Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2022-05-16

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, May 16
● Final123 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
630 head
▲ 317 vs last sale 313▼ 48 vs year ago 678 · −7.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
288 head
▲ 144 vs last sale 144▲ 82 vs year ago 206 · +39.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 16▲ 19 vs year ago 19 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 6.

Current goat receipts 5.

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 4.00 to 5.00 higher and boning type slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher, while slaughter bulls were 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was mostly average. "By the head" calves brought 80.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.19/cwt on 216 head.
Average price
$132.19
216 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$39.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.89
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2473140.70665138
Medium 2503124.9062849
Medium and Large 3498106.3353015thin
Small 1-2549101.5555814thin
One grade step is worth $39.15/cwt here — about $108 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 sale216 hd
132.19
—
NC average8 barns · 1,179 hd
136.08
−3.89
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—High1,519103.261,56922
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45781.661,18949
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,19974.5489456
CowsLean 85-90%High94668.9065279

Every lot, as filed

123 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 1-2Fleshy—513133.51/cwt133.00–134.006852
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—470148.52/cwt148.00–149.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—519141.73/cwt135.00–148.0073624
HeifersMedium and Large 3Full—47581.20/cwt80.00–82.503862
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—223135.00/cwt135.00–135.003012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—470132.50/cwt132.50–132.506233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—355155.87/cwt150.00–160.005533
BullsMedium 2—473141.41/cwt135.00–147.5066911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—371163.45/cwt157.50–167.506066
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—323154.22/cwt150.00–157.504986
BullsMedium 2—611131.53/cwt128.00–135.008044
BullsSmall 1-2—570110.33/cwt108.00–112.506292
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—415152.05/cwt148.00–156.006312
BullsMedium 2—316143.12/cwt140.00–145.004524
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—573152.10/cwt150.00–154.008725
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—610158.00/cwt158.00–158.009642
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—520155.15/cwt150.00–161.0080712
BullsMedium 2—672130.65/cwt130.00–132.008783
BullsMedium 2—576140.51/cwt135.00–143.008095
BullsMedium 2Fancy—623143.73/cwt142.50–145.008952
BullsMedium 2—433140.69/cwt135.00–147.506094
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—709143.99/cwt143.00–145.001,0214
BullsMedium 2—368140.32/cwt136.00–142.505166
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—470140.46/cwt135.00–147.0066026
HeifersMedium 2—677124.71/cwt121.00–130.008449
HeifersSmall 1-2Full—42370.88/cwt70.00–72.503003
HeifersMedium 2Fleshy—267123.44/cwt120.00–125.003303
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—523151.33/cwt150.00–153.007913
HeifersSmall 1-2—375108.80/cwt107.50–110.004082
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—371133.20/cwt131.00–136.004944
HeifersMedium 2—418126.60/cwt122.50–130.0052911
HeifersMedium and Large 3—663108.82/cwt105.00–112.507212
HeifersMedium and Large 3—483113.77/cwt110.00–117.505502
HeifersSmall 1-2Fancy—685115.98/cwt114.00–118.007943
HeifersMedium and Large 3—603109.48/cwt105.00–114.006602
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323109.73/cwt105.00–115.003542
HeifersMedium 2—720120.00/cwt120.00–120.008642
HeifersMedium and Large 3—518108.77/cwt105.00–115.005633
HeifersMedium 2—368122.86/cwt120.00–126.004522
HeifersSmall 1-2—530108.60/cwt105.00–112.005762
HeifersMedium 2—573123.82/cwt120.00–130.007096
HeifersMedium 2—319123.77/cwt120.00–127.503954
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—567137.18/cwt132.00–143.0077821
HeifersSmall 1-2—625106.16/cwt102.50–110.006642
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—421141.36/cwt135.00–147.0059522
HeifersMedium and Large 3—413111.29/cwt110.00–112.504602
HeifersMedium 2—474124.87/cwt120.00–130.005927
CowsLean 85-90%—96676.28/cwt73.00–80.0073730
CowsLean 85-90%—76043.29/cwt42.00–44.003293
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15058.02/cwt56.00–60.006676
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21682.85/cwt80.00–86.001,00719
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18876.61/cwt72.00–79.0091020
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21765.42/cwt62.00–68.0079611
CowsLean 85-90%—92361.82/cwt57.00–64.0057119
CowsLean 85-90%—96168.53/cwt65.00–72.0065927
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43373.57/cwt70.00–76.001,0549
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44987.76/cwt86.00–92.001,27213
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46881.42/cwt77.00–85.001,19527
Bulls——1,586111.29/cwt107.00–116.001,7659
Bulls——1,40099.71/cwt97.00–103.001,3968
Bulls——1,59094.50/cwt94.00–96.001,5035
Bred CowsMedium 1-2—1,170950.00/cwt950.00–950.0011,1151
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—8351,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.008,7681
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1—9601,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0011,2801
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—850925.00/cwt925.00–925.007,8631
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—840814.06/cwt775.00–850.006,8382
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—955815.71/cwt725.00–900.007,7902
Bred CowsLarge 1—1,6551,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0020,6881
Bred CowsMedium 1-2—1,1851,039.56/cwt1,000.00–1,075.0012,3192
Bred CowsMedium 1-2—1,112966.83/cwt925.00–1,000.0010,7513
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2—642693.05/cwt675.00–725.004,4493
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2—635530.00/cwt530.00–530.003,3661
Bred HeifersSmall 2—645410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,6451
Bred CowsMedium 2—1,050875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,1881
Bred CowsSmall 2—795575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,5711
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1—1,0651,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0013,5791
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—7851,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.007,8501
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1—9651,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0012,3041
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2—1,085855.88/cwt775.00–925.009,2862
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—928879.78/cwt825.00–950.008,1644
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—490150.00/cwt150.00–150.007352
BullsSmall 1-2—820100.00/cwt100.00–100.008202
BullsSmall 1-2—467109.43/cwt107.50–112.505113
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—425176.51/cwt175.00–180.007506
BullsMedium 2Fleshy—430124.97/cwt122.50–127.505372
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—433151.95/cwt150.00–155.006585
BullsMedium 2Fancy—665142.65/cwt141.00–144.009493
BullsMedium 2—519138.44/cwt135.00–142.507196
BullsMedium and Large 3—470107.34/cwt102.50–112.505042
BullsMedium 2—265142.44/cwt140.00–147.503776
BullsMedium 2Fleshy—632122.98/cwt122.00–125.007773
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—370150.00/cwt150.00–150.005553
BullsMedium 2Fleshy—535125.72/cwt124.00–127.506732
BullsMedium 2Fleshy—453127.47/cwt122.50–132.505772
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—373172.65/cwt170.00–175.006442
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—463175.45/cwt173.00–177.508123
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—668147.49/cwt147.00–148.009852
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—270153.25/cwt150.00–157.504144
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—478164.18/cwt157.50–170.007858
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—422165.29/cwt159.00–172.506987
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—615157.90/cwt152.00–164.009712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—385171.46/cwt170.00–173.006602
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—1,02595.00/cwt95.00–95.009741
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Full—76055.00/cwt55.00–55.004181
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Full—42065.00/cwt65.00–65.002731
Dairy SteersLarge 3—805108.00/cwt108.00–108.008691
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—375143.85/cwt140.00–147.5053911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—580157.35/cwt152.00–165.0091310
SteersSmall 1-2—295110.00/cwt110.00–110.003252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—426167.47/cwt160.00–172.007134
SteersMedium 2—488144.28/cwt142.50–146.007042
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—535168.82/cwt168.50–172.0090312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—612136.92/cwt132.50–139.008388
SteersMedium 2—640136.98/cwt134.00–140.008772
SteersMedium 2—378143.71/cwt142.50–145.005432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—469169.45/cwt163.00–177.507958
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—326141.00/cwt137.00–142.504605
HeifersSmall 1-2—653107.00/cwt106.00–108.006992
HeifersMedium 2—627129.67/cwt129.00–130.008133
SteersMedium 2Fleshy—383122.58/cwt120.00–125.004692
SteersMedium 2Fleshy—320130.00/cwt130.00–130.004162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—522155.93/cwt151.00–159.008143
HeifersMedium 2—525124.04/cwt120.00–128.006512

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.