/cwt90.00–95.005342
HeifersSmall 1-2330105.00/cwt105.00–105.003471
HeifersSmall 1-267099.30/cwt96.00–104.006654
BullsSmall 1-2671107.20/cwt100.00–110.007194
HeifersSmall 1-2370100.00/cwt100.00–100.003701
HeifersSmall 1-281089.00/cwt89.00–89.007211
HeifersSmall 1-274391.00/cwt91.00–91.006763
BullsSmall 1-2723101.12/cwt100.00–102.507314
HeifersSmall 1-2617102.77/cwt99.00–110.0063410
HeifersSmall 1-2564106.63/cwt100.00–112.0060111
HeifersSmall 1-2481107.13/cwt100.00–112.0051515
BullsSmall 1-2583112.45/cwt110.00–115.006562
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy68094.00/cwt94.00–94.006391
BullsSmall 1-2460102.50/cwt102.50–102.504721
BullsSmall 1-2629104.11/cwt100.00–107.506554
HeifersSmall 1-2518108.61/cwt104.00–112.0056312
BullsSmall 1-277599.00/cwt99.00–99.007671
HeifersSmall 1-2293111.24/cwt110.00–112.503262
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy53590.00/cwt90.00–90.004821
BullsSmall 1-2531110.60/cwt105.00–115.005874
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy67094.00/cwt94.00–94.006301
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy52592.60/cwt90.00–95.004862
HeifersSmall 1-2420109.45/cwt102.50–112.504609
HeifersSmall 1-2Full56595.00/cwt95.00–95.005371
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy56090.00/cwt90.00–90.005041
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy62595.00/cwt95.00–95.005941
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2927513.98/cwt450.00–560.004,7653
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,005725.00/cwt725.00–725.007,2861
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy62194.23/cwt91.00–98.005854
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy49095.00/cwt95.00–95.004661
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2663711.96/cwt660.00–750.004,7202
Bred CowsSmall 1-2723430.58/cwt385.00–474.003,1132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2740123.00/cwt123.00–123.009102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2283149.76/cwt140.00–160.004244
SteersSmall 1-2265112.50/cwt112.50–112.502981
HeifersSmall 2285102.50/cwt102.50–102.502921
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2985875.00/cwt875.00–875.008,6191
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2890543.00/cwt543.00–543.004,8331
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy620120.88/cwt115.00–125.007493
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450132.00/cwt132.00–132.005941
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy685120.00/cwt120.00–120.008221
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2785875.00/cwt875.00–875.006,8691
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2958756.42/cwt650.00–850.007,2473
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2930960.00/cwt960.00–960.008,9281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2245150.00/cwt150.00–150.003681
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2272134.10/cwt132.50–135.003653
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320152.61/cwt135.00–178.0048820
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,046679.88/cwt550.00–790.007,1127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2478141.18/cwt136.00–147.006756
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy468130.99/cwt130.00–132.006132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2334134.24/cwt132.50–138.004484
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Full530123.00/cwt123.00–123.006521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515119.00/cwt119.00–119.006131
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2903725.35/cwt700.00–750.006,5502
SteersMedium and Large 1-2573134.23/cwt132.00–137.007694
SteersMedium and Large 1-2685128.67/cwt127.00–129.008816
BullsMedium and Large 1-2685129.00/cwt129.00–129.008841
BullsMedium and Large 1-2368148.86/cwt145.00–151.005483
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370134.06/cwt130.00–140.0049615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2631130.48/cwt130.00–132.008234
SteersMedium and Large 1-2419144.06/cwt138.00–151.0060412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2374151.61/cwt140.00–168.0056719
BullsMedium and Large 1-2526132.14/cwt127.00–144.0069525
BullsMedium and Large 1-2474139.23/cwt130.00–148.0066027
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2210135.00/cwt135.00–135.002841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2411130.38/cwt126.00–133.005368
BullsMedium and Large 1-2635129.00/cwt129.00–129.008191
BullsMedium and Large 1-2567131.86/cwt129.00–135.007487
SteersMedium and Large 2526121.73/cwt115.00–126.006404
Bulls1,42790.52/cwt82.00–96.001,2929
Bulls1,741101.51/cwt97.00–105.001,7676
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2915650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,9481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2920575.00/cwt575.00–575.005,2901
Dairy SteersLarge 347560.00/cwt60.00–60.002851
Dairy SteersLarge 318086.00/cwt86.00–86.001551
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2995920.00/cwt920.00–920.009,1541
Dairy SteersLarge 350386.00/cwt86.00–86.004332
BullsMedium and Large 3550105.00/cwt105.00–105.005781
SteersMedium and Large 388392.65/cwt90.00–95.008183
Dairy HeifersLarge 339550.00/cwt50.00–50.001981
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51659.26/cwt54.00–66.0089818
HeifersMedium and Large 3385110.00/cwt110.00–110.004241
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,094757.86/cwt625.00–925.008,2915
HeifersMedium and Large 361999.42/cwt95.00–107.006154
HeifersMedium and Large 334597.50/cwt97.50–97.503361
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2850650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,5251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29781,107.97/cwt975.00–1,235.0010,8363
HeifersMedium and Large 3524105.79/cwt100.00–110.0055410
HeifersMedium and Large 3672106.27/cwt101.00–107.007148
HeifersMedium and Large 2613108.74/cwt105.00–112.006673
BullsMedium and Large 3687105.39/cwt100.00–112.007243
SteersMedium and Large 3675110.00/cwt110.00–110.007432
SteersMedium and Large 3815105.00/cwt105.00–105.008561
HeifersMedium and Large 3280100.00/cwt100.00–100.002801
HeifersMedium and Large 3484104.75/cwt100.00–110.005076
SteersMedium and Large 2780115.00/cwt115.00–115.008971
HeifersMedium and Large 2521114.71/cwt113.00–121.0059810
HeifersMedium and Large 3560100.00/cwt100.00–100.005601
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed55595.00/cwt95.00–95.005271
SteersMedium and Large 3315107.50/cwt107.50–107.503391
SteersMedium and Large 2614117.72/cwt117.00–120.007237
SteersMedium and Large 2573124.02/cwt120.00–126.007114
HeifersMedium and Large 2275122.68/cwt120.00–125.003372
BullsMedium and Large 3490112.50/cwt112.50–112.505511
BullsMedium and Large 376392.01/cwt90.00–95.007023
HeifersMedium and Large 3Full39595.00/cwt95.00–95.003751
SteersMedium and Large 2205120.00/cwt120.00–120.002461
BullsMedium and Large 2621120.23/cwt118.00–124.007474
SteersMedium and Large 2328130.11/cwt125.00–135.004272
HeifersMedium and Large 2323122.95/cwt115.00–127.5039710
HeifersMedium and Large 2560118.07/cwt114.00–122.006612
BullsMedium and Large 2568122.53/cwt115.00–130.0069612
SteersMedium and Large 2270117.50/cwt117.50–117.503171
SteersMedium and Large 2735117.50/cwt117.50–117.508641
SteersMedium and Large 2367129.06/cwt120.00–135.0047414
BullsMedium and Large 3730104.50/cwt104.00–105.007632
BullsMedium and Large 344095.00/cwt95.00–95.004182
HeifersMedium and Large 2384119.18/cwt112.50–125.0045812
BullsMedium and Large 2480124.45/cwt115.00–134.005979
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy610115.00/cwt115.00–115.007021
BullsMedium and Large 2655119.00/cwt119.00–119.007791
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy504115.75/cwt115.00–116.005834
SteersMedium and Large 2455127.50/cwt127.50–127.505801
HeifersMedium and Large 2233118.76/cwt117.50–120.002772
HeifersMedium and Large 2474117.55/cwt112.50–125.0055720
BullsMedium and Large 1-2421141.05/cwt130.00–149.0059421
BullsMedium and Large 2260127.50/cwt127.50–127.503321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515137.03/cwt128.00–145.007068
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy385115.00/cwt115.00–115.004431
HeifersMedium and Large 2425120.50/cwt114.00–127.0051224
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64051.68/cwt50.00–53.008482
CowsLean 85-90%1,01049.68/cwt46.00–54.0050228
CowsLean 85-90%89638.20/cwt30.00–43.003429

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.