Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 7, 2020

1,127 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $125.03/cwt +2.01 vs last sale · ≈ $657/hd at 525 lb · 33 head

light 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $161.69/cwt -1.29 vs last sale · ≈ $522/hd at 323 lb · 30 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $124.33/cwt +3.61 vs last sale · ≈ $700/hd at 563 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,127	843	1,564
Feeder cattle	892	612	1,266
Slaughter cattle	210	215	114
Replacement cattle	25	16	184

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current goat receipts 15. Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. Demand was steady; market activity and buyer interest were steady. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average. 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
200–245	235	5	149.00–160.00	$152.73	$359	—
250–295	277	10	147.50–165.00	$159.53	$442	+5.99
300–345	323	30	145.00–177.50	$161.69	$522	-1.29
350–395	369	23	142.00–172.50	$154.42	$570	+2.33
370	370	1	140.00	$140.00	$518	-12.09
400–435	421	4	137.00–142.50	$140.62	$592	+7.62
450–465	457	3	135.00–147.00	$139.61	$638	-0.71
500–535	516	14	115.00–136.00	$133.13	$687	-5.99
520	520	1	130.00	$130.00	$676	-9.12
555	555	1	132.00	$132.00	$733	+6.00
615–625	620	2	125.00	$125.00	$775	-2.02
730	730	1	119.00	$119.00	$869	-4.44
770	770	1	125.00	$125.00	$962	+2.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	132.00	$132.00	$251	+10.00
235–245	242	3	125.00–145.00	$137.67	$333	+4.14
255–260	258	3	120.00–142.50	$134.26	$346	+7.19
305–345	323	3	122.50–132.50	$126.53	$409	-8.05
365–395	378	9	117.50–144.00	$133.50	$505	+4.59
415–443	436	7	114.00–129.00	$126.54	$552	—
455–495	478	3	127.00–130.00	$128.19	$613	+8.19
530–540	535	4	122.50–129.00	$125.36	$671	+0.36
550–595	577	11	115.00–129.00	$123.76	$714	-4.03
605–645	626	8	117.00–122.00	$119.60	$749	—
670	670	1	119.00	$119.00	$797	+0.66
745	745	1	117.00	$117.00	$872	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	278	2	110.00	$110.00	$306	—
325	325	1	85.00	$85.00	$276	—
335	335	1	102.50	$102.50	$343	—
370	370	1	85.00	$85.00	$314	—
390	390	1	110.00	$110.00	$429	—
550–570	560	3	100.00–105.00	$102.47	$574	-8.53

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530 thin fleshed	530	1	90.00	$90.00	$477	—
670–690	680	2	100.00–104.00	$101.97	$693	—
715 thin fleshed	715	1	80.00	$80.00	$572	—
725	725	1	104.00	$104.00	$754	+11.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	120.00	$120.00	$234	-5.00
215–225	222	3	112.00–117.50	$114.03	$253	-4.15
275	275	1	125.00	$125.00	$344	+9.61
310–340	324	9	111.00–122.50	$118.58	$384	+3.48
360–395	382	13	111.00–132.00	$122.88	$469	+0.42
400–445	424	22	112.00–126.00	$119.03	$505	-0.21
450–496	479	24	112.00–124.00	$118.88	$569	+0.80
500–545	523	14	110.00–119.00	$113.10	$592	-0.75
550–575	566	8	109.00–115.00	$112.87	$639	+0.38
600	600	1	108.00	$108.00	$648	-3.02

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155	155	1	112.00	$112.00	$174	—
210–240	225	2	105.00–110.00	$107.33	$241	+22.33
270–285	278	2	110.00	$110.00	$306	+4.32
300 thin fleshed	300	1	90.00	$90.00	$270	-2.50
305–325	318	4	108.00–112.50	$109.63	$349	-0.37
355 thin fleshed	355	1	80.00	$80.00	$284	-2.50
355–390	373	2	110.00	$110.00	$410	+8.38
380	380	1	80.00	$80.00	$304	-21.62
405	405	1	80.00	$80.00	$324	-23.11
415–425	420	2	100.00–105.00	$102.47	$430	+12.47
445 thin fleshed	445	1	82.50	$82.50	$367	±0.00
450–485 thin fleshed	468	2	90.00–95.00	$92.41	$432	—
460–495	483	10	100.00–110.00	$106.40	$514	+17.67
485–495	490	2	85.00–90.00	$87.47	$429	-1.26
500–545	522	14	100.00–110.00	$105.83	$552	+1.70
500–545	523	2	80.00–89.00	$84.31	$441	-19.82
550 thin fleshed	550	1	92.50	$92.50	$509	+10.50
555–590	575	12	100.00–109.00	$105.65	$607	+0.87
575–580	578	2	90.00	$90.00	$520	-14.78
600–645	617	7	98.00–105.00	$101.23	$625	-5.16
625–640	633	3	89.00–92.00	$90.32	$572	+4.29
650–685	671	7	80.00–95.00	$89.39	$600	-13.63
665–680 thin fleshed	673	2	85.00–90.00	$87.47	$589	+7.47
650–695	675	3	94.00–104.00	$99.60	$672	-3.42
705	705	1	104.00	$104.00	$733	+19.00
720–730	725	2	80.00	$80.00	$580	-5.00
725 thin fleshed	725	1	91.00	$91.00	$660	—
730	730	1	80.00	$80.00	$584	-5.00
780	780	1	82.00	$82.00	$640	±0.00
865	865	2	83.00–84.00	$83.50	$722	-11.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285 thin fleshed	285	1	82.50	$82.50	$235	—
300–345	321	4	100.00–110.00	$104.51	$335	+2.01
385	385	1	100.00	$100.00	$385	-7.53
415–440	434	4	95.00–110.00	$98.59	$428	—
465	465	1	100.00	$100.00	$465	-5.98
480 thin fleshed	480	1	90.00	$90.00	$432	+10.00
495	495	1	83.00	$83.00	$411	-22.98
500–530	513	5	102.00–110.00	$106.36	$546	+5.02
515	515	1	90.00	$90.00	$464	-11.34
515–540 thin fleshed	528	2	80.00–90.00	$84.88	$448	-0.27
550–585 thin fleshed	561	5	80.00–92.50	$87.46	$491	—
560–595	579	4	90.00–107.00	$100.85	$584	—
620–645 thin fleshed	633	2	86.00–90.00	$87.96	$557	+6.96
635	635	1	90.00	$90.00	$572	—
655–675 thin fleshed	667	3	80.00–90.00	$84.17	$561	—
670–695	688	6	93.00–98.00	$94.49	$650	—
745 thin fleshed	745	1	80.00	$80.00	$596	-13.00
767 thin fleshed	767	3	86.00	$86.00	$660	—
855 thin fleshed	855	1	80.00	$80.00	$684	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	163.00	$163.00	$408	—
350–390	367	7	128.00–134.00	$130.52	$479	-0.76
400–445	418	5	124.00–134.00	$127.33	$532	+2.15
455–475	465	2	124.00	$124.00	$577	-1.99
500–540	523	8	112.00–118.00	$116.64	$610	-1.12
565	565	1	110.00	$110.00	$622	-4.00
600	600	1	118.00	$118.00	$708	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	120.00–142.50	$131.25	$518	—
425–445	429	5	120.00–130.00	$121.98	$523	-3.69
450–495	474	24	117.50–134.00	$127.17	$603	-0.61
505	505	1	112.50	$112.50	$568	-10.80
500–545	526	32	115.00–132.00	$125.42	$660	+2.12
550–595	563	28	116.00–131.00	$124.33	$700	+3.61
600–645	623	14	112.00–124.00	$116.54	$726	-0.19
650–665	655	4	112.00–116.00	$113.99	$747	+0.49

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	162.50	$162.50	$431	—
335–345	340	2	150.00–160.00	$155.07	$527	—
385	385	1	152.50	$152.50	$587	-9.50
400–445	425	27	135.00–152.00	$138.95	$591	-5.89
450	450	1	134.00	$134.00	$603	-7.49
453–490	461	5	131.00–134.00	$132.03	$609	-9.46
450–495	469	19	135.00–139.00	$137.08	$643	-4.41
500–535	522	13	133.00–137.00	$134.07	$700	+10.36
515–530	522	3	118.00–132.00	$126.73	$662	+3.02
655	655	1	115.00	$115.00	$753	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	82.50	$82.50	$334	—
415–440	427	6	100.00–112.50	$107.50	$459	—
450–475	458	5	99.00–110.00	$106.33	$487	-9.67
515–545	530	6	103.00–110.00	$106.27	$563	—
535 thin fleshed	535	1	90.00	$90.00	$482	—
565–595	576	8	100.00–107.00	$103.39	$596	-6.82
615 thin fleshed	615	1	80.00	$80.00	$492	±0.00
620	620	1	80.00	$80.00	$496	-23.34
600–645	624	8	97.50–110.00	$104.04	$649	+0.70
650–685	667	5	105.00–107.00	$105.81	$706	-1.69
685 thin fleshed	685	1	87.00	$87.00	$596	—
715	715	1	90.00	$90.00	$644	-15.85
700–735	718	3	103.00–105.00	$103.98	$747	-1.87
750–765 thin fleshed	758	2	80.00–86.00	$82.97	$629	—
790	790	1	90.00	$90.00	$711	—
875	875	1	86.00	$86.00	$752	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	85.00	$85.00	$484	-25.00
725–730 thin fleshed	728	2	85.00–88.00	$86.49	$630	—
730	730	1	80.00	$80.00	$584	—
750 thin fleshed	750	1	89.00	$89.00	$668	—
815 thin fleshed	815	1	94.00	$94.00	$766	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	85-90%	1	20.00	$20.00	$142	—
830–1720	1103	85-90%	35	30.00–45.00	$38.97	$430	—
830–1915	1243	85-90%	43	46.00–52.00	$49.85	$620	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1325	1253	80-85%	2	50.00–51.00	$50.53	$633	—
915–1885	1347	80-85%	60	53.00–64.00	$56.28	$758	-1.63

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1720	1289	75-80%	14	41.00–52.00	$49.34	$636	—
1105–1740	1349	75-80%	13	53.00–58.00	$54.59	$736	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1460	1209	7	57.00–75.00	$68.99	$834	—
1165–2055	1640	11	77.00–93.00	$83.84	$1,375	—

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005	1005	1	75.00	$75.00	$754	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1015	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	470.00–650.00	$569.29
925–960	943	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	475.00	$475.00
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	376.00	$376.00
1060–1220	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	583.00–720.00	$656.31

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
550–780	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	220.00–398.00	$324.39
775–830	803	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	380.00–498.00	$441.02
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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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
935	935	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	575.00	$575.00	—
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00	—
1045–1230	1138	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	725.00–975.00	$860.16	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	1	47.50	$47.50	$349	—
775	775	1	56.00	$56.00	$434	—
800	800	1	62.00	$62.00	$496	—
905	905	1	59.00	$59.00	$534	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	230	4	75.00–85.00	$79.37	$183	—
255–285	270	4	76.00–86.00	$80.89	$218	—
735	735	1	76.00	$76.00	$559	—

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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.