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 32 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

32 sales
231208185162median 202.5302/0904/0606/0108/1009/28
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $216.84, low $175.92, median $202.53 across 32 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 median32 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
Bulls—High1,684108.701,83114
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 3—97385.56/cwt82.00–89.008322
BullsMedium 2—408128.82/cwt125.00–132.505262
BullsMedium 2—318127.02/cwt124.00–130.004042
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—476162.13/cwt155.00–169.0077222
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—621149.23/cwt145.00–153.009278
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—372177.95/cwt172.50–181.006627
BullsMedium 2—274133.06/cwt130.00–137.503655
BullsMedium 2—240142.50/cwt142.50–142.503422
BullsMedium 2—613127.04/cwt121.00–130.007794
BullsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—37583.70/cwt80.00–87.503142
BullsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—42883.72/cwt80.00–87.503584
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—36881.26/cwt80.00–82.502992
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—566156.25/cwt150.00–160.0088411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—679141.46/cwt134.00–145.0096114
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—720133.23/cwt128.00–137.009598
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—76584.95/cwt82.50–87.506502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—456159.70/cwt156.00–161.507288
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—420165.28/cwt160.00–170.006943
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—322162.87/cwt157.50–170.005248
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—527157.82/cwt154.00–162.5083210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—424167.29/cwt162.50–175.0070917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—317164.34/cwt157.50–167.505213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—365162.53/cwt160.00–165.005932
HeifersMedium 2Fleshy—373121.31/cwt120.00–125.004524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—422140.84/cwt140.00–142.505943
HeifersMedium 2Fancy—308141.22/cwt140.00–142.504352
HeifersMedium 2Fancy—275137.50/cwt137.50–137.503782
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—375140.00/cwt140.00–140.005253
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—47593.75/cwt92.50–95.004452
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—514130.25/cwt130.00–131.006694
HeifersMedium 2Fleshy—313123.72/cwt122.50–125.003872
HeifersMedium 2Fleshy—465120.00/cwt120.00–120.005584
HeifersMedium 2Fleshy—430120.64/cwt120.00–122.505194
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525111.70/cwt107.50–115.005863
HeifersMedium and Large 3—400116.25/cwt115.00–117.504652
HeifersMedium and Large 3—735107.93/cwt107.50–108.007937
BullsMedium and Large 3—705110.01/cwt107.50–112.507763
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—227154.96/cwt150.00–165.003523
BullsSmall 1-2—543104.48/cwt100.00–109.005672
BullsSmall 1-2—225105.17/cwt102.50–107.502372
BullsMedium and Large 3—1,078103.72/cwt100.00–107.501,1182
BullsMedium and Large 3—767114.30/cwt110.00–119.008775
BullsMedium and Large 3—333113.70/cwt112.50–115.003792
BullsMedium 2—373127.56/cwt125.00–130.004763
BullsMedium 2—518124.84/cwt120.00–129.006476
BullsMedium 2—675130.18/cwt128.00–132.508792
BullsSmall 1-2—335103.26/cwt100.00–107.503463
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—773132.85/cwt128.00–138.001,0272
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—421154.85/cwt147.50–160.006529
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—533143.66/cwt140.00–147.507662
BullsMedium and Large 3—470117.44/cwt115.00–120.005524
BullsMedium and Large 3—628112.50/cwt112.50–112.507072
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—473146.64/cwt140.00–152.506948
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—558141.24/cwt140.00–142.507882
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—615138.74/cwt137.50–140.008532
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy—60894.97/cwt92.50–97.505772
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy—1,07596.48/cwt95.00–98.001,0372
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy—68892.53/cwt90.00–95.006372
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—377152.35/cwt149.00–157.005748
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—375188.10/cwt182.50–195.0070511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—468177.07/cwt172.50–182.508296
BullsMedium 2Fancy—481136.04/cwt130.00–140.006545
BullsMedium 2Fancy—568132.53/cwt130.00–135.007532
BullsMedium 2Fancy—283145.00/cwt145.00–145.004102
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—695800.00/cwt800.00–800.005,5601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,085950.00/cwt950.00–950.0010,3081
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2181,037.73/cwt1,025.00–1,050.0012,6402
Bulls——1,881123.06/cwt120.00–125.002,3155
Bulls——1,31883.31/cwt81.00–84.001,0983
Bulls——1,703109.43/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 3—36592.50/cwt90.00–95.003382
Dairy SteersLarge 3Thin Fleshed—19087.50/cwt87.50–87.501661
Dairy SteersLarge 3—290112.50/cwt112.50–112.503261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—565160.35/cwt153.00–165.009065
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—476171.00/cwt165.00–179.008148
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—628157.49/cwt157.00–158.009892
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—228158.87/cwt155.00–162.503622
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—673148.34/cwt145.00–150.009983
SteersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—31091.25/cwt90.00–92.502832
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—515161.59/cwt155.00–169.008328
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—361167.94/cwt162.50–172.506064
SteersSmall 1-2—515101.84/cwt97.50–107.505244
SteersMedium 2—905125.01/cwt122.50–127.501,1312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—715136.00/cwt130.00–142.009722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—305160.00/cwt160.00–160.004882
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—518148.19/cwt144.00–152.507682
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—473155.24/cwt150.00–160.007342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—433159.64/cwt158.00–162.506914
SteersMedium 2—1,020123.02/cwt118.00–128.001,2552
SteersMedium 2—788124.98/cwt120.00–130.009852
SteersMedium 2—623132.02/cwt130.00–134.008222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—363187.78/cwt182.50–194.006825
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—431173.09/cwt170.00–175.007464
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—417184.51/cwt180.00–193.007695
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—613142.99/cwt140.00–146.008772
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—510172.48/cwt170.00–175.008802
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—425148.74/cwt147.50–150.006322
HeifersMedium 2Value Added—477138.03/cwt136.00–140.006585
HeifersMedium and Large 3Value Added—1,047105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0993
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—587143.00/cwt143.00–143.008393
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—398157.00/cwt157.00–157.006252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—320195.30/cwt190.00–202.506253
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—458186.76/cwt182.00–192.508553
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—42885.00/cwt85.00–85.003642
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—88082.51/cwt80.00–85.007262
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—35882.48/cwt80.00–85.002952
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—33576.21/cwt75.00–77.502552
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—75371.25/cwt70.00–72.505372
HeifersMedium 2Value Added—385136.00/cwt136.00–136.005242
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—233157.58/cwt155.00–160.003672
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—377149.98/cwt142.50–155.005656
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—475145.51/cwt140.00–150.0069111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—573138.82/cwt132.50–142.507956
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—60863.73/cwt62.50–65.003872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—530139.18/cwt133.00–143.0073813
HeifersSmall 1-2—432102.58/cwt100.00–107.504433
HeifersSmall 1-2—370103.67/cwt100.00–107.503844
HeifersSmall 1-2—477101.71/cwt100.00–105.004853
HeifersMedium 2—288126.66/cwt125.00–127.503653
HeifersMedium 2—519126.89/cwt125.00–129.006594
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—321145.07/cwt142.50–152.504666
HeifersMedium 2—213125.00/cwt125.00–125.002663
HeifersMedium 2—665125.08/cwt120.00–130.008322
HeifersMedium 2—575127.50/cwt127.50–127.507332
HeifersMedium 2—620125.37/cwt120.00–130.007775
HeifersMedium and Large 3—367113.16/cwt110.00–117.504158
HeifersMedium 2—476131.29/cwt125.00–135.006259
HeifersMedium and Large 3—660105.08/cwt100.00–110.006942
HeifersMedium and Large 3—78399.72/cwt97.00–102.507812
HeifersMedium 2—424130.47/cwt125.00–135.0055316
HeifersMedium 2—376132.77/cwt127.50–135.004999
HeifersMedium 2—336131.23/cwt127.50–137.504415
HeifersMedium and Large 3—328115.00/cwt115.00–115.003773
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—430150.72/cwt145.00–156.0064811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—623136.02/cwt130.00–140.008475
HeifersMedium and Large 3—485113.87/cwt110.00–119.005523
HeifersMedium and Large 3—240116.25/cwt115.00–117.502792
HeifersMedium and Large 3—632111.00/cwt110.00–115.007025
HeifersMedium and Large 3—97098.96/cwt97.00–101.009602
HeifersSmall 1-2—527104.27/cwt100.00–108.005506
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—323140.00/cwt140.00–140.004523
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—61588.76/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 Fleshed—80577.50/cwt77.50–77.506241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—392197.00/cwt197.00–197.007723
Dairy SteersLarge 3—88085.00/cwt85.00–85.007481
Dairy SteersLarge 3—1,05570.00/cwt70.00–70.007391
Dairy SteersLarge 3—630115.00/cwt115.00–115.007252
Dairy SteersLarge 3—585115.50/cwt115.00–116.006762
Dairy SteersLarge 3—433122.33/cwt122.00–122.505303
Dairy SteersLarge 3—510122.50/cwt122.50–122.506251
Dairy SteersLarge 3—378112.42/cwt110.00–115.004252
Dairy SteersLarge 3—705104.00/cwt104.00–104.007331
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—340180.00/cwt180.00–180.006123
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—517170.62/cwt167.00–173.0088213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—393187.00/cwt187.00–187.007354
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—574161.87/cwt161.50–163.009298
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—337183.68/cwt177.50–190.006198
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—418182.75/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.