Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2023-11-27

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Nov 27
● Final113 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
637 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 610▲ 46 vs year ago 591 · +7.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
267 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 247▲ 16 vs year ago 251 · +6.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 14▲ 10 vs year ago 3 · +333.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago slaughter cattle were 1.00 to 3.00 lower, while feeder cattle were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

3 head Goats: 75.00 -155.00, 2 head Sheep: 110.00- 250.00, 22 head Baby Calves: 5.00 to 310.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $162.57/cwt on 222 head.
Average price
$162.57
222 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$815
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$375
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$52.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.16
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511173.92889151
Medium and Large 2506146.4474248
Medium and Large 3422121.7851423
One grade step is worth $52.13/cwt here — about $375 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 sale222 hd
162.57
—
NC average3 barns · 381 hd
156.41
+6.16
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—Low1,457108.541,58127
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,46193.791,370116
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62487.041,41417
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low95972.20692118

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)1,003$8836
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)798$1,0067

Every lot, as filed

113 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 3—550132.00/cwt132.00–132.007262
SteersMedium and Large 1—622202.06/cwt187.00–210.001,2575
SteersMedium and Large 1—700182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,2741
HeifersMedium and Large 2—810113.00/cwt113.00–113.009151
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—555200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1101
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—410210.35/cwt208.00–212.008623
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318159.45/cwt150.00–170.005072
HeifersMedium and Large 3—480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005761
SteersMedium and Large 3—485113.00/cwt113.00–113.005481
HeifersMedium and Large 1—758134.95/cwt130.00–140.001,0232
HeifersMedium and Large 3—235120.00/cwt120.00–120.002821
HeifersMedium and Large 3—270115.86/cwt110.00–122.003134
HeifersMedium and Large 3—374127.55/cwt110.00–140.004776
HeifersMedium and Large 2—717113.04/cwt102.00–120.008103
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423156.75/cwt142.00–170.006638
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326188.01/cwt178.00–202.006137
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575100.00/cwt100.00–100.005751
HeifersMedium and Large 2—660124.92/cwt120.00–130.008242
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323133.69/cwt130.00–137.004322
HeifersMedium and Large 3—613113.36/cwt112.00–116.006953
HeifersMedium and Large 2—793102.01/cwt100.00–104.008092
HeifersMedium and Large 1—910130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1831
HeifersMedium and Large 1—716142.48/cwt130.00–158.001,0205
HeifersMedium and Large 2—372163.38/cwt150.00–176.006085
HeifersMedium and Large 2—283138.40/cwt135.00–144.003923
HeifersMedium and Large 2—576144.06/cwt140.00–148.008305
HeifersMedium and Large 2—529159.86/cwt154.00–165.008467
HeifersMedium and Large 1—374196.25/cwt180.00–207.0073414
SteersMedium and Large 3—315143.87/cwt140.00–148.004532
SteersMedium and Large 3—630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 2—622143.98/cwt140.00–148.008966
SteersMedium and Large 2—353184.96/cwt180.00–190.006532
SteersMedium and Large 1—574203.77/cwt196.00–211.001,1708
SteersMedium and Large 1—467225.74/cwt207.00–248.001,0546
SteersMedium and Large 1—380222.40/cwt208.00–234.008453
SteersMedium and Large 1—417212.50/cwt202.00–225.008865
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—525207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,0871
SteersMedium and Large 2—523185.46/cwt168.00–190.009706
SteersMedium and Large 1—337237.74/cwt214.00–252.008013
SteersMedium and Large 2—475186.24/cwt170.00–198.008855
SteersMedium and Large 2—415186.00/cwt186.00–186.007721
SteersMedium and Large 1—790163.27/cwt160.00–174.001,2906
SteersMedium and Large 3—520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006761
SteersMedium and Large 1—530226.18/cwt211.00–240.001,1995
SteersMedium and Large 2—700130.00/cwt130.00–130.009101
SteersMedium and Large 2—590180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0621
SteersMedium and Large 2—783130.03/cwt120.00–140.001,0182
SteersMedium and Large 2—600144.00/cwt144.00–144.008641
SteersMedium and Large 1—678168.61/cwt160.00–178.001,1433
SteersMedium and Large 2—240150.00/cwt150.00–150.003601
BullsMedium and Large 1—927125.04/cwt120.00–130.001,1593
BullsMedium and Large 1—332228.94/cwt210.00–240.007603
BullsMedium and Large 1—1,030119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,2261
BullsMedium and Large 2—228163.34/cwt154.00–174.003723
BullsMedium and Large 3—523135.14/cwt120.00–150.007078
BullsMedium and Large 3—385130.00/cwt130.00–130.005011
CowsLean 85-90%—69043.18/cwt38.00–46.002985
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,45493.32/cwt84.00–100.001,357110
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01975.02/cwt65.00–81.0076471
CowsLean 85-90%—68755.49/cwt50.00–60.0038119
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,62487.04/cwt80.00–95.001,41417
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,583102.41/cwt101.00–106.001,6216
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05583.59/cwt82.00–87.0088223
Bulls——91796.74/cwt92.00–100.008875
Bulls——2,040119.36/cwt118.00–121.002,4353
Bulls——1,507109.93/cwt102.00–114.001,65719
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,035944.30/head725.00–1,100.009445
Bred CowsMedium 2—845575.00/head575.00–575.005751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0731,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—673866.28/head830.00–910.008662
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—763931.31/head750.00–1,100.009312
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—565950.00/head950.00–950.009501
BullsMedium and Large 1—274212.80/cwt200.00–228.005834
BullsMedium and Large 1—520214.33/cwt198.00–230.001,11510
BullsMedium and Large 1—577196.43/cwt185.00–215.001,13313
BullsMedium and Large 1—469217.59/cwt200.00–236.001,02018
BullsMedium and Large 1—422224.73/cwt208.00–244.0094819
BullsMedium and Large 1—380227.91/cwt210.00–246.0086617
BullsMedium and Large 2—527179.61/cwt162.00–194.0094713
BullsMedium and Large 2—474172.43/cwt160.00–188.008179
BullsMedium and Large 2—674142.27/cwt130.00–155.009596
BullsMedium and Large 1—820138.67/cwt134.00–147.001,1374
BullsMedium and Large 1—670174.02/cwt160.00–186.001,1669
BullsMedium and Large 1—895123.50/cwt120.00–127.001,1052
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470186.62/cwt170.00–196.0087723
HeifersMedium and Large 1—815128.53/cwt122.00–141.001,0483
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473159.50/cwt159.00–160.007542
HeifersMedium and Large 2—225147.91/cwt146.00–150.003332
HeifersMedium and Large 1—965122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1771
HeifersMedium and Large 1—613159.24/cwt149.00–172.0097610
BullsMedium and Large 3—318142.30/cwt130.00–150.004535
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570162.73/cwt150.00–175.0092828
HeifersMedium and Large 1—270164.73/cwt158.00–172.004457
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523179.05/cwt170.00–192.0093617
HeifersMedium and Large 1—666144.96/cwt135.00–165.0096510
BullsMedium and Large 2—560175.70/cwt170.00–182.009843
BullsMedium and Large 2—731130.56/cwt120.00–137.009544
BullsMedium and Large 3—470139.94/cwt120.00–152.006586
BullsMedium and Large 2—368180.92/cwt170.00–206.006665
HeifersMedium and Large 3—522124.97/cwt120.00–135.006525
HeifersMedium and Large 1—424191.78/cwt177.00–204.0081318
BullsMedium and Large 2—265168.00/cwt168.00–168.004451
BullsMedium and Large 1—774127.28/cwt119.00–140.009855
BullsMedium and Large 2—416190.80/cwt170.00–200.007948
BullsMedium and Large 3—630116.05/cwt110.00–124.007313
BullsMedium and Large 3—400160.00/cwt160.00–160.006401
BullsMedium and Large 3—268122.15/cwt110.00–136.003272
BullsMedium and Large 2—327169.16/cwt158.00–182.005535
BullsMedium and Large 1—617195.73/cwt186.00–204.001,20814
BullsMedium and Large 1—723148.35/cwt140.00–162.001,0735
BullsMedium and Large 2—620158.12/cwt153.00–166.009803
BullsMedium and Large 3—210126.00/cwt126.00–126.002651
BullsMedium and Large 3—567130.49/cwt120.00–150.007403

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.