Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 1, 2021

753 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.32/cwt +6.90 vs last sale · ≈ $622/hd at 474 lb · 28 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $146.12/cwt +1.87 vs last sale · ≈ $621/hd at 425 lb · 26 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.80/cwt +2.17 vs last sale · ≈ $640/hd at 521 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	753	678	1,500
Feeder cattle	532	483	1,190
Slaughter cattle	191	175	280
Replacement cattle	30	20	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current goat receipts 4. Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly steady to 7.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was attractive. Baby calves ranged 5.00 to 40.00 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
250–295	279	8	147.50–163.00	$157.45	$439	+17.45
300–345	329	14	149.00–162.50	$157.43	$518	+1.22
365	365	1	138.00	$138.00	$504	-14.28
350–390	367	11	150.00–162.00	$156.40	$574	+4.12
400 fancy	400	1	175.00	$175.00	$700	—
400–435	419	8	149.00–166.00	$156.24	$655	+5.93
465–495	481	9	144.00–152.00	$148.68	$715	+0.51
520–530	525	2	142.00–143.00	$142.50	$748	—
555	555	1	131.00	$131.00	$727	-9.50
560	560	1	144.00	$144.00	$806	+3.50
605–645	628	4	130.00–137.00	$132.97	$835	-1.03
700–730	710	3	123.00–125.00	$124.00	$880	-3.61
770	770	1	121.00	$121.00	$932	±0.00
1005	1005	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,156	—
1095	1095	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,259	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	273	6	127.50–145.00	$138.45	$378	+7.57
300–340	315	5	125.00–142.50	$135.82	$428	—
355–395	373	8	130.00–142.50	$136.33	$509	-3.67
460–495	475	3	115.00–133.00	$126.15	$599	—
510	510	1	128.00	$128.00	$653	+0.57
580	580	1	126.00	$126.00	$731	±0.00
835	835	1	115.00	$115.00	$960	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	102.50	$102.50	$236	—
230 thin fleshed	230	1	97.50	$97.50	$224	—
385 thin fleshed	385	1	90.00	$90.00	$346	—
410	410	2	110.00	$110.00	$451	—
685	685	1	110.00	$110.00	$754	—
815 thin fleshed	815	1	79.00	$79.00	$644	—
830	830	1	108.00	$108.00	$896	—
865	865	1	94.00	$94.00	$813	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420 thin fleshed	420	1	87.50	$87.50	$368	-2.50
495	495	1	102.50	$102.50	$507	—
545 thin fleshed	545	1	89.00	$89.00	$485	—
600 thin fleshed	600	1	80.00	$80.00	$480	—
730	730	1	105.00	$105.00	$766	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	135.00	$135.00	$331	—
260–290	283	4	132.50–140.00	$135.07	$382	-9.01
305–345	329	14	128.00–136.00	$131.57	$433	-1.06
365	365	1	128.00	$128.00	$467	-4.04
350–390	375	13	132.00–140.00	$134.81	$506	+2.77
400–445	417	22	125.00–138.00	$131.35	$548	+4.10
420	420	1	123.00	$123.00	$517	-4.25
450–495	474	28	125.00–138.00	$131.32	$622	+6.50
520	520	1	116.00	$116.00	$603	-4.63
500–545	521	25	118.00–127.00	$123.07	$641	+2.44
550–590	582	14	119.50–129.00	$121.09	$705	+1.32
605–620	613	9	117.00–123.00	$121.56	$745	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	231	4	117.50–125.00	$121.89	$282	—
260–285	270	3	122.50–125.00	$124.20	$335	+6.66
315–345	334	5	127.50–142.50	$130.70	$437	+7.64
350–385	371	8	112.50–128.00	$121.00	$449	-1.52
410–445	428	2	125.00–127.50	$126.20	$540	+3.75
455–495	471	4	113.00–122.00	$119.23	$562	-0.84
510–545	528	4	110.00–116.00	$113.45	$599	+1.67
555–560	558	2	112.00–117.00	$114.51	$639	+0.25
749	749	5	110.00	$110.00	$824	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	2	99.00–110.00	$104.55	$306	-1.83
333–335	334	3	102.00–103.00	$102.33	$342	+2.33
370 thin fleshed	370	1	80.00	$80.00	$296	—
365–390	380	3	105.00–111.00	$108.74	$413	—
400–445	423	3	103.00–110.00	$105.20	$445	+12.70
430	430	1	95.00	$95.00	$408	-10.06
455	455	1	105.00	$105.00	$478	-5.00
480	480	1	85.00	$85.00	$408	-25.00
505–540	522	3	96.00–101.00	$98.21	$513	+7.21
560–595 thin fleshed	578	2	87.50	$87.50	$506	—
620	620	1	104.00	$104.00	$645	+3.58
635 thin fleshed	635	1	90.00	$90.00	$572	—
650–675	663	3	96.00–108.00	$100.99	$670	-3.01
740 thin fleshed	740	1	84.00	$84.00	$622	—
820	820	1	101.00	$101.00	$828	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255 thin fleshed	255	1	90.00	$90.00	$230	—
275–290	283	2	110.00–112.50	$111.28	$315	+1.28
380	380	1	102.00	$102.00	$388	+13.08
470 thin fleshed	470	1	82.50	$82.50	$388	-5.42
525 thin fleshed	525	1	85.00	$85.00	$446	—
605 thin fleshed	605	1	82.50	$82.50	$499	+2.50
685 thin fleshed	685	1	84.00	$84.00	$575	—
745	745	1	93.00	$93.00	$693	+7.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	160.00	$160.00	$440	—
300	300	1	154.00	$154.00	$462	—
400–445	425	26	138.00–157.00	$146.12	$621	+1.87
450–495	478	17	137.00–148.00	$143.40	$685	+4.00
500–545	523	14	134.00–145.00	$140.90	$737	+2.85
550–580	560	5	134.00–141.00	$136.62	$765	+1.90
600–615	606	5	130.00–137.00	$133.81	$811	+2.81
650	650	1	120.00	$120.00	$780	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–430	420	5	128.00–135.00	$131.68	$553	+5.87
475–490	484	4	131.00–138.00	$134.75	$652	+4.97
505–535	524	7	121.00–133.00	$125.27	$656	+3.49
555–595	574	4	126.00–133.00	$130.08	$747	+4.56
655–680	668	2	119.00–124.00	$121.55	$812	+3.12

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	112.50	$112.50	$484	+5.07
565	565	1	110.00	$110.00	$622	±0.00
630	630	1	98.00	$98.00	$617	—
715	715	1	88.00	$88.00	$629	-2.00
720	720	1	107.00	$107.00	$770	+17.00
755–780	768	2	94.00	$94.00	$722	-1.00
780	780	1	105.00	$105.00	$819	+10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475 thin fleshed	475	1	89.00	$89.00	$423	—
510	510	1	100.00	$100.00	$510	±0.00
735 thin fleshed	735	1	90.00	$90.00	$662	—
815 thin fleshed	815	1	93.00	$93.00	$758	+4.66
895 thin fleshed	895	1	80.00	$80.00	$716	-2.04

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–2090	1376	80-85%	102	59.00–71.00	$66.17	$910	-0.32
915–1920	1602	80-85%	19	72.00–75.00	$73.40	$1,176	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1730	1006	85-90%	12	35.00–45.00	$40.76	$410	—
755–1670	1091	85-90%	25	47.00–58.00	$53.33	$582	-1.33
955–1670	1271	85-90%	4	27.00–33.00	$30.78	$391	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1865	1458	75-80%	13	60.00–67.00	$64.28	$937	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1520	1260	2	59.00–78.00	$66.54	$838	-10.49
1030–1965	1603	10	81.00–96.00	$87.74	$1,406	-1.54

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	480.00	$480.00

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
595	595	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	300.00	$300.00
695–825	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	550.00–650.00	$591.59
775–870	823	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	550.00–675.00	$616.11
835	835	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	375.00	$375.00
845–855	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00–650.00	$624.85

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00
1090–1300	1174	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	600.00–712.00	$668.68

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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
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
880–1100	977	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	785.00–1,075.00	$931.16	—
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	-53.58

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600–755	678	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	560.00–750.00	$665.87	—
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00	—
780	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	610.00	$610.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	237	3	70.00–82.50	$75.15	$178	—
260–290	278	3	70.00–76.00	$72.08	$200	—
305	305	1	57.50	$57.50	$175	—
350–395	373	3	67.50–77.50	$72.43	$270	—
405	405	1	60.00	$60.00	$243	—
740	740	1	53.00	$53.00	$392	—
758	758	3	54.00	$54.00	$409	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	92.50	$92.50	$236	—
320	320	1	87.50	$87.50	$280	—
363–375	366	4	87.50–97.00	$94.57	$346	+19.57
400	400	1	87.50	$87.50	$350	—
470	470	1	72.50	$72.50	$341	—

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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.