Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 12, 2021

1,670 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.35/cwt -2.52 vs last sale · ≈ $616/hd at 469 lb · 76 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $161.08/cwt -5.53 vs last sale · ≈ $601/hd at 373 lb · 69 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.01/cwt -0.03 vs last sale · ≈ $570/hd at 422 lb · 66 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,670	762	416
Feeder cattle	1,342	503	259
Slaughter cattle	280	184	149
Replacement cattle	48	75	8

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady to 1 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly 3 to 15 higher.. Demand was high; market activity and buyer interest were higher. Offerings of cattle were higher. Cattle quality was well above average. 2 hogs 5 sheep 8 goats

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	152.50	$152.50	$290	-6.30
230–235	232	3	150.00–170.00	$156.62	$363	-8.51
260–295 fancy	277	3	180.00–187.50	$182.48	$505	+0.75
255–295	279	18	152.50–178.00	$164.21	$458	-1.49
310–320 fancy	316	6	175.00–180.00	$176.99	$559	+0.85
300–345	323	39	150.00–175.00	$164.02	$530	+6.98
350–395	373	65	148.00–172.50	$160.65	$599	+0.82
355–390 fancy	375	3	172.00–180.00	$177.48	$666	+4.82
375	375	1	140.00	$140.00	$525	-19.83
400	400	1	145.00	$145.00	$580	-14.79
405–440	417	19	150.00–167.00	$160.91	$671	+1.12
405–445 fancy	427	14	170.00–185.00	$175.82	$751	+5.82
450	450	1	135.00	$135.00	$608	-21.68
455–485 fancy	465	3	170.00–180.00	$174.30	$810	—
450–495	475	26	151.00–170.00	$161.21	$766	+4.53
500–535 fancy	517	15	158.00–168.00	$163.50	$845	+3.50
500–540	519	15	142.50–159.00	$151.08	$784	-0.90
520	520	1	140.00	$140.00	$728	-11.98
547	547	4	135.00	$135.00	$738	-16.98
554 fancy	554	6	162.00	$162.00	$897	-2.00
568	568	2	140.00	$140.00	$795	-6.72
550–598	584	26	147.00–158.50	$151.96	$887	+5.24
605–635 fancy	614	8	150.00–152.00	$151.62	$931	—
600–634	623	16	133.00–147.50	$142.99	$891	+3.34
650–678	668	5	132.50–136.00	$133.90	$894	-11.11
700–740	720	11	120.00–134.00	$126.36	$910	-1.98
780	780	1	127.00	$127.00	$991	+17.00
825	825	1	121.00	$121.00	$998	-8.00
850	850	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,046	+10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185–195	190	5	125.00–147.50	$139.53	$265	—
200–240	226	5	132.50–140.00	$136.15	$308	-11.35
250–295	281	6	132.50–145.00	$140.24	$394	—
300–345	326	25	120.00–147.50	$137.83	$449	+6.09
350–395	374	16	114.00–149.00	$130.01	$486	+9.05
410–440	423	3	132.50–140.00	$136.59	$578	+9.95
465–495	479	4	120.00–147.50	$134.47	$644	+6.28
530	530	1	135.00	$135.00	$716	+2.94
555–580	570	4	122.50–137.00	$131.56	$750	+9.20
600–625	615	3	123.00–130.00	$126.00	$775	—
685	685	1	126.00	$126.00	$863	-0.86
715	715	1	112.00	$112.00	$801	—
795	795	1	114.00	$114.00	$906	—
800–805	803	2	113.00–118.00	$115.49	$927	-0.51

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 thin fleshed	250	1	90.00	$90.00	$225	—
295	295	1	110.00	$110.00	$324	—
310–320	315	3	107.50–115.00	$110.81	$349	+5.81
330–345	338	2	90.00–95.00	$92.56	$313	-12.44
390–395	393	2	103.00–111.00	$106.97	$420	—
450 thin fleshed	450	1	80.00	$80.00	$360	—
470	470	1	105.00	$105.00	$494	—
550	550	1	110.00	$110.00	$605	—
660	660	1	109.00	$109.00	$719	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	110.00	$110.00	$319	—
385 thin fleshed	385	1	92.50	$92.50	$356	—
385	385	1	107.50	$107.50	$414	+10.00
455 thin fleshed	455	1	92.50	$92.50	$421	—
635	635	1	100.00	$100.00	$635	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160–195	179	4	135.00–155.00	$142.80	$256	+9.41
200–245	223	10	132.50–143.00	$136.15	$304	±0.00
270–290	277	12	130.00–142.50	$136.36	$378	-10.64
300–345	326	44	129.00–147.50	$137.21	$447	+1.78
350–395	375	54	129.00–144.00	$136.49	$512	+1.07
420	420	1	123.00	$123.00	$517	-12.04
400–445	422	65	125.00–143.00	$135.19	$571	+0.15
450–498	469	76	125.00–139.00	$131.35	$616	-2.52
504–540	521	39	120.00–138.00	$130.92	$682	+4.35
550–595	566	27	120.00–133.00	$126.55	$716	-2.11
580	580	1	111.00	$111.00	$644	-17.66
605–645	622	13	117.00–126.00	$123.53	$768	-2.47
630	630	1	115.00	$115.00	$724	-11.00
650–690	672	10	116.00–123.00	$118.80	$798	—
713	713	2	114.00	$114.00	$813	—
755	755	2	116.00	$116.00	$876	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	127.50	$127.50	$223	—
215–225	222	3	117.50–125.00	$121.62	$270	-0.88
255–290	269	8	117.50–130.00	$125.48	$338	-1.52
305–345	328	15	115.00–127.50	$119.69	$393	-5.31
350–395	377	9	112.50–129.00	$122.66	$462	+3.18
400–445	424	13	119.00–128.00	$122.54	$520	—
455–490	475	16	112.00–127.50	$119.05	$565	-3.74
500–545	524	9	112.00–129.00	$116.95	$613	+0.93
550–595	578	6	115.00–118.00	$116.93	$676	—
615	615	1	113.00	$113.00	$695	—
650–690	668	6	109.00–114.00	$111.48	$745	—
720–730	727	3	109.00–114.00	$110.99	$807	—
775–785	780	2	110.00–111.00	$110.50	$862	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	112.50	$112.50	$281	—
290 thin fleshed	290	1	92.50	$92.50	$268	—
315	315	1	96.00	$96.00	$302	—
325 thin fleshed	325	2	90.00–95.00	$92.50	$301	—
375–395	385	4	107.50–110.00	$109.36	$421	—
415 thin fleshed	415	1	82.50	$82.50	$342	—
410–425	418	2	85.00–95.00	$90.09	$377	—
410–425	418	4	100.00–110.00	$104.35	$436	—
465–475	470	2	110.00	$110.00	$517	±0.00
500–510	505	2	100.00–105.00	$102.52	$518	+2.52
510–525 thin fleshed	518	2	81.00–87.50	$84.20	$436	—
550–595	570	3	105.00–110.00	$107.40	$612	—
570–590	580	2	82.00–90.00	$86.07	$499	—
600–605	603	2	92.00–92.50	$92.25	$556	-12.75
610	610	1	96.00	$96.00	$586	-9.00
600–645	614	6	98.00–106.00	$102.09	$627	-2.91
660–685	675	3	98.00–107.00	$103.73	$700	-0.27
700–710	705	3	101.00–108.00	$104.34	$736	+18.34
715–735	725	2	89.00–92.00	$90.52	$656	+4.52
820	820	1	107.00	$107.00	$877	—
855–870	860	3	100.00–105.00	$103.31	$888	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	105.00	$105.00	$242	—
270–285 thin fleshed	278	2	87.50–92.50	$89.93	$250	—
265–295	285	3	100.00–107.50	$102.59	$292	—
300–345	328	4	100.00–110.00	$106.39	$349	—
355–395	376	8	100.00–112.50	$107.20	$403	—
390–395 thin fleshed	393	2	80.00–83.00	$81.49	$320	—
400–435	413	3	110.00–112.50	$110.82	$458	+2.82
495	495	1	110.00	$110.00	$544	—
500–535 thin fleshed	518	2	82.50–89.00	$85.86	$445	-4.14
520–545	533	2	106.00–109.00	$107.54	$573	+10.04
580	580	1	98.00	$98.00	$568	—
620–645	633	2	92.00–94.00	$92.98	$589	-15.02
655–690	673	2	96.00–107.00	$101.64	$684	-0.36
700	700	1	101.00	$101.00	$707	—
760	760	1	96.00	$96.00	$730	-1.00
825	825	1	105.00	$105.00	$866	+3.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	155.00	$155.00	$589	—
400–445	427	44	149.00–169.00	$156.58	$669	+0.06
440	440	1	140.00	$140.00	$616	-16.52
445 fancy	445	1	170.00	$170.00	$756	—
450–475	463	2	143.00–145.00	$143.97	$667	-1.03
450–495	468	39	148.00–168.00	$155.65	$728	+5.51
500–545	520	40	139.00–158.00	$147.15	$765	+2.88
520 fancy	520	1	159.00	$159.00	$827	+2.62
505–540	521	4	128.00–138.00	$133.41	$695	-10.86
550–585	568	2	135.00	$135.00	$767	-10.87
550–595	577	20	137.00–153.00	$144.53	$834	+11.53
605 fancy	605	1	152.00	$152.00	$920	—
600–645	622	12	133.00–144.00	$140.45	$874	+0.93
650	650	1	130.00	$130.00	$845	-3.99
655–665	661	4	132.50–136.00	$134.62	$890	+0.63

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	142.50	$142.50	$278	—
220	220	1	145.00	$145.00	$319	—
285	285	1	117.50	$117.50	$335	—
340	340	1	130.00	$130.00	$442	-10.82
400–440	420	25	115.00–147.50	$132.99	$559	-0.59
450–495	471	23	120.00–147.50	$136.33	$642	+7.59
500–545	525	11	130.00–138.00	$134.52	$706	+12.51
560–595	581	6	135.00–137.00	$136.17	$791	+16.39
630–645	636	4	115.00–122.50	$118.99	$757	-4.48
655–695	672	5	124.00–130.00	$127.63	$858	—
710–740	729	7	111.00–119.00	$114.72	$836	+4.72
755–760	758	2	109.00–115.00	$111.99	$849	—
865	865	1	111.00	$111.00	$960	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	102.50	$102.50	$226	—
405	405	1	107.50	$107.50	$435	—
580	580	1	110.00	$110.00	$638	—
620 thin fleshed	620	1	95.00	$95.00	$589	—
635	635	1	110.00	$110.00	$698	+2.50
670–675	673	2	103.00–110.00	$106.49	$717	—
705–740	723	4	105.00–108.00	$106.72	$772	-0.25
805	805	1	99.00	$99.00	$797	—
875	875	1	100.00	$100.00	$875	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	430	3	106.00–112.50	$109.42	$471	—
440 thin fleshed	440	1	93.00	$93.00	$409	—
610–620	613	3	102.50–105.00	$104.16	$639	—
735	735	1	100.00	$100.00	$735	—
745 thin fleshed	745	1	92.00	$92.00	$685	—
795 thin fleshed	795	1	90.00	$90.00	$716	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1225	1143	80-85%	2	53.00–54.00	$53.54	$612	—
820–2085	1174	80-85%	120	56.00–68.00	$62.12	$729	—
1005–1890	1482	80-85%	36	69.00–75.00	$71.26	$1,056	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–1100	715	85-90%	13	10.00–34.00	$25.72	$184	—
780–835	808	85-90%	2	58.00–59.00	$58.52	$473	+18.04
560–1320	819	85-90%	17	36.00–45.00	$40.57	$332	+0.09
665–1625	994	85-90%	26	46.00–56.00	$51.99	$517	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1780	1349	75-80%	14	56.00–67.00	$63.56	$857	—
1255–1805	1461	75-80%	9	69.00–73.00	$70.07	$1,024	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100	1100	1	75.00	$75.00	$825	—
1075–2055	1655	17	80.00–95.00	$90.10	$1,491	—
1815–2080	1980	3	96.00–99.00	$97.97	$1,940	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640	640	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	371.00	$371.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–945	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	925.00	$925.00
985	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	500.00–800.00	$650.00
935–1135	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	725.00–875.00	$780.04

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
570–775	653	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	268.00–543.00	$414.08
720	720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00

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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
895	895	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00	—
885–1030	933	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–975.00	$939.51	—
880–1090	973	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	925.00–1,575.00	$1,267.01	-407.99
910–1060	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–950.00	$926.90	-748.10
895–1215	1007	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	650.00–1,475.00	$1,057.11	—
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	+95.10

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
660	660	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	490.00	$490.00	—
725–785	755	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	575.00–630.00	$603.59	—
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00	—
775	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	550.00	$550.00	—
740–850	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	600.00–1,010.00	$819.18	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–760	758	2	46.00–50.00	$48.01	$364	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	82.50	$82.50	$243	—
325	325	1	97.50	$97.50	$317	—
370–375	372	3	87.50–92.00	$89.49	$333	—
400–435	418	2	88.00–97.00	$92.31	$386	—
450–490	474	6	77.50–92.50	$87.43	$414	—
500–525	513	2	92.00–98.00	$95.07	$488	—
660	660	1	75.00	$75.00	$495	—
735	735	1	60.00	$60.00	$441	—

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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.