Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 8, 2021

614 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Harward Brothers Livestock Market report →

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $155.06/cwt ≈ $589/hd at 380 lb · 20 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $115.19/cwt +2.40 vs last sale · ≈ $602/hd at 523 lb · 12 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $117.73/cwt -1.27 vs last sale · ≈ $564/hd at 479 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	614	249	720
Feeder cattle	387	137	520
Slaughter cattle	192	98	190
Replacement cattle	35	14	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 2. Current goat receipts 1. Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher and bulls were 3.00 to 4.00 higher. There were too few feeder cattle the previous week to establish an adequate market comparison. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves ranged 32.50 to 77.00 per head.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	137.50	$137.50	$358	-7.50
275–280	278	2	150.00–157.50	$153.78	$428	+8.78
320	320	1	135.00	$135.00	$432	-10.00
340–348	346	7	148.00–159.00	$156.75	$542	—
350–395	380	19	148.00–163.00	$156.51	$595	—
380	380	1	127.50	$127.50	$484	—
430	430	1	135.00	$135.00	$580	—
460–490	477	5	135.00–144.00	$138.81	$662	+5.81
500–545	523	5	134.00–141.00	$136.95	$716	—
610–625	620	4	128.00–134.00	$130.73	$811	—
655	655	1	130.00	$130.00	$852	—
700	700	1	124.00	$124.00	$868	—
740	740	1	116.00	$116.00	$858	—
760	760	1	120.00	$120.00	$912	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	223	6	114.00–140.00	$127.55	$284	—
255–285	269	5	122.00–142.50	$135.15	$364	+5.15
310–345	328	2	130.00	$130.00	$426	—
360–385	375	3	130.00–140.00	$133.38	$500	+3.38
450–490	467	6	115.00–134.00	$124.64	$582	—
505–545	530	6	115.00–129.00	$121.65	$645	+2.63
590	590	1	121.00	$121.00	$714	—
795	795	1	115.00	$115.00	$914	—
815	815	1	115.00	$115.00	$937	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	110.00	$110.00	$231	—
325	325	1	110.00	$110.00	$358	—
460	460	1	100.00	$100.00	$460	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870 thin fleshed	870	1	90.00	$90.00	$783	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	235	3	120.00–128.00	$122.55	$288	—
250–260	257	3	122.50–125.00	$124.16	$319	—
300–345	331	7	111.00–125.00	$115.13	$381	—
350–380	361	5	119.00–122.50	$120.70	$436	-2.30
455–495	479	11	112.00–125.00	$117.73	$564	-1.27
509–545	523	12	110.00–124.00	$115.19	$602	+2.40
550–575	564	4	112.00–114.00	$112.76	$636	-0.24
705	705	1	116.00	$116.00	$818	—
755	755	3	108.00	$108.00	$815	+14.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	110.00	$110.00	$264	—
320	320	1	100.00	$100.00	$320	—
370 thin fleshed	370	1	80.00	$80.00	$296	—
370–385	378	2	85.00–95.00	$89.90	$340	-19.10
415–445	435	5	101.00–112.50	$105.62	$459	—
445	445	1	87.50	$87.50	$389	—
445 thin fleshed	445	2	90.00–93.00	$91.50	$407	—
455–490	473	2	105.00–110.00	$107.41	$508	-3.59
480 thin fleshed	480	1	85.00	$85.00	$408	—
515–520	518	2	100.00	$100.00	$518	-10.00
525 thin fleshed	525	1	84.00	$84.00	$441	—
565–585	574	5	100.00–111.00	$106.17	$609	+27.17
585 thin fleshed	585	1	89.00	$89.00	$521	±0.00
585–590	588	2	81.00–90.00	$85.52	$503	+6.52
620 thin fleshed	620	1	80.00	$80.00	$496	—
615–635	625	2	107.00	$107.00	$669	+24.25
652–685	660	4	103.00–110.00	$104.82	$692	—
715	715	1	83.00	$83.00	$593	-21.00
742	742	3	97.00	$97.00	$720	-7.00
780–795	788	2	83.00–91.00	$87.04	$686	—
890	890	1	79.00	$79.00	$703	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	100.00	$100.00	$235	—
370–390	378	3	130.00–143.00	$134.47	$508	—
411–430	414	7	125.00–128.00	$127.27	$527	—
450–460	454	4	123.00–127.00	$125.01	$568	—
490	490	1	118.00	$118.00	$578	—
515	515	1	116.00	$116.00	$597	—
590	590	3	114.50	$114.50	$676	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445 thin fleshed	445	1	92.50	$92.50	$412	—
475–490 thin fleshed	482	3	80.00–95.00	$87.53	$422	+2.53
545 thin fleshed	545	1	83.00	$83.00	$452	—
590	590	1	106.00	$106.00	$625	+1.04
635 thin fleshed	635	1	85.00	$85.00	$540	±0.00
813	813	2	80.00	$80.00	$650	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–440	426	8	138.00–145.00	$141.27	$602	-3.45
451–495	464	10	136.00–145.50	$142.78	$662	+10.42
515	515	1	130.00	$130.00	$670	±0.00
500–545	524	7	125.00–137.00	$132.98	$697	+2.98
610–640	627	3	119.00–124.00	$121.98	$765	+1.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	432	3	117.50–134.00	$128.38	$555	—
460–495	477	7	120.00–134.00	$127.39	$608	+1.75
505–545	523	6	120.00–132.00	$126.99	$664	—
550–590	573	3	116.00–128.00	$120.51	$691	-4.98
615–640	625	4	120.00–126.00	$122.98	$769	+7.49
685	685	2	119.00–120.00	$119.50	$819	—
740	740	1	112.00	$112.00	$829	+7.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	100.00	$100.00	$545	—
570	570	1	109.00	$109.00	$621	—
580	580	1	95.00	$95.00	$551	—
590	590	1	80.00	$80.00	$472	—
610	610	1	96.00	$96.00	$586	—
615	615	1	82.50	$82.50	$507	—
640 thin fleshed	640	1	80.00	$80.00	$512	—
660	660	1	80.00	$80.00	$528	—
790	790	1	82.00	$82.00	$648	—
835–845	840	2	99.00–102.00	$100.51	$844	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	107.50	$107.50	$554	—
730 thin fleshed	730	1	85.00	$85.00	$620	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190	1190	80-85%	1	56.00	$56.00	$666	—
900–1905	1278	80-85%	79	57.00–69.00	$64.16	$820	—
1050–1960	1512	80-85%	52	69.00–80.00	$72.36	$1,094	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1400	1045	85-90%	20	46.00–56.00	$51.26	$536	—
940–1275	1089	85-90%	8	30.00–45.00	$40.43	$440	—
1135	1135	85-90%	1	11.00	$11.00	$125	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410–1640	1553	75-80%	11	59.00–68.00	$63.39	$984	-3.61

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1965	1499	9	81.00–95.00	$89.66	$1,344	—
1430–2150	1778	6	96.00–103.00	$98.25	$1,747	-1.45

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1035	1008	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–700.00	$648.64
1005–1195	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	725.00–875.00	$784.11
935–1340	1083	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	500.00–800.00	$654.09
1050–1205	1128	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	675.00–775.00	$728.44
1070–1410	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	650.00–1,230.00	$920.29

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	454.00	$454.00
780–845	813	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–550.00	$526.00
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
920–1470	1103	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	875.00–1,350.00	$1,054.50	—

↑ Back to top

Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–235	225	2	72.00	$72.00	$162	—
285	285	1	68.00	$68.00	$194	—
380	380	1	72.00	$72.00	$274	—
525	525	1	80.00	$80.00	$420	—
760	760	1	66.00	$66.00	$502	—

↑ Back to top

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.