Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2026-09-28

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Sep 28
● Final108 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
Feeder Cattle receipts
492 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 542▼ 71 vs year ago 563 · −12.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
158 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 172▼ 23 vs year ago 181 · −12.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 20▼ 19 vs year ago 50 · −38.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

22 head Sheep: 75.00 - 250.00; 48 head Goats: 30.00 - 370.00; 4 head Baby Calves: 400.00 -900.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $347.35/cwt on 55 head, up $0.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 33 comparable sales and sits −30.23 against this barn's trailing median of $377.59.
Average price
$347.35
▲ 0.76 vs prior sale
55 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,881
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$694
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$134.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.64
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541367.281,98742
Medium and Large 2539305.211,6449thin
Medium and Large 3555232.961,2934thin
One grade step is worth $134.32/cwt here — about $694 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale55 hd
347.35
—
NC average9 barns · 253 hd
331.72
+15.64
This barn, trailing median33 sales
377.59
−30.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales
437389342294median 377.5903/0204/2706/2208/3110/26
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $423.11, low $307.90, median $377.59 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,885175.923,31615
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,372141.531,94173
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,572132.092,0765thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,057123.021,30046

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)1,137$1,94114
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,169$1,9224thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,035$1,7735
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,041$2,8588

Every lot, as filed

108 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1205550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,1281
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324484.31/cwt455.00–515.001,5694
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3350218.33/cwt215.00–225.007643
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377487.96/cwt480.00–505.001,8403
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426441.22/cwt415.00–455.001,8806
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475415.36/cwt400.00–425.001,9738
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4731
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522386.86/cwt374.00–405.002,0199
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3550215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1831
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565357.57/cwt335.00–380.002,0204
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565276.65/cwt260.00–295.001,5633
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8761
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624355.48/cwt330.00–368.002,21813
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665327.52/cwt325.00–330.002,1782
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1714314.96/cwt300.00–325.002,2494
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758303.66/cwt287.00–320.002,3022
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2785225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7661
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2941
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2805185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4891
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210410.00/cwt410.00–410.008611
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2240320.00/cwt320.00–320.007681
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2283348.58/cwt340.00–357.009862
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3285274.65/cwt255.00–295.007832
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,4311
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0501
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3317260.53/cwt240.00–270.008263
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334456.14/cwt442.00–475.001,5249
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added366447.00/cwt447.00–447.001,6364
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366350.87/cwt340.00–355.001,2846
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3376269.93/cwt250.00–290.001,0157
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377409.22/cwt375.00–435.001,54313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410326.26/cwt305.00–340.001,3383
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415282.23/cwt275.00–290.001,1712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430379.29/cwt365.00–400.001,63117
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467317.26/cwt300.00–330.001,4825
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3468230.74/cwt210.00–255.001,0808
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481368.59/cwt350.00–382.001,77313
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518291.69/cwt275.00–305.001,5113
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523349.39/cwt325.00–377.001,82727
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525250.00/cwt240.00–260.001,3132
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575259.96/cwt255.00–265.001,4952
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576327.96/cwt305.00–345.001,8899
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3587205.00/cwt200.00–210.001,2033
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3613167.86/cwt150.00–185.001,0292
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2617267.64/cwt235.00–285.001,6516
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622313.71/cwt300.00–335.001,95119
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1657313.82/cwt305.00–317.002,0627
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3685155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0621
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2695283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,9671
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725281.20/cwt250.00–295.002,0396
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783249.98/cwt245.00–255.001,9572
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,0161
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1915237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,1691
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2950160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5201
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1965210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,0271
Feeder Cattle · Bulls34 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225563.63/cwt530.00–590.001,2683
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3227271.62/cwt260.00–280.006173
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270519.26/cwt510.00–530.001,4022
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3272248.16/cwt240.00–255.006753
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1319512.57/cwt495.00–520.001,6354
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333432.52/cwt430.00–435.001,4402
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3335242.72/cwt235.00–250.008132
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2601
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3360211.83/cwt200.00–225.007633
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370471.69/cwt450.00–490.001,74512
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423428.83/cwt400.00–445.001,81418
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3423269.16/cwt250.00–295.001,1394
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2431330.09/cwt310.00–365.001,4237
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3466257.57/cwt225.00–275.001,2004
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471383.75/cwt355.00–417.001,80721
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475349.00/cwt335.00–365.001,6584
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2513316.54/cwt290.00–335.001,6244
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521375.91/cwt340.00–400.001,95823
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535250.05/cwt245.00–255.001,3382
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2559296.15/cwt270.00–320.001,6555
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565356.83/cwt325.00–380.002,01619
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575215.86/cwt200.00–232.001,2412
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623335.50/cwt312.00–360.002,09012
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3628223.25/cwt205.00–240.001,4023
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2643277.53/cwt270.00–285.001,7852
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5721
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670308.53/cwt290.00–327.002,06710
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7501
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1707288.48/cwt275.00–310.002,0409
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770265.13/cwt255.00–275.002,0423
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1803253.55/cwt237.00–270.002,0362
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2830175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4531
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1868253.99/cwt242.00–265.002,2053
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers200–250Large 3230185.00/cwt185.00–185.004261
Dairy Heifers350–400Large 3365205.00/cwt205.00–205.007481
Dairy Heifers500–550Large 3515215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1071
Dairy Heifers950–1000Large 3990206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,0391
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3690217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5011
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,540152.94/cwt150.00–160.002,3553
Bulls——1,971181.66/cwt170.00–195.003,58112
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%934101.32/cwt90.00–110.009468
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,056133.83/cwt132.00–135.001,4134
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,086126.85/cwt111.00–130.001,37834
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,113163.84/cwt160.00–167.501,8242
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,379140.90/cwt131.00–157.001,94371
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,572132.09/cwt128.00–138.002,0765
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0351,772.56/head1,350.00–2,250.001,7735
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1371,940.61/head1,100.00–2,400.001,94114
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1691,922.41/head1,400.00–2,450.001,9224
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28882,061.97/head1,500.00–2,450.002,0622
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0403,138.22/head2,850.00–3,400.003,1382
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1183,116.11/head2,750.00–3,500.003,1164

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.