Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2022-12-05

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Dec 5
● Final147 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
797 head
206 vs last sale 591 154 vs year ago 951 · 16.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
229 head
22 vs last sale 251 71 vs year ago 300 · 23.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
11 vs last sale 3 25 vs year ago 39 · 64.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle were mostly steady, while feeder cattle were steady to 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Trade and demand was moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $129.98/cwt on 263 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 72.55 against this barn's trailing median of $202.53.
Average price
$129.98
263 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$692
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$253
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$48.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.90
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2527140.08738188
Medium 2554112.2162248
Medium 353191.2448527
One grade step is worth $48.84/cwt here — about $253 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

30 sales
231208184161median 202.5312/1503/0204/2706/1508/17
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $216.84, low $174.89, median $202.53 across 30 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 sale263 hd
129.98
NC average8 barns · 1,027 hd
124.08
+5.90
This barn, trailing median30 sales
202.53
−72.55
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
BullsHigh1,55889.831,40022
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37273.491,00874
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51971.201,08219
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05657.63609102

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,026$8789
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)850$5682thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,162$1,3003thin

Every lot, as filed

147 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 2616115.17/cwt110.00–126.007094
SteersMedium 2315129.00/cwt129.00–129.004061
SteersMedium 2790101.00/cwt101.00–101.007981
SteersMedium 3210100.00/cwt100.00–100.002101
SteersMedium 21,050106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,1131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2284125.20/cwt122.50–127.503565
SteersMedium 2520132.00/cwt132.00–132.006861
SteersMedium 2485131.00/cwt125.00–137.006353
SteersMedium 2370112.50/cwt112.50–112.504161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433164.27/cwt150.00–179.0071117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2215133.47/cwt124.00–142.502872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,32589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,1791
SteersMedium 326095.00/cwt95.00–95.002471
SteersMedium 347590.00/cwt90.00–90.004281
SteersMedium 3600100.00/cwt100.00–100.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2220127.79/cwt120.00–135.002818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2723121.32/cwt110.00–126.008778
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2630124.13/cwt115.00–134.0078210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,070106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,1341
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2329126.91/cwt120.00–135.0041812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370148.17/cwt136.00–165.0054812
HeifersMedium 2575110.97/cwt109.00–114.006383
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,240117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,4511
HeifersMedium 278791.99/cwt90.00–94.007243
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2377127.33/cwt118.00–137.0048015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425132.23/cwt120.00–146.0056223
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2845106.00/cwt106.00–106.008961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,033105.64/cwt103.00–108.001,0913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572132.30/cwt122.50–138.0075711
HeifersMedium 21,17590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2672122.41/cwt114.00–128.0082310
HeifersMedium 2518119.00/cwt119.00–119.006162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,14598.00/cwt96.00–100.001,1222
HeifersMedium 281887.06/cwt84.00–90.007122
HeifersMedium 2418115.50/cwt115.00–116.004832
HeifersMedium 367590.00/cwt90.00–90.006081
SteersMedium 352594.98/cwt94.00–96.004992
SteersMedium 2690120.00/cwt120.00–120.008281
SteersMedium 341590.00/cwt90.00–90.003741
SteersMedium and Large 1-2726140.92/cwt132.00–150.001,0236
SteersMedium and Large 1-2930109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0141
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469160.70/cwt141.00–173.0075419
SteersMedium 3315102.50/cwt102.50–102.503231
SteersMedium and Large 1-2773119.02/cwt118.00–120.009202
SteersMedium 2435130.00/cwt130.00–130.005661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2308156.03/cwt142.00–162.004814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575156.07/cwt147.00–163.008979
SteersMedium and Large 1-2622157.04/cwt155.00–160.009773
SteersMedium 2970101.00/cwt101.00–101.009801
Dairy HeifersLarge 399576.00/cwt76.00–76.007561
Dairy HeifersLarge 389074.00/cwt74.00–74.006591
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672140.63/cwt130.00–151.009458
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525165.59/cwt153.00–172.0086912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2895125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1191
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,105110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2161
Dairy HeifersLarge 384060.00/cwt60.00–60.005041
Dairy SteersLarge 375590.00/cwt90.00–90.006801
Dairy SteersLarge 339056.00/cwt56.00–56.002181
Dairy SteersLarge 328587.00/cwt86.00–88.002482
SteersMedium and Large 1-2295147.66/cwt142.00–165.004364
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,13571.00/cwt71.00–71.008061
Dairy SteersLarge 342062.00/cwt62.00–62.002601
Dairy SteersLarge 357090.00/cwt90.00–90.005131
Dairy HeifersLarge 392267.74/cwt60.00–72.006253
Dairy SteersMedium 362040.00/cwt40.00–40.002481
Dairy SteersLarge 31,00070.00/cwt70.00–70.007001
Dairy SteersLarge 391085.00/cwt85.00–85.007741
BullsMedium and Large 1-2579147.17/cwt130.00–159.0085220
BullsMedium and Large 1-2950107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0171
BullsMedium and Large 1-2622140.83/cwt126.00–153.0087628
BullsMedium and Large 1-2279138.89/cwt131.00–160.003885
BullsMedium and Large 1-2875102.00/cwt102.00–102.008931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2526148.91/cwt130.00–164.0078323
CowsLean 85-90%1,10462.70/cwt53.00–68.0069266
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51971.20/cwt66.00–76.001,08219
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37473.33/cwt70.00–80.001,00873
CowsLean 85-90%96848.34/cwt40.00–54.0046836
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0201
Bulls1,953104.82/cwt101.00–109.002,0474
Bulls1,49790.81/cwt83.00–98.001,35913
Bulls1,40175.29/cwt70.00–82.001,0555
Bred CowsMedium 1-2695385.00/head385.00–385.003851
Bred CowsMedium 1-2935475.00/head475.00–475.004751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0801,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0801,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,037928.32/head625.00–1,125.009288
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,005750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3251,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
BullsMedium 361587.00/cwt87.00–87.005351
BullsMedium 381886.53/cwt83.00–90.007082
BullsMedium 270697.82/cwt90.00–106.006914
BullsMedium 341592.77/cwt85.00–100.003852
BullsMedium 353293.42/cwt90.00–100.004973
BullsMedium 324092.50/cwt92.50–92.502221
BullsMedium 371381.02/cwt80.00–82.005782
BullsMedium 395580.00/cwt80.00–80.007641
BullsMedium 357590.00/cwt90.00–90.005181
BullsMedium 286090.00/cwt90.00–90.007742
BullsMedium 338894.65/cwt88.00–100.003674
BullsMedium 348597.50/cwt90.00–105.004732
BullsMedium 3290101.25/cwt100.00–102.502942
BullsMedium 333596.00/cwt92.00–100.003222
BullsMedium 367486.26/cwt80.00–100.005814
BullsMedium 2629118.29/cwt114.00–123.007444
BullsMedium 281897.52/cwt95.00–100.007982
BullsMedium 2770100.88/cwt95.00–107.007772
BullsMedium 2205119.00/cwt119.00–119.002441
BullsMedium 2681108.19/cwt100.00–112.007374
BullsMedium 2534116.94/cwt110.00–123.006244
BullsMedium and Large 1-2371144.79/cwt130.00–160.0053722
HeifersMedium 2318110.88/cwt108.00–115.003534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525130.25/cwt120.00–137.0068423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474131.84/cwt119.00–147.0062528
HeifersMedium 2469112.90/cwt110.00–118.005307
HeifersMedium 272598.75/cwt90.00–106.007165
HeifersMedium 361489.82/cwt80.00–98.005516
HeifersMedium 2650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007151
HeifersMedium 2618111.40/cwt107.00–118.006884
HeifersMedium 2250115.00/cwt115.00–115.002881
HeifersMedium 351597.43/cwt92.50–100.005023
HeifersMedium 337894.53/cwt91.00–99.003573
HeifersMedium 343098.85/cwt92.00–105.004253
HeifersMedium 390580.00/cwt80.00–80.007241
HeifersMedium 356388.02/cwt80.00–94.004963
HeifersMedium 2385114.26/cwt110.00–120.004405
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2945101.00/cwt101.00–101.009541
HeifersMedium 331599.06/cwt94.00–102.003124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2770113.00/cwt113.00–113.008701
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,070102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2216127.50/cwt117.50–132.502754
BullsMedium and Large 1-2714121.99/cwt114.00–128.008718
HeifersMedium 348096.34/cwt90.00–105.004627
HeifersMedium 328393.07/cwt90.00–99.002633
BullsMedium and Large 1-2768114.00/cwt108.00–123.008769
BullsMedium and Large 1-2315144.52/cwt129.00–160.0045511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2814101.49/cwt100.00–104.008264
BullsMedium and Large 1-2427144.59/cwt130.00–162.5061714
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475146.91/cwt130.00–164.0069828
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,36098.52/cwt96.00–101.001,3402
BullsMedium 21,10085.00/cwt85.00–85.009351
BullsMedium 2471119.32/cwt107.50–128.005629
BullsMedium and Large 1-2663131.97/cwt119.00–140.008759
BullsMedium 2275117.64/cwt115.00–120.003242
BullsMedium 2335114.85/cwt110.00–120.003852
BullsMedium 2573111.69/cwt104.00–120.006402
BullsMedium 2418124.90/cwt120.00–127.505224
BullsMedium 2382115.70/cwt110.00–125.004425

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.