Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2023-08-28

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Aug 28
● Final118 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
528 head
▼ 170 vs last sale 698▼ 114 vs year ago 642 · −17.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 84 vs last sale 192▼ 53 vs year ago 161 · −32.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 14▼ 11 vs year ago 17 · −64.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle were mostly steady, while feeder cattle were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle average.

19 head Goats: 45.00 to 180.00, 2 head Baby Calves: 50.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.59/cwt on 195 head.
Average price
$185.59
195 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$980
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$421
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$46.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.13
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553192.641,066147
Medium and Large 2453170.6077335
Medium and Large 3441146.2964513thin
One grade step is worth $46.34/cwt here — about $421 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 sale195 hd
185.59
—
NC average8 barns · 789 hd
184.46
+1.13
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—Low1,450120.821,75224
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,298105.201,36550
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,485101.211,50310
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low95489.1785120

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)991$1,1425
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,105$1,5501thin

Every lot, as filed

118 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—313250.55/cwt240.00–265.007843
SteersMedium and Large 1—574236.16/cwt230.00–240.001,3569
SteersMedium and Large 1—435220.46/cwt219.00–227.509599
SteersMedium and Large 2—712145.55/cwt142.50–151.001,0363
SteersMedium and Large 3—420157.50/cwt147.50–167.506622
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—568208.98/cwt207.00–212.001,1874
SteersMedium and Large 3—615141.28/cwt140.00–142.508692
SteersMedium and Large 2—613202.47/cwt200.00–205.001,2412
SteersMedium and Large 2—463188.90/cwt187.00–192.008755
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—608203.01/cwt202.00–204.001,2342
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,038142.72/cwt138.00–147.501,4812
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—528209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,1042
SteersMedium and Large 1—522233.30/cwt224.00–236.001,2186
SteersMedium and Large 3—518147.90/cwt145.00–151.007662
SteersMedium and Large 3—565152.50/cwt152.50–152.508621
HeifersMedium and Large 1—820165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3531
HeifersMedium and Large 2—730162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,1861
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—755175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471200.95/cwt192.50–209.0094619
HeifersMedium and Large 1—290190.00/cwt190.00–190.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—738196.51/cwt194.00–199.001,4502
HeifersMedium and Large 2—483175.10/cwt165.00–185.008464
HeifersMedium and Large 2—270171.37/cwt165.00–177.504632
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622189.88/cwt180.00–199.001,18117
HeifersMedium and Large 1—371193.02/cwt183.00–204.0071615
HeifersMedium and Large 1—340205.00/cwt205.00–205.006971
HeifersMedium and Large 1—878151.51/cwt144.00–161.001,3303
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525196.18/cwt188.00–205.001,03019
HeifersMedium and Large 3—535152.50/cwt152.50–152.508161
SteersMedium and Large 2—565194.98/cwt192.50–197.501,1022
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—487213.12/cwt213.00–214.001,0388
SteersMedium and Large 2—385192.00/cwt192.00–192.007391
SteersMedium and Large 1—615236.65/cwt231.00–242.501,4558
SteersMedium and Large 1—745195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4531
SteersMedium and Large 2—318191.32/cwt190.00–192.506082
SteersMedium and Large 1—275272.50/cwt272.50–272.507491
SteersMedium and Large 3—365167.50/cwt167.50–167.506111
SteersMedium and Large 2—433196.00/cwt187.50–205.008492
SteersMedium and Large 1—478213.34/cwt212.00–215.001,0203
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—727216.74/cwt212.50–222.001,5763
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—438242.49/cwt240.00–245.001,0622
SteersMedium and Large 1—778179.59/cwt170.00–191.001,3974
SteersMedium and Large 2—655189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2381
SteersMedium and Large 1—235260.00/cwt260.00–260.006111
SteersMedium and Large 1—369230.72/cwt223.00–244.008515
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—835210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7541
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—535239.76/cwt238.00–250.001,2839
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—571247.40/cwt247.00–249.001,4135
SteersMedium and Large 2—510195.00/cwt195.00–195.009951
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—483238.27/cwt237.00–239.001,1516
SteersMedium and Large 1—661228.44/cwt224.00–236.001,5107
Dairy SteersLarge 3—440125.00/cwt125.00–125.005501
Dairy SteersLarge 3—320110.00/cwt110.00–110.003521
BullsMedium and Large 1—762184.22/cwt176.00–189.001,4043
BullsMedium and Large 1—723209.50/cwt209.00–210.001,5152
BullsMedium and Large 1—980160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5681
BullsMedium and Large 1—323216.79/cwt212.50–220.007003
BullsMedium and Large 1—885167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,4821
BullsMedium and Large 1—277218.07/cwt210.00–225.006043
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,224112.97/cwt111.00–115.001,3835
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,306104.34/cwt98.00–110.001,36345
CowsLean 85-90%—87060.00/cwt60.00–60.005221
CowsLean 85-90%—80180.99/cwt74.00–85.006494
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00193.30/cwt87.50–97.0093415
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,485101.21/cwt99.00–105.001,50310
Bulls——86596.00/cwt96.00–96.008301
Bulls——1,402119.88/cwt108.00–128.001,68119
Bulls——1,823131.49/cwt129.00–136.002,3974
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0551,271.36/head1,225.00–1,350.001,2714
Bred CowsMedium 2—735625.00/head625.00–625.006251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1051,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
BullsMedium and Large 3—573160.00/cwt160.00–160.009172
BullsMedium and Large 3—673166.38/cwt162.50–170.001,1202
BullsMedium and Large 3—455164.09/cwt152.50–172.507473
BullsMedium and Large 3—515145.00/cwt145.00–145.007471
BullsMedium and Large 2—670189.86/cwt180.00–200.001,2724
BullsMedium and Large 3—605150.00/cwt150.00–150.009082
BullsMedium and Large 3—375150.00/cwt150.00–150.005631
BullsMedium and Large 2—529196.31/cwt180.00–204.001,0387
BullsMedium and Large 2—617196.62/cwt187.50–202.501,2135
BullsMedium and Large 2—415187.81/cwt185.00–190.007794
BullsMedium and Large 2—865147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,2721
BullsMedium and Large 3—230170.00/cwt170.00–170.003911
BullsMedium and Large 2—765151.08/cwt142.50–160.001,1562
BullsMedium and Large 1—470222.01/cwt210.00–232.001,04319
BullsMedium and Large 2—295180.00/cwt180.00–180.005311
BullsMedium and Large 1—935162.35/cwt155.00–172.001,5183
BullsMedium and Large 2—367190.70/cwt185.00–200.007003
HeifersMedium and Large 2—411175.66/cwt167.50–181.007225
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429194.67/cwt187.00–207.5083514
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573195.45/cwt187.50–205.001,12016
HeifersMedium and Large 1—765147.95/cwt140.00–157.501,1323
HeifersMedium and Large 2—374175.33/cwt170.00–179.006568
HeifersMedium and Large 1—683189.89/cwt185.00–195.001,2976
HeifersMedium and Large 2—333172.49/cwt167.50–175.005743
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565179.19/cwt177.50–180.001,0123
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521168.69/cwt160.00–182.508796
HeifersMedium and Large 2—220165.00/cwt165.00–165.003631
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375140.00/cwt140.00–140.005251
HeifersMedium and Large 3—403146.26/cwt145.00–147.505892
HeifersMedium and Large 3—273142.29/cwt140.00–145.003882
HeifersMedium and Large 3—472148.37/cwt140.00–160.007006
HeifersMedium and Large 3—640142.00/cwt142.00–142.009091
HeifersMedium and Large 2—783126.06/cwt122.00–130.009872
HeifersMedium and Large 1—940161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,5131
BullsMedium and Large 2—235172.50/cwt172.50–172.504051
BullsMedium and Large 1—677213.95/cwt203.00–222.501,4488
BullsMedium and Large 1—422219.77/cwt207.50–232.0092718
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,050139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,4601
HeifersMedium and Large 1—722180.20/cwt170.00–189.001,3017
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—423209.51/cwt209.00–210.008862
BullsMedium and Large 2—480197.50/cwt197.50–197.509481
BullsMedium and Large 1—529220.78/cwt205.00–232.501,16824
BullsMedium and Large 1—616217.42/cwt204.00–226.001,33920
BullsMedium and Large 1—225234.21/cwt224.00–242.505273
BullsMedium and Large 1—576219.16/cwt204.00–232.001,26221
BullsMedium and Large 1—374231.85/cwt221.00–242.5086710
BullsMedium and Large 2—725185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3411

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.