Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2022-04-11

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Apr 11
● Final148 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
886 head
74 vs last sale 960 456 vs year ago 1,342 · 34.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
199 head
126 vs last sale 325 81 vs year ago 280 · 28.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
6 vs last sale 17 37 vs year ago 48 · 77.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current goat receipts 13.

Compared to last week, slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 2.00 higher, while breaking type slaughter cows were 4.00 to 5.00 lower and

boning type slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher; feeder heifers were mostly steady to 7.00 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.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.27/cwt on 327 head.
Average price
$136.27
327 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$60.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.96
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2463148.99690188
Medium 2437131.8457689
Medium and Large 3509112.8357416thin
Small 1-259788.5752934
One grade step is worth $60.41/cwt here — about $161 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 sale327 hd
136.27
NC average8 barns · 1,187 hd
133.31
+2.96
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
BullsHigh1,514104.931,58922
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55080.711,25151
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18172.4985636
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low89355.9249954

Every lot, as filed

148 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy295160.00/cwt160.00–160.004722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy422162.06/cwt158.00–164.006843
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed52365.07/cwt60.00–70.003402
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2327154.04/cwt147.00–158.005048
HeifersSmall 1-253298.32/cwt97.50–100.005233
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed62872.53/cwt70.00–75.004552
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy565177.70/cwt176.00–180.001,0045
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy370192.45/cwt190.00–195.007123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2621133.37/cwt127.50–138.0082813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2424151.89/cwt145.00–156.0064421
HeifersSmall 1-283286.17/cwt85.00–87.507173
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed73865.00/cwt65.00–65.004802
HeifersMedium 2Thin Fleshed318125.19/cwt120.00–130.003986
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed77569.02/cwt68.00–70.005352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2566142.58/cwt137.00–145.5080714
HeifersMedium 2478136.00/cwt130.00–140.0065014
HeifersMedium 2273131.19/cwt130.00–135.003584
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526143.02/cwt136.00–149.0075223
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378154.87/cwt147.50–161.0058517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2679130.57/cwt128.00–135.008875
HeifersMedium 2582126.31/cwt120.00–132.007358
HeifersMedium and Large 3365114.21/cwt112.50–117.504173
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2268156.44/cwt152.50–160.004193
HeifersSmall 1-243999.99/cwt99.00–101.004394
HeifersMedium 2526130.77/cwt126.00–135.0068813
HeifersMedium 2324138.42/cwt135.00–142.504488
HeifersMedium and Large 3425111.25/cwt110.00–112.504732
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy41884.96/cwt82.50–87.503552
HeifersMedium and Large 3570119.00/cwt119.00–119.006782
HeifersMedium 2423134.83/cwt127.50–140.0057017
HeifersMedium 2618123.66/cwt123.00–124.007643
HeifersMedium and Large 3613116.27/cwt115.00–117.507132
HeifersMedium 2Fleshy422125.35/cwt125.00–126.005293
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added541175.00/cwt175.00–175.009474
HeifersMedium and Large 3519113.39/cwt108.00–119.005885
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy52385.44/cwt82.50–88.004473
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474148.32/cwt141.00–153.0070350
SteersMedium 2Fleshy383122.55/cwt120.00–125.004692
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy310159.86/cwt155.00–162.504965
HeifersSmall 1-2575105.30/cwt102.50–107.506053
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy478188.83/cwt184.00–198.009033
SteersMedium 2718125.12/cwt120.00–130.008982
SteersMedium and Large 3825115.02/cwt113.00–117.009492
SteersMedium 2238139.84/cwt135.00–145.003332
SteersMedium and Large 1-2610163.97/cwt160.00–171.001,0004
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed620101.29/cwt100.00–102.506282
SteersMedium and Large 1-2330182.49/cwt177.00–187.506022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390174.25/cwt172.50–176.006802
SteersMedium and Large 1-2780131.27/cwt127.00–136.001,0244
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483171.95/cwt169.00–178.0083114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2437177.88/cwt176.00–181.007775
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy417207.35/cwt202.00–212.508653
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590167.18/cwt162.50–171.0098619
SteersMedium 2525130.19/cwt125.00–135.006832
SteersMedium 2418142.40/cwt140.00–145.005952
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672154.27/cwt149.00–157.501,0378
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added411190.00/cwt190.00–190.007818
SteersMedium and Large 1-2538176.34/cwt172.00–180.0094924
Dairy SteersLarge 3Thin Fleshed1,09075.00/cwt75.00–75.008181
Dairy SteersLarge 3Value Added390127.00/cwt127.00–127.004951
Dairy SteersLarge 3Value Added471127.00/cwt127.00–127.005984
Dairy SteersLarge 3Value Added413128.00/cwt128.00–128.005294
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Thin Fleshed36055.00/cwt55.00–55.001981
SteersMedium and Large 1-2718143.74/cwt143.00–146.001,0324
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Thin Fleshed32557.50/cwt57.50–57.501871
Dairy SteersLarge 3195115.00/cwt115.00–115.002241
Dairy SteersLarge 340097.50/cwt97.50–97.503901
Dairy SteersLarge 3258103.19/cwt97.50–109.002662
BullsMedium and Large 1-2519169.03/cwt162.00–174.0087728
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added603163.00/cwt163.00–163.009835
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added374180.37/cwt174.00–187.006759
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added425181.90/cwt180.00–183.0077312
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy331183.14/cwt175.00–192.506064
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy265173.77/cwt172.50–175.004602
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight83522.36/cwt22.00–23.001872
CowsLean 85-90%92852.73/cwt49.00–56.0048921
CowsLean 85-90%92677.36/cwt74.00–80.007167
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51679.57/cwt76.00–83.001,20629
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41472.84/cwt70.00–75.001,0307
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15665.17/cwt62.00–68.007537
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22155.24/cwt53.00–58.006744
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18175.52/cwt72.00–78.0089216
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18180.45/cwt79.00–82.009509
CowsLean 85-90%95164.29/cwt62.00–68.0061116
CowsLean 85-90%67037.17/cwt34.00–40.002498
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68086.59/cwt84.00–90.001,45515
Bulls1,683113.67/cwt110.00–117.001,9136
Bulls1,27392.29/cwt92.00–93.001,1754
Bulls1,510104.78/cwt99.00–109.001,58212
Stock CowsMedium 1-21,035625.00/cwt625.00–625.006,4691
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2715825.00/cwt825.00–825.005,8991
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-28601,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.008,6001
Bred HeifersSmall 1-2800675.00/cwt675.00–675.005,4001
Bred CowsSmall 1-2990850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,4151
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0651,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0010,9161
Bred CowsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed945625.00/cwt625.00–625.005,9061
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,1101,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0013,5981
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-28401,044.00/cwt975.00–1,100.008,7703
BullsMedium 2Fleshy274138.56/cwt132.50–142.503805
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy518156.66/cwt152.00–160.008113
BullsMedium 2Fancy580145.78/cwt144.00–147.508462
BullsMedium 2Fancy419145.86/cwt145.00–147.506114
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy479183.11/cwt180.00–185.008774
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy578169.51/cwt169.00–170.009802
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy421155.75/cwt150.00–160.0065614
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy333152.70/cwt150.00–155.005086
BullsMedium 2Fleshy370129.99/cwt127.50–132.504813
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy720100.00/cwt100.00–100.007202
BullsMedium 2Fleshy481126.27/cwt125.00–130.006074
BullsMedium 2Fleshy318135.05/cwt130.00–138.004295
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy574150.92/cwt148.00–152.508666
HeifersMedium 2377132.97/cwt127.50–137.005019
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy77788.38/cwt85.00–90.006873
HeifersMedium 2Fleshy235128.75/cwt125.00–132.503032
HeifersSmall 1-2605101.50/cwt98.00–105.006142
HeifersSmall 1-2482101.51/cwt100.00–102.504893
HeifersMedium 2Fleshy453121.24/cwt120.00–122.505492
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy238147.47/cwt145.00–150.003512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added336164.69/cwt162.50–166.005538
BullsMedium and Large 1-2619155.26/cwt148.00–162.509619
BullsMedium and Large 1-2427172.49/cwt167.00–178.0073715
BullsMedium and Large 1-2472172.17/cwt167.50–177.5081333
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy374142.44/cwt140.00–145.005338
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy417159.19/cwt157.50–164.006647
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy373166.21/cwt165.00–169.006205
BullsMedium and Large 3385112.50/cwt112.50–112.504332
BullsMedium and Large 1-2572162.43/cwt157.00–166.0092916
BullsMedium and Large 1-2669145.16/cwt140.00–151.009717
BullsMedium and Large 1-2719137.47/cwt135.00–142.009884
BullsMedium and Large 1-2330164.25/cwt158.00–169.0054210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2280159.88/cwt157.50–162.004483
BullsMedium 2458138.86/cwt137.50–140.006364
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378165.52/cwt160.00–173.0062612
BullsMedium 2431141.78/cwt140.00–144.006114
BullsMedium 2708135.48/cwt130.00–141.009592
BullsMedium 2758123.74/cwt120.00–127.509382
BullsMedium 2569131.47/cwt130.00–135.007484
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy479158.33/cwt152.50–162.507589
BullsMedium 2378144.82/cwt142.50–147.005473
BullsMedium 2343146.26/cwt145.00–147.505022
BullsMedium 2528142.15/cwt137.50–146.007514
BullsMedium 2634133.87/cwt130.00–138.008494
BullsMedium and Large 3475111.22/cwt110.00–112.505282
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy373152.74/cwt150.00–156.005706
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy588100.84/cwt100.00–102.505933
BullsMedium 2Fleshy426128.27/cwt125.00–132.505464
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy58382.49/cwt80.00–85.004812
BullsMedium and Large 3623113.72/cwt112.50–115.007082

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.