Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2024-02-05

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 5
● Final123 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
736 head
▲ 473 vs last sale 263▲ 40 vs year ago 696 · +5.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
266 head
▲ 168 vs last sale 98▲ 20 vs year ago 246 · +8.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 6▲ 19 vs year ago 4 · +475.0%
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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 higher. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

18 head Goats: 55.00-200.00; 19 head Sheep: 165.00- 285.00; 3 head Baby Calves: 50.00- 150.00

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $228.60/cwt on 294 head. That ranks 33 of 32 comparable sales and sits +26.07 against this barn's trailing median of $202.53.
Average price
$228.60
294 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,154
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$461
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$76.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.36
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513239.951,230217
Medium and Large 2488208.211,01757
Medium and Large 3470163.5376920
One grade step is worth $76.42/cwt here — about $461 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

32 sales
231210189167median 202.5301/1203/2305/1807/2709/14
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $216.84, low $181.50, median $202.53 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale294 hd
228.60
—
NC average8 barns · 930 hd
216.24
+12.36
This barn, trailing median32 sales
202.53
+26.07
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—Average1,566118.941,86230
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,397103.511,446102
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51998.241,49217
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04783.6087595

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)1,125$1,2963thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)918$9853thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)891$1,38317

Every lot, as filed

123 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—555160.00/cwt160.00–160.008881
SteersMedium and Large 1—907169.96/cwt150.00–180.001,5423
SteersMedium and Large 1—473264.82/cwt240.00–277.001,2537
SteersMedium and Large 1—566238.48/cwt227.00–252.001,3505
HeifersMedium and Large 2—722126.45/cwt117.00–132.009133
HeifersMedium and Large 2—469191.64/cwt180.00–202.008997
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—416247.33/cwt245.00–250.001,0296
SteersMedium and Large 1—661235.53/cwt227.00–240.001,5574
HeifersMedium and Large 3—522134.61/cwt118.00–145.007033
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528183.28/cwt170.00–192.009685
HeifersMedium and Large 2—579182.96/cwt165.00–195.001,0598
HeifersMedium and Large 2—855126.02/cwt122.00–130.001,0772
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420183.54/cwt175.00–202.007716
SteersMedium and Large 1—520253.27/cwt237.00–270.001,31717
HeifersMedium and Large 3—315159.92/cwt150.00–165.005043
HeifersMedium and Large 2—369193.13/cwt175.00–205.0071311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—220185.00/cwt185.00–185.004071
HeifersMedium and Large 1—958161.50/cwt161.00–162.001,5472
HeifersMedium and Large 1—230207.55/cwt205.00–210.004772
HeifersMedium and Large 3—580122.61/cwt110.00–135.007112
HeifersMedium and Large 2—619165.72/cwt155.00–178.001,0264
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328194.91/cwt180.00–200.006395
HeifersMedium and Large 1—571211.28/cwt200.00–225.001,20636
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420228.26/cwt212.00–242.0095921
HeifersMedium and Large 1—383232.44/cwt210.00–246.0089019
HeifersMedium and Large 2—780120.00/cwt120.00–120.009361
HeifersMedium and Large 2—669147.28/cwt130.00–165.009854
HeifersMedium and Large 1—272205.04/cwt195.00–215.005585
HeifersMedium and Large 1—923153.57/cwt140.00–162.001,4174
HeifersMedium and Large 1—870162.59/cwt157.00–168.001,4152
SteersMedium and Large 3—365130.00/cwt130.00–130.004751
HeifersMedium and Large 3—460110.00/cwt110.00–110.005061
SteersMedium and Large 1—616230.66/cwt217.00–243.001,4218
SteersMedium and Large 1—790177.42/cwt165.00–190.001,4022
SteersMedium and Large 3—535155.00/cwt155.00–155.008291
SteersMedium and Large 1—326273.07/cwt260.00–300.008907
SteersMedium and Large 1—713223.61/cwt215.00–230.001,5946
SteersMedium and Large 1—435268.57/cwt252.00–285.001,1686
SteersMedium and Large 2—373223.05/cwt210.00–237.008322
SteersMedium and Large 2—568197.22/cwt185.00–210.001,1202
SteersMedium and Large 2—285227.50/cwt215.00–240.006482
SteersMedium and Large 2—521218.18/cwt212.00–223.001,1374
SteersMedium and Large 2—490225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1031
SteersMedium and Large 1—283272.43/cwt270.00–275.007712
SteersMedium and Large 1—364283.24/cwt260.00–305.001,03110
SteersMedium and Large 3—290130.00/cwt130.00–130.003771
Dairy SteersLarge 3—610125.00/cwt125.00–125.007631
Dairy SteersLarge 3—355136.00/cwt136.00–136.004831
Dairy SteersLarge 3—545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006541
Dairy SteersLarge 3—330165.00/cwt165.00–165.005451
Dairy SteersLarge 3—245175.00/cwt175.00–175.004291
SteersMedium and Large 2—650205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3331
Dairy SteersLarge 3—413145.88/cwt135.00–160.006023
Dairy SteersLarge 3—285177.50/cwt170.00–185.005062
Dairy SteersLarge 3—455150.00/cwt150.00–150.006831
BullsMedium and Large 1—527243.39/cwt227.00–260.001,28333
BullsMedium and Large 1—620234.47/cwt210.00–245.001,45421
BullsMedium and Large 3—283157.43/cwt150.00–165.004462
BullsMedium and Large 3—535170.33/cwt142.00–187.009114
BullsMedium and Large 3—650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008451
BullsMedium and Large 3—560125.00/cwt110.00–140.007002
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09088.07/cwt80.00–94.0096064
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51998.24/cwt90.00–106.001,49217
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,407102.05/cwt94.00–109.001,43690
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,321114.48/cwt109.00–128.001,51212
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10395.32/cwt95.00–96.001,0516
CowsLean 85-90%—78459.93/cwt54.00–65.004707
CowsLean 85-90%—97673.00/cwt70.00–79.0071218
Bulls——1,517118.69/cwt109.00–124.001,80120
Bulls——1,611102.88/cwt100.00–107.001,6574
Bulls——1,698130.48/cwt126.00–136.002,2166
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9801,127.04/head1,100.00–1,150.001,1272
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—7471,154.28/head1,000.00–1,350.001,1545
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9951,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—8201,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred CowsMedium 2—795700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1251,295.93/head900.00–1,500.001,2963
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0411,596.25/head1,475.00–1,725.001,5968
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—6331,008.70/head825.00–1,150.001,0092
BullsMedium and Large 1—722207.78/cwt190.00–220.001,50010
BullsMedium and Large 1—955140.00/cwt130.00–150.001,3372
BullsMedium and Large 2—618195.84/cwt185.00–204.001,2105
BullsMedium and Large 1—868152.97/cwt135.00–167.001,3283
BullsMedium and Large 1—576234.12/cwt220.00–254.001,34926
BullsMedium and Large 1—767177.41/cwt167.00–190.001,3613
BullsMedium and Large 1—474254.01/cwt235.00–268.001,20426
BullsMedium and Large 1—665223.10/cwt210.00–232.001,48415
BullsMedium and Large 2—328222.81/cwt200.00–235.0073110
BullsMedium and Large 2—765142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0861
BullsMedium and Large 1—218250.65/cwt235.00–260.005463
BullsMedium and Large 1—274257.60/cwt240.00–270.007066
BullsMedium and Large 1—374252.22/cwt235.00–270.0094324
HeifersMedium and Large 1—656191.61/cwt185.00–200.001,2578
HeifersMedium and Large 2—280181.90/cwt165.00–195.005093
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326212.79/cwt205.00–230.0069414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—712177.23/cwt170.00–190.001,2623
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—345252.41/cwt245.00–260.0087110
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—450246.00/cwt244.00–247.001,1073
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—387253.96/cwt250.00–257.009833
HeifersMedium and Large 1—768150.23/cwt140.00–160.001,1542
BullsMedium and Large 3—482184.62/cwt172.00–192.008903
BullsMedium and Large 3—420184.88/cwt180.00–190.007762
HeifersMedium and Large 1—803150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2052
HeifersMedium and Large 1—616191.26/cwt180.00–208.001,17812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520214.93/cwt200.00–232.001,11835
HeifersMedium and Large 1—472226.33/cwt207.00–238.001,06823
BullsMedium and Large 3—315160.00/cwt160.00–160.005041
BullsMedium and Large 2—265210.00/cwt210.00–210.005571
BullsMedium and Large 2—363211.16/cwt205.00–225.007674
BullsMedium and Large 2—525215.07/cwt200.00–225.001,12911
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420120.00/cwt120.00–120.005041
BullsMedium and Large 2—573205.28/cwt200.00–209.001,1763
BullsMedium and Large 1—327252.70/cwt235.00–270.0082616
BullsMedium and Large 2—419228.21/cwt215.00–235.009569
BullsMedium and Large 3—368168.83/cwt155.00–180.006213
BullsMedium and Large 2—213182.41/cwt175.00–190.003892
BullsMedium and Large 2—483231.02/cwt230.00–232.001,1162
BullsMedium and Large 2—815150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2231
BullsMedium and Large 1—818181.52/cwt180.00–183.001,4852
BullsMedium and Large 2—705177.30/cwt170.00–182.001,2503
BullsMedium and Large 2—679184.00/cwt170.00–195.001,2495
BullsMedium and Large 3—613152.18/cwt137.00–167.009332
BullsMedium and Large 1—421258.16/cwt240.00–280.001,08727

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.