Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2023-03-06

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Mar 6
● Final125 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
707 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 608▼ 208 vs year ago 915 · −22.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
202 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 155▼ 43 vs year ago 245 · −17.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 12▼ 5 vs year ago 24 · −20.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle were mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher, while feeder cattle were 4.00 to 6.00 lower. 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 $155.16/cwt on 292 head.
Average price
$155.16
292 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$761
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$219
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$72.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.36
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2488161.95790241
Medium 2477129.3161743
Medium 364089.325728thin
One grade step is worth $72.64/cwt here — about $219 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 sale292 hd
155.16
—
NC average8 barns · 1,296 hd
160.52
−5.36
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—High1,532110.021,68529
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31493.931,235111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45289.781,30410
CowsLean 85-90%Average85669.3859443

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)869$8696
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)808$7902thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)843$7178
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)930$1,0243thin

Every lot, as filed

125 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 and Large 1-2—740171.76/cwt169.00–173.001,2714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—523170.70/cwt157.50–177.508935
SteersMedium 3—415120.00/cwt120.00–120.004981
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—689180.95/cwt167.00–192.001,2478
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—817156.57/cwt150.00–165.001,2793
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—327214.70/cwt200.00–230.007028
SteersMedium 2—660144.00/cwt144.00–144.009501
SteersMedium 2—519140.60/cwt132.50–150.007304
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—680162.40/cwt148.00–165.001,10412
SteersMedium 2—390152.50/cwt152.50–152.505951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—463186.39/cwt172.50–203.008636
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—290192.50/cwt192.50–192.505581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—418186.12/cwt185.00–187.507784
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—520178.66/cwt178.00–180.009293
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,085115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,2481
SteersMedium 3—395115.00/cwt115.00–115.004541
SteersMedium 2—425136.19/cwt135.00–137.505792
SteersMedium 2—265138.21/cwt125.00–150.003662
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—524154.87/cwt137.00–174.0081225
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—575176.96/cwt174.00–180.001,0187
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—985120.48/cwt116.00–125.001,1872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—455186.00/cwt186.00–186.008461
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—730139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—620164.47/cwt160.00–166.001,0204
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—729118.37/cwt114.00–122.508634
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—226157.23/cwt140.00–180.003559
HeifersMedium 2—618117.20/cwt114.00–120.007244
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—880117.99/cwt116.00–120.001,0382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—677126.92/cwt120.00–142.008596
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—422171.94/cwt140.00–184.0072638
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—478164.48/cwt140.00–180.0078625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—379210.38/cwt202.50–219.007974
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—1,070139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,4871
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—1,120130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4561
SteersMedium 2—235152.50/cwt152.50–152.503581
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—1,000146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,4601
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—995145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,4431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—765172.51/cwt172.00–173.001,3202
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—721180.30/cwt176.00–181.001,3007
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—528214.30/cwt210.00–220.001,1328
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—571186.39/cwt160.00–204.001,0646
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—497219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,0882
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—871152.75/cwt144.00–158.001,3304
Dairy SteersLarge 3—873120.54/cwt116.00–125.001,0522
Dairy SteersMedium 3—81082.50/cwt82.50–82.506681
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—80098.00/cwt98.00–98.007842
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—59552.50/cwt52.50–52.503121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—622199.29/cwt195.00–206.001,2405
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—423202.52/cwt170.00–230.008578
Dairy SteersMedium 3—49590.00/cwt90.00–90.004461
Dairy SteersLarge 3—205120.00/cwt120.00–120.002461
Dairy SteersLarge 3—550105.00/cwt105.00–105.005783
Dairy SteersLarge 3—480140.00/cwt140.00–140.006721
Dairy SteersMedium 3—65562.00/cwt62.00–62.004061
Dairy SteersLarge 3—688108.32/cwt92.00–117.507456
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—1,06596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,0221
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—872134.33/cwt120.00–147.501,1713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—564181.31/cwt160.00–197.501,02320
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—676151.97/cwt142.50–170.001,0277
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—276181.93/cwt165.00–200.005027
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—770146.30/cwt133.00–160.001,1274
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—724147.84/cwt138.00–159.001,0704
CowsLean 85-90%—88972.66/cwt60.00–82.0064636
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45289.78/cwt84.00–96.001,30410
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,535100.67/cwt96.00–106.001,54543
CowsLean 85-90%—68452.50/cwt45.00–56.003597
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17589.66/cwt80.00–95.001,05468
Bulls——1,660121.03/cwt116.00–126.002,00910
Bulls——1,553110.66/cwt106.00–115.001,71913
Bulls——1,27290.30/cwt80.00–95.001,1496
Bred CowsMedium 2—778627.01/head600.00–650.006272
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—963847.11/head600.00–1,075.008475
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—914990.55/head770.00–1,250.009914
Bred CowsMedium 2—765680.00/head680.00–680.006801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—850900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred CowsMedium 2—642501.30/head400.00–600.005013
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—8601,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9651,023.58/head900.00–1,125.001,0242
BullsMedium 3—460110.00/cwt110.00–110.005061
BullsMedium 2—522150.79/cwt130.00–162.507879
BullsMedium 2—572151.36/cwt135.00–163.008667
BullsMedium 2—481151.56/cwt120.00–165.007297
BullsMedium 3—518102.32/cwt95.00–110.005302
BullsMedium 3—390116.00/cwt116.00–116.004521
BullsMedium 2—282145.32/cwt140.00–152.504105
BullsMedium 2—617151.99/cwt150.00–155.009383
BullsMedium 2—375141.74/cwt130.00–157.505324
BullsMedium 2—313166.30/cwt165.00–167.505212
BullsMedium 2—421156.06/cwt142.50–168.006576
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—617178.21/cwt157.50–195.001,10011
BullsMedium 3—433105.17/cwt95.00–115.004552
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—474192.21/cwt170.00–222.5091131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—228181.16/cwt172.50–187.504136
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—380199.55/cwt175.00–217.5075822
HeifersMedium 2—315132.21/cwt122.50–140.004164
HeifersMedium 3—72595.00/cwt95.00–95.006891
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—274149.92/cwt140.00–167.504119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—925114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0551
HeifersMedium 2—473130.58/cwt117.50–140.006188
HeifersMedium 3—79584.00/cwt84.00–84.006681
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—571151.43/cwt136.00–170.0086516
HeifersMedium 3—51390.02/cwt85.00–95.004623
HeifersMedium 2—785105.00/cwt105.00–105.008241
HeifersMedium 2—515132.34/cwt129.00–135.006827
HeifersMedium 2—683118.74/cwt117.50–120.008112
HeifersMedium 2—285131.25/cwt130.00–132.503742
HeifersMedium 2—420135.14/cwt130.00–146.005683
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—293190.18/cwt185.00–198.005573
HeifersMedium 2—367140.90/cwt135.00–147.505175
HeifersMedium 2—558126.10/cwt117.50–135.007046
HeifersMedium 2—245120.00/cwt120.00–120.002941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—622142.86/cwt125.00–156.0088918
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—813121.16/cwt115.00–126.009853
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—521184.09/cwt167.50–215.0095927
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—327160.47/cwt147.50–175.0052513
HeifersMedium 3—81590.00/cwt90.00–90.007341
HeifersMedium 3—62387.74/cwt87.50–88.005472
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—427201.73/cwt180.00–220.0086135
BullsMedium 3—675115.00/cwt115.00–115.007761
BullsMedium 2—223156.06/cwt155.00–157.003482
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—323199.94/cwt190.00–207.506469
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—374196.30/cwt190.00–200.0073411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—380170.29/cwt147.00–187.5064714
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—824139.02/cwt127.00–151.001,1464
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—331194.53/cwt175.00–217.5064431

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.