Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 22, 2021

1,312 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $158.38/cwt +2.50 vs last sale · ≈ $505/hd at 319 lb · 35 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $150.58/cwt -1.88 vs last sale · ≈ $640/hd at 425 lb · 34 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $146.86/cwt +3.42 vs last sale · ≈ $762/hd at 519 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,312	1,881	678
Feeder cattle	1,077	1,615	359
Slaughter cattle	215	226	298
Replacement cattle	20	40	21

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 7. Current goat receipts 1. Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower, while boning type slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly steady to 6.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly heavy. Cattle quality was average.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–230	218	2	150.00	$150.00	$327	-9.98
250–295	279	11	150.00–171.00	$161.67	$451	+6.25
290	290	1	148.00	$148.00	$429	-7.42
300–345	319	35	150.00–169.00	$158.38	$505	+2.50
355–395	373	32	150.00–165.00	$156.26	$583	+0.42
400–445	423	26	147.00–165.00	$156.92	$664	+1.97
450–495	468	16	144.00–157.00	$150.14	$703	-4.65
500–535	515	10	139.00–159.00	$152.54	$786	+5.31
515	515	1	135.00	$135.00	$695	-12.23
550–595	577	11	146.00–155.00	$150.32	$867	+4.21
600–645	623	9	135.00–148.00	$140.98	$878	+2.55
655–675	668	4	130.00–138.00	$132.97	$888	+0.32
708–735	719	8	119.00–127.00	$125.10	$899	-1.46
785	785	1	116.00	$116.00	$911	-3.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	228	2	120.00–132.50	$125.91	$287	-8.34
260–280	270	7	120.00–149.00	$133.14	$359	-3.68
320–345	331	4	120.00–140.00	$129.35	$428	-12.64
355–398	379	15	130.00–146.00	$138.63	$525	+2.70
400–440	417	6	135.00–145.00	$141.97	$592	—
450–485	471	9	139.00–143.00	$141.20	$665	+6.75
500–543	525	4	130.00–137.00	$135.09	$709	+0.09
575–590	583	2	120.00–122.00	$121.01	$705	—
600–645	623	2	127.00–128.00	$127.48	$794	+11.01
650–695	674	7	115.00–127.00	$122.33	$825	-2.85
715–740	728	2	110.00–115.00	$112.46	$819	—
755	755	1	116.00	$116.00	$876	-1.25
820	820	1	110.00	$110.00	$902	-0.34
915–918	917	3	103.00–107.00	$104.33	$957	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	280	3	142.50–145.00	$144.23	$404	+39.23
305–345	325	3	137.50–140.00	$138.33	$450	—
371 thin fleshed	371	6	83.00	$83.00	$308	-7.00
410	410	1	110.00	$110.00	$451	—
510 thin fleshed	510	1	92.50	$92.50	$472	—
640 thin fleshed	640	1	85.00	$85.00	$544	—
725	725	1	102.00	$102.00	$740	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	112.50	$112.50	$326	+22.50
335	335	1	100.00	$100.00	$335	-5.00
355–380	372	3	110.00	$110.00	$409	+23.79
375 thin fleshed	375	1	87.50	$87.50	$328	—
380	380	1	87.50	$87.50	$332	-15.20
425	425	1	80.00	$80.00	$340	—
880	880	1	106.00	$106.00	$933	+4.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	275	5	132.00–142.50	$136.90	$376	+0.10
305–345	328	26	128.00–142.50	$133.89	$439	-18.61
350–395	377	33	129.00–145.00	$132.61	$500	-6.93
400	400	1	122.00	$122.00	$488	-7.02
400–445	423	23	125.00–136.00	$129.06	$546	+0.04
452–495	469	14	125.00–135.00	$127.61	$598	-1.85
505	505	1	116.00	$116.00	$586	-7.54
514 value added	514	4	125.00	$125.00	$642	—
500–545	515	11	118.00–129.00	$122.53	$631	-1.01
550–585	565	9	119.00–128.00	$123.22	$696	+1.97
615–640	627	3	117.00–124.00	$119.38	$749	+0.96
655–665	661	7	116.00–117.00	$116.71	$771	-0.89
839	839	8	107.00	$107.00	$898	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–240	230	3	120.00–127.50	$122.72	$282	+3.93
250–295	278	4	122.00–128.00	$125.01	$348	+2.93
320 thin fleshed	320	1	124.00	$124.00	$397	—
300–345	324	14	112.50–129.00	$121.22	$393	+0.37
350–395	374	21	115.00–128.00	$123.57	$462	+0.39
400–445	424	22	112.00–126.00	$120.25	$510	-1.62
450–495	471	26	113.00–127.00	$120.94	$570	-0.39
505–540	522	7	111.00–117.00	$114.57	$598	-1.84
550–590	567	11	110.00–120.00	$115.00	$652	+0.79
620–645	635	4	109.00–116.00	$113.27	$719	+1.54
695	695	1	109.00	$109.00	$758	-3.11
714	714	9	109.50	$109.50	$782	+0.50
883	883	2	105.00	$105.00	$927	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	229	6	105.00–110.00	$108.33	$248	+3.33
220–245 thin fleshed	233	2	92.00–95.00	$93.42	$218	—
250–290	271	5	96.00–112.50	$106.39	$288	-3.49
290 thin fleshed	290	1	80.00	$80.00	$232	—
300–320	313	3	110.00–112.50	$110.80	$347	-1.70
325 thin fleshed	325	1	95.00	$95.00	$309	-2.00
350–390 thin fleshed	364	6	82.00–95.00	$87.37	$318	-2.38
365–375	373	6	85.00–95.00	$92.00	$343	-13.45
405 thin fleshed	405	1	80.00	$80.00	$324	-5.21
405–425	414	5	100.00–110.00	$107.03	$443	-0.42
450 thin fleshed	450	1	110.00	$110.00	$495	—
460–485	471	4	100.00–111.00	$105.59	$497	-2.92
475	475	1	84.00	$84.00	$399	-24.51
485	485	1	82.00	$82.00	$398	-26.51
515 thin fleshed	515	1	90.00	$90.00	$464	-2.00
515–525	518	3	100.00–105.00	$101.66	$527	-3.18
605–630	613	3	100.00–107.00	$103.95	$637	-0.40
625–635	630	3	80.00–95.00	$87.65	$552	-1.69
655–680	668	3	86.00–96.00	$90.00	$601	-11.30
660–680	670	3	102.00–110.00	$105.03	$704	+3.73
670	670	1	88.00	$88.00	$590	-13.30
705–720	713	2	98.00	$98.00	$699	-5.00
705–735	728	6	90.00–96.00	$93.68	$682	+3.68
780	780	1	89.00	$89.00	$694	—
815	815	1	86.00	$86.00	$701	+0.36

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	110.00	$110.00	$286	+2.50
310–320	317	3	110.00–115.00	$111.68	$354	—
360	360	1	117.50	$117.50	$423	+17.50
410–430 thin fleshed	420	2	80.00–88.00	$83.90	$352	+3.90
415–445	422	6	100.00–117.50	$108.27	$457	+5.77
465–490	478	4	92.00–110.00	$103.42	$494	-2.21
510–515 thin fleshed	513	2	90.00–92.50	$91.24	$468	+1.12
530	530	1	94.00	$94.00	$498	-13.13
520–545	533	2	98.00–112.00	$104.84	$559	-2.29
555–580	568	2	100.00–101.00	$100.49	$571	-4.88
580	580	1	94.00	$94.00	$545	-11.37
600–635	620	3	92.00–99.00	$96.65	$599	+0.65
620 thin fleshed	620	1	96.00	$96.00	$595	+6.00
655–665 thin fleshed	660	2	85.00–89.00	$86.98	$574	-3.99
650–675	663	4	92.00–104.00	$97.23	$645	-2.77
705 thin fleshed	705	1	89.00	$89.00	$627	+6.00
765 thin fleshed	765	1	90.00	$90.00	$688	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–427	423	3	144.00–147.00	$144.98	$613	-7.20
400–445	425	31	144.00–163.00	$151.12	$642	-1.06
450–495	470	18	144.00–162.00	$150.76	$709	+2.28
500–540	519	33	139.00–154.00	$146.86	$762	+3.42
550–590	563	11	138.00–150.00	$142.64	$803	+1.18
600–635	618	10	134.00–142.00	$138.83	$858	+0.04
665–680	673	2	124.00–129.00	$126.53	$852	+7.53
705	705	1	116.00	$116.00	$818	-3.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	418	8	130.00–144.00	$139.13	$582	+2.45
450–495	474	17	130.00–144.00	$138.50	$656	-1.83
500–540	518	8	118.00–132.00	$126.92	$657	-3.92
550–590	569	7	120.00–134.00	$129.57	$737	+9.35
630	630	1	110.00	$110.00	$693	-13.73
670–695	681	4	115.00–121.00	$118.52	$807	-2.85
740	740	1	110.00	$110.00	$814	-2.99
830	830	1	95.00	$95.00	$788	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	413	3	100.00–107.50	$104.15	$430	-5.85
430	430	1	80.00	$80.00	$344	-30.00
455	455	1	110.00	$110.00	$500	+20.00
500–515	508	2	82.50–85.00	$83.73	$425	-26.27
525–540	533	2	110.00	$110.00	$586	±0.00
560–580	570	2	90.00	$90.00	$513	-20.00
555–595	578	3	99.00–110.00	$105.95	$612	-4.05
595 thin fleshed	595	1	85.00	$85.00	$506	—
615	615	1	100.00	$100.00	$615	-2.50
625 thin fleshed	625	1	80.00	$80.00	$500	—
680	680	1	84.00	$84.00	$571	-22.68
685	685	1	110.00	$110.00	$754	+3.32
715	715	1	101.00	$101.00	$722	—
760	760	1	107.00	$107.00	$813	+1.99
780	780	1	94.00	$94.00	$733	-11.01
805	805	1	85.00	$85.00	$684	-11.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445 thin fleshed	445	2	91.00	$91.00	$405	—
450–495	473	2	100.00–110.00	$104.76	$496	+4.76
520	520	1	105.00	$105.00	$546	—
535 thin fleshed	535	1	95.00	$95.00	$508	—
565	565	1	100.00	$100.00	$565	-8.76
640	640	1	102.00	$102.00	$653	+15.52
710	710	1	103.00	$103.00	$731	±0.00
840 thin fleshed	840	1	80.00	$80.00	$672	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970	970	80-85%	1	52.00	$52.00	$504	—
975–1995	1322	80-85%	59	57.00–67.00	$62.01	$820	—
930–1670	1352	80-85%	21	69.00–74.00	$70.87	$958	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–910	862	85-90%	6	30.00–33.00	$31.19	$269	—
680–1440	970	85-90%	17	34.00–44.00	$39.34	$382	—
840–1555	1078	85-90%	38	46.00–55.00	$51.66	$557	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1185	1115	75-80%	2	52.00–55.00	$53.59	$598	—
1175–1755	1393	75-80%	12	56.00–66.00	$60.92	$849	-0.70

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1830	1316	7	68.00–74.00	$70.89	$933	—
1000–2305	1618	18	84.00–90.00	$86.19	$1,395	+2.26

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1135	1043	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	665.00–850.00	$752.40
865–1290	1071	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	730.00–1,000.00	$856.14
945–1315	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	625.00–725.00	$683.19
910–1520	1172	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	750.00–875.00	$817.41

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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
995	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
635	635	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	41.00	$41.00	$281	—
740–745	743	2	47.00–48.00	$47.50	$353	—
805	805	1	60.00	$60.00	$483	—
885	885	1	40.00	$40.00	$354	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	2	90.00–95.00	$92.43	$266	-2.57
330 thin fleshed	330	1	65.00	$65.00	$214	—
365	365	1	107.50	$107.50	$392	—
525	525	1	87.50	$87.50	$459	+12.50
550–555	553	2	85.00	$85.00	$470	—
655–695	677	3	65.00–67.50	$66.48	$450	+1.48
700	700	1	74.00	$74.00	$518	-5.00
780	780	1	75.00	$75.00	$585	—
810	810	1	60.00	$60.00	$486	—
860	860	1	65.00	$65.00	$559	+11.00
1065	1065	1	57.00	$57.00	$607	—

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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.