Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 19, 2021

1,440 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $146.99/cwt +0.80 vs last sale · ≈ $770/hd at 524 lb · 60 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.57/cwt -0.44 vs last sale · ≈ $571/hd at 424 lb · 60 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.40/cwt -0.95 vs last sale · ≈ $610/hd at 468 lb · 55 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,440	1,670	975
Feeder cattle	1,107	1,342	744
Slaughter cattle	288	280	213
Replacement cattle	45	48	18

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady. Feeder cattle were mostly steady to 3 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average. Current hog receipts 3. Current goat receipts 7.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	2	155.00	$155.00	$302	+2.50
200–235	217	9	152.50–177.50	$166.67	$362	+10.05
250–295	277	12	150.00–170.00	$161.49	$447	-2.72
295 fancy	295	1	182.50	$182.50	$538	+0.02
305	305	1	145.00	$145.00	$442	-19.02
305–340 fancy	326	9	175.00–184.00	$178.83	$583	+1.84
305–345	329	24	150.00–175.00	$162.54	$535	-1.48
370 fancy	370	1	177.50	$177.50	$657	+0.02
350–395	376	53	150.00–172.50	$160.83	$605	+20.83
415 fancy	415	1	174.00	$174.00	$722	-1.82
400–445	431	20	148.00–168.00	$158.08	$681	-2.83
450–490	466	19	148.00–168.00	$156.78	$731	-4.43
500–545	528	13	140.00–155.00	$150.85	$796	+10.85
550–595	563	26	144.00–158.00	$151.89	$855	+11.89
610–630	614	7	137.00–154.00	$149.36	$917	+6.37
660	660	1	138.00	$138.00	$911	+4.10
660	660	1	120.00	$120.00	$792	-13.90
700–740	719	5	124.00–131.00	$125.78	$904	-0.58
845	845	1	118.00	$118.00	$997	-3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	285	3	125.00–140.00	$130.95	$373	-9.29
305–345	333	12	120.00–148.00	$137.10	$457	-0.73
355–395	376	16	112.00–145.00	$129.72	$488	-0.29
405	405	1	120.00	$120.00	$486	-16.59
415–440	429	4	135.00–147.50	$142.51	$611	+5.92
451–490	462	9	123.00–147.00	$142.12	$657	+7.65
520–545	535	5	111.00–133.00	$125.35	$671	-9.65
555–585	571	4	120.00–137.00	$128.76	$735	-2.80
600–615	608	2	130.00–131.00	$130.51	$794	+4.51
675–685	680	2	111.00–129.00	$120.07	$816	-5.93
755–795	775	2	110.00–111.00	$110.49	$856	-3.51
810	810	1	110.00	$110.00	$891	-5.49

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	110.00	$110.00	$358	—
390	390	1	102.50	$102.50	$400	-5.00
525 thin fleshed	525	1	80.00	$80.00	$420	—
600–620	610	2	106.00–110.00	$107.97	$659	+7.97

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	278	2	102.50–107.50	$105.11	$292	-4.89
690	690	1	102.00	$102.00	$704	-7.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	140.00–142.50	$141.24	$336	+5.09
250–295	271	9	130.00–147.50	$138.82	$376	+2.46
310–343	328	14	130.00–142.50	$135.04	$443	-2.17
350–395	375	40	128.00–143.00	$136.65	$512	+0.16
400–445	424	60	126.00–144.00	$134.57	$571	-0.62
450–495	468	55	125.00–136.00	$130.40	$610	-0.95
500–545	525	31	118.00–136.00	$126.77	$666	-4.15
555–595	571	22	110.00–133.00	$124.58	$711	-1.97
605–640	622	8	116.00–128.00	$122.87	$764	-0.66
655–685	670	2	120.00–127.00	$123.42	$827	+4.62
715	715	1	115.00	$115.00	$822	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	2	122.00–122.50	$122.26	$293	+0.64
255–285	270	9	115.00–127.50	$122.27	$330	-3.21
305–345	326	9	120.00–127.50	$124.38	$405	+4.69
350–390	379	12	115.00–127.00	$120.09	$455	-2.57
410–435	426	4	115.00–124.00	$118.01	$503	-4.53
450–495	474	15	112.00–124.00	$120.63	$572	+1.58
500–525	508	5	110.00–115.00	$113.41	$576	-3.54
570	570	1	111.00	$111.00	$633	-5.93
555–595	572	6	110.00–115.00	$112.69	$645	-4.24
615–640	625	5	110.00–117.00	$113.58	$710	+0.58
660–695	678	2	112.50–115.00	$113.78	$771	+2.30
825	825	1	90.00	$90.00	$742	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	102.50	$102.50	$297	—
345	345	1	100.00	$100.00	$345	+4.00
355–385 thin fleshed	370	2	87.50–90.00	$88.80	$329	—
365–375	370	2	102.50–108.00	$105.29	$390	-4.07
410–435	423	2	100.00–110.00	$105.15	$445	+15.06
490	490	1	105.00	$105.00	$514	-5.00
490	490	1	89.00	$89.00	$436	-21.00
520	520	1	85.00	$85.00	$442	-17.52
515–540	528	2	104.00–107.50	$105.71	$558	+3.19
560–580	570	2	89.00–91.00	$89.98	$513	-17.42
565–590	575	7	100.00–110.00	$105.69	$608	-1.71
585 thin fleshed	585	1	95.00	$95.00	$556	—
595	595	1	87.00	$87.00	$518	+0.93
610–640	627	3	96.00–106.00	$99.74	$625	-2.35
665	665	1	94.00	$94.00	$625	-9.73
665 thin fleshed	665	1	83.00	$83.00	$552	—
675	675	1	100.00	$100.00	$675	-3.73
675–690	683	2	86.00–90.00	$87.98	$601	-15.75
725	725	1	90.00	$90.00	$652	-0.52
730	730	1	81.00	$81.00	$591	-9.52
770–785	778	2	91.00	$91.00	$708	—
780	780	1	101.00	$101.00	$788	—
790 thin fleshed	790	1	80.00	$80.00	$632	—
810	810	1	96.00	$96.00	$778	-11.00
835 thin fleshed	835	1	91.00	$91.00	$760	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–270	260	2	100.00–110.00	$105.19	$273	+2.60
305–340	330	6	100.00–105.00	$103.82	$343	-2.57
335 thin fleshed	335	1	95.00	$95.00	$318	—
366–385	371	5	107.50–112.00	$110.69	$411	+3.49
375 thin fleshed	375	1	82.50	$82.50	$309	+1.01
420–445 thin fleshed	433	2	80.00–92.00	$85.83	$372	—
475–490	483	2	100.00–110.00	$105.08	$508	-4.92
505 thin fleshed	505	1	90.00	$90.00	$454	+4.14
510	510	1	87.50	$87.50	$446	-20.04
570	570	1	98.00	$98.00	$559	±0.00
575	575	1	84.00	$84.00	$483	-14.00
615	615	1	105.00	$105.00	$646	+12.02
620–625 thin fleshed	623	2	80.00–85.00	$82.49	$514	—
705	705	1	107.00	$107.00	$754	+6.00
730 thin fleshed	730	1	87.00	$87.00	$635	—
760	760	1	80.00	$80.00	$608	-16.00
800	800	1	105.00	$105.00	$840	±0.00
870	870	1	85.00	$85.00	$740	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–425	418	2	140.00–145.00	$142.46	$595	-14.12
400–445	421	47	138.00–169.00	$154.92	$652	-1.66
430 fancy	430	1	169.00	$169.00	$727	-1.00
450–495	473	32	144.00–160.00	$151.45	$716	-4.20
455–487	476	3	143.00–145.00	$143.64	$684	-12.01
515 fancy	515	1	163.00	$163.00	$839	+4.00
500–545	524	59	138.00–157.00	$146.72	$769	+13.31
550–595	571	21	135.00–149.00	$142.32	$813	+7.32
600–645	610	13	134.00–147.00	$138.76	$846	-1.69
605–625	615	2	124.00	$124.00	$763	-16.45
675	675	1	133.00	$133.00	$898	-1.62
705–745	723	7	120.00–125.00	$122.56	$886	—
730	730	1	118.00	$118.00	$861	—
750	750	2	119.00–120.00	$119.50	$896	—
760	760	1	118.00	$118.00	$897	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	325	2	120.00–135.00	$127.85	$416	-2.15
400–435	410	4	112.00–117.00	$115.19	$472	-17.80
410–445	428	19	130.00–147.00	$138.80	$594	+5.81
450–490	467	18	117.50–146.00	$137.33	$641	+1.00
500–535	516	8	118.00–132.00	$124.64	$643	-9.88
570–575	573	2	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$656	-21.67
550–595	574	11	117.00–137.00	$127.72	$733	-8.45
615	615	1	112.50	$112.50	$692	-6.49
600–645	625	10	120.00–132.50	$128.01	$800	+9.02
650–695	671	14	114.00–129.00	$122.26	$820	-5.37
700–745	724	6	110.00–118.00	$114.82	$831	+0.10
750–765	758	2	115.00	$115.00	$872	+3.01
805–815	812	3	110.00–112.00	$111.34	$904	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	110.00	$110.00	$412	—
430	430	1	107.50	$107.50	$462	±0.00
455	455	1	103.00	$103.00	$469	—
515	515	1	95.00	$95.00	$489	—
535	535	1	110.00	$110.00	$588	—
605–645	627	3	100.00–112.00	$107.29	$673	-2.71
635	635	1	91.00	$91.00	$578	-19.00
660–695	676	5	100.00–110.00	$104.96	$710	-1.53
700	700	2	100.00–108.00	$104.00	$728	-2.72
735	735	1	95.00	$95.00	$698	-11.72
770–775	773	2	97.00–110.00	$103.48	$800	—
800–835	818	2	95.00–105.00	$99.89	$817	+0.89
850	850	1	101.00	$101.00	$858	+1.00
880 thin fleshed	880	1	89.00	$89.00	$783	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	107.50	$107.50	$446	-1.92
465	465	1	98.00	$98.00	$456	—
560 thin fleshed	560	1	87.00	$87.00	$487	—
625	625	1	100.00	$100.00	$625	-4.16
665	665	1	100.00	$100.00	$665	—
740	740	1	105.00	$105.00	$777	+5.00
810 thin fleshed	810	1	90.00	$90.00	$729	—
815–845	830	2	85.00–102.00	$93.35	$775	—
840	840	1	88.00	$88.00	$739	—
880	880	1	100.00	$100.00	$880	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900	900	80-85%	1	53.00	$53.00	$477	—
1150	1150	80-85%	1	20.00	$20.00	$230	-42.12
830–1875	1161	80-85%	106	56.00–68.00	$62.40	$724	+0.28
840–1895	1505	80-85%	37	69.00–76.00	$71.92	$1,082	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635–945	764	85-90%	10	26.00–34.00	$30.54	$233	—
710–1005	853	85-90%	25	35.00–45.00	$41.50	$354	—
705–1240	945	85-90%	33	46.00–55.00	$51.76	$489	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1320	1133	75-80%	3	53.00–54.00	$53.75	$609	—
960–1960	1359	75-80%	24	56.00–68.00	$63.56	$864	—
1205–1870	1527	75-80%	7	69.00–75.00	$71.30	$1,089	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1530	1275	3	71.00–78.00	$73.64	$939	—
1040–2095	1508	18	79.00–96.00	$89.32	$1,347	—
1570–2130	1799	8	97.00–102.00	$98.95	$1,780	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	642.00	$642.00
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
940	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	451.00	$451.00
870–1130	984	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	619.00–865.00	$749.29
975–1290	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	850.00–975.00	$932.60
995–1524	1226	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	700.00–975.00	$853.71

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	520.00	$520.00
760–845	803	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	450.00–570.00	$506.82

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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
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	+325.00
870–1140	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	620.00–985.00	$806.05	-120.85
905–1125	1026	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	675.00–1,120.00	$963.54	-511.46
950–1115	1033	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	875.00–1,275.00	$1,090.98	-384.02

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
510–600	555	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	510.00–700.00	$612.70	—
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 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
380–385	383	2	75.00–82.50	$78.73	$302	—
415	415	1	77.50	$77.50	$322	—
535–545	540	2	48.00–77.50	$62.89	$340	—
615	615	1	70.00	$70.00	$430	—
680	680	1	59.00	$59.00	$401	—
715	715	1	67.00	$67.00	$479	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	80.00	$80.00	$280	-9.49
400–430	414	9	89.00–100.00	$94.43	$391	+2.12
460	460	1	85.00	$85.00	$391	-2.43
515	515	1	77.50	$77.50	$399	-17.57
550–575	563	2	87.00–88.00	$87.49	$493	—
670	670	1	80.00	$80.00	$536	+5.00

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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.