Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2020-09-21

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Sep 21
● Final163 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
789 head
3 vs last sale 792 131 vs year ago 920 · 14.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
241 head
70 vs last sale 171 21 vs year ago 220 · +9.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
7 vs last sale 19 1 vs year ago 11 · +9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady. Feeder cattle were mostly steady to 4 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average. 5 goats

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.89/cwt on 240 head.
Average price
$114.89
240 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$584
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$0
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$26.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.45
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2465128.1259582
Medium and Large 2508118.0760056
Small 1-2490103.1050544
Medium and Large 3583102.0559558
One grade step is worth $26.07/cwt here — about $0 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 sale240 hd
114.89
NC average8 barns · 1,090 hd
114.44
+0.45
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
BullsLow1,62186.051,39533
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25161.5376991
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34359.9580544
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03747.7749550

Every lot, as filed

163 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 3Thin Fleshed59590.00/cwt90.00–90.005361
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed47590.00/cwt90.00–90.004281
BullsMedium and Large 3612102.99/cwt96.00–110.006307
BullsMedium and Large 3533102.99/cwt90.00–112.005496
BullsMedium and Large 3660105.37/cwt100.00–108.006955
BullsMedium and Large 3482103.22/cwt90.00–110.004985
BullsMedium and Large 3733108.33/cwt107.00–109.007943
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2655116.00/cwt116.00–116.007601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2285145.00/cwt145.00–145.004131
BullsSmall 1-2790104.99/cwt104.00–106.008292
BullsSmall 1-273596.00/cwt96.00–96.007061
BullsSmall 1-2435105.00/cwt105.00–105.004571
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy72595.00/cwt95.00–95.006891
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy41590.00/cwt90.00–90.003741
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed82390.00/cwt90.00–90.007412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2185137.50/cwt137.50–137.502541
BullsMedium and Large 3770107.97/cwt107.00–109.008312
BullsMedium and Large 3415104.34/cwt100.00–109.004332
BullsMedium and Large 2520121.71/cwt113.00–130.0063325
BullsMedium and Large 2572119.95/cwt102.50–128.0068617
BullsMedium and Large 2619116.94/cwt114.00–122.0072414
BullsMedium and Large 2475126.01/cwt114.00–133.0059914
BullsMedium and Large 2426128.52/cwt115.00–147.0054712
BullsMedium and Large 2720112.01/cwt110.00–113.008063
BullsMedium and Large 2667115.34/cwt114.00–117.007693
BullsMedium and Large 2750115.50/cwt114.00–117.008662
BullsMedium and Large 2305126.00/cwt126.00–126.003841
BullsMedium and Large 1-2463137.15/cwt120.00–142.0063514
BullsSmall 1-2524110.75/cwt110.00–112.005804
BullsSmall 1-2620108.50/cwt105.00–112.006734
BullsSmall 1-2676108.75/cwt102.00–112.007354
BullsSmall 1-2578105.64/cwt97.00–113.006117
BullsSmall 1-2469106.24/cwt95.00–110.004988
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy310120.00/cwt120.00–120.003721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy495124.00/cwt124.00–124.006141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy555116.00/cwt116.00–116.006441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy505121.00/cwt121.00–121.006111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550117.00/cwt117.00–117.006441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy610127.00/cwt127.00–127.007751
Bred CowsSmall 1-2815530.00/cwt530.00–530.004,3201
SteersMedium and Large 2523122.65/cwt114.00–130.0064111
SteersMedium and Large 2563125.64/cwt114.00–131.0070713
SteersMedium and Large 3375110.00/cwt110.00–110.004131
SteersMedium and Large 3455109.00/cwt109.00–109.004961
SteersMedium and Large 3530112.00/cwt112.00–112.005941
SteersMedium and Large 388090.00/cwt90.00–90.007921
SteersMedium and Large 3435102.24/cwt102.00–102.504452
SteersMedium and Large 3558103.28/cwt97.50–109.005762
SteersMedium and Large 3640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006402
SteersMedium and Large 378399.38/cwt92.00–107.007782
SteersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed39590.00/cwt90.00–90.003561
SteersSmall 1-2Fleshy38590.00/cwt90.00–90.003471
SteersSmall 1-223597.50/cwt97.50–97.502291
SteersSmall 1-2670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007371
SteersSmall 1-2345102.50/cwt95.00–110.003542
SteersSmall 1-2525100.38/cwt90.00–110.005272
SteersSmall 1-2640105.50/cwt100.00–111.006752
HeifersMedium and Large 1-282096.00/cwt96.00–96.007871
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2322125.80/cwt115.00–133.004053
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570115.93/cwt106.00–120.006614
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614118.32/cwt116.00–119.007269
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423132.30/cwt128.00–137.0056011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2516123.85/cwt119.00–130.0063912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2472130.85/cwt126.00–135.0061817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376135.76/cwt129.00–148.0051019
HeifersMedium and Large 2283121.54/cwt120.00–123.003442
HeifersMedium and Large 2720110.66/cwt108.00–114.007973
HeifersMedium and Large 2615112.75/cwt107.00–117.006934
HeifersMedium and Large 2684115.00/cwt115.00–115.007874
HeifersMedium and Large 2370119.58/cwt112.50–127.004425
HeifersMedium and Large 2533116.94/cwt115.00–120.006236
HeifersMedium and Large 2566115.21/cwt112.00–117.006529
HeifersMedium and Large 2429121.46/cwt115.00–126.0052110
HeifersMedium and Large 2470121.12/cwt114.00–125.0056913
HeifersMedium and Large 3Full64590.00/cwt90.00–90.005811
HeifersMedium and Large 383096.00/cwt96.00–96.007971
HeifersMedium and Large 337096.17/cwt90.00–102.503562
HeifersMedium and Large 3493106.26/cwt105.00–107.505242
SteersMedium and Large 2660122.80/cwt120.00–124.008105
SteersMedium and Large 2371128.32/cwt120.00–132.504766
SteersMedium and Large 2485124.32/cwt116.00–131.006038
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy775118.00/cwt118.00–118.009151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520133.00/cwt133.00–133.006921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670128.00/cwt128.00–128.008581
SteersMedium and Large 1-2588134.52/cwt129.00–140.007912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700127.00/cwt125.00–129.008892
SteersMedium and Large 1-2772126.00/cwt126.00–126.009733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2291142.00/cwt130.00–150.004135
SteersMedium and Large 1-2426138.60/cwt135.00–143.005905
SteersMedium and Large 1-2621130.80/cwt130.00–132.008125
SteersMedium and Large 1-2317150.01/cwt142.00–158.004766
SteersMedium and Large 1-2488139.24/cwt135.00–145.006798
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375146.03/cwt142.00–155.0054814
SteersMedium and Large 2190142.50/cwt142.50–142.502711
SteersMedium and Large 2755114.00/cwt114.00–114.008611
SteersMedium and Large 2855112.00/cwt112.00–112.009581
SteersMedium and Large 2713117.03/cwt114.00–120.008342
SteersMedium and Large 2813111.50/cwt110.00–113.009062
SteersMedium and Large 2263129.27/cwt122.50–137.503403
SteersMedium and Large 2314127.55/cwt115.00–136.004014
SteersMedium and Large 2423121.38/cwt112.50–131.005134
SteersMedium and Large 2621119.65/cwt114.00–124.007434
HeifersMedium and Large 3423103.34/cwt95.00–108.004373
HeifersMedium and Large 3275106.13/cwt92.50–111.002924
HeifersMedium and Large 3679103.98/cwt96.00–110.007064
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy560115.00/cwt115.00–115.006441
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy468127.89/cwt125.00–131.005992
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy530128.98/cwt128.00–130.006843
BullsMedium and Large 1-2245140.00/cwt140.00–140.003431
BullsMedium and Large 1-2270138.00/cwt138.00–138.003731
BullsMedium and Large 1-2730118.00/cwt118.00–118.008611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2365143.47/cwt141.00–146.005242
BullsMedium and Large 1-2509132.14/cwt126.00–135.006735
BullsMedium and Large 1-2426136.25/cwt117.50–142.0058013
CowsLean 85-90%1,10453.10/cwt49.00–56.0058628
CowsLean 85-90%95240.99/cwt34.00–45.0039022
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33360.12/cwt56.00–69.0080138
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,25854.00/cwt54.00–54.006794
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69368.51/cwt68.00–69.001,1602
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24561.13/cwt55.00–68.0076176
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27969.02/cwt68.00–70.0088310
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28052.56/cwt47.00–55.006735
Bulls1,45880.49/cwt69.00–84.001,17413
Bulls1,72789.67/cwt75.00–96.001,54920
Dairy SteersLarge 444060.00/cwt60.00–60.002641
Dairy SteersLarge 358585.00/cwt85.00–85.004971
Dairy SteersLarge 352576.00/cwt76.00–76.003991
Dairy SteersLarge 349586.00/cwt86.00–86.004261
Dairy SteersLarge 344087.00/cwt87.00–87.003831
Dairy SteersLarge 338080.00/cwt80.00–80.003041
Dairy HeifersLarge 370055.00/cwt55.00–55.003851
HeifersSmall 1-2566105.04/cwt90.00–112.005954
Bred CowsSmall 1-2720475.00/cwt475.00–475.003,4201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,143713.29/cwt700.00–725.008,1532
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,230725.00/cwt725.00–725.008,9182
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed31592.50/cwt92.50–92.502911
HeifersSmall 1-2475107.53/cwt100.00–112.005117
HeifersSmall 1-2379108.26/cwt102.50–110.004107
SteersSmall 1-2473107.45/cwt105.00–110.005083
SteersSmall 1-2369106.77/cwt104.00–110.003944
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2940970.48/cwt850.00–1,125.009,1233
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29301,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.009,7651
BullsMedium and Large 3820103.51/cwt103.00–104.008492
BullsMedium and Large 386099.98/cwt98.00–102.008602
BullsMedium and Large 3577106.53/cwt100.00–112.506153
HeifersMedium and Large 376392.21/cwt89.00–100.007044
HeifersMedium and Large 3619100.90/cwt90.00–110.006257
HeifersMedium and Large 3519104.51/cwt92.00–111.005429
HeifersMedium and Large 3729101.55/cwt90.00–109.007409
HeifersMedium and Large 3569105.27/cwt92.50–112.5059911
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed64090.00/cwt90.00–90.005761
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy42592.50/cwt92.50–92.503931
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy64591.00/cwt91.00–91.005871
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy65592.50/cwt92.50–92.506061
HeifersSmall 1-2230112.50/cwt112.50–112.502591
HeifersSmall 1-275592.00/cwt92.00–92.006951
HeifersSmall 1-2273102.29/cwt95.00–110.002792
HeifersSmall 1-2725104.00/cwt104.00–104.007542
HeifersSmall 1-2318100.64/cwt95.00–110.003203
HeifersSmall 1-2437104.49/cwt97.50–110.004573
HeifersSmall 1-2503100.31/cwt90.00–106.005053
HeifersSmall 1-2605101.61/cwt95.00–108.006153
HeifersSmall 1-267899.72/cwt95.00–109.006764

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.