Name: Turnersburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle were mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower, while feeder cattle were 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Trade and demand was moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.19/cwt on 338 head.

Average price

$145.19

338 head · 475 lb average

Value per head Derived

$689

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$371

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3

$69.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.08

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	476	154.16	734	274
Large 1-2	520	120.00	624	1thin
Medium 2	483	114.67	554	46
Medium 3	429	84.66	363	17thin

One grade step is worth $69.50/cwt here — about $371 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 sale338 hd

145.19

—

NC average7 barns · 1,013 hd

143.11

+2.08

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,632	102.00	1,665	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,441	87.56	1,262	111
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,516	82.89	1,257	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	930	61.11	568	78

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,028	$893	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	838	$655	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	879	$654	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,144	$1,086	3thin

Every lot, as filed

130 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	188.97/cwt	160.00–209.00	809	29
Bulls	Medium 2	—	695	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	137.37/cwt	123.00–150.00	850	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	162.02/cwt	137.50–177.50	684	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	105.98/cwt	105.00–108.00	931	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	335	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	268	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	143.48/cwt	125.00–157.00	1,086	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	274	200.66/cwt	175.00–225.00	550	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	113.01/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,085	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	773	117.00/cwt	116.00–118.00	904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	206.70/cwt	184.00–213.00	1,106	19
Steers	Medium 2	—	470	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	155.46/cwt	130.00–175.00	580	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	118.95/cwt	115.00–123.00	975	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	196.68/cwt	171.00–214.00	918	12
Steers	Medium 2	—	540	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	203.46/cwt	185.00–216.00	877	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	145.57/cwt	130.00–158.00	1,198	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	124.11/cwt	117.50–128.00	961	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	158.28/cwt	140.00–175.00	747	36
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	520	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	433	179.90/cwt	179.00–183.00	779	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	210.25/cwt	208.00–212.50	610	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	144.47/cwt	142.00–147.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	269	120.95/cwt	110.00–125.00	325	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	383	121.98/cwt	110.00–135.00	467	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	458	181.02/cwt	178.00–185.00	829	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	555	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	971	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	274	143.94/cwt	132.50–162.50	394	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,185	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	238	117.42/cwt	115.00–120.00	279	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	465	128.79/cwt	125.00–132.50	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	146.26/cwt	135.00–162.50	333	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	124.53/cwt	115.00–135.00	836	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	149.85/cwt	135.00–177.50	487	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	124.76/cwt	115.00–137.00	905	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	605	116.18/cwt	107.50–125.00	703	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	718	90.21/cwt	80.00–102.00	648	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	323	117.58/cwt	110.00–127.50	380	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	525	108.62/cwt	100.00–120.00	570	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	154.42/cwt	130.00–165.00	880	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	152.79/cwt	134.00–165.00	1,164	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	177.23/cwt	174.00–178.00	920	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	673	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	962	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	671	182.39/cwt	180.00–182.50	1,224	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	207.55/cwt	192.00–218.00	776	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	681	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	157.66/cwt	149.00–164.00	1,123	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	167.62/cwt	160.00–172.50	1,138	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	375	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	431	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	475	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	252	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	390	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	246	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	190.40/cwt	180.00–198.00	1,089	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	175.61/cwt	160.00–188.00	1,094	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	820	114.25/cwt	112.50–116.00	937	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	625	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	781	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	665	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	479	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	—	870	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	644	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	315	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	276	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	765	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	673	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	169.50/cwt	169.00–170.00	1,217	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	216	55.55/cwt	47.50–75.00	120	8
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	—	900	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	675	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	590	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	295	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	—	980	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	794	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	—	835	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	418	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	—	750	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	495	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	—	415	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	197	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	550	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	674	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	122.50/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,090	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	202.66/cwt	170.00–228.00	669	14
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	383	164.40/cwt	160.00–170.00	630	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	176.46/cwt	150.00–195.00	921	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	113.70/cwt	105.00–126.00	1,069	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	66.26/cwt	56.00–76.00	643	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	48.00/cwt	40.00–54.00	396	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	82.89/cwt	78.00–88.00	1,257	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,585	92.98/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,474	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	84.13/cwt	72.00–89.00	1,136	68
Bulls	—	—	1,814	116.04/cwt	113.00–123.00	2,105	7
Bulls	—	—	1,673	104.92/cwt	93.00–110.00	1,755	11
Bulls	—	—	1,386	83.38/cwt	70.00–88.00	1,156	7
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	805	610.00/head	610.00–610.00	610	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	1,366.09/head	1,250.00–1,500.00	1,366	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,059	968.81/head	775.00–1,275.00	969	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	948	756.53/head	675.00–825.00	757	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	905	590.00/head	590.00–590.00	590	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	740	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	1,115	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	422	126.13/cwt	115.00–140.00	532	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	226	145.91/cwt	132.50–157.50	330	5
Bulls	Medium 3	—	495	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	384	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	440	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	473	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	273	82.98/cwt	79.00–90.00	227	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	703	87.23/cwt	82.50–92.00	613	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	488	125.71/cwt	122.50–130.00	613	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	325	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	390	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	264	127.50/cwt	110.00–137.50	337	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	510	116.80/cwt	110.00–130.00	596	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	535	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	415	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	628	128.50/cwt	127.50–130.00	807	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	373	111.51/cwt	110.00–113.00	416	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	202.04/cwt	177.50–217.00	752	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	158.04/cwt	135.00–172.00	1,070	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	171.11/cwt	150.00–185.00	1,061	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	973	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	720	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	360	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	288	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	300	80.00/cwt	75.00–85.00	240	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	618	82.49/cwt	80.00–85.00	510	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	750	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	975	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	573	111.17/cwt	105.00–117.50	637	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,235	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,494	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	464	87.95/cwt	79.00–102.50	408	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	273	85.60/cwt	75.00–100.00	234	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	418	126.50/cwt	110.00–131.00	529	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	671	112.12/cwt	110.00–117.50	752	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	660	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	611	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	179.22/cwt	150.00–200.00	850	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	217	187.46/cwt	177.50–202.50	407	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	500	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	158.71/cwt	140.00–170.00	844	45
Heifers	Medium 2	—	815	94.43/cwt	89.00–100.00	770	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	368	149.37/cwt	140.00–155.00	550	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	150.47/cwt	135.00–168.00	1,083	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	579	134.07/cwt	130.00–145.00	776	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	225	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	259	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	173.65/cwt	150.00–190.00	1,002	24

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Harward Brothers Livestock Market - Turnersburg, NC

Mon Feb 20, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 739Last week 288Year ago 778

Slaughter CattleReceipts 234Last week 132Year ago 255

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 8Year ago 23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	428	160.00–209.00	188.97
5	—	757	125.00–157.00	143.48
5	—	274	175.00–225.00	200.66
3	—	960	111.00–117.00	113.01
2	—	890	120.00–125.00	122.50
14	—	330	170.00–228.00	202.66
36	—	522	150.00–195.00	176.46
3	—	940	105.00–126.00	113.70
28	—	372	177.50–217.00	202.04
13	—	677	135.00–172.00	158.04
12	—	620	150.00–185.00	171.11
22	—	474	150.00–200.00	179.22
3	—	217	177.50–202.50	187.46
7	—	720	135.00–168.00	150.47
24	—	577	150.00–190.00	173.65
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	130.00	130.00
5	—	422	115.00–140.00	126.13
5	—	226	132.50–157.50	145.91
4	—	488	122.50–130.00	125.71
1	—	325	120.00	120.00
4	—	264	110.00–137.50	127.50
3	—	510	110.00–130.00	116.80
3	—	628	127.50–130.00	128.50
3	—	368	140.00–155.00	149.37
4	—	579	130.00–145.00	134.07
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	80.00	80.00
1	—	495	77.50	77.50
1	—	440	107.50	107.50
3	—	273	79.00–90.00	82.98
2	—	703	82.50–92.00	87.23
1	—	535	77.50	77.50
2	—	373	110.00–113.00	111.51
1	—	225	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	122.50	122.50
4	—	383	160.00–170.00	164.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	619	123.00–150.00	137.37
39	—	422	137.50–177.50	162.02
3	—	878	105.00–108.00	105.98
36	—	373	130.00–175.00	155.46
2	—	820	115.00–123.00	118.95
4	—	774	117.50–128.00	124.11
36	—	472	140.00–175.00	158.28
13	—	274	132.50–162.50	143.94
1	—	1,150	103.00	103.00
4	—	228	135.00–162.50	146.26
7	—	671	115.00–135.00	124.53
25	—	325	135.00–177.50	149.85
5	—	725	115.00–137.00	124.76
16	—	570	130.00–165.00	154.42
1	—	945	103.00	103.00
45	—	532	140.00–170.00	158.71
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	433	179.00–183.00	179.90
3	—	458	178.00–185.00	181.02
1	—	555	175.00	175.00
5	—	519	174.00–178.00	177.23
5	—	673	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	269	110.00–125.00	120.95
3	—	383	110.00–135.00	121.98
2	—	238	115.00–120.00	117.42
2	—	465	125.00–132.50	128.79
2	—	605	107.50–125.00	116.18
3	—	718	80.00–102.00	90.21
6	—	323	110.00–127.50	117.58
5	—	525	100.00–120.00	108.62
1	—	750	104.00	104.00
1	—	975	90.00	90.00
2	—	573	105.00–117.50	111.17
7	—	418	110.00–131.00	126.50
4	—	671	110.00–117.50	112.12
2	—	815	89.00–100.00	94.43
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	77.00	77.00
1	—	360	80.00	80.00
2	—	300	75.00–85.00	80.00
2	—	618	80.00–85.00	82.49
4	—	464	79.00–102.50	87.95
5	—	273	75.00–100.00	85.60
1	—	660	92.50	92.50
1	—	500	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	773	116.00–118.00	117.00
1	—	470	140.00	140.00
1	—	540	122.50	122.50
2	—	820	112.50–116.00	114.25
1	—	625	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	535	184.00–213.00	206.70
12	—	467	171.00–214.00	196.68
4	—	431	185.00–216.00	203.46
4	—	823	130.00–158.00	145.57
2	—	290	208.00–212.50	210.25
2	—	880	142.00–147.00	144.47
3	—	762	134.00–165.00	152.79
7	—	374	192.00–218.00	207.55
1	—	345	197.50	197.50
3	—	712	149.00–164.00	157.66
4	—	679	160.00–172.50	167.62
5	—	572	180.00–198.00	190.40
8	—	623	160.00–188.00	175.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	671	180.00–182.50	182.39
2	—	718	169.00–170.00	169.50
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	115.00	115.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	53.00	53.00
1	—	390	63.00	63.00
8	—	216	47.50–75.00	55.55
1	—	590	50.00	50.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	72.00	72.00
1	—	315	87.50	87.50
1	—	765	88.00	88.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	74.00	74.00
1	—	900	75.00	75.00
1	—	980	81.00	81.00
1	—	835	50.00	50.00
1	—	750	66.00	66.00
1	—	415	47.50	47.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	971	56.00–76.00	66.26
22	—	825	40.00–54.00	48.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,516	78.00–88.00	82.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,585	90.00–97.00	92.98
68	—	1,350	72.00–89.00	84.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,814	113.00–123.00	116.04
11	—	1,673	93.00–110.00	104.92
7	—	1,386	70.00–88.00	83.38

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	805	610.00	610.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	590.00	590.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	740	450.00	450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	870	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,059	775.00–1,275.00	968.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	948	675.00–825.00	756.53
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,158	1,250.00–1,500.00	1,366.09
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	525.00	525.00

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