Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 30, 2020

843 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $141.49/cwt +3.29 vs last sale · ≈ $666/hd at 471 lb · 29 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $151.30/cwt +4.29 vs last sale · ≈ $565/hd at 374 lb · 28 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $123.02/cwt +4.69 vs last sale · ≈ $651/hd at 529 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	843	1,062	940
Feeder cattle	612	760	655
Slaughter cattle	215	252	250
Replacement cattle	16	50	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current goat receipts 3. Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was fairly good; market activity and buyer interest were fairly active. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was attractive. Baby calves ranged 5.00 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
260	260	1	142.50	$142.50	$370	-1.30
260–280	270	10	145.00–160.00	$153.54	$415	+9.74
305–345	330	19	150.00–175.00	$162.98	$538	+14.45
360	360	1	130.00	$130.00	$468	-17.01
350–395	374	27	142.50–166.00	$152.09	$569	+5.08
430	430	1	133.00	$133.00	$572	-12.94
415–445	434	12	136.00–149.50	$144.09	$625	-1.85
465–485	478	3	135.00–145.00	$140.32	$671	-1.23
500–535	518	7	135.00–143.00	$139.12	$721	+6.56
590	590	1	126.00	$126.00	$743	-3.49
610–635	623	2	126.00–128.00	$127.02	$791	+4.52
700–740	713	9	121.00–124.00	$123.44	$880	+0.44
755–760	758	2	122.00–123.00	$122.50	$929	—
785	785	1	117.00	$117.00	$918	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	122.00	$122.00	$238	+9.50
205–245	228	4	125.00–142.50	$133.53	$304	+1.03
255–295	275	5	102.50–140.00	$127.07	$349	+5.64
305–325	319	6	127.50–140.00	$134.58	$429	+4.03
370–395	383	4	122.50–135.00	$128.91	$494	+2.14
485	485	1	120.00	$120.00	$582	-3.83
515–535	525	2	125.00	$125.00	$656	+4.65
555–599	590	10	114.00–130.00	$127.79	$754	+2.53
660–685	675	3	116.00–122.00	$118.34	$799	+0.66
770	770	1	116.00	$116.00	$893	-0.48

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	110.00	$110.00	$490	—
550	550	1	111.00	$111.00	$610	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715	715	1	93.00	$93.00	$665	-10.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160	160	1	125.00	$125.00	$200	—
220–240	228	3	112.50–122.50	$118.18	$269	-3.06
270–295	283	3	111.00–120.00	$115.39	$327	-1.84
305–345	323	5	112.00–118.00	$115.10	$372	-3.74
350–395	384	7	115.00–126.00	$122.46	$470	+3.23
400–445	431	11	110.00–126.00	$119.24	$514	+4.14
450–495	467	23	111.00–124.00	$118.08	$551	+0.32
500–540	525	14	110.00–121.00	$113.85	$598	+1.26
550–595	574	8	109.00–116.00	$112.49	$646	+1.04
620–635	628	2	109.00–113.00	$111.02	$697	+0.20
654	654	5	110.00	$110.00	$719	+2.00
931	931	4	83.00	$83.00	$773	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	85.00	$85.00	$183	-27.50
255–275	264	4	100.00–110.00	$105.68	$279	-1.76
285 thin fleshed	285	1	90.00	$90.00	$256	+5.00
300 thin fleshed	300	1	92.50	$92.50	$278	+1.08
300–330	315	2	110.00	$110.00	$346	+30.00
350–380	362	3	100.00–102.50	$101.62	$368	+17.15
370 thin fleshed	370	1	82.50	$82.50	$305	—
370 thin fleshed	370	1	82.50	$82.50	$305	—
415 thin fleshed	415	1	82.50	$82.50	$342	-11.24
405–435	419	4	100.00–105.00	$103.11	$432	-1.49
420	420	1	90.00	$90.00	$378	-14.60
455–480	466	5	97.50–110.00	$103.48	$482	-1.67
485–490	488	2	85.00–92.50	$88.73	$433	+1.84
500–545	522	8	100.00–108.00	$104.13	$544	-0.20
550–580	568	4	100.00–110.00	$104.78	$595	-0.73
570 thin fleshed	570	1	82.00	$82.00	$467	—
600–645	618	5	105.00–108.00	$106.39	$657	+2.01
625–635	630	2	82.00–90.00	$86.03	$542	-18.35
650 thin fleshed	650	1	80.00	$80.00	$520	-2.00
650–690	674	9	99.00–107.00	$103.02	$694	+0.22
710	710	1	85.00	$85.00	$604	-13.67
770	770	1	82.00	$82.00	$631	-4.00
800 thin fleshed	800	1	82.50	$82.50	$660	—
815	815	1	85.00	$85.00	$693	-12.00
890	890	1	95.00	$95.00	$846	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	369	4	127.50–142.50	$131.28	$484	—
400–445	421	6	124.00–127.00	$125.18	$527	—
450–475	465	6	124.00–134.00	$125.99	$586	-3.01
505–540	523	8	116.00–119.00	$117.76	$616	+4.76
530	530	1	115.00	$115.00	$610	+2.00
555	555	1	119.00	$119.00	$660	+9.00
555–558	557	5	114.00	$114.00	$635	+4.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	80.00	$80.00	$232	—
310	310	1	102.50	$102.50	$318	+0.86
325 thin fleshed	325	1	85.00	$85.00	$276	—
365–370 thin fleshed	368	2	80.00–85.00	$82.52	$304	-4.04
360–385	370	4	105.00–110.00	$107.53	$398	+10.03
410–440 thin fleshed	425	2	80.00–81.00	$80.48	$342	-4.52
460 thin fleshed	460	1	80.00	$80.00	$368	-7.62
465–485	475	2	105.00–107.00	$105.98	$503	—
500–530 thin fleshed	515	2	80.00–90.00	$85.15	$439	-1.45
515–525	518	3	95.00–107.00	$101.34	$525	-5.14
630 thin fleshed	630	1	81.00	$81.00	$510	+1.00
705	705	1	88.00	$88.00	$620	—
730 thin fleshed	730	1	93.00	$93.00	$679	+13.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	130.00	$130.00	$436	—
400–445	428	12	117.50–137.00	$125.67	$538	-1.98
450–495	471	10	120.00–132.50	$127.78	$602	+2.34
500–545	529	25	115.00–130.00	$123.30	$652	+4.97
540	540	1	116.00	$116.00	$626	-2.33
550–595	568	17	113.00–132.00	$120.72	$686	+1.45
605–645	630	13	113.00–125.00	$116.73	$735	+0.30
660–665	663	4	113.00–114.00	$113.50	$753	-1.88
755	755	1	109.00	$109.00	$823	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	162.00	$162.00	$624	—
400–445	418	21	135.00–160.00	$144.84	$605	+3.87
453–495	471	29	130.00–148.00	$141.49	$666	+3.29
505–535	513	8	134.00–143.00	$138.01	$708	+8.24
505–545	528	4	120.00–125.00	$123.71	$653	-6.06
600–620	610	4	124.00–125.00	$124.50	$759	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	116.00	$116.00	$568	+8.03
575–595	585	2	108.00–112.50	$110.21	$645	+16.21
600 thin fleshed	600	1	80.00	$80.00	$480	-5.79
620–640	631	5	90.00–110.00	$103.34	$652	-3.99
680	680	2	107.00–108.00	$107.50	$731	+5.83
700–740	713	3	98.00–110.00	$105.85	$755	+15.85
720 thin fleshed	720	1	80.00	$80.00	$576	—
730	730	1	90.00	$90.00	$657	-15.21
750	750	3	103.00–108.00	$105.67	$793	+20.70
840	840	1	92.00	$92.00	$773	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	102.50	$102.50	$451	—
520–530	525	2	100.00–102.50	$101.24	$532	-0.08
570	570	1	110.00	$110.00	$627	+5.00
590 thin fleshed	590	1	89.00	$89.00	$525	-1.00
600	600	1	90.00	$90.00	$540	-11.31
660–680	670	2	100.00	$100.00	$670	-10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1500	1310	80-85%	4	65.00–67.00	$66.01	$865	+11.20
695–1880	1314	80-85%	80	53.00–64.00	$57.91	$761	+3.10

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–1440	963	85-90%	46	30.00–45.00	$38.51	$371	+0.52
635–1480	1093	85-90%	31	46.00–52.00	$50.42	$551	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1615	1352	75-80%	9	44.00–51.00	$47.15	$637	—
1195–1760	1452	75-80%	11	53.00–61.00	$56.60	$822	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1755	1257	10	43.00–76.00	$69.82	$878	—
1155–2030	1677	9	71.00–88.00	$81.19	$1,362	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–925	908	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–640.00	$571.35
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
955–1275	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	625.00–750.00	$678.53

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00

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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
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	525.00	$525.00	—
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
610	610	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	720.00	$720.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	70.00	$70.00	$424	—
905	905	1	60.00	$60.00	$543	—

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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.