Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2025-07-14

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Jul 14
● Final123 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
592 head
252 vs last sale 340 32 vs year ago 624 · 5.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
188 head
56 vs last sale 244 25 vs year ago 213 · 11.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
14 vs last sale 10 13 vs year ago 11 · +118.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

64 head Goats: 30.00-400.00; 15 head Sheep: 40.00- 270.00; 2 head Baby Calves: 125.00 -800.00

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $333.90/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 53.72 against this barn's trailing median of $387.62.
Average price
$333.90
52 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,790
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$704
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$145.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.18
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536340.641,82548
Medium and Large 2532272.311,4493thin
Medium and Large 3575195.001,1211thin
One grade step is worth $145.64/cwt here — about $704 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
437405373341median 387.6212/1503/0204/2706/1508/17
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $423.11, low $355.29, median $387.62 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale52 hd
333.90
NC average7 barns · 211 hd
312.72
+21.18
This barn, trailing median30 sales
387.62
−53.72
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
BullsAverage1,756189.083,32021
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,420163.312,32094
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,682147.592,4823thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,083137.731,49155

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)1,402$2,4485
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,130$2,0097
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)970$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,160$2,6751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)793$2,30210

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850835200.99/cwt200.00–202.001,6782
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750733261.22/cwt250.00–275.001,9154
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850810279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,2601
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450424334.85/cwt312.00–360.001,42029
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300295400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1801
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800765242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,8511
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300279366.32/cwt350.00–390.001,0224
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700674242.10/cwt225.00–265.001,6325
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350315407.26/cwt400.00–412.001,2833
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400368355.34/cwt332.00–375.001,30819
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300280349.88/cwt335.00–370.009805
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400360416.38/cwt400.00–427.001,4993
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650619287.50/cwt275.00–300.001,7807
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473321.21/cwt300.00–342.001,51924
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550536367.82/cwt339.00–381.001,97217
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700687312.95/cwt310.00–325.002,1505
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400381322.79/cwt290.00–330.001,2307
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650635332.38/cwt325.00–340.002,1112
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500469375.11/cwt355.00–395.001,75915
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600567314.20/cwt296.00–329.001,78211
BullsMedium and Large 2950–1000950185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7581
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500458297.54/cwt275.00–315.001,3634
BullsMedium and Large 2850–900885150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3281
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450423304.52/cwt279.00–325.001,2886
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550525306.73/cwt300.00–314.001,6102
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900865234.53/cwt230.00–239.002,0292
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250240275.00/cwt275.00–275.006601
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700683230.02/cwt225.00–235.001,5712
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550515291.65/cwt280.00–300.001,5023
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400364302.59/cwt275.00–325.001,10110
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900870207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,8011
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250235430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,0112
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350330352.22/cwt330.00–375.001,16219
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850826214.57/cwt200.00–229.001,7724
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400372366.29/cwt340.00–390.001,36315
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300281423.63/cwt400.00–450.001,1907
BullsMedium and Large 1950–1000980209.01/cwt208.00–210.002,0482
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000950216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,0521
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500474354.11/cwt325.00–370.001,67825
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350324402.30/cwt380.00–432.001,30318
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600574364.24/cwt355.00–370.002,09114
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550521348.84/cwt325.00–367.001,81733
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250223477.25/cwt470.00–485.001,0642
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750720240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7281
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900875216.00/cwt212.00–220.001,8902
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600568322.61/cwt307.00–342.001,83215
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250223408.48/cwt395.00–425.009112
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1602,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,6751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28392,462.51/head1,775.00–3,025.002,4636
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520324.38/cwt307.00–352.001,68725
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950935228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,1321
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425389.32/cwt370.00–416.001,6557
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800761241.87/cwt220.00–260.001,8415
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700668271.37/cwt250.00–285.001,8137
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650620320.03/cwt310.00–330.001,9849
CowsBoner 80-85%1,265174.78/cwt171.00–179.002,21110
CowsLean 85-90%810100.00/cwt100.00–100.008101
CowsLean 85-90%996119.65/cwt110.00–126.001,19210
CowsBoner 80-85%1,439161.94/cwt154.00–170.002,33084
Bulls1,809189.47/cwt184.00–196.003,42812
Bulls1,446167.05/cwt152.00–178.002,4164
Dairy SteersLarge 3450–500475225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0691
Dairy HeifersLarge 3850–900880150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3201
CowsLean 85-90%1,308153.08/cwt152.00–154.002,0026
CowsLean 85-90%1,077141.05/cwt130.00–150.001,51938
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,682147.59/cwt142.00–156.002,4823
Bulls1,877205.78/cwt199.00–214.003,8625
Dairy HeifersLarge 3650–700670175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1731
Dairy SteersLarge 3550–600575170.00/cwt170.00–170.009781
Dairy SteersLarge 3800–850800185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4801
Dairy HeifersLarge 3800–850833164.57/cwt160.00–169.001,3712
Dairy HeifersLarge 3600–650630151.00/cwt151.00–151.009511
Dairy SteersLarge 3650–700655170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1141
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750735315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3151
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450424365.48/cwt335.00–387.001,55027
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4022,447.56/head2,275.00–2,625.002,4485
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29702,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1302,008.68/head1,050.00–2,400.002,0097
Dairy SteersLarge 3600–650625170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0631
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500473234.15/cwt200.00–250.001,1083
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600569152.17/cwt130.00–165.008664
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400372213.13/cwt185.00–250.007935
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300285225.00/cwt225.00–225.006411
SteersMedium and Large 3700–750738155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1442
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-27252,062.03/head1,300.00–2,475.002,0624
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650640140.00/cwt140.00–140.008961
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400350250.00/cwt250.00–250.008751
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550530155.00/cwt155.00–155.008221
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350333232.37/cwt215.00–250.007742
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500485170.00/cwt170.00–170.008251
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450425250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0632
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250225325.00/cwt325.00–325.007311
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550503258.47/cwt252.00–265.001,3002
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650622266.22/cwt237.00–275.001,6565
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350336308.90/cwt290.00–320.001,0385
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800780200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5601
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500458273.45/cwt259.00–295.001,2526
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700673262.64/cwt250.00–275.001,7682
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600570275.53/cwt266.00–285.001,5713
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350305332.95/cwt305.00–360.001,0152
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650625225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4061
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700680179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,2171
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300290325.00/cwt325.00–325.009431
SteersMedium and Large 2800–850815170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3861
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600573250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4332
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600590300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7701
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450410175.00/cwt175.00–175.007181
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300285200.00/cwt200.00–200.005701
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350318234.13/cwt180.00–255.007454
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450435300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3051
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750745200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4901
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300287308.90/cwt270.00–327.008876
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550545245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3351
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500470218.87/cwt190.00–249.001,0292
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450408228.52/cwt225.00–232.009322
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650635307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,9491
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250229312.53/cwt285.00–335.007166
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450426270.62/cwt250.00–295.001,15310
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700665153.59/cwt142.00–165.001,0212
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600575195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1211
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700655172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1271
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400365334.45/cwt295.00–375.001,2212
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500472264.72/cwt250.00–285.001,2493

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.