Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 12, 2020

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $120.12/cwt ≈ $560/hd at 466 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	361	1,049	1,166
Feeder cattle	260	—	911
Slaughter cattle	93	—	225
Replacement cattle	8	—	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were light as remnants of Hurricane Delta passed through the region over the weekend. Cattle quality was average. Hog receipts 1.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
285	285	1	147.50	$147.50	$420
315–335	323	3	152.50–158.00	$154.78	$500
350–390	369	8	140.00–156.00	$146.98	$542
415–430	425	7	137.00–142.50	$139.92	$595
460–495	478	3	135.00–140.00	$137.27	$656
490	490	1	130.00	$130.00	$637
500–545	519	6	131.00–137.00	$134.54	$698
575	575	1	125.00	$125.00	$719
700–735	718	2	118.00–121.00	$119.46	$858

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
245	245	1	122.50	$122.50	$300
290	290	1	137.50	$137.50	$399
390	390	2	127.50–137.50	$132.50	$517
415–445	433	5	120.00–130.00	$126.72	$549
455–470	463	3	130.00–133.00	$131.68	$610
545	545	1	124.00	$124.00	$676
565–585	575	4	118.00–126.00	$121.76	$700
605–645	627	5	116.00–124.00	$120.60	$756
655–695	681	4	115.00–127.00	$119.75	$815
725	725	1	118.00	$118.00	$856

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
390	390	1	110.00	$110.00	$429
400	400	1	100.00	$100.00	$400
480	480	1	112.50	$112.50	$540
525–545	535	2	101.00–111.00	$105.91	$567
565	565	1	107.00	$107.00	$605
600–645	625	4	105.00–108.00	$106.74	$667
690	690	1	106.00	$106.00	$731

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
305 thin fleshed	305	1	92.50	$92.50	$282
450–495	473	2	109.00–110.00	$109.52	$518
545	545	1	99.00	$99.00	$540
560	560	1	111.00	$111.00	$622
650	650	1	100.00	$100.00	$650

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Feeder Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
295	295	1	105.00	$105.00	$310
325	325	1	110.00	$110.00	$358
380	380	1	110.00	$110.00	$418
390	390	1	92.50	$92.50	$361
415–445	433	3	100.00–110.00	$104.98	$455
475–493	488	4	105.00–111.00	$108.79	$531
505–545	526	6	92.00–107.00	$102.09	$537
565–595	581	4	100.00–109.00	$103.98	$604
600–630	615	5	97.00–110.00	$103.97	$639
650	650	1	90.00	$90.00	$585
650–690	665	4	107.00–108.00	$107.75	$717
700	700	1	108.00	$108.00	$756
785	785	1	97.00	$97.00	$761

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
245	245	1	120.00	$120.00	$294
285–295	290	2	124.00–127.50	$125.72	$365
320	320	1	127.50	$127.50	$408
375–380	378	2	117.50–126.00	$121.78	$460
410–435	422	3	117.00–127.50	$122.89	$519
450–485	466	10	115.00–124.00	$120.12	$560
500–545	523	2	115.00–117.00	$115.96	$606
550–570	558	5	110.00–116.00	$114.41	$638
600–640	615	3	112.00–113.00	$112.65	$693

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
195	195	1	135.00	$135.00	$263
295	295	1	137.50	$137.50	$406
330	330	2	137.50	$137.50	$454
355	355	1	137.50	$137.50	$488
415	415	2	127.00–127.50	$127.25	$528
475–485	478	3	125.00–126.00	$125.33	$599
535	535	1	118.00	$118.00	$631
550–565	558	2	118.00	$118.00	$658
580	580	1	116.00	$116.00	$673

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
275	275	1	102.50	$102.50	$282
375	375	1	97.50	$97.50	$366
410–445	428	2	103.00–110.00	$106.36	$455
470–495	483	2	100.00–102.50	$101.22	$489
500–510	507	3	100.00–110.00	$103.36	$524
550 thin fleshed	550	1	90.00	$90.00	$495
635–640	638	2	104.00–111.00	$107.51	$686

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
655	655	1	112.00	$112.00	$734

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
400–430	418	4	115.00–131.00	$124.90	$522
450–495	471	5	117.50–133.00	$123.77	$583
510–525	517	3	113.00–117.00	$115.02	$595
550–575	560	4	116.00–126.00	$121.19	$679
610–615	613	2	114.00	$114.00	$699

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
405–435	418	3	100.00–112.50	$106.63	$446
440	440	1	90.00	$90.00	$396
485–490	488	2	107.00–112.50	$109.74	$536
525	525	1	105.00	$105.00	$551
590	590	1	100.00	$100.00	$590
620–645	633	3	96.00–108.00	$101.38	$642
655–685	672	3	103.00–107.00	$104.67	$703
705–740	723	2	96.00–97.00	$96.51	$698

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
435	435	1	140.00	$140.00	$609
460–490	479	5	134.00–137.50	$136.19	$652
500–535	515	3	133.00–135.00	$133.65	$688

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
595	595	1	105.00	$105.00	$625
610	610	1	105.00	$105.00	$640

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
970–1630	1211	85-90%	5	35.00–44.00	$40.62	$492
930–1810	1344	85-90%	27	42.00–52.00	$49.00	$659

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1100–1135	1118	80-85%	2	44.00–47.00	$45.48	$508
990–1810	1430	80-85%	24	52.00–57.00	$53.46	$764

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1295–1525	1412	75-80%	3	52.00–55.00	$53.28	$752
1170–1915	1517	75-80%	13	45.00–51.00	$47.92	$727
1865	1865	75-80%	1	57.00	$57.00	$1,063

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000–1830	1450	10	69.00–78.00	$75.00	$1,088
1570–2160	1883	3	80.00–83.00	$81.22	$1,529
2130	2130	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,938

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
930–1285	1119	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	475.00–750.00	$629.01

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
240	240	1	72.50	$72.50	$174

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
246	246	4	92.00	$92.00	$226
610	610	1	72.00	$72.00	$439
720 thin fleshed	720	1	40.00	$40.00	$288

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.