Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2020-10-26

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Oct 26
● Final142 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
639 head
427 vs last sale 1,066 429 vs year ago 1,068 · 40.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
58 vs last sale 240 28 vs year ago 210 · 13.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
5 vs last sale 20 5 vs year ago 20 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current goat receipts 1.

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was plain. Baby calves ranged 20.00 to 50.00 per head.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $108.92/cwt on 187 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 93.61 against this barn's trailing median of $202.53.
Average price
$108.92
187 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$582
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$30.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.59
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2457130.5359720
Medium and Large 2523117.0861364
Small 1-257199.7156966
Medium and Large 352999.5452737
One grade step is worth $30.99/cwt here — about $70 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

30 sales
231208184161median 202.5312/1503/0204/2706/1508/17
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $216.84, low $174.89, median $202.53 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale187 hd
108.92
NC average8 barns · 931 hd
103.33
+5.59
This barn, trailing median30 sales
202.53
−93.61
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
BullsLow1,51077.801,17523
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34254.7273452
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41153.4275420
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,14945.2752076

Every lot, as filed

142 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
HeifersSmall 1-2225110.00/cwt110.00–110.002481
Bred CowsSmall 1-2800542.60/cwt525.00–575.004,3413
HeifersSmall 1-2327103.30/cwt100.00–107.503383
HeifersSmall 1-2417105.97/cwt103.00–108.004425
BullsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed40097.50/cwt97.50–97.503901
BullsSmall 1-270397.49/cwt95.00–100.006852
BullsSmall 1-2611103.13/cwt91.00–110.006307
SteersMedium and Large 1-2295135.00/cwt135.00–135.003981
BullsSmall 1-2427100.93/cwt92.50–110.004317
BullsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed61390.00/cwt90.00–90.005522
Bred CowsSmall 1-2860575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,9451
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy52388.52/cwt85.00–92.004632
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2638468.98/cwt430.00–500.002,9922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540115.00/cwt115.00–115.006211
Stock CowsSmall 1-2745350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,6081
SteersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed36585.00/cwt85.00–85.003101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2521127.73/cwt127.00–130.0066515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2328144.47/cwt144.00–145.004742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422127.65/cwt127.00–129.005393
BullsMedium and Large 2419118.54/cwt112.50–127.004977
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420136.32/cwt131.00–141.005734
SteersMedium and Large 1-2462133.22/cwt127.00–141.006153
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615126.00/cwt126.00–126.007751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2568126.00/cwt126.00–126.007162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383129.00/cwt129.00–129.004942
SteersMedium and Large 2228124.60/cwt120.00–130.002844
BullsMedium and Large 1-2531120.92/cwt102.50–128.006424
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2455125.34/cwt124.00–126.005703
BullsMedium and Large 1-2458130.97/cwt127.00–136.006006
HeifersMedium and Large 2325115.33/cwt114.00–117.003753
HeifersMedium and Large 2459116.30/cwt113.00–122.0053413
SteersMedium and Large 2720115.00/cwt115.00–115.008281
BullsMedium and Large 2573114.65/cwt110.00–122.0065715
BullsMedium and Large 1-2427134.11/cwt128.00–139.0057310
HeifersMedium and Large 2434115.54/cwt111.00–120.005014
BullsSmall 1-2659102.46/cwt95.00–108.006756
BullsSmall 1-2476104.08/cwt100.00–106.004958
HeifersSmall 1-2520104.17/cwt93.00–111.0054216
SteersSmall 1-2215110.23/cwt107.50–115.002373
BullsSmall 1-2576103.62/cwt89.00–109.0059711
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy77088.00/cwt88.00–88.006781
HeifersSmall 1-2566104.03/cwt100.00–109.005898
HeifersSmall 1-2480103.00/cwt96.00–108.004949
SteersSmall 1-2653111.97/cwt104.00–120.007312
BullsSmall 1-2Full60085.00/cwt85.00–85.005101
HeifersSmall 1-266897.23/cwt96.00–101.006494
SteersSmall 1-2395110.00/cwt110.00–110.004351
HeifersSmall 1-2370102.50/cwt102.50–102.503791
SteersSmall 1-2810108.00/cwt108.00–108.008751
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy67691.93/cwt85.00–95.006214
HeifersSmall 1-2Full42585.00/cwt85.00–85.003611
SteersSmall 1-2329103.13/cwt100.00–107.503394
BullsSmall 1-2514107.27/cwt100.00–110.005517
HeifersSmall 1-2619102.77/cwt98.00–106.006364
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy61091.00/cwt91.00–91.005551
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy72088.00/cwt88.00–88.006341
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy75089.00/cwt89.00–89.006681
HeifersSmall 1-2Full52091.00/cwt91.00–91.004731
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy48087.24/cwt87.00–87.504192
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy50588.00/cwt88.00–88.004441
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy84089.00/cwt89.00–89.007481
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy58090.00/cwt90.00–90.005221
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy47391.31/cwt90.00–92.504322
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy68289.19/cwt82.00–94.006085
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy73091.00/cwt90.00–92.006642
Dairy SteersLarge 345878.00/cwt78.00–78.003572
Dairy SteersLarge 333380.00/cwt80.00–80.002663
Dairy SteersLarge 365060.00/cwt60.00–60.003901
Dairy SteersLarge 322981.94/cwt70.00–88.001886
Dairy HeifersLarge 364546.00/cwt46.00–46.002971
Dairy SteersLarge 383069.00/cwt69.00–69.005731
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41254.03/cwt52.00–58.0076316
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35254.64/cwt52.00–58.0073945
CowsLean 85-90%1,00139.12/cwt30.00–44.0039229
Bulls1,07571.00/cwt71.00–71.007631
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24649.97/cwt48.00–51.006234
Bulls1,30670.67/cwt58.00–76.0092310
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,164674.39/cwt600.00–800.007,8507
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,258868.14/cwt725.00–1,025.0010,9214
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40951.00/cwt51.00–51.007194
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31762.19/cwt60.00–65.008193
Bulls1,90391.00/cwt90.00–92.001,7322
Bulls1,67982.97/cwt78.00–88.001,39310
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed86588.00/cwt88.00–88.007611
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed48090.48/cwt90.00–91.004342
CowsLean 85-90%1,24049.06/cwt45.00–52.0060847
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy510124.00/cwt124.00–124.006321
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2930600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,5801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2875650.57/cwt600.00–700.005,6922
BullsMedium and Large 3375110.00/cwt110.00–110.004131
HeifersMedium and Large 3578101.90/cwt94.00–108.005894
Dairy SteersLarge 326081.53/cwt80.00–83.002122
SteersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed72590.00/cwt90.00–90.006531
BullsMedium and Large 3521103.68/cwt100.00–106.005407
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed53290.08/cwt86.00–94.004793
HeifersMedium and Large 3523101.87/cwt90.00–109.005334
HeifersMedium and Large 361899.95/cwt95.00–106.006184
SteersMedium and Large 1-2377137.65/cwt134.00–149.0051910
BullsMedium and Large 3424106.52/cwt102.50–110.004526
SteersMedium and Large 3495105.00/cwt105.00–105.005201
BullsMedium and Large 3474100.27/cwt96.00–110.004754
HeifersMedium and Large 3375107.43/cwt105.00–110.004032
HeifersMedium and Large 371095.00/cwt95.00–95.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed18092.50/cwt92.50–92.501671
BullsMedium and Large 3618102.94/cwt100.00–106.006362
HeifersMedium and Large 3478106.39/cwt104.00–110.005094
HeifersMedium and Large 2518113.51/cwt112.00–115.005882
HeifersMedium and Large 2375114.10/cwt92.50–123.004287
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed48591.22/cwt90.00–92.504422
SteersMedium and Large 2415118.00/cwt118.00–118.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 2630107.00/cwt107.00–107.006741
BullsMedium and Large 2650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007151
BullsMedium and Large 2529116.16/cwt110.00–124.0061418
SteersMedium and Large 2365123.94/cwt112.50–134.004527
HeifersMedium and Large 3Full67090.00/cwt90.00–90.006031
SteersMedium and Large 2569118.14/cwt110.00–125.006724
BullsMedium and Large 2626115.99/cwt110.00–122.007266
SteersMedium and Large 2525121.99/cwt116.00–127.006403
SteersMedium and Large 2324119.24/cwt107.50–132.503867
SteersMedium and Large 2679114.12/cwt110.00–122.007754
BullsMedium and Large 357399.87/cwt90.00–111.005728
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed57186.10/cwt85.00–87.504924
BullsMedium and Large 2473120.39/cwt112.00–127.0056917
SteersMedium and Large 2465112.50/cwt112.50–112.505231
HeifersMedium and Large 2566111.12/cwt109.00–113.006297
SteersMedium and Large 2619119.24/cwt114.00–125.007385
SteersMedium and Large 3780105.01/cwt104.00–106.008192
SteersMedium and Large 2271123.36/cwt117.50–130.003347
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy68587.50/cwt87.50–87.505991
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy70085.00/cwt85.00–85.005951
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed41587.50/cwt87.50–87.503631
SteersMedium and Large 3295100.00/cwt100.00–100.002951
BullsMedium and Large 3670103.00/cwt103.00–103.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 3Fleshy61094.00/cwt94.00–94.005731
HeifersMedium and Large 3310112.50/cwt112.50–112.503491
HeifersMedium and Large 366896.02/cwt94.00–98.006412
HeifersMedium and Large 3Fleshy77084.00/cwt84.00–84.006471
SteersMedium and Large 3878107.50/cwt107.50–107.509442
SteersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed32587.50/cwt87.50–87.502841
HeifersMedium and Large 3270107.02/cwt102.50–110.002895
HeifersMedium and Large 3423100.70/cwt95.00–106.004264
SteersMedium and Large 367893.59/cwt87.50–100.006352

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.