Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2022-02-07

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 7
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
424 head
▼ 243 vs last sale 667▲ 37 vs year ago 387 · +9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
201 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 224▲ 9 vs year ago 192 · +4.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 13▼ 27 vs year ago 35 · −77.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current goat receipts 8.

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 higher, boning type slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 higher, while slaughter bull were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly steady to 4.00 lower, while heifers were mostly 9.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate to active. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves ranged 22.50 to 42.50 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.92/cwt on 108 head.
Average price
$135.92
108 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$644
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$44
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$41.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.66
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2451143.4764877
Medium and Large 2475122.4058223
Small 1-2723103.237462thin
Medium and Large 3679101.756916thin
One grade step is worth $41.72/cwt here — about −$44 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 sale108 hd
135.92
—
NC average8 barns · 823 hd
129.26
+6.66
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—Average1,565102.561,6058thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,60777.181,24180
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21174.4990218
CowsLean 85-90%High95465.2762324

Every lot, as filed

70 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421126.45/cwt122.50–130.005325
HeifersMedium and Large 2—715111.49/cwt111.00–112.007972
HeifersMedium and Large 2—333120.64/cwt120.00–122.504024
HeifersMedium and Large 2—590120.63/cwt117.50–122.507124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—324146.01/cwt142.50–149.004736
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—708122.51/cwt120.00–125.008672
HeifersMedium and Large 2—538117.01/cwt114.00–120.006302
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—205147.62/cwt142.50–153.003032
HeifersMedium and Large 3—78599.00/cwt98.00–100.007772
HeifersMedium and Large 2—673114.97/cwt112.50–117.507742
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—289190.39/cwt185.00–197.505506
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—373145.17/cwt140.00–150.005412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—267136.59/cwt132.50–142.503656
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—618132.03/cwt127.00–136.008168
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373134.21/cwt132.50–136.005012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—519141.67/cwt137.50–148.007358
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—374165.60/cwt160.00–172.5061913
SteersMedium and Large 2—230137.75/cwt133.00–142.503172
SteersMedium and Large 2—367146.59/cwt140.00–150.005383
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—577155.95/cwt150.00–160.009003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—375143.04/cwt137.50–150.0053611
Dairy SteersLarge 3—205103.84/cwt100.00–107.502132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—645137.50/cwt135.00–140.008872
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—520156.29/cwt155.00–159.008133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—326174.86/cwt170.00–182.505709
SteersMedium and Large 2—275150.00/cwt150.00–150.004132
HeifersMedium and Large 3—673105.01/cwt104.00–106.007072
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—431166.71/cwt160.00–173.007194
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—471171.40/cwt167.00–176.008074
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—619140.18/cwt135.00–147.008686
BullsSmall 1-2—535101.04/cwt99.00–103.005412
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—463138.97/cwt138.00–140.006432
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—580144.79/cwt142.50–147.008402
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—410177.35/cwt175.00–180.007273
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—481173.25/cwt172.00–174.008334
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04379.33/cwt78.00–81.008276
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,62579.63/cwt78.00–83.001,29444
CowsLean 85-90%—96367.13/cwt64.00–70.0064612
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18679.98/cwt78.00–84.009497
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22770.99/cwt70.00–72.0087111
CowsLean 85-90%—84747.49/cwt45.00–50.004026
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58674.18/cwt70.00–76.001,17636
Bulls——1,57497.40/cwt94.00–100.001,5335
Bulls——1,550111.16/cwt110.00–113.001,7233
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1751,011.00/cwt1,011.00–1,011.0011,8791
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,105925.00/cwt925.00–925.0010,2211
BullsSmall 1-2—875109.51/cwt108.00–111.009582
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—940875.00/cwt875.00–875.008,2251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—830505.36/cwt485.00–525.004,1942
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2051,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,0501
BullsMedium and Large 2—521142.49/cwt140.00–145.007424
BullsMedium and Large 2—718118.51/cwt117.00–120.008512
BullsMedium and Large 3—578103.70/cwt100.00–107.505992
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—527164.23/cwt159.00–170.0086515
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—426166.55/cwt160.00–172.0071015
BullsMedium and Large 2—464135.44/cwt130.00–140.006285
BullsMedium and Large 2—635130.00/cwt130.00–130.008262
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—474165.80/cwt158.00–171.007869
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—569153.40/cwt147.50–159.0087310
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—480117.50/cwt117.50–117.505642
BullsMedium and Large 2—683123.03/cwt120.00–129.008403
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—562141.20/cwt137.50–144.007947
HeifersSmall 1-2—723103.23/cwt102.50–104.007462
HeifersMedium and Large 3—580101.24/cwt100.00–102.505872
BullsMedium and Large 2—558138.01/cwt135.00–141.007702
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—673138.98/cwt137.00–141.009352
BullsMedium and Large 2—413139.98/cwt137.50–142.505782
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—471149.75/cwt143.00–154.0070517
HeifersMedium and Large 2—268131.21/cwt130.00–132.503522
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—422151.42/cwt145.00–155.0063910

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.