Name: Turnersburg Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago slaughter cattle were 4.00 to 6.00 higher, while feeder cattle were 10.00 to 12.00 lower. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

27 head Sheep: 85.00 -275.00 ; 57 head Goats: 25.00 - 265.00; 1 head Baby Calves: 800.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $342.77/cwt on 27 head, down $43.04 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 30 comparable sales and sits −26.08 against this barn's trailing median of $368.85.

Average price

$342.77

▼ 43.04 vs prior sale

27 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,870

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$474

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$77.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.89

vs NC average

−33.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	362.04	1,970	20
Medium and Large 2	560	288.88	1,617	5thin
Medium and Large 3	525	284.81	1,495	2thin

One grade step is worth $77.23/cwt here — about $474 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

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 sale27 hd

342.77

—

NC average9 barns · 267 hd

356.66

−13.89

National average148 barns · 5,785 hd

375.81

−33.04

This barn, trailing median30 sales

368.85

−26.08

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,468	210.89	3,096	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,396	176.83	2,469	123
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,653	162.00	2,678	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	974	141.95	1,383	29

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,131	$2,724	12
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,300	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,055	$2,238	33
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,130	$4,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	993	$3,221	6

Every lot, as filed

104 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	330.34/cwt	300.00–360.00	1,453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	369.66/cwt	349.00–395.00	1,930	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	413.09/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,326	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	312.24/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,483	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	388.25/cwt	375.00–420.00	1,440	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	402.89/cwt	370.00–420.00	2,087	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	352.73/cwt	330.00–387.00	2,014	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	309.42/cwt	290.00–325.00	2,051	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	446.39/cwt	420.00–469.00	1,893	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	386.98/cwt	365.00–415.00	1,679	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	279.56/cwt	270.00–289.00	2,181	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	284.89/cwt	277.00–295.00	2,034	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	555.67/cwt	540.00–585.00	1,584	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	419.82/cwt	390.00–450.00	1,377	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	306.02/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	413.18/cwt	395.00–447.00	1,570	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	993	234.96/cwt	220.00–250.00	2,333	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	409.13/cwt	382.00–432.00	1,980	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	220.72/cwt	206.00–235.00	1,805	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	349.95/cwt	325.00–370.00	2,187	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	500.44/cwt	470.00–525.00	1,701	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	259.99/cwt	255.00–265.00	2,348	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	428.08/cwt	405.00–455.00	976	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,075	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	518.69/cwt	500.00–535.00	1,613	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	320.56/cwt	300.00–347.00	2,170	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	326.94/cwt	310.00–339.00	2,037	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	423.14/cwt	400.00–455.00	1,155	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	373.27/cwt	350.00–397.00	2,288	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	409.64/cwt	385.00–427.00	2,138	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	245.61/cwt	235.00–262.00	2,144	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	265.47/cwt	255.00–282.00	2,044	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	312.93/cwt	306.00–320.00	2,216	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	445.94/cwt	420.00–465.00	1,632	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,131	2,724.40/head	1,700.00–3,450.00	2,724	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	210.74/cwt	200.00–220.00	2,082	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	355.68/cwt	327.00–380.00	2,031	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	419.31/cwt	390.00–445.00	1,774	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	297.40/cwt	270.00–325.00	2,106	2
Bulls	—	—	1,130	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,034	1
Bulls	—	—	1,662	223.16/cwt	217.00–227.00	3,709	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,344	189.33/cwt	185.00–200.00	2,545	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,403	175.22/cwt	162.00–184.00	2,458	109
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	946	141.55/cwt	130.00–152.00	1,339	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,653	162.00/cwt	150.00–168.00	2,678	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	850	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,403	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	650–700	665	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,323	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	630	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,361	1
Bulls	—	—	1,389	207.09/cwt	198.00–215.00	2,876	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	939	112.22/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,054	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	159.98/cwt	156.00–165.00	1,705	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,439	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	418.78/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,977	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	2,237.98/head	1,325.00–2,950.00	2,238	33
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	510	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,556	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	202.63/cwt	180.00–225.00	898	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	267.50/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,244	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,166	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	982	3,224.80/head	2,675.00–3,800.00	3,225	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	263.50/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,238	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	284.81/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,495	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	367.56/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	223	397.30/cwt	380.00–415.00	886	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	331.18/cwt	300.00–360.00	1,258	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	277.18/cwt	250.00–305.00	1,192	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	316.63/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,197	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	357.13/cwt	325.00–375.00	1,136	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	351.67/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,825	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	296.29/cwt	270.00–327.00	1,846	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,298	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	319.74/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,554	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	349.41/cwt	330.00–380.00	1,492	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	357.98/cwt	325.00–385.00	1,325	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	385.22/cwt	355.00–400.00	1,637	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	397.08/cwt	387.00–425.00	1,493	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	282.90/cwt	259.00–300.00	1,771	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	292.35/cwt	265.00–305.00	1,669	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	263	364.71/cwt	335.00–395.00	959	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	392.03/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,870	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	463.51/cwt	437.00–490.00	1,757	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	445.03/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,224	3

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Harward Brothers Livestock Market - Turnersburg, NC

Mon Jul 20, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 361Last week 469Year ago 447

Slaughter CattleReceipts 205Last week 237Year ago 160

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 25Year ago 15

27 head Sheep: 85.00 -275.00 ; 57 head Goats: 25.00 - 265.00; 1 head Baby Calves: 800.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	400.00	400.00
3	250–300	275	440.00–450.00	445.03
1	300–350	300	470.00	470.00
4	350–400	371	375.00–420.00	388.25
3	400–450	427	330.00–380.00	349.41
2	450–500	475	300.00–325.00	312.24
4	500–550	519	345.00–360.00	351.67
5	550–600	584	300.00–310.00	306.02
4	600–650	626	259.00–300.00	282.90
1	650–700	650	282.00	282.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	500.00	500.00
3	250–300	285	540.00–585.00	555.67
5	300–350	311	500.00–535.00	518.69
5	350–400	366	420.00–465.00	445.94
12	400–450	423	390.00–445.00	419.31
15	450–500	484	382.00–432.00	409.13
9	500–550	518	370.00–420.00	402.89
8	550–600	571	327.00–380.00	355.68
11	600–650	625	325.00–370.00	349.95
5	650–700	677	300.00–347.00	320.56
2	700–750	708	306.00–320.00	312.93
2	750–800	780	270.00–289.00	279.56
1	800–850	800	275.00	275.00
2	900–950	903	255.00–265.00	259.99
2	950–1000	993	220.00–250.00	234.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	405.00	405.00
3	350–400	378	300.00–335.00	316.63
1	400–450	440	295.00	295.00
2	450–500	470	250.00–277.00	263.50
1	500–550	515	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	595	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	370.00	370.00
2	250–300	263	335.00–395.00	364.71
4	300–350	318	325.00–375.00	357.13
8	350–400	370	325.00–385.00	357.98
2	400–450	440	300.00–360.00	330.34
4	450–500	486	310.00–325.00	319.74
1	500–550	515	275.00	275.00
4	550–600	571	265.00–305.00	292.35
1	600–650	640	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	405.00–455.00	428.08
4	250–300	273	400.00–455.00	423.14
9	300–350	328	390.00–450.00	419.82
12	350–400	380	395.00–447.00	413.18
16	400–450	434	365.00–415.00	386.98
21	450–500	477	370.00–410.00	392.03
11	500–550	522	349.00–395.00	369.66
9	550–600	571	330.00–387.00	352.73
10	600–650	623	310.00–339.00	326.94
7	650–700	663	290.00–325.00	309.42
4	700–750	714	277.00–295.00	284.89
3	750–800	770	255.00–282.00	265.47
2	800–850	818	206.00–235.00	220.72
3	850–900	873	235.00–262.00	245.61
3	950–1000	988	200.00–220.00	210.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	295.00	295.00
1	300–350	300	220.00	220.00
2	400–450	443	180.00–225.00	202.63
1	450–500	470	250.00	250.00
2	500–550	525	275.00–295.00	284.81
1	650–700	690	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	505.00	505.00
3	300–350	340	470.00–525.00	500.44
7	350–400	379	437.00–490.00	463.51
5	400–450	424	420.00–469.00	446.39
9	450–500	472	400.00–445.00	418.78
9	500–550	522	385.00–427.00	409.64
3	550–600	563	400.00–425.00	413.09
9	600–650	613	350.00–397.00	373.27
1	650–700	650	350.00	350.00
2	700–750	708	270.00–325.00	297.40
1	750–800	760	330.00	330.00
1	850–900	865	282.00	282.00
1	950–1000	965	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	380	300.00–360.00	331.18
2	400–450	430	250.00–305.00	277.18
2	450–500	465	260.00–275.00	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	380.00–415.00	397.30
1	300–350	320	385.00	385.00
7	350–400	376	387.00–425.00	397.08
4	400–450	425	355.00–400.00	385.22
2	450–500	493	355.00–380.00	367.56
1	500–550	500	295.00	295.00
3	600–650	623	270.00–327.00	296.29
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	630	216.00	216.00
1	850–900	850	165.00	165.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	199.00	199.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,131	1,700.00–3,450.00	2,724.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,300	2,550.00	2,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	1,055	1,325.00–2,950.00	2,237.98
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	3,200.00	3,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,130	4,000.00	4,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	982	2,675.00–3,800.00	3,224.80

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	180.00	180.00
5	—	1,662	217.00–227.00	223.16
8	—	1,389	198.00–215.00	207.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,344	185.00–200.00	189.33
109	—	1,403	162.00–184.00	175.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	946	130.00–152.00	141.55
4	—	939	110.00–119.00	112.22
7	—	1,066	156.00–165.00	159.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,653	150.00–168.00	162.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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