Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2022-06-13

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 13
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
639 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 607▼ 205 vs year ago 844 · −24.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
231 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 180▲ 6 vs year ago 225 · +2.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and Heifers sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.03/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$128.03
85 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$686
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$16.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.76
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536129.9669775
Medium and Large 3532113.5060410thin
One grade step is worth $16.46/cwt here — about $93 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 sale85 hd
128.03
—
NC average8 barns · 983 hd
138.79
−10.76
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—High1,707106.601,82020
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41181.641,15218
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26380.441,01650
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,00764.2564720

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—78562.00/cwt62.00–62.004871
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—65563.00/cwt63.00–63.004131
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—97093.00/cwt93.00–93.009021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—750131.00/cwt131.00–131.009831
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—725129.67/cwt117.50–137.009403
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—363144.91/cwt142.50–147.505262
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—885125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—568152.83/cwt142.00–160.0086810
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—320163.55/cwt150.00–182.505233
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26890.61/cwt88.00–92.001,1496
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39174.72/cwt74.00–76.001,0394
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37987.05/cwt86.00–89.001,2004
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14572.07/cwt68.00–75.0082511
CowsLean 85-90%—87845.11/cwt39.00–52.003963
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—720109.00/cwt109.00–109.007851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—614157.42/cwt148.00–164.0096718
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—580155.86/cwt141.00–164.009044
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—463145.58/cwt131.00–160.006742
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—865127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0991
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—760141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—423130.54/cwt128.00–135.005525
SteersMedium and Large 3—645135.00/cwt135.00–135.008711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—523153.97/cwt150.00–165.008055
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—810138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1181
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—84577.00/cwt77.00–77.006511
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—74050.00/cwt50.00–50.003701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—410149.00/cwt149.00–149.006111
Dairy HeifersSmall and Medium 3—62064.00/cwt64.00–64.003971
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—705146.25/cwt142.00–153.001,0314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—690136.00/cwt136.00–136.009381
SteersMedium and Large 3—730122.00/cwt122.00–122.008911
HeifersMedium and Large 3—478119.79/cwt116.00–122.505734
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—378128.79/cwt127.50–130.004872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—457147.00/cwt147.00–147.006729
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—532137.08/cwt137.00–137.507296
SteersMedium and Large 3—560110.00/cwt110.00–110.006161
SteersMedium and Large 3—425117.50/cwt117.50–117.504991
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08962.12/cwt57.00–67.006767
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,53065.00/cwt65.00–65.009951
CowsLean 85-90%—98971.49/cwt69.00–76.0070710
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43282.24/cwt78.00–86.001,17810
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29581.89/cwt78.00–87.001,06032
Bulls——1,751111.83/cwt110.00–114.001,9587
Bulls——1,765105.45/cwt100.00–108.001,86111
Bulls——1,23594.62/cwt90.00–98.001,1692
BullsLarge 3—92085.00/cwt85.00–85.007821
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—428152.86/cwt145.00–162.006547
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—521151.77/cwt142.00–166.0079112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—474143.19/cwt131.00–160.0067911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—621147.20/cwt136.00–156.0091411
BullsMedium and Large 3—530132.52/cwt130.00–135.007022
HeifersMedium and Large 3—670104.00/cwt104.00–104.006971
HeifersMedium and Large 3—633107.06/cwt104.00–110.006782
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415120.00/cwt120.00–120.004981
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—534127.22/cwt120.00–132.5067912
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—665142.58/cwt139.00–149.009483
BullsMedium and Large 3—420130.93/cwt125.00–135.005505
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—575140.00/cwt140.00–140.008052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—668116.03/cwt111.00–124.007753
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—840114.00/cwt114.00–114.009581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—615126.07/cwt120.00–133.0077510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—476131.13/cwt122.50–138.0062410
HeifersMedium and Large 3—528108.87/cwt105.00–113.005752
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—353153.72/cwt150.00–157.505432
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—571124.42/cwt118.00–136.0071014

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.