Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2023-10-23

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Oct 23
● Final120 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
552 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 612▼ 138 vs year ago 690 · −20.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
187 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 179▼ 57 vs year ago 244 · −23.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 6▼ 1 vs year ago 15 · −6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were mostly steady, while feeder cattle were 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

1 head Goats: 40.00, 16 head Baby Calves: 35.00 to 135.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $162.37/cwt on 211 head.
Average price
$162.37
211 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$802
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$360
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$59.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.36
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512179.44919125
Medium and Large 2469146.1168558
Medium and Large 3466119.8555928
One grade step is worth $59.59/cwt here — about $360 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 sale211 hd
162.37
—
NC average8 barns · 1,152 hd
171.73
−9.36
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—Average1,279103.941,32935
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,42792.931,32669
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50186.641,30014
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low95272.4168983

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,130$1,3501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,205$1,0501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,129$1,0006
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,037$1,3436

Every lot, as filed

120 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—470201.00/cwt201.00–201.009457
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521169.45/cwt150.00–180.0088315
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—569195.18/cwt193.00–202.001,1114
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—512195.71/cwt192.00–201.001,0027
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326185.08/cwt175.00–200.006036
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—400230.00/cwt230.00–230.009201
HeifersMedium and Large 1—664161.90/cwt150.00–172.001,07511
HeifersMedium and Large 1—384197.59/cwt185.00–205.007598
HeifersMedium and Large 1—755169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,2761
HeifersMedium and Large 1—840136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1421
HeifersMedium and Large 1—965114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,1001
HeifersMedium and Large 1—265172.86/cwt165.00–180.004583
HeifersMedium and Large 1—233174.73/cwt170.00–180.004072
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573175.84/cwt164.00–190.001,0089
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573141.19/cwt127.00–153.008096
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618174.15/cwt155.00–188.001,0764
HeifersMedium and Large 1—711150.28/cwt146.00–155.001,0684
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,015132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,3401
HeifersMedium and Large 2—369160.42/cwt150.00–172.005926
HeifersMedium and Large 2—795132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0491
HeifersMedium and Large 2—655125.00/cwt125.00–125.008191
HeifersMedium and Large 2—715122.00/cwt122.00–122.008721
HeifersMedium and Large 2—522138.17/cwt130.00–145.0072112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,085144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,5621
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424149.02/cwt135.00–165.0063212
HeifersMedium and Large 2—235160.00/cwt160.00–160.003761
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006331
HeifersMedium and Large 2—469148.72/cwt137.00–160.006974
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623138.59/cwt127.00–147.008635
HeifersMedium and Large 2—273156.88/cwt150.00–165.004282
SteersMedium and Large 2—705157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1071
SteersMedium and Large 3—550135.00/cwt135.00–135.007431
SteersMedium and Large 3—500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
SteersMedium and Large 3—415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005401
SteersMedium and Large 3—320165.00/cwt165.00–165.005281
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—480222.06/cwt220.00–224.001,0662
SteersMedium and Large 1—453202.01/cwt195.00–207.009153
SteersMedium and Large 1—525215.92/cwt214.00–218.001,1342
SteersMedium and Large 1—719198.45/cwt188.00–202.001,4277
SteersMedium and Large 2—410175.00/cwt175.00–175.007181
SteersMedium and Large 3—695135.00/cwt135.00–135.009381
SteersMedium and Large 2—563173.53/cwt172.00–175.009772
SteersMedium and Large 1—893169.99/cwt165.00–175.001,5182
SteersMedium and Large 1—405204.00/cwt204.00–204.008261
SteersMedium and Large 1—576207.13/cwt198.00–212.001,1935
SteersMedium and Large 1—960145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3921
SteersMedium and Large 1—616197.75/cwt180.00–211.001,2186
SteersMedium and Large 1—810172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,3931
Dairy SteersLarge 3—230100.00/cwt100.00–100.002301
Dairy SteersLarge 3—505120.00/cwt120.00–120.006061
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—378234.78/cwt225.00–240.008873
SteersMedium and Large 1—240200.00/cwt200.00–200.004801
SteersMedium and Large 1—376209.28/cwt192.00–225.007874
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,058149.97/cwt136.00–164.001,5872
BullsMedium and Large 1—316198.02/cwt185.00–210.006266
BullsMedium and Large 1—571189.88/cwt175.00–208.001,08413
BullsMedium and Large 1—479196.65/cwt180.00–207.0094215
BullsMedium and Large 1—371202.43/cwt185.00–218.0075112
BullsMedium and Large 1—818135.86/cwt125.00–152.001,1113
BullsMedium and Large 1—660165.86/cwt157.00–175.001,0952
CowsLean 85-90%—88348.70/cwt48.00–50.004302
CowsLean 85-90%—85261.50/cwt55.00–65.0052423
CowsLean 85-90%—1,26686.57/cwt86.00–87.001,0964
CowsLean 85-90%—97476.88/cwt65.00–85.0074954
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50186.64/cwt82.00–93.001,30014
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,45292.00/cwt85.00–97.001,33664
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,105104.90/cwt100.00–108.001,1595
Bulls——1,326107.62/cwt100.00–116.001,42725
Bulls——1,05188.26/cwt84.00–95.009288
Bulls——1,605120.65/cwt120.00–121.001,9362
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2051,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1301,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred CowsMedium 2—800675.00/head675.00–675.006751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1951,064.52/head875.00–1,325.001,0655
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0321,360.62/head1,050.00–1,625.001,3613
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0701,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—835925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2201,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
BullsMedium and Large 2—474160.71/cwt150.00–177.007627
BullsMedium and Large 3—580136.72/cwt130.00–145.007933
BullsMedium and Large 3—618127.51/cwt125.00–130.007882
BullsMedium and Large 3—320125.00/cwt125.00–125.004001
BullsMedium and Large 3—520123.18/cwt110.00–145.006415
BullsMedium and Large 3—665130.35/cwt122.00–137.008674
BullsMedium and Large 2—370163.93/cwt150.00–175.006076
BullsMedium and Large 3—433125.95/cwt117.00–135.005452
BullsMedium and Large 3—370135.41/cwt125.00–145.005012
BullsMedium and Large 3—480129.98/cwt117.00–142.006246
BullsMedium and Large 3—275132.73/cwt120.00–145.003652
BullsMedium and Large 2—572159.19/cwt147.00–172.009119
HeifersMedium and Large 3—660105.00/cwt105.00–105.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375138.16/cwt135.00–145.005183
HeifersMedium and Large 3—427122.42/cwt110.00–130.005235
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523116.05/cwt105.00–125.006075
HeifersMedium and Large 3—295110.00/cwt110.00–110.003251
HeifersMedium and Large 2—319154.00/cwt145.00–165.004917
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420185.49/cwt170.00–200.0077914
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—611199.35/cwt198.00–202.001,2183
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—432202.48/cwt202.00–205.008756
HeifersMedium and Large 3—469118.20/cwt110.00–128.005548
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330132.61/cwt130.00–135.004382
HeifersMedium and Large 3—620106.52/cwt105.00–108.006602
BullsMedium and Large 1—277199.43/cwt185.00–210.005529
BullsMedium and Large 1—900132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1881
BullsMedium and Large 1—1,055138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,4561
BullsMedium and Large 1—518199.16/cwt180.00–212.001,03213
BullsMedium and Large 1—730142.95/cwt132.00–157.001,0446
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471176.77/cwt162.00–192.0083317
BullsMedium and Large 1—235190.43/cwt180.00–200.004482
BullsMedium and Large 1—421193.23/cwt180.00–208.008138
BullsMedium and Large 2—833122.95/cwt120.00–126.001,0242
BullsMedium and Large 2—274162.57/cwt150.00–175.004455
BullsMedium and Large 2—306164.08/cwt150.00–175.005025
BullsMedium and Large 1—615182.47/cwt170.00–195.001,1226
BullsMedium and Large 2—725124.30/cwt120.00–132.009014
BullsMedium and Large 2—521169.51/cwt150.00–175.008836
BullsMedium and Large 2—613163.35/cwt152.00–175.001,0016
BullsMedium and Large 2—418160.11/cwt150.00–177.006693
BullsMedium and Large 2—665159.02/cwt150.00–165.001,0573
BullsMedium and Large 1—771141.03/cwt131.00–155.001,0875

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.