Sale reports / North Carolina / Turnersburg Livestock Auction / 2026-10-26

Turnersburg Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Turnersburg, North Carolina · Mon, Oct 26
● Final110 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2088
← Oct 19Oct 26latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
595 head
▼ 132 vs last sale 727▼ 354 vs year ago 949 · −37.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
191 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 151▼ 60 vs year ago 251 · −23.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 26▼ 6 vs year ago 29 · −20.7%
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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 lower. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

22 head Sheep: 160.00 - 370.00; 78 head Goats: 50.00 - 325.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $323.65/cwt on 74 head, down $17.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 33 comparable sales and sits −53.94 against this barn's trailing median of $377.59.
Average price
$323.65
▼ 17.17 vs prior sale
74 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,738
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$662
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$121.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.41
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538357.721,92445
Medium and Large 2536292.011,56518thin
Medium and Large 3535236.011,26211thin
One grade step is worth $121.71/cwt here — about $662 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale74 hd
323.65
—
NC average8 barns · 291 hd
327.06
−3.41
This barn, trailing median33 sales
377.59
−53.94
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—Average1,692160.472,71621
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,331133.481,77760
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,446124.081,79413
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,127117.871,32860

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)1,210$2,3173thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,118$2,0455
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)979$1,8866
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,010$2,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)933$2,4018

Every lot, as filed

110 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1240505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,2121
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275532.00/cwt532.00–532.001,4631
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1861
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328476.30/cwt455.00–500.001,5622
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380420.68/cwt400.00–447.001,5994
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5411
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4351
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433399.44/cwt370.00–418.001,7303
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3440250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1001
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3465245.96/cwt242.00–250.001,1442
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475396.72/cwt370.00–410.001,8845
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6921
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4561
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521370.38/cwt350.00–390.001,9304
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565363.61/cwt347.00–385.002,0549
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565313.17/cwt300.00–324.001,7693
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1609349.97/cwt339.00–360.002,1314
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671301.61/cwt290.00–316.002,0244
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1734300.01/cwt292.00–308.002,2024
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1845260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1971
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872282.20/cwt265.00–290.002,4617
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,5301
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1965259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,4991
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230430.46/cwt400.00–450.009904
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1282427.51/cwt390.00–440.001,20610
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325229.85/cwt220.00–240.007473
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330397.46/cwt365.00–437.001,31214
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0681
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376377.62/cwt345.00–400.001,42021
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380270.13/cwt260.00–280.001,0262
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420355.30/cwt325.00–382.001,49219
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426299.77/cwt280.00–320.001,2774
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3436264.99/cwt250.00–275.001,1554
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462348.54/cwt325.00–369.001,61017
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2462290.87/cwt275.00–300.001,3446
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3481242.84/cwt220.00–259.001,1688
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515319.11/cwt300.00–340.001,6436
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3518229.16/cwt210.00–257.001,1875
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520266.12/cwt237.00–279.001,3848
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added550330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8153
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578309.34/cwt282.00–320.001,78821
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3580241.28/cwt232.00–250.001,3993
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2588255.89/cwt250.00–265.001,5056
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625287.57/cwt275.00–304.001,79712
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4061
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633258.36/cwt250.00–275.001,6353
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2666235.82/cwt225.00–259.001,5717
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3673185.07/cwt175.00–200.001,2463
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1677286.57/cwt270.00–308.001,9409
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725272.45/cwt260.00–284.001,9754
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3738175.51/cwt172.00–179.001,2952
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,7181
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773267.38/cwt260.00–275.002,0672
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2805207.48/cwt205.00–210.001,6702
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1829239.21/cwt225.00–255.001,9834
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2860180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5481
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1995214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,1291
Feeder Cattle · Bulls37 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1237542.89/cwt510.00–555.001,2875
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3250350.00/cwt350.00–350.008751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273384.35/cwt360.00–405.001,0493
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1283513.92/cwt485.00–535.001,4548
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3320259.92/cwt255.00–265.008322
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2321383.87/cwt365.00–400.001,2324
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328464.42/cwt442.00–495.001,52312
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2363368.39/cwt350.00–392.001,3374
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370441.38/cwt410.00–475.001,63318
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3373275.17/cwt250.00–300.001,0262
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423405.63/cwt380.00–422.001,71622
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427325.89/cwt300.00–350.001,3927
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430267.50/cwt265.00–270.001,1502
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468309.45/cwt290.00–335.001,4486
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471383.58/cwt350.00–402.001,80721
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480258.42/cwt250.00–265.001,2403
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518294.25/cwt270.00–325.001,52412
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519364.04/cwt330.00–387.001,88927
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3523240.64/cwt205.00–255.001,2599
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566348.25/cwt310.00–367.001,97118
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572287.54/cwt250.00–300.001,6456
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3588215.19/cwt200.00–230.001,2652
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620333.70/cwt307.00–352.002,06923
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3620217.32/cwt210.00–225.001,3472
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1664298.09/cwt270.00–322.001,97917
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668265.96/cwt262.00–270.001,7772
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3672211.86/cwt200.00–225.001,4243
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3700185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2951
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1713288.86/cwt275.00–310.002,0609
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2722234.65/cwt220.00–250.001,6946
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2768210.00/cwt200.00–220.001,6134
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770274.68/cwt267.00–282.002,1153
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1823256.11/cwt240.00–275.002,1086
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2825225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8561
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1877219.33/cwt218.00–222.001,9243
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1908214.01/cwt210.00–218.001,9432
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1974215.64/cwt200.00–239.002,1005
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers600–650Large 3625175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0941
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,265141.38/cwt140.00–143.001,7884
Bulls——1,793164.96/cwt150.00–175.002,95817
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97196.61/cwt90.00–104.0093810
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,144120.86/cwt106.00–127.001,38343
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,244129.89/cwt128.00–132.001,6167
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,331133.48/cwt128.00–144.001,77760
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,446124.08/cwt110.00–130.001,79413
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-27752,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28932,004.76/head1,500.00–2,350.002,0052
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29812,589.35/head2,000.00–3,050.002,5895
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0102,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29791,885.70/head1,025.00–2,350.001,8866
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1182,045.04/head1,450.00–2,650.002,0455
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2102,316.94/head1,300.00–2,850.002,3173

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.