Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2022-05-30

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, May 30
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
234 head
▼ 276 vs last sale 510▼ 154 vs year ago 388 · −39.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
117 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 120▲ 27 vs year ago 90 · +30.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 28▼ 9 vs year ago 19 · −47.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current goat receipts 3.

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle were unevenly steady on a light test. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were mostly moderate. Offerings of cattle were light. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $147.69/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −56.29 against this barn's trailing median of $203.98.
Average price
$147.69
72 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.29
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2504152.4776950
Medium and Large 3500136.8268522
One grade step is worth $15.65/cwt here — about $84 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

31 sales
231210189167median 203.9801/1903/2305/1807/2709/14
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $216.84, low $181.50, median $203.98 across 31 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 sale72 hd
147.69
—
NC average7 barns · 415 hd
134.40
+13.29
This barn, trailing median31 sales
203.98
−56.29
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—Average1,37599.901,3745thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45686.231,25635
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12382.2092341
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low95068.9365520

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,210$1,2001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,139$8884thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,190$1,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,045$1,1504thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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
BullsMedium and Large 3—512130.66/cwt129.00–133.006693
BullsMedium and Large 3—634129.32/cwt125.00–134.008206
BullsMedium and Large 3—481142.78/cwt139.00–147.506875
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—563135.83/cwt132.00–140.007655
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—533133.40/cwt128.00–138.007119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—415133.32/cwt130.00–136.005534
HeifersMedium and Large 3Full—464111.11/cwt110.00–112.505164
HeifersMedium and Large 3Full—73887.49/cwt85.00–90.006462
HeifersMedium and Large 3Full—535108.49/cwt108.00–109.005802
HeifersMedium and Large 3—421122.63/cwt120.00–125.005168
HeifersMedium and Large 3—577123.16/cwt120.00–126.007116
HeifersMedium and Large 3—517121.68/cwt117.00–126.006295
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475121.78/cwt118.00–125.005784
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—607135.00/cwt135.00–135.008195
HeifersMedium and Large 3—312121.47/cwt119.00–125.003793
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—570154.04/cwt152.00–156.008782
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—528156.13/cwt150.00–158.008246
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—633145.02/cwt144.00–146.009182
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—567162.20/cwt162.00–164.0092010
HeifersMedium and Large 3—673119.45/cwt115.00–124.008042
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—468129.27/cwt126.00–132.006059
Dairy SteersLarge 3Value Added—654122.00/cwt122.00–122.007984
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—67089.00/cwt89.00–89.005961
SteersLarge 3—67581.58/cwt78.00–85.005512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—322162.89/cwt159.00–165.005253
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—620148.00/cwt148.00–148.009187
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—418160.35/cwt152.50–165.006704
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—579142.88/cwt140.00–145.008278
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—531149.85/cwt146.00–153.007964
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—468169.46/cwt168.00–171.007932
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48682.45/cwt78.00–85.001,22512
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38173.86/cwt70.00–77.001,0204
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07881.51/cwt77.00–84.0087920
CowsLean 85-90%—72348.49/cwt48.00–49.003512
CowsLean 85-90%—99274.07/cwt70.00–77.0073512
CowsLean 85-90%—94265.46/cwt62.00–68.006176
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45391.23/cwt88.00–95.001,32619
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20867.98/cwt64.00–70.008215
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15387.50/cwt85.00–92.001,00916
Bulls——1,414103.88/cwt102.00–105.001,4694
Bulls——1,22084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,0251
Bred CowsMedium 1-2—1,2051,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred CowsLarge 1-2—1,3701,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred CowsMedium 1-2—1,2101,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred CowsMedium 3—1,045550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—935725.00/head725.00–725.007251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2—1,0251,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2—1,0151,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—915900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2—1,2251,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2—1,1901,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—723135.46/cwt134.00–137.009792
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—610144.00/cwt144.00–144.008782
BullsMedium and Large 3—323148.82/cwt147.50–150.004812
BullsMedium and Large 3—570134.95/cwt133.00–137.007692
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—471158.28/cwt152.50–162.507458
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—375155.21/cwt150.00–162.505825
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—280166.65/cwt162.50–170.004673
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—693137.50/cwt137.00–138.009532
BullsMedium and Large 3—369140.17/cwt136.00–145.005174

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.