Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 2, 2020

585 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $112.26/cwt -1.25 vs last sale · ≈ $579/hd at 516 lb · 19 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $121.29/cwt +5.13 vs last sale · ≈ $636/hd at 524 lb · 14 head

light 5-weight S 1-2 heifers $100.44/cwt -2.10 vs last sale · ≈ $523/hd at 521 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	585	846	1,396
Feeder cattle	393	639	1,147
Slaughter cattle	177	182	210
Replacement cattle	15	25	39

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current goat receipts 4. Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady. Feeder cattle were mostly 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was plain. Baby calves ranged 12.50 to 25.00 per head.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	217	3	137.50–152.50	$142.92	$310	—
285–290	288	2	140.00–145.00	$142.52	$410	+7.52
305–345	323	9	137.50–158.00	$150.01	$485	+5.54
355–395	373	8	140.00–149.00	$145.16	$541	+7.51
455–465	462	3	135.00–139.00	$136.65	$631	+3.43
500	500	2	134.00–136.00	$135.00	$675	+11.00
710	710	1	120.00	$120.00	$852	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	127.50	$127.50	$255	+2.90
355–380	363	3	128.00–132.50	$131.03	$476	+7.09
420–430	425	2	120.00–126.00	$122.96	$523	+4.96
460	460	1	117.00	$117.00	$538	+4.50
540	540	2	113.00–122.00	$117.50	$634	-4.49
555–585	573	6	115.00–126.00	$121.61	$697	+3.47
610–620	615	2	118.00–120.00	$118.99	$732	-0.25
670–680	677	3	120.00–121.00	$120.33	$815	+6.21
700–715	708	2	109.00–111.00	$110.01	$779	-4.99
765	765	1	114.00	$114.00	$872	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170–195	183	2	110.00–115.00	$112.67	$206	—
250	250	1	110.00	$110.00	$275	—
325	325	1	82.00	$82.00	$266	-21.13
375–390	383	2	97.00–107.00	$101.90	$390	-8.10
585	585	1	85.00	$85.00	$497	—
610	610	1	105.00	$105.00	$640	—
755	755	1	104.00	$104.00	$785	—
855–895	877	3	102.00–106.00	$104.32	$915	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295 thin fleshed	295	1	95.00	$95.00	$280	—
390 thin fleshed	390	1	90.00	$90.00	$351	—
615	615	1	105.00	$105.00	$646	—
630 thin fleshed	630	1	94.00	$94.00	$592	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–230	220	2	115.00–120.00	$117.61	$259	—
270–290	277	7	110.00–117.50	$114.40	$317	—
325–345	333	6	95.00–124.00	$113.80	$379	-1.53
350–390	372	10	117.50–126.00	$122.32	$455	+8.22
405–440	427	12	110.00–124.00	$117.82	$503	+2.28
460–480	468	6	110.00–115.00	$113.68	$532	-2.62
505–520	516	19	111.00–112.50	$112.26	$579	-1.25

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	100.00	$100.00	$235	-10.00
270–295	283	2	109.00–110.00	$109.52	$310	—
300–345	325	8	102.50–112.50	$107.92	$351	+4.62
365–395	380	4	100.00–110.00	$105.05	$399	+2.55
390	390	1	84.00	$84.00	$328	-18.50
465–495	480	6	99.00–110.00	$106.88	$513	+3.88
470–490	482	3	90.00–96.00	$92.69	$447	-10.31
490	490	1	88.00	$88.00	$431	-15.00
510–520 thin fleshed	515	2	86.00–92.00	$89.03	$459	—
515	515	1	87.50	$87.50	$451	-16.67
500–545	523	10	96.00–107.00	$104.02	$544	-0.15
555–585	569	7	98.00–107.00	$103.85	$591	-0.18
570–590	582	3	85.00–89.00	$87.31	$508	-2.69
585	585	1	85.00	$85.00	$497	-5.00
685	685	1	93.00	$93.00	$637	+1.07
705	705	1	84.00	$84.00	$592	-4.00
775	775	1	84.00	$84.00	$651	-4.00
825	825	1	89.00	$89.00	$734	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270 thin fleshed	270	1	90.00	$90.00	$243	—
300	300	1	90.00	$90.00	$270	-22.50
320 thin fleshed	320	1	92.50	$92.50	$296	—
425–435 thin fleshed	430	2	87.50–90.00	$88.74	$382	+1.24
455 thin fleshed	455	2	90.00–95.00	$92.50	$421	+2.02
475–480	477	3	95.00–105.00	$101.64	$485	-4.75
510–545	528	4	100.00–106.00	$103.43	$546	+1.56
570–590	580	2	100.00–105.00	$102.46	$594	+0.56
625 thin fleshed	625	1	95.00	$95.00	$594	—
660 thin fleshed	660	1	93.00	$93.00	$614	—
735	735	1	84.00	$84.00	$617	-11.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	70.00	$70.00	$140	—
360–365	363	2	125.00	$125.00	$454	-4.00
415–435	429	5	120.00–125.00	$123.83	$531	-3.82
500	500	1	106.00	$106.00	$530	—
605	605	1	90.00	$90.00	$544	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	130.00	$130.00	$507	—
400–445	428	4	112.00–123.00	$118.69	$508	+0.15
455–495	470	9	115.00–130.00	$122.05	$574	+1.66
500–545	524	14	116.00–125.00	$121.29	$636	+5.13
555–580	564	6	111.00–124.00	$116.80	$659	+2.15
620–640	630	2	111.00–113.00	$111.98	$705	-4.01
655–665	660	2	111.00	$111.00	$733	+1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–410	408	2	110.00	$110.00	$449	+3.48
415–445 thin fleshed	428	3	85.00–96.00	$92.02	$394	—
475	475	1	105.00	$105.00	$499	+4.73
495 thin fleshed	495	1	90.00	$90.00	$446	-1.22
500	500	1	102.50	$102.50	$512	-1.18
530	530	1	96.00	$96.00	$509	-7.68
540 thin fleshed	540	1	90.00	$90.00	$486	—
590 thin fleshed	590	1	90.00	$90.00	$531	+3.90
700–715	705	3	92.00–105.00	$99.61	$702	+14.61
745 thin fleshed	745	1	89.00	$89.00	$663	—
755 thin fleshed	755	1	87.00	$87.00	$657	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	414	7	131.00–141.00	$135.98	$563	+1.87
450–495	464	4	128.00–139.00	$134.37	$623	+3.40

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	110.00	$110.00	$484	+9.07
455	455	1	85.00	$85.00	$387	-6.31
470	470	1	105.00	$105.00	$494	+13.69
540	540	1	100.00	$100.00	$540	+11.48
545	545	1	90.00	$90.00	$490	+1.48
605–645	625	2	100.00–107.00	$103.61	$648	+0.48
650	650	1	111.00	$111.00	$722	+8.54
710	710	1	103.00	$103.00	$731	+5.51
820	820	1	92.50	$92.50	$758	+3.50
895	895	1	92.00	$92.00	$823	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100	1100	80-85%	1	45.00	$45.00	$495	—
830–1925	1295	80-85%	59	52.00–62.00	$56.93	$737	—
1395–1790	1605	80-85%	3	63.00–64.00	$63.66	$1,022	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645–1500	1066	85-90%	24	30.00–45.00	$40.15	$428	—
810–1495	1094	85-90%	29	44.00–52.00	$48.60	$532	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1680	1332	75-80%	15	52.00–60.00	$55.19	$735	—
1570–1650	1610	75-80%	2	64.00–65.00	$64.49	$1,038	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1680	1286	8	47.00–77.00	$68.07	$875	—
1555–1675	1615	2	93.00–95.00	$93.96	$1,517	—
1260–2180	1681	13	78.00–92.00	$84.13	$1,414	+1.16

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
945–1315	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	475.00–775.00	$710.78
1260–1285	1273	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	775.00–875.00	$824.51

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1035	893	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	425.00–590.00	$520.67

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895	895	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	400.00	$400.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
690	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	60.00	$60.00	$102	—
245	245	2	57.50–60.00	$58.75	$144	—
250	250	1	40.00	$40.00	$100	—
470	470	1	52.50	$52.50	$247	—
530–545	535	4	45.00–57.50	$51.26	$274	—
550–585	568	3	50.00	$50.00	$284	—
635	635	1	56.00	$56.00	$356	+10.00
655	655	1	58.00	$58.00	$380	—
795	795	1	37.00	$37.00	$294	—
835	835	1	44.00	$44.00	$367	—
1045	1045	1	57.00	$57.00	$596	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
229	229	4	91.00	$91.00	$208	+9.06

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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.