Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2022-03-21

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Mar 21
● Final168 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
828 head
453 vs last sale 375 249 vs year ago 1,077 · 23.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
234 head
59 vs last sale 175 19 vs year ago 215 · +8.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
8 vs last sale 12 16 vs year ago 20 · 80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 1.

Current goat receipts 27.

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher, boning type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 higher, and slaughter bulls were 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate to active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was mostly average to attractive. Baby calf prices were not available at press time.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $150.05/cwt on 279 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 52.48 against this barn's trailing median of $202.53.
Average price
$150.05
279 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$736
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$419
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$67.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.87
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2483162.30783205
Medium 2441131.3657935
Medium and Large 3669106.2271026
Small 1-238594.7236513thin
One grade step is worth $67.58/cwt here — about $419 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 sale279 hd
150.05
NC average8 barns · 914 hd
135.17
+14.87
This barn, trailing median30 sales
202.53
−52.48
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
BullsHigh1,684108.701,83114
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,51485.301,29285
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12982.1692765
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low91564.5259031

Every lot, as filed

168 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43076.18/cwt74.00–78.001,08912
CowsLean 85-90%79241.31/cwt38.00–44.003275
CowsLean 85-90%94973.08/cwt70.00–76.0069417
Dairy HeifersLarge 397385.56/cwt82.00–89.008322
BullsMedium 2408128.82/cwt125.00–132.505262
BullsMedium 2318127.02/cwt124.00–130.004042
BullsMedium and Large 1-2476162.13/cwt155.00–169.0077222
BullsMedium and Large 1-2621149.23/cwt145.00–153.009278
BullsMedium and Large 1-2372177.95/cwt172.50–181.006627
BullsMedium 2274133.06/cwt130.00–137.503655
BullsMedium 2240142.50/cwt142.50–142.503422
BullsMedium 2613127.04/cwt121.00–130.007794
BullsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed37583.70/cwt80.00–87.503142
BullsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed42883.72/cwt80.00–87.503584
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed36881.26/cwt80.00–82.502992
BullsMedium and Large 1-2566156.25/cwt150.00–160.0088411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2679141.46/cwt134.00–145.0096114
BullsMedium and Large 1-2720133.23/cwt128.00–137.009598
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy76584.95/cwt82.50–87.506502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added456159.70/cwt156.00–161.507288
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy420165.28/cwt160.00–170.006943
BullsMedium and Large 1-2322162.87/cwt157.50–170.005248
BullsMedium and Large 1-2527157.82/cwt154.00–162.5083210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2424167.29/cwt162.50–175.0070917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy317164.34/cwt157.50–167.505213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy365162.53/cwt160.00–165.005932
HeifersMedium 2Fleshy373121.31/cwt120.00–125.004524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy422140.84/cwt140.00–142.505943
HeifersMedium 2Fancy308141.22/cwt140.00–142.504352
HeifersMedium 2Fancy275137.50/cwt137.50–137.503782
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy375140.00/cwt140.00–140.005253
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy47593.75/cwt92.50–95.004452
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy514130.25/cwt130.00–131.006694
HeifersMedium 2Fleshy313123.72/cwt122.50–125.003872
HeifersMedium 2Fleshy465120.00/cwt120.00–120.005584
HeifersMedium 2Fleshy430120.64/cwt120.00–122.505194
HeifersMedium and Large 3525111.70/cwt107.50–115.005863
HeifersMedium and Large 3400116.25/cwt115.00–117.504652
HeifersMedium and Large 3735107.93/cwt107.50–108.007937
BullsMedium and Large 3705110.01/cwt107.50–112.507763
BullsMedium and Large 1-2227154.96/cwt150.00–165.003523
BullsSmall 1-2543104.48/cwt100.00–109.005672
BullsSmall 1-2225105.17/cwt102.50–107.502372
BullsMedium and Large 31,078103.72/cwt100.00–107.501,1182
BullsMedium and Large 3767114.30/cwt110.00–119.008775
BullsMedium and Large 3333113.70/cwt112.50–115.003792
BullsMedium 2373127.56/cwt125.00–130.004763
BullsMedium 2518124.84/cwt120.00–129.006476
BullsMedium 2675130.18/cwt128.00–132.508792
BullsSmall 1-2335103.26/cwt100.00–107.503463
BullsMedium and Large 1-2773132.85/cwt128.00–138.001,0272
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy421154.85/cwt147.50–160.006529
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy533143.66/cwt140.00–147.507662
BullsMedium and Large 3470117.44/cwt115.00–120.005524
BullsMedium and Large 3628112.50/cwt112.50–112.507072
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy473146.64/cwt140.00–152.506948
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy558141.24/cwt140.00–142.507882
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy615138.74/cwt137.50–140.008532
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy60894.97/cwt92.50–97.505772
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy1,07596.48/cwt95.00–98.001,0372
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy68892.53/cwt90.00–95.006372
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy377152.35/cwt149.00–157.005748
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy375188.10/cwt182.50–195.0070511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy468177.07/cwt172.50–182.508296
BullsMedium 2Fancy481136.04/cwt130.00–140.006545
BullsMedium 2Fancy568132.53/cwt130.00–135.007532
BullsMedium 2Fancy283145.00/cwt145.00–145.004102
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2695800.00/cwt800.00–800.005,5601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,085950.00/cwt950.00–950.0010,3081
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2181,037.73/cwt1,025.00–1,050.0012,6402
Bulls1,881123.06/cwt120.00–125.002,3155
Bulls1,31883.31/cwt81.00–84.001,0983
Bulls1,703109.43/cwt106.00–113.001,8646
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15268.73/cwt66.00–70.007923
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18861.95/cwt60.00–64.007362
Dairy HeifersLarge 336592.50/cwt90.00–95.003382
Dairy SteersLarge 3Thin Fleshed19087.50/cwt87.50–87.501661
Dairy SteersLarge 3290112.50/cwt112.50–112.503261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565160.35/cwt153.00–165.009065
SteersMedium and Large 1-2476171.00/cwt165.00–179.008148
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628157.49/cwt157.00–158.009892
SteersMedium and Large 1-2228158.87/cwt155.00–162.503622
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673148.34/cwt145.00–150.009983
SteersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed31091.25/cwt90.00–92.502832
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515161.59/cwt155.00–169.008328
SteersMedium and Large 1-2361167.94/cwt162.50–172.506064
SteersSmall 1-2515101.84/cwt97.50–107.505244
SteersMedium 2905125.01/cwt122.50–127.501,1312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715136.00/cwt130.00–142.009722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2305160.00/cwt160.00–160.004882
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy518148.19/cwt144.00–152.507682
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy473155.24/cwt150.00–160.007342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433159.64/cwt158.00–162.506914
SteersMedium 21,020123.02/cwt118.00–128.001,2552
SteersMedium 2788124.98/cwt120.00–130.009852
SteersMedium 2623132.02/cwt130.00–134.008222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy363187.78/cwt182.50–194.006825
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added431173.09/cwt170.00–175.007464
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy417184.51/cwt180.00–193.007695
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy613142.99/cwt140.00–146.008772
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy510172.48/cwt170.00–175.008802
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy425148.74/cwt147.50–150.006322
HeifersMedium 2Value Added477138.03/cwt136.00–140.006585
HeifersMedium and Large 3Value Added1,047105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0993
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added587143.00/cwt143.00–143.008393
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added398157.00/cwt157.00–157.006252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy320195.30/cwt190.00–202.506253
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy458186.76/cwt182.00–192.508553
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed42885.00/cwt85.00–85.003642
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed88082.51/cwt80.00–85.007262
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed35882.48/cwt80.00–85.002952
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed33576.21/cwt75.00–77.502552
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed75371.25/cwt70.00–72.505372
HeifersMedium 2Value Added385136.00/cwt136.00–136.005242
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2233157.58/cwt155.00–160.003672
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2377149.98/cwt142.50–155.005656
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475145.51/cwt140.00–150.0069111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573138.82/cwt132.50–142.507956
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed60863.73/cwt62.50–65.003872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530139.18/cwt133.00–143.0073813
HeifersSmall 1-2432102.58/cwt100.00–107.504433
HeifersSmall 1-2370103.67/cwt100.00–107.503844
HeifersSmall 1-2477101.71/cwt100.00–105.004853
HeifersMedium 2288126.66/cwt125.00–127.503653
HeifersMedium 2519126.89/cwt125.00–129.006594
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2321145.07/cwt142.50–152.504666
HeifersMedium 2213125.00/cwt125.00–125.002663
HeifersMedium 2665125.08/cwt120.00–130.008322
HeifersMedium 2575127.50/cwt127.50–127.507332
HeifersMedium 2620125.37/cwt120.00–130.007775
HeifersMedium and Large 3367113.16/cwt110.00–117.504158
HeifersMedium 2476131.29/cwt125.00–135.006259
HeifersMedium and Large 3660105.08/cwt100.00–110.006942
HeifersMedium and Large 378399.72/cwt97.00–102.507812
HeifersMedium 2424130.47/cwt125.00–135.0055316
HeifersMedium 2376132.77/cwt127.50–135.004999
HeifersMedium 2336131.23/cwt127.50–137.504415
HeifersMedium and Large 3328115.00/cwt115.00–115.003773
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430150.72/cwt145.00–156.0064811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2623136.02/cwt130.00–140.008475
HeifersMedium and Large 3485113.87/cwt110.00–119.005523
HeifersMedium and Large 3240116.25/cwt115.00–117.502792
HeifersMedium and Large 3632111.00/cwt110.00–115.007025
HeifersMedium and Large 397098.96/cwt97.00–101.009602
HeifersSmall 1-2527104.27/cwt100.00–108.005506
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy323140.00/cwt140.00–140.004523
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy61588.76/cwt87.50–90.005462
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17488.43/cwt85.00–91.001,03819
CowsLean 85-90%91961.23/cwt58.00–64.005639
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10381.22/cwt77.00–85.0089641
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50691.96/cwt89.00–96.001,38525
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54084.11/cwt79.00–88.001,29548
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Thin Fleshed80577.50/cwt77.50–77.506241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added392197.00/cwt197.00–197.007723
Dairy SteersLarge 388085.00/cwt85.00–85.007481
Dairy SteersLarge 31,05570.00/cwt70.00–70.007391
Dairy SteersLarge 3630115.00/cwt115.00–115.007252
Dairy SteersLarge 3585115.50/cwt115.00–116.006762
Dairy SteersLarge 3433122.33/cwt122.00–122.505303
Dairy SteersLarge 3510122.50/cwt122.50–122.506251
Dairy SteersLarge 3378112.42/cwt110.00–115.004252
Dairy SteersLarge 3705104.00/cwt104.00–104.007331
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added340180.00/cwt180.00–180.006123
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added517170.62/cwt167.00–173.0088213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added393187.00/cwt187.00–187.007354
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added574161.87/cwt161.50–163.009298
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy337183.68/cwt177.50–190.006198
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy418182.75/cwt177.50–190.0076411

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.