Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2026-01-12

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Jan 12
● Final119 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
552 head
264 vs last sale 816 349 vs year ago 203 · +171.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
203 head
184 vs last sale 387 85 vs year ago 118 · +72.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
8 vs last sale 26 16 vs year ago 2 · +800.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

39 head Goats: 60.00-310.00; 43 Sheep: 115.00-320.00; 5 head Baby Calves: 425.00 -950.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $358.40/cwt on 45 head, up $21.33 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 30 comparable sales and sits 10.45 against this barn's trailing median of $368.85.
Average price
$358.40
21.33 vs prior sale
45 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,986
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$574
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$114.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.56
vs NC average
55.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553373.502,06438
Medium and Large 2561279.311,5666thin
Medium and Large 3575259.001,4891thin
One grade step is worth $114.50/cwt here — about $574 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
417374331287median 368.8512/1503/0204/2706/1508/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $402.97, low $301.32, median $368.85 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 sale45 hd
358.40
NC average9 barns · 278 hd
339.84
+18.56
National average188 barns · 26,809 hd
413.48
−55.08
This barn, trailing median30 sales
368.85
−10.45
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
BullsAverage1,612187.473,02231
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,429157.392,24977
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,545152.242,35213
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,079137.971,48953

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)1,105$2,2813thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,250$1,8743thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)863$1,5982thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,292$3,9643thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)935$3,2501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,099$2,7836

Every lot, as filed

119 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1052,280.92/head1,875.00–2,700.002,2813
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0872,541.14/head1,975.00–2,900.002,5413
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800780318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,4801
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300271445.80/cwt425.00–470.001,2086
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650610270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6471
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250205495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,0151
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450413367.88/cwt350.00–400.001,5193
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950927277.51/cwt270.00–280.002,5734
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500469378.18/cwt350.00–400.001,7744
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500479397.89/cwt380.00–435.001,90628
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450422330.08/cwt305.00–350.001,3933
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350324538.07/cwt520.00–560.001,7434
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250225400.00/cwt400.00–400.009001
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850807304.23/cwt279.00–312.002,4559
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600580365.86/cwt347.00–377.002,12219
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700668235.28/cwt220.00–250.001,5722
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400374455.90/cwt440.00–470.001,70511
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450414422.62/cwt400.00–450.001,75030
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000961188.50/cwt180.00–202.001,8114
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350328231.56/cwt215.00–250.007602
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500461349.84/cwt325.00–375.001,6135
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450410281.48/cwt250.00–300.001,1544
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850830270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2411
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800773177.49/cwt175.00–180.001,3722
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400382364.98/cwt345.00–400.001,3943
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550520300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5601
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350333408.79/cwt400.00–415.001,3613
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650635250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5881
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700673318.62/cwt300.00–330.002,1444
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650626333.35/cwt310.00–357.002,0877
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750720169.65/cwt150.00–200.001,2213
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550522422.61/cwt400.00–440.002,2069
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550508379.55/cwt370.00–389.001,9282
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400383357.75/cwt350.00–365.001,3702
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000975225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1941
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400373312.42/cwt300.00–325.001,1652
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600566413.31/cwt399.00–428.002,33911
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700670365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,4467
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750722334.10/cwt320.00–342.002,4123
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300278582.34/cwt580.00–585.001,6192
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650629369.55/cwt350.00–389.002,3244
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600560370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0721
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400380463.09/cwt425.00–490.001,76015
Dairy HeifersLarge 3750–800780195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5211
Dairy HeifersLarge 3450–500465190.00/cwt190.00–190.008841
Dairy HeifersLarge 3400–450415192.00/cwt192.00–192.007971
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470451.31/cwt415.00–472.002,12117
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450426447.10/cwt425.00–479.001,90513
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700688324.16/cwt300.00–339.002,2306
Dairy SteersLarge 3350–400390210.00/cwt210.00–210.008191
Dairy SteersLarge 3450–500490190.00/cwt190.00–190.009311
Dairy HeifersLarge 3500–550525187.00/cwt187.00–187.009821
Dairy HeifersLarge 3650–700665192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,2771
Dairy HeifersLarge 3700–750710182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,2921
Dairy HeifersLarge 3900–950935204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,9071
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400378486.43/cwt459.00–505.001,83910
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800768278.96/cwt267.00–290.002,1423
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300281534.58/cwt500.00–575.001,5028
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850813234.10/cwt210.00–262.001,9037
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750718314.54/cwt292.00–337.002,2584
BullsMedium and Large 1950–1000983224.92/cwt210.00–240.002,2113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,305171.51/cwt169.00–177.002,2383
CowsLean 85-90%906119.30/cwt112.00–122.001,0818
CowsLean 85-90%978150.54/cwt149.00–154.001,47211
CowsLean 85-90%1,153138.30/cwt127.00–145.001,59534
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,545152.24/cwt148.00–158.002,35213
CowsBoner 80-85%1,434156.82/cwt150.00–167.002,24974
Bulls1,589182.74/cwt170.00–195.002,90417
Bulls1,507164.01/cwt160.00–167.002,4725
Bulls1,713209.45/cwt200.00–216.003,5889
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2501,874.17/head1,600.00–2,125.001,8743
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28631,598.04/head1,575.00–1,625.001,5982
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2923,964.13/head3,825.00–4,100.003,9643
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28003,075.00/head3,075.00–3,075.003,0751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29353,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2652,999.60/head2,800.00–3,300.003,0002
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400375411.00/cwt385.00–435.001,5412
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350322307.18/cwt295.00–327.009893
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650610242.50/cwt225.00–260.001,4792
BullsMedium and Large 2950–1000980166.63/cwt160.00–170.001,6333
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500478361.29/cwt350.00–372.001,7272
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450410400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6401
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450437326.68/cwt325.00–330.001,4283
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400357326.80/cwt300.00–355.001,1673
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800768212.54/cwt200.00–225.001,6322
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250234589.31/cwt570.00–605.001,3796
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700673274.72/cwt250.00–300.001,8492
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550530234.20/cwt225.00–250.001,2413
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750715232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6591
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450423362.83/cwt345.00–380.001,5354
HeifersMedium and Large 2950–1000950164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,5581
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900850265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,2531
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350327308.07/cwt300.00–340.001,0075
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400369306.59/cwt275.00–325.001,1315
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650643268.51/cwt265.00–272.001,7272
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500472272.91/cwt250.00–299.001,2886
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525381.15/cwt355.00–397.002,00119
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800760295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2421
HeifersMedium and Large 2850–900885180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5931
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600569275.17/cwt260.00–300.001,5665
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300275347.95/cwt335.00–360.009572
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600575259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4891
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650628311.74/cwt300.00–325.001,9583
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550524353.77/cwt327.00–379.001,8544
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500464417.88/cwt400.00–450.001,93919
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950900235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,1151
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250234485.74/cwt450.00–510.001,1374
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350331449.01/cwt422.00–470.001,48612
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550524417.74/cwt395.00–440.002,18910
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650625376.30/cwt362.00–385.002,3526
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700664327.70/cwt310.00–350.002,1765
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350323494.14/cwt475.00–515.001,5968
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450427456.05/cwt430.00–479.001,9477
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950915210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9221
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500473261.95/cwt250.00–285.001,2393
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600572398.74/cwt385.00–420.002,28122
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350315450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4181
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900873243.32/cwt227.00–259.002,1242
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600563312.68/cwt292.00–325.001,7605

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.