Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2023-11-13

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Nov 13
● Final122 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
610 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 648▼ 125 vs year ago 735 · −17.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
247 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 285▼ 73 vs year ago 320 · −22.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 23▼ 8 vs year ago 22 · −36.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 higher, while feeder cattle were 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

17 head Goats: 65.00 -205.00, 33 head Sheep: 60.00- 150.00, 6 head Baby Calves: 10.00 to 85.00

No sale on 11/20/23 for Thanksgiving holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $171.53/cwt on 238 head.
Average price
$171.53
238 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$911
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$344
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$55.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.20
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537179.55965187
Medium and Large 2510149.1276137
Medium and Large 3502123.6162114thin
One grade step is worth $55.94/cwt here — about $344 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 sale238 hd
171.53
—
NC average8 barns · 1,190 hd
167.33
+4.20
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—Average1,497110.411,65331
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,42393.301,328101
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44988.291,27912
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07873.72795104

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)957$9203thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,105$9142thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)955$8805
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)983$1,5454thin

Every lot, as filed

122 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 2—562137.22/cwt125.00–150.007715
SteersMedium and Large 1—805190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5301
SteersMedium and Large 1—285242.00/cwt242.00–242.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528157.56/cwt145.00–165.008326
HeifersMedium and Large 3—433115.00/cwt115.00–115.004982
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470115.11/cwt110.00–120.005412
HeifersMedium and Large 3—528135.00/cwt135.00–135.007133
SteersMedium and Large 1—420220.35/cwt205.00–232.009255
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,080174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,8791
HeifersMedium and Large 2—419158.81/cwt150.00–165.006654
HeifersMedium and Large 2—240175.00/cwt175.00–175.004201
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468154.53/cwt140.00–167.007233
HeifersMedium and Large 3—630109.96/cwt105.00–115.006932
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—400240.00/cwt240.00–240.009602
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—608216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3133
HeifersMedium and Large 2—733126.65/cwt125.00–130.009283
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320162.48/cwt155.00–170.005204
HeifersMedium and Large 2—673128.36/cwt117.00–135.008644
HeifersMedium and Large 3—670100.00/cwt100.00–100.006701
HeifersMedium and Large 3—595135.00/cwt135.00–135.008031
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—895151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,3511
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,018119.49/cwt118.00–121.001,2162
HeifersMedium and Large 1—719153.41/cwt140.00–172.001,1034
HeifersMedium and Large 1—374182.83/cwt170.00–200.0068415
HeifersMedium and Large 1—235185.00/cwt180.00–190.004352
HeifersMedium and Large 3—372136.82/cwt130.00–140.005093
HeifersMedium and Large 2—613141.00/cwt137.00–145.008644
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530181.13/cwt170.00–195.0096039
HeifersMedium and Large 1—574174.57/cwt160.00–185.001,00223
HeifersMedium and Large 1—880122.46/cwt120.00–125.001,0782
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—604193.76/cwt193.00–195.001,1708
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—582220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2807
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—445202.59/cwt200.00–203.009027
SteersMedium and Large 2—533182.68/cwt170.00–195.009742
SteersMedium and Large 1—465217.13/cwt210.00–224.001,0103
SteersMedium and Large 1—380228.92/cwt217.00–235.008703
SteersMedium and Large 1—521217.62/cwt202.00–227.001,1348
SteersMedium and Large 1—766189.81/cwt185.00–191.001,4545
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—742230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7073
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—475237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1261
SteersMedium and Large 3—730115.00/cwt115.00–115.008401
SteersMedium and Large 1—668195.26/cwt190.00–202.001,3047
SteersMedium and Large 1—320212.77/cwt205.00–237.006815
SteersMedium and Large 1—566217.04/cwt202.00–222.001,2287
SteersMedium and Large 1—632205.04/cwt200.00–208.001,2966
SteersMedium and Large 2—435175.00/cwt175.00–175.007611
SteersMedium and Large 2—380170.00/cwt170.00–170.006461
SteersMedium and Large 2—810137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1101
SteersMedium and Large 2—450182.00/cwt182.00–182.008191
SteersMedium and Large 2—665170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1312
SteersMedium and Large 1—718192.96/cwt182.00–204.001,3852
Dairy SteersLarge 3—660109.00/cwt109.00–109.007191
Dairy SteersLarge 3—635102.00/cwt102.00–102.006481
SteersMedium and Large 2—720158.04/cwt152.00–161.001,1383
SteersMedium and Large 3—575155.00/cwt155.00–155.008911
BullsMedium and Large 3—482142.57/cwt125.00–150.006876
BullsMedium and Large 3—514139.31/cwt122.00–155.007165
BullsMedium and Large 3—632130.00/cwt130.00–130.008223
BullsMedium and Large 3—373135.27/cwt125.00–145.005053
BullsMedium and Large 3—695120.00/cwt120.00–120.008341
BullsMedium and Large 3—430125.00/cwt125.00–125.005381
CowsLean 85-90%—99361.44/cwt60.00–64.0061012
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11783.81/cwt82.00–87.0093621
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10073.98/cwt65.00–80.0081467
CowsLean 85-90%—76453.12/cwt50.00–56.004064
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,43591.40/cwt84.00–99.001,31289
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44988.29/cwt85.00–94.001,27912
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,338107.36/cwt101.00–113.001,43612
Bulls——1,469110.47/cwt105.00–117.001,62321
Bulls——1,12197.47/cwt90.00–102.001,0935
Bulls——1,990123.11/cwt121.00–126.002,4505
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,105914.37/head650.00–1,125.009142
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0151,703.33/head1,175.00–2,000.001,7032
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0501,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—8501,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—955880.39/head800.00–975.008805
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—957919.60/head825.00–975.009203
BullsMedium and Large 1—422211.62/cwt200.00–227.0089316
BullsMedium and Large 1—620190.93/cwt175.00–205.001,18414
BullsMedium and Large 1—785127.35/cwt125.00–130.001,0003
BullsMedium and Large 1—719128.59/cwt120.00–143.009255
BullsMedium and Large 1—524209.63/cwt190.00–220.001,09819
BullsMedium and Large 1—570200.08/cwt190.00–213.001,14019
BullsMedium and Large 1—375225.02/cwt215.00–240.0084417
BullsMedium and Large 1—900120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0801
BullsMedium and Large 1—281231.37/cwt220.00–237.006506
BullsMedium and Large 2—418188.91/cwt175.00–200.007905
BullsMedium and Large 1—885122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0801
BullsMedium and Large 1—955127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2131
BullsMedium and Large 1—660162.13/cwt150.00–175.001,0704
BullsMedium and Large 1—470212.56/cwt200.00–227.0099920
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473183.80/cwt172.00–193.0086915
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370170.00/cwt170.00–170.006291
HeifersMedium and Large 2—295167.50/cwt165.00–170.004942
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—695220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5292
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618173.51/cwt160.00–179.001,0728
HeifersMedium and Large 1—671162.41/cwt150.00–174.001,09012
HeifersMedium and Large 1—758155.98/cwt150.00–160.001,1823
HeifersMedium and Large 1—818134.89/cwt130.00–140.001,1032
HeifersMedium and Large 1—905110.00/cwt110.00–110.009961
BullsMedium and Large 2—669135.93/cwt130.00–140.009095
BullsMedium and Large 2—627162.84/cwt150.00–170.001,0217
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421185.64/cwt170.00–192.0078225
HeifersMedium and Large 1—280185.27/cwt180.00–190.005192
HeifersMedium and Large 1—990106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0491
HeifersMedium and Large 1—318188.32/cwt185.00–190.005993
BullsMedium and Large 3—250140.00/cwt140.00–140.003501
BullsMedium and Large 2—320185.94/cwt170.00–200.005952
BullsMedium and Large 3—578137.31/cwt125.00–150.007944
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—915150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3731
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—360207.00/cwt207.00–207.007452
BullsMedium and Large 2—830115.00/cwt115.00–115.009551
BullsMedium and Large 2—483173.48/cwt172.00–175.008382
BullsMedium and Large 2—750125.00/cwt125.00–125.009381
BullsMedium and Large 2—260195.00/cwt195.00–195.005071
BullsMedium and Large 1—222211.69/cwt205.00–215.004703
BullsMedium and Large 2—529176.58/cwt160.00–187.009348
BullsMedium and Large 2—371190.29/cwt175.00–200.007064
BullsMedium and Large 1—326228.19/cwt220.00–239.0074418
BullsMedium and Large 2—571178.51/cwt170.00–185.001,0195
BullsMedium and Large 2—738127.49/cwt125.00–130.009412
BullsMedium and Large 1—823127.08/cwt122.00–132.001,0462

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.