Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 18, 2021

873 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.95/cwt +2.79 vs last sale · ≈ $558/hd at 426 lb · 27 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $149.84/cwt -11.08 vs last sale · ≈ $552/hd at 368 lb · 24 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.14/cwt -0.88 vs last sale · ≈ $503/hd at 372 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	873	764	1,149
Feeder cattle	678	556	887
Slaughter cattle	175	183	210
Replacement cattle	20	25	52

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers were unevenly steady; heifers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher; while bulls were mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves ranged 10.00 to 15.00 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
230–245	240	3	162.50–172.50	$165.86	$398	—
260	260	4	155.00–167.50	$161.00	$419	-1.64
300–340	316	21	145.00–164.00	$153.04	$484	+23.04
350	350	1	142.50	$142.50	$499	+2.50
350–390	369	23	144.00–163.00	$150.16	$554	-12.66
405–440	423	3	140.00–144.00	$141.34	$598	+0.65
455–490	472	6	136.00–142.00	$138.80	$655	-3.44
490	490	1	134.00	$134.00	$657	-8.24
505–520	515	4	133.00–143.00	$138.50	$713	+2.36
530–540	533	3	120.00–128.00	$123.36	$658	-12.78
572–593	580	5	133.00–136.00	$134.77	$782	-1.23
605–640	627	3	125.00–127.00	$125.64	$788	-4.00
645	645	1	114.00	$114.00	$735	-15.64
660	660	1	123.00	$123.00	$812	-3.00
690	690	1	117.00	$117.00	$807	-9.00
710	710	1	118.00	$118.00	$838	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	228	2	125.00–132.50	$129.04	$294	-12.21
270	270	1	135.00	$135.00	$364	-5.00
300–320	310	4	130.00–140.00	$134.35	$416	+14.35
375–395	386	7	135.00–143.00	$140.72	$543	+3.22
440	440	1	132.00	$132.00	$581	—
473–490	479	3	129.00–130.00	$129.66	$621	+9.66
500–545	525	4	125.00–129.00	$126.02	$662	-0.52
575–595	588	3	115.00–127.00	$120.59	$709	-2.87
605–630	618	3	113.00–120.00	$116.70	$721	-4.82
660–690	670	3	114.00–123.00	$118.93	$797	-4.08

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200 thin fleshed	200	1	85.00	$85.00	$170	—
235	235	1	115.00	$115.00	$270	+12.50
320–330	323	3	107.50–112.50	$110.85	$358	+17.85
340	340	1	90.00	$90.00	$306	-15.23
350	350	1	99.00	$99.00	$346	+11.50
375	375	1	92.00	$92.00	$345	+4.50
645	645	1	92.50	$92.50	$597	—
705–730	718	2	107.00–110.00	$108.53	$779	—
735 thin fleshed	735	1	88.00	$88.00	$647	—
745	745	1	91.00	$91.00	$678	—
865 thin fleshed	865	1	91.00	$91.00	$787	—
865	865	2	80.00–91.00	$85.50	$740	-10.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	82.50	$82.50	$235	—
395	395	1	107.50	$107.50	$425	-2.50
495 thin fleshed	495	1	90.00	$90.00	$446	—
615	615	1	100.00	$100.00	$615	—
690	690	1	90.00	$90.00	$621	—
700	700	1	105.00	$105.00	$735	—
790	790	1	101.00	$101.00	$798	—

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Feeder Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–230	225	3	105.00	$105.00	$236	-5.00
255–280	268	2	107.50–112.50	$110.12	$295	+20.12
290 thin fleshed	290	1	90.00	$90.00	$261	—
290	290	1	92.50	$92.50	$268	-2.50
335–340	338	2	100.00–110.00	$104.96	$355	-0.31
345	345	1	92.00	$92.00	$317	-13.27
350–355	353	2	80.00–92.00	$86.04	$304	-1.46
360–390 thin fleshed	375	2	82.50–86.00	$84.18	$316	-5.82
350–395	383	5	105.00–110.00	$108.45	$415	+4.38
400	400	1	89.00	$89.00	$356	-2.57
410 thin fleshed	410	1	87.50	$87.50	$359	—
400–445	427	11	100.00–112.50	$106.82	$456	+15.25
450–485	463	3	77.50–88.00	$84.60	$392	-0.95
450–485	471	8	98.00–110.00	$105.18	$495	-1.55
455–490 thin fleshed	473	2	88.00–90.00	$88.96	$421	—
500–530	521	7	90.00–95.00	$92.13	$480	-12.06
515–535 thin fleshed	525	2	81.00–96.00	$88.64	$465	+8.64
500–545	528	11	98.00–108.00	$103.56	$547	+23.56
550–590	569	10	84.00–108.00	$102.03	$581	+15.26
570–590	583	5	89.00–90.00	$89.60	$522	-15.28
600–645	619	7	97.00–110.00	$102.96	$637	-0.22
635 thin fleshed	635	1	80.00	$80.00	$508	—
630–645	637	3	90.00–95.00	$93.01	$592	+6.07
655–665	660	3	101.00–107.00	$103.65	$684	+10.65
670–690	680	3	83.00–96.00	$91.06	$619	-9.45
715	715	1	91.00	$91.00	$651	-2.00
800	800	1	90.00	$90.00	$720	—
890	890	1	92.00	$92.00	$819	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	309	5	130.00–139.00	$132.76	$410	-6.08
350	350	1	127.50	$127.50	$446	-8.52
350–395	373	20	129.00–140.00	$135.52	$505	-0.50
400–445	426	27	124.00–137.00	$130.95	$558	+2.79
455–485	470	13	124.00–137.00	$128.32	$603	+3.32
465–480	473	2	121.00–123.00	$122.02	$577	-2.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	120.00–125.00	$122.50	$416	+0.50
350–395	370	6	120.00–127.50	$123.03	$455	+4.48
417–445	422	14	116.00–125.00	$120.42	$508	+2.77
450–495	471	18	113.00–125.00	$119.79	$564	+2.64
505–545	516	13	109.00–114.00	$112.22	$579	-0.57
580	580	1	115.00	$115.00	$667	+1.68
620	620	1	110.00	$110.00	$682	+0.49
650	650	2	109.00–113.00	$111.00	$722	-1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	110.00	$110.00	$368	—
355 thin fleshed	355	1	90.00	$90.00	$320	+10.00
375	375	1	81.00	$81.00	$304	—
405–420 thin fleshed	413	2	85.00–90.00	$87.45	$361	+7.45
465–490	478	2	97.50–107.00	$102.37	$489	-7.63
490–495 thin fleshed	494	4	85.00–95.00	$89.50	$442	+3.27
500–525 thin fleshed	513	2	91.00–93.00	$92.02	$472	—
500–530	520	3	100.00–107.00	$103.60	$539	+13.60
550–590 thin fleshed	561	4	80.00–93.00	$86.45	$485	—
555–595	571	5	97.00–110.00	$103.44	$591	+8.44
625	625	1	106.00	$106.00	$662	+12.00
730	730	1	107.00	$107.00	$781	+27.00

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	122.00	$122.00	$586	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–305	303	2	150.00–162.50	$156.30	$474	—
375	375	1	167.50	$167.50	$628	—
405–445	428	15	135.00–150.00	$141.06	$604	-3.94
435	435	1	122.00	$122.00	$531	-23.00
460	460	1	131.00	$131.00	$603	-8.12
450–485	469	7	134.00–144.00	$137.86	$647	-1.26
480	480	3	124.00–129.00	$126.00	$605	-13.12
500–545	517	11	133.00–137.00	$134.44	$695	-1.80
510–535	523	2	126.00–128.00	$127.02	$664	-1.48
550–570	557	5	133.00–135.00	$134.30	$748	+1.69
555–587	579	5	129.00–130.50	$130.10	$753	+4.02
565–595	580	3	122.00–126.00	$123.37	$716	-2.71
600	600	1	128.00	$128.00	$768	-1.32
620	620	1	125.00	$125.00	$775	-4.32
670	670	2	118.00–120.00	$119.00	$797	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	427	6	114.00–134.00	$123.88	$529	-5.64
450–495	472	13	115.00–134.00	$127.49	$602	-1.05
500–540	524	14	120.00–132.50	$125.80	$659	-0.05
555 thin fleshed	555	1	91.00	$91.00	$505	—
550–595	572	10	118.00–130.00	$125.19	$716	+1.01
635–645	640	4	114.00–125.00	$119.47	$765	-1.93
660–690	681	4	110.00–117.00	$114.74	$781	-1.25
700–710	705	2	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$807	+1.22

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	105.00	$105.00	$436	-5.00
455–470	463	2	100.00	$100.00	$463	-4.12
475 thin fleshed	475	1	87.50	$87.50	$416	-4.50
505–530	515	3	80.00–91.00	$86.22	$444	+4.22
520–545	533	2	105.00–110.00	$107.56	$573	+25.56
565	565	1	94.00	$94.00	$531	-16.00
585 thin fleshed	585	1	80.00	$80.00	$468	—
585	585	1	110.00	$110.00	$644	±0.00
605	605	1	97.50	$97.50	$590	+2.50
630–645	636	4	100.00–111.00	$107.53	$684	+1.16
680	680	2	100.00–109.00	$104.50	$711	+4.50
740–745	743	4	96.00–110.00	$104.74	$778	+1.42
750	750	1	90.00	$90.00	$675	-11.00
760	760	1	101.00	$101.00	$768	±0.00
850	850	1	80.00	$80.00	$680	-7.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	88.00	$88.00	$537	-14.50
615	615	1	110.00	$110.00	$676	+7.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1785	1330	80-85%	55	54.00–64.00	$58.52	$778	—
1340	1340	80-85%	1	50.00	$50.00	$670	—
1145–1925	1482	80-85%	12	65.00–69.00	$67.22	$996	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1170	889	85-90%	5	10.00–23.00	$14.40	$128	—
645–1265	949	85-90%	27	31.00–45.00	$38.66	$367	—
710–1440	1044	85-90%	34	46.00–53.00	$49.88	$521	+10.23

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1525	1253	75-80%	4	52.00–53.00	$52.22	$654	—
1155–1725	1483	75-80%	9	55.00–64.00	$59.82	$887	—
1760	1760	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$1,144	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–2425	1444	8	62.00–76.00	$70.18	$1,013	—
1285–2245	1830	16	78.00–91.00	$85.17	$1,559	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
1175–1250	1213	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	610.00–825.00	$720.82
1425	1425	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

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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
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,010.00	$1,010.00	+410.00
995–1150	1073	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,080.42	+480.42
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	+575.00
1160	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
635	635	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	550.00	$550.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	55.00	$55.00	$129	—
420	420	1	51.00	$51.00	$214	-4.00
465	465	1	55.00	$55.00	$256	—
550–590	565	5	39.00–59.00	$48.12	$272	—
620	620	1	52.00	$52.00	$322	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–485	468	2	85.00–91.00	$87.89	$411	—
520–535	528	2	82.50–89.00	$85.80	$453	—
605–610	608	2	76.00	$76.00	$462	—
720–730	725	2	74.00–78.00	$75.99	$551	—
865	865	1	63.00	$63.00	$545	—

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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.