Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2020-08-10

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Aug 10
● Final156 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
608 head
118 vs last sale 726 608 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
165 head
59 vs last sale 224 165 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
22 vs last sale 35 13 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 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves were 20.00 to 30.00, 17 sheep and 10 goats.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.42/cwt on 197 head.
Average price
$117.42
197 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$24
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$23.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.88
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2438125.7255177
Medium and Large 2452118.9453870
Small 1-2600102.7961628
Medium and Large 3563102.1357522
One grade step is worth $23.59/cwt here — about −$24 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 sale197 hd
117.42
NC average9 barns · 1,347 hd
118.30
−0.88
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
BullsAverage1,56987.731,37621
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40860.9385820
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25360.3075588
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07849.2153130

Every lot, as filed

156 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 1-2574133.23/cwt131.00–136.007657
Bred CowsSmall 1-2835575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,8011
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2810900.00/cwt900.00–900.007,2901
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2563120.77/cwt114.00–124.0068015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2514137.96/cwt132.00–143.007098
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730127.00/cwt127.00–127.009271
SteersMedium and Large 1-2815118.00/cwt118.00–118.009621
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,225835.00/cwt835.00–835.0010,2291
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0151,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0010,6581
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680134.01/cwt129.00–137.0091112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2478138.17/cwt134.00–143.0066013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2374142.32/cwt136.00–151.0053211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2366131.54/cwt129.00–135.004815
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy506125.96/cwt120.00–131.006374
SteersMedium and Large 1-2903112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2324148.05/cwt136.00–155.004809
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2170136.24/cwt130.00–142.502325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345130.00/cwt129.00–131.004492
BullsMedium and Large 1-2418138.64/cwt130.00–144.0058016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2228141.15/cwt140.00–142.503222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2278146.76/cwt140.00–157.504086
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620128.00/cwt128.00–128.007941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2225132.96/cwt130.00–140.002993
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475134.97/cwt129.00–142.0064113
BullsMedium and Large 1-2370149.00/cwt149.00–149.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2516121.54/cwt118.00–126.0062718
SteersMedium and Large 1-2606131.03/cwt128.00–134.007944
BullsMedium and Large 1-2718120.07/cwt117.00–124.008623
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy610114.00/cwt114.00–114.006951
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518134.75/cwt132.00–139.006989
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy428120.99/cwt118.00–124.005183
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2419126.89/cwt125.00–129.0053210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2286134.08/cwt131.00–137.503835
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy460121.00/cwt121.00–121.005571
BullsMedium and Large 2473128.00/cwt120.00–133.006057
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy355124.71/cwt122.00–127.504432
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy470130.99/cwt129.00–132.006163
BullsMedium and Large 1-2563132.26/cwt131.00–134.007454
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468129.43/cwt126.00–142.006066
SteersMedium and Large 1-2875117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2419139.33/cwt135.00–143.005846
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy545129.00/cwt129.00–129.007031
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy82092.00/cwt92.00–92.007541
BullsSmall 1-2780107.00/cwt107.00–107.008351
SteersSmall 1-2Fleshy24595.00/cwt95.00–95.002331
SteersSmall 1-2323103.90/cwt100.00–107.503362
SteersSmall 1-2880107.00/cwt107.00–107.009421
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2755719.19/cwt630.00–850.005,4303
BullsSmall 1-2475108.00/cwt105.00–111.005132
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy70090.00/cwt90.00–90.006301
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy46097.00/cwt97.00–97.004461
BullsSmall 1-2663102.01/cwt100.00–104.006762
BullsSmall 1-2523104.88/cwt100.00–110.005492
BullsSmall 1-272599.00/cwt99.00–99.007181
BullsSmall 1-2613104.43/cwt99.00–108.006406
BullsSmall 1-2410110.00/cwt110.00–110.004511
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy65594.00/cwt94.00–94.006161
BullsSmall 1-2573107.76/cwt106.00–110.006174
HeifersSmall 1-280592.50/cwt92.00–93.007452
HeifersSmall 1-2673105.51/cwt105.00–106.007102
BullsSmall 1-2895107.50/cwt107.50–107.509621
HeifersSmall 1-278097.88/cwt92.00–104.007632
HeifersSmall 1-2245110.00/cwt110.00–110.002701
HeifersSmall 1-2305100.00/cwt100.00–100.003051
HeifersSmall 1-2629104.21/cwt102.00–106.006555
HeifersSmall 1-2582109.41/cwt106.00–112.006373
HeifersSmall 1-2528107.59/cwt103.00–110.005683
HeifersSmall 1-2355103.66/cwt97.50–110.003682
HeifersSmall 1-2465108.00/cwt108.00–108.005021
HeifersSmall 1-2720107.99/cwt106.00–110.007782
SteersSmall 1-2530105.00/cwt105.00–105.005571
SteersSmall 1-2Fleshy67592.50/cwt92.50–92.506241
CowsLean 85-90%1,12953.26/cwt50.00–56.0060120
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49853.00/cwt50.00–55.007942
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39861.81/cwt56.00–67.0086418
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24160.40/cwt56.00–67.0075084
CowsBoner 80-85%1,55354.29/cwt54.00–55.008433
Bulls1,73293.49/cwt86.00–97.001,61912
Dairy SteersLarge 342081.00/cwt81.00–81.003401
Dairy SteersLarge 360584.00/cwt84.00–84.005081
Bulls1,38077.56/cwt72.00–81.001,0708
Bulls1,115100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1151
CowsLean 85-90%97741.10/cwt34.00–48.0040210
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34570.00/cwt70.00–70.009421
Dairy SteersLarge 346087.53/cwt79.00–92.004033
Dairy HeifersLarge 352550.00/cwt50.00–50.002631
Dairy HeifersLarge 319587.50/cwt87.50–87.501711
Dairy SteersLarge 379287.01/cwt78.00–90.006894
Dairy SteersLarge 380582.00/cwt82.00–82.006601
Dairy SteersLarge 332888.84/cwt85.00–92.502912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,085700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,5951
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,055750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,9131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000775.00/cwt775.00–775.007,7501
Dairy SteersLarge 392764.00/cwt64.00–64.005933
Dairy SteersLarge 31,12070.00/cwt70.00–70.007841
Dairy SteersLarge 3Thin Fleshed22060.00/cwt60.00–60.001321
BullsMedium and Large 3418108.56/cwt107.00–110.004542
SteersMedium and Large 3570104.19/cwt101.00–107.505942
SteersMedium and Large 3805110.00/cwt110.00–110.008861
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy735110.00/cwt110.00–110.008091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy430133.00/cwt133.00–133.005721
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2935975.00/cwt975.00–975.009,1161
HeifersMedium and Large 3613103.50/cwt100.00–108.006343
HeifersMedium and Large 3533107.97/cwt106.00–110.005752
HeifersMedium and Large 3325104.18/cwt100.00–107.503393
HeifersMedium and Large 356998.76/cwt97.00–107.005628
BullsMedium and Large 3475111.37/cwt110.00–112.005293
BullsMedium and Large 3673104.17/cwt99.00–109.007012
BullsMedium and Large 376590.00/cwt90.00–90.006891
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy79593.00/cwt93.00–93.007391
SteersMedium and Large 3390112.00/cwt112.00–112.004372
BullsMedium and Large 382095.00/cwt95.00–95.007791
BullsMedium and Large 3605109.00/cwt109.00–109.006591
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed43590.00/cwt90.00–90.003921
BullsMedium and Large 3Full46090.00/cwt90.00–90.004141
BullsMedium and Large 372095.49/cwt95.00–96.006882
BullsMedium and Large 3505106.63/cwt100.00–110.005383
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed51590.00/cwt90.00–90.004641
HeifersMedium and Large 383094.00/cwt94.00–94.007801
HeifersMedium and Large 3671108.46/cwt105.00–112.007284
HeifersMedium and Large 2375121.68/cwt120.00–122.504563
HeifersMedium and Large 2580113.52/cwt112.00–117.006586
SteersMedium and Large 370798.00/cwt98.00–98.006933
HeifersMedium and Large 2623113.68/cwt112.00–115.007083
HeifersMedium and Large 2470119.34/cwt112.00–124.0056129
BullsMedium and Large 2700111.00/cwt111.00–111.007771
SteersMedium and Large 2638124.31/cwt123.00–127.007933
HeifersMedium and Large 2422119.62/cwt115.00–124.0050512
HeifersMedium and Large 2331122.02/cwt113.00–127.004049
SteersMedium and Large 2280129.03/cwt120.00–136.003615
SteersMedium and Large 2715118.29/cwt114.00–125.008463
HeifersMedium and Large 2529114.50/cwt111.00–116.006064
SteersMedium and Large 2482125.18/cwt116.00–134.006035
SteersMedium and Large 2855116.00/cwt116.00–116.009922
HeifersMedium and Large 2220123.75/cwt122.50–125.002722
HeifersMedium and Large 2700111.00/cwt111.00–111.007771
HeifersMedium and Large 2250127.50/cwt127.50–127.503191
SteersMedium and Large 2672122.63/cwt118.00–129.008243
SteersMedium and Large 2328124.19/cwt120.00–130.004073
SteersMedium and Large 2220130.00/cwt130.00–130.002863
SteersMedium and Large 2173127.50/cwt127.50–127.502212
SteersMedium and Large 2755116.00/cwt116.00–116.008761
SteersMedium and Large 2574126.31/cwt120.00–130.007257
SteersMedium and Large 2526126.05/cwt122.50–131.006636
BullsMedium and Large 2522124.65/cwt115.00–130.0065118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy565127.00/cwt127.00–127.007181
BullsMedium and Large 2578125.73/cwt115.00–130.0072710
BullsMedium and Large 2616122.19/cwt116.00–128.007539
BullsMedium and Large 2416122.71/cwt117.00–132.505107
SteersMedium and Large 2420130.00/cwt130.00–130.005461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full595120.00/cwt120.00–120.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full475120.00/cwt120.00–120.005701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy455128.00/cwt128.00–128.005821
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy612123.00/cwt120.00–125.007535
SteersMedium and Large 2374125.69/cwt115.00–135.0047010
BullsMedium and Large 2693119.00/cwt118.00–120.008252

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.