Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 31, 2021

497 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.62/cwt +1.59 vs last sale · ≈ $638/hd at 516 lb · 18 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $120.48/cwt -1.53 vs last sale · ≈ $510/hd at 423 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $119.69/cwt -0.96 vs last sale · ≈ $559/hd at 467 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	497	727	468
Feeder cattle	388	505	317
Slaughter cattle	90	200	127
Replacement cattle	19	22	24

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 1 Current goat receipts 29 Current sheep receipts 2 Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 1.00 higher, while bulls were 1.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 2.00 to 8.00 higher, while heifers were 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average to attractive.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	160.00	$160.00	$528	+7.50
350–395	373	6	145.00–156.00	$150.04	$560	+1.04
425 fancy	425	1	165.00	$165.00	$701	—
425	425	1	130.00	$130.00	$552	-16.73
435–445	440	3	150.00–153.00	$151.67	$667	+4.94
510–545	523	3	139.00–147.00	$142.92	$747	+7.85
550–590	578	9	134.00–138.00	$137.24	$793	-1.76
650–670	660	2	131.00–132.00	$131.49	$868	+1.49
715–730	725	3	125.00–128.00	$126.34	$916	+1.33
765–780	773	2	125.00–126.00	$125.50	$970	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	269	5	115.00–125.00	$120.95	$325	-1.41
315–345	333	3	130.00–135.00	$131.58	$438	-3.35
350–395	364	6	127.50–137.50	$131.64	$479	+10.99
375 thin fleshed	375	1	115.00	$115.00	$431	—
420–430	425	2	135.00	$135.00	$574	+15.00
460	460	1	135.00	$135.00	$621	+15.00
550	550	1	115.00	$115.00	$632	—
625–645	633	3	114.00–120.00	$117.30	$743	-1.70
760	760	1	111.00	$111.00	$844	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285 thin fleshed	285	1	82.50	$82.50	$235	—
320–330 thin fleshed	325	2	80.00–82.50	$81.23	$264	—
330	330	2	100.00–107.50	$103.75	$342	—
395	395	1	105.00	$105.00	$415	—
675	675	1	98.00	$98.00	$662	-12.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	110.00	$110.00	$380	+7.44
365	365	1	100.00	$100.00	$365	-6.88
435	435	1	94.00	$94.00	$409	—
580	580	1	102.50	$102.50	$594	-7.50
625	625	1	112.50	$112.50	$703	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–235	218	3	120.00–125.00	$122.39	$267	-5.11
320–345	335	5	115.00–123.00	$118.11	$396	-2.02
350–395	374	12	112.50–126.00	$119.70	$448	-4.33
400–445	423	16	114.00–123.00	$120.48	$510	-1.53
450–490	467	15	115.00–122.00	$119.69	$559	-0.96
515–540	528	4	111.00–116.00	$114.50	$605	-1.89
575–595	583	4	112.00–116.00	$113.89	$664	-1.61
616–635	621	5	109.50–111.00	$110.11	$684	-1.39
680	680	1	114.00	$114.00	$775	+2.39
730	730	1	109.00	$109.00	$796	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	436	6	124.00–127.50	$125.91	$549	+0.13
455–495	469	9	124.00–128.00	$126.01	$591	-1.72
500–535	516	18	118.00–128.00	$123.62	$638	+1.03
550–585	562	9	119.00–127.00	$123.88	$696	+3.61
615–645	626	4	116.00–126.00	$120.71	$756	-1.44

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	87.50	$87.50	$262	-15.11
325	325	1	110.00	$110.00	$358	+7.39
330	330	1	83.00	$83.00	$274	-19.61
350–380	362	3	88.00–95.00	$91.74	$332	-13.26
375–395	385	3	109.00–112.50	$110.48	$425	+5.48
400–430	420	4	99.00–112.00	$107.21	$450	+2.01
460–475	470	3	102.50–111.00	$106.21	$499	+1.21
510	510	1	90.00	$90.00	$459	-14.99
510–542	532	4	99.00–110.00	$106.04	$564	+12.04
560 thin fleshed	560	1	82.00	$82.00	$459	—
600–645	620	4	102.50–111.00	$106.37	$659	-4.63
625	625	1	89.00	$89.00	$556	-22.00
650–680	662	3	97.00–110.00	$105.06	$695	+25.06
675	675	1	96.00	$96.00	$648	+16.00
715	715	1	106.00	$106.00	$758	—
760–775	768	4	85.00–94.00	$89.76	$689	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	100.00	$100.00	$290	-2.50
305–335	321	4	100.00–110.00	$104.59	$336	+4.59
320–340 thin fleshed	330	4	85.00–92.50	$89.41	$295	—
350–365	358	2	105.00–110.00	$107.55	$385	-5.45
400–445 thin fleshed	423	2	80.00–94.00	$87.37	$370	+2.37
425	425	1	95.00	$95.00	$404	-12.54
445	445	1	107.50	$107.50	$478	-0.04
450–485 thin fleshed	469	4	80.00–90.00	$85.61	$402	-3.58
475	475	1	95.00	$95.00	$451	-14.04
490	490	1	99.00	$99.00	$485	-10.04
515	515	1	87.50	$87.50	$451	-23.50
525	525	1	97.50	$97.50	$512	+5.00
525 thin fleshed	525	1	80.00	$80.00	$420	-5.00
555–585	570	2	102.50–110.00	$106.35	$606	-3.65
625	625	1	107.50	$107.50	$672	+6.48
675	675	1	109.00	$109.00	$736	—
720–740	730	2	102.00–104.00	$102.99	$752	+7.99
750–755	753	2	99.00–101.00	$100.00	$753	+1.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	428	4	132.50–141.00	$136.80	$586	+17.49
445 thin fleshed	445	1	115.00	$115.00	$512	—
450–495	479	10	129.00–142.50	$136.52	$654	+8.53
490 thin fleshed	490	2	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$561	—
500–545	525	12	120.00–133.00	$127.45	$669	+2.84
550–595	580	11	118.00–132.50	$125.28	$727	+0.55
615	615	1	115.00	$115.00	$707	-3.25
650–680	661	4	115.00–120.00	$117.63	$778	-1.21
735	735	1	112.00	$112.00	$823	±0.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	428	9	142.50–157.50	$150.46	$644	+7.61
450–480	464	9	145.00–155.00	$148.51	$689	+3.72
515–535	525	2	129.00–130.00	$129.49	$680	+3.73
515–545	528	4	135.00–138.00	$136.02	$718	+10.26

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–425	415	2	106.00–107.50	$106.73	$443	-3.27
455–475	465	2	100.00–110.00	$105.11	$489	-0.23
510 thin fleshed	510	1	88.00	$88.00	$449	—
560 thin fleshed	560	1	95.00	$95.00	$532	—
600–645	617	7	101.00–112.00	$105.33	$650	-3.31
605–640	623	2	90.00	$90.00	$561	-18.64
680	680	1	90.00	$90.00	$612	-20.00
690	690	1	106.00	$106.00	$731	-4.00
730–740	735	2	100.00–107.50	$103.78	$763	-4.46
745 thin fleshed	745	1	90.00	$90.00	$670	—
855	855	1	103.00	$103.00	$881	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	100.00	$100.00	$430	-5.00
450–490	477	3	100.00–102.50	$101.54	$484	-3.46
515–520	519	4	100.00–110.00	$107.02	$555	+14.52
555 thin fleshed	555	1	90.00	$90.00	$500	—
665 thin fleshed	665	1	94.00	$94.00	$625	-1.00
670	670	1	110.00	$110.00	$737	+2.50
710–740	728	3	98.00–100.00	$99.35	$723	-1.65
780	780	1	102.00	$102.00	$796	+15.00
800 thin fleshed	800	1	82.00	$82.00	$656	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1860	1211	80-85%	44	60.00–71.00	$66.21	$802	+0.26
910–1490	1217	80-85%	14	72.00–75.00	$73.65	$896	+7.70

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–990	873	85-90%	3	28.00–37.00	$33.89	$296	+6.25
650–1250	905	85-90%	3	38.00–44.00	$41.74	$378	—
735–1130	955	85-90%	11	48.00–59.00	$54.02	$516	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1630	1350	75-80%	2	66.00–70.00	$67.59	$912	—
1435–1555	1508	75-80%	3	71.00–75.00	$73.63	$1,110	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1265	1170	2	77.00–84.00	$80.78	$945	+1.90
1040–1750	1395	2	99.00–113.00	$104.22	$1,454	—
1405–1545	1482	3	85.00–93.00	$90.31	$1,338	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885 thin fleshed	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00
1070	1070	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	690.00	$690.00
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
1035–1445	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–1,050.00	$903.93

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	320.00	$320.00
780	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

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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
835–985	910	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	565.00–750.00	$665.12	—
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
1305–1535	1420	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,185.00–1,325.00	$1,260.67	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
515 thin fleshed	515	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	490.00	$490.00	—
735 thin fleshed	735	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	550.00	$550.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	55.00	$55.00	$160	—
450	450	1	52.50	$52.50	$236	—
760	760	1	65.00	$65.00	$494	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	67.50	$67.50	$263	-16.27
490	490	1	70.00	$70.00	$343	-15.95

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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.