Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2023-03-13

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Mar 13
● Final117 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
445 head
▼ 262 vs last sale 707▲ 70 vs year ago 375 · +18.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
157 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 202▼ 18 vs year ago 175 · −10.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 19▼ 7 vs year ago 12 · −58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 higher, while feeder cattle were 4.00 to 6.00 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 $150.91/cwt on 169 head.
Average price
$150.91
169 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$715
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$294
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$63.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.15
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2476159.48759129
Large 1-2449129.615827thin
Medium 2469127.7459927
Medium 348595.844656thin
One grade step is worth $63.64/cwt here — about $294 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 sale169 hd
150.91
—
NC average8 barns · 1,161 hd
156.06
−5.15
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—High1,564110.061,72113
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29996.751,25785
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55791.551,42513
CowsLean 85-90%Low93469.9365340

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)918$8642thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)785$8503thin

Every lot, as filed

117 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 3—685115.00/cwt115.00–115.007881
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—1,040133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,3831
SteersMedium 2—518154.50/cwt140.00–162.508004
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—520195.62/cwt180.00–215.001,01717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—273223.90/cwt210.00–240.006113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—566160.42/cwt152.50–167.009088
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—631135.19/cwt124.00–147.008535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—369212.92/cwt200.00–235.007866
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—617183.97/cwt174.00–189.001,1353
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—985132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,3001
SteersMedium 2—315155.00/cwt155.00–155.004881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—380163.24/cwt147.50–176.0062012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—875133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1641
SteersMedium 3—620118.00/cwt118.00–118.007321
SteersMedium 2—365127.38/cwt122.50–132.004652
SteersMedium 2—495122.50/cwt122.50–122.506061
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—230156.87/cwt147.50–170.003613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—422169.43/cwt150.00–190.0071518
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—519156.76/cwt140.00–168.0081431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—1,170134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,5681
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—741160.26/cwt140.00–167.001,1884
SteersMedium 3—570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—321158.13/cwt140.00–172.5050811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—668134.95/cwt124.00–146.009015
HeifersMedium 2—480132.30/cwt127.00–137.506352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,075118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,2691
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—738124.35/cwt110.00–139.009182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—815130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—905127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1491
SteersMedium 2—265160.00/cwt160.00–160.004241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—1,229123.33/cwt120.00–124.001,5166
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—662163.47/cwt142.50–182.001,0824
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—788161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,26919
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—492215.08/cwt190.00–218.001,05811
SteersMedium 2—635121.50/cwt121.00–122.507723
SteersMedium 2—423145.27/cwt130.00–160.006142
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—1,010100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—1,135129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,4641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—928124.56/cwt120.00–129.001,1562
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—305195.00/cwt195.00–195.005951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—869134.19/cwt126.00–142.501,1664
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—568203.22/cwt185.00–208.001,1545
Dairy SteersLarge 3—365105.00/cwt105.00–105.003831
Dairy SteersLarge 3—275110.00/cwt110.00–110.003031
SteersLarge 1-2—360135.00/cwt135.00–135.004861
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—434220.90/cwt195.00–235.009599
Dairy SteersLarge 3—415134.00/cwt134.00–134.005561
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—37078.78/cwt77.50–80.002912
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—64590.00/cwt90.00–90.005811
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—47090.00/cwt90.00–90.004231
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—86780.00/cwt80.00–80.006942
Dairy SteersLarge 3—59090.00/cwt90.00–90.005311
BullsLarge 1-2—473152.58/cwt147.50–157.507222
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—428192.88/cwt172.50–214.0082611
BullsLarge 1-2—400145.00/cwt145.00–145.005801
BullsLarge 1-2—240172.50/cwt172.50–172.504141
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—273212.25/cwt180.00–235.005796
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—495135.00/cwt135.00–135.006681
CowsLean 85-90%—72852.16/cwt40.00–63.0038014
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04579.50/cwt68.00–85.0083126
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,55791.55/cwt82.00–99.001,42513
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,242105.95/cwt103.00–112.001,31616
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31294.62/cwt87.00–102.001,24169
Bulls——1,833118.00/cwt118.00–118.002,1632
Bulls——1,515108.62/cwt99.00–115.001,64611
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—965975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—918863.62/head825.00–900.008642
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—695825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—695750.00/head750.00–750.007501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—718151.72/cwt135.00–167.501,0896
BullsMedium 3—38590.00/cwt90.00–90.003471
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—321195.39/cwt170.00–225.006277
BullsMedium 3—435115.00/cwt115.00–115.005001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—678148.21/cwt140.00–156.001,0052
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—228221.32/cwt215.00–227.505052
BullsMedium 3—475116.28/cwt115.00–117.505522
BullsMedium 2—580141.11/cwt137.00–145.008184
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—365203.72/cwt170.00–225.0074415
BullsMedium 2—225147.50/cwt147.50–147.503321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,095111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,2151
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,155116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,3401
BullsMedium 2—529140.97/cwt122.50–150.007465
BullsMedium 3—600110.00/cwt107.50–112.506602
BullsLarge 1-2—380132.50/cwt132.50–132.505041
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—972121.65/cwt118.00–126.001,1823
BullsMedium 2—423149.12/cwt145.00–152.506313
BullsMedium 3—533101.16/cwt97.50–105.005392
HeifersMedium 3—68598.00/cwt98.00–98.006711
HeifersMedium 3—46895.52/cwt95.00–96.004472
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—773123.65/cwt120.00–126.009563
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—274163.69/cwt147.50–175.004497
HeifersLarge 1-2—477125.63/cwt122.00–127.505993
HeifersMedium 2—331122.45/cwt110.00–135.004054
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—280190.00/cwt190.00–190.005321
HeifersMedium 3—265100.00/cwt100.00–100.002651
HeifersMedium 2—375126.92/cwt117.50–132.504763
HeifersMedium 2—855100.00/cwt100.00–100.008551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—471173.52/cwt150.00–186.0081714
HeifersMedium 2—524119.46/cwt107.50–135.006268
HeifersLarge 1-2—428132.59/cwt122.50–138.005674
HeifersMedium 3—41085.00/cwt85.00–85.003491
HeifersMedium 2—740107.00/cwt107.00–107.007921
HeifersMedium 2—555132.50/cwt132.50–132.507351
HeifersMedium 2—416145.52/cwt140.00–149.006057
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—230200.00/cwt200.00–200.004601
BullsMedium 2—250158.00/cwt158.00–158.003951
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—385198.83/cwt192.50–205.007652
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—310185.00/cwt185.00–185.005742
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—625180.61/cwt175.00–184.001,1293
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—813127.71/cwt120.00–138.001,0383
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—517180.32/cwt152.50–199.0093210
HeifersMedium 3—615101.00/cwt101.00–101.006211
BullsMedium 2—378151.37/cwt145.00–157.505722
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—577168.72/cwt150.00–187.0097410
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—474188.10/cwt170.00–210.0089213
BullsMedium 2—475142.32/cwt125.00–160.006762
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—918126.41/cwt120.00–133.001,1602

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.