Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 28, 2021

770 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.22/cwt -0.51 vs last sale · ≈ $572/hd at 426 lb · 28 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.36/cwt +1.21 vs last sale · ≈ $622/hd at 466 lb · 28 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $136.08/cwt -0.34 vs last sale · ≈ $701/hd at 515 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	770	833
Feeder cattle	554	537
Slaughter cattle	210	273
Replacement cattle	6	23

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 1 Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 2.00 to 5.00 lower, while bulls were 1.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 1.00 to 9.00 higher, while heifers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. 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
195	195	1	150.00	$150.00	$292	—
285	285	1	160.00	$160.00	$456	+8.42
310–345	328	3	150.00–155.00	$153.25	$503	-2.43
350–385	367	7	145.00–158.00	$149.13	$547	-1.43
405–440	429	6	140.00–148.00	$144.16	$618	-0.11
450–490	469	5	147.00–157.00	$151.33	$710	+7.93
490	490	1	125.00	$125.00	$612	-18.40
520–545	533	4	138.00–145.00	$140.45	$749	+7.95
565–593	586	4	138.00–141.00	$140.28	$822	-1.40
615–630	625	3	136.00–144.00	$140.00	$875	+9.42
695	695	1	135.00	$135.00	$938	+4.31
720	720	1	137.00	$137.00	$986	+10.00
760	760	1	126.00	$126.00	$958	—
805–830	817	3	125.00–132.00	$127.64	$1,043	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	218	4	120.00–135.00	$124.98	$272	-18.81
275 thin fleshed	275	1	117.50	$117.50	$323	—
280–285	283	2	120.00–124.00	$122.02	$345	-11.83
305–345	326	10	125.00–145.00	$137.80	$449	+1.69
330–340	337	3	116.00–120.00	$117.84	$397	-18.27
350–395	374	5	132.50–142.50	$137.36	$514	+17.37
415–430	425	3	121.00–137.00	$126.21	$536	-4.45
475	475	1	114.00	$114.00	$542	-16.02
488	488	3	122.00	$122.00	$595	-8.02

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	85.00	$85.00	$174	—
245	245	1	112.50	$112.50	$276	—
270–280	275	2	100.00–110.00	$105.09	$289	-4.91
330	330	1	115.00	$115.00	$380	—
350 thin fleshed	350	1	97.50	$97.50	$341	+15.00
355–370	362	3	100.00–110.00	$103.27	$374	-3.56
415	415	1	100.00	$100.00	$415	—
525	525	1	105.00	$105.00	$551	—
670	670	1	110.00	$110.00	$737	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	105.00	$105.00	$304	—
380	380	1	101.00	$101.00	$384	—
475 thin fleshed	475	1	87.00	$87.00	$413	—
555–575 thin fleshed	565	2	83.00–86.00	$84.53	$478	—
600	600	1	100.00	$100.00	$600	—
705	705	1	110.00	$110.00	$776	—
795 thin fleshed	795	1	86.00	$86.00	$684	—
810	810	1	107.00	$107.00	$867	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	130.00	$130.00	$260	-2.50
360	360	1	127.50	$127.50	$459	-8.24
350–390	378	16	129.00–140.00	$134.68	$509	-1.06
400–445	426	28	124.00–141.00	$134.22	$572	-0.51
450–495	465	27	126.00–139.00	$133.74	$622	+1.59
495	495	1	123.00	$123.00	$609	-9.15
505–545	524	25	118.00–130.00	$124.73	$654	+3.26
555–590	570	14	117.50–127.00	$124.03	$707	+9.03
600–645	632	16	117.00–125.00	$121.81	$770	+6.81
655–670	662	3	118.00–121.00	$119.99	$794	+1.20
705	705	1	118.00	$118.00	$832	—
790	790	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,019	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–230	218	2	117.50–127.50	$122.21	$266	+0.32
250	250	1	127.50	$127.50	$319	+6.39
300–345	319	12	114.00–125.00	$118.91	$379	-2.10
340 thin fleshed	340	1	115.00	$115.00	$391	—
365–395	377	6	117.50–127.00	$122.45	$462	-2.49
410–435	422	3	115.00–123.00	$119.37	$504	+0.87
475–495	481	4	120.00–124.00	$121.98	$587	+2.93
495 thin fleshed	495	1	112.00	$112.00	$554	—
520–545	529	7	114.00–116.00	$115.42	$611	+2.17
585	585	1	117.00	$117.00	$684	+1.20
620–630	625	2	112.00–115.00	$113.51	$709	—
690–695	693	2	113.00–116.00	$114.49	$793	—
700–715	708	2	114.00	$114.00	$807	—
810	810	1	106.00	$106.00	$859	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	107.50	$107.50	$306	+0.07
290 thin fleshed	290	1	92.50	$92.50	$268	—
310	310	1	98.00	$98.00	$304	+18.00
395 thin fleshed	395	1	90.00	$90.00	$356	—
400	400	1	112.50	$112.50	$450	+10.00
435 thin fleshed	435	1	81.00	$81.00	$352	-6.50
455 thin fleshed	455	1	89.00	$89.00	$405	+9.00
480–485	481	4	100.00–112.50	$106.64	$513	-3.36
500–520	512	3	110.00	$110.00	$563	+4.21
570	570	1	105.00	$105.00	$598	+5.00
600 thin fleshed	600	2	82.50–90.00	$86.25	$518	+1.25
705–745	727	3	105.00–108.00	$106.81	$777	+4.50
765 thin fleshed	765	1	94.00	$94.00	$719	+14.00
770	770	1	92.50	$92.50	$712	-10.50
850	850	1	85.00	$85.00	$722	-10.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215 thin fleshed	215	1	87.50	$87.50	$188	-7.50
250	250	2	100.00–110.00	$105.00	$262	-5.00
270	270	1	90.00	$90.00	$243	-20.00
310–335 thin fleshed	323	2	80.00	$80.00	$258	-2.50
330	330	1	107.00	$107.00	$353	-3.34
370	370	1	112.50	$112.50	$416	—
405 thin fleshed	405	1	86.00	$86.00	$348	—
405–420	413	2	98.00–110.00	$103.89	$429	—
500	500	1	85.00	$85.00	$425	-23.01
500–515	508	3	110.00–111.00	$110.34	$561	+2.33
570–585	580	3	99.00–110.00	$106.30	$617	+4.11
620	620	1	85.00	$85.00	$527	-3.00
695	695	1	106.00	$106.00	$737	+11.00
715–730	723	2	105.00–106.00	$105.51	$763	+5.51
810	810	1	92.00	$92.00	$745	-8.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	435	8	139.00–147.50	$142.74	$621	—
455–490	466	7	139.00–152.50	$143.73	$670	+2.81
507–535	512	6	124.00–130.00	$128.95	$660	-7.47
500–545	516	20	134.00–148.00	$138.22	$713	+1.80
555–570	562	5	134.00–141.00	$137.59	$773	+6.59
580–590	585	2	128.00–132.00	$129.98	$760	-1.02
605–615	608	3	130.00–131.00	$130.33	$792	+0.55
625	625	1	123.00	$123.00	$769	-6.78
715	715	1	126.00	$126.00	$901	+7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	419	8	119.00–131.00	$126.81	$531	-1.00
410–445 thin fleshed	426	4	115.00–120.00	$117.93	$502	-2.13
450–455	452	3	115.00–120.00	$117.50	$531	-2.07
460–495 thin fleshed	478	2	114.00–117.50	$115.69	$553	-2.67
450–495	480	9	130.00–138.00	$134.23	$644	+1.88
500–525	509	5	125.00–128.00	$127.20	$647	+0.88
550–580	567	5	124.00–132.00	$127.25	$722	-0.58
570 thin fleshed	570	1	114.00	$114.00	$650	—
595	595	1	115.00	$115.00	$684	-12.83
600–640	626	6	115.00–125.00	$121.13	$758	-2.71
650–685	667	3	122.00–126.00	$123.53	$824	+1.38
835	835	1	112.50	$112.50	$939	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–448	437	4	105.00–110.00	$108.83	$476	+3.05
455–485	470	2	110.00	$110.00	$517	+2.20
475	475	1	82.50	$82.50	$392	-25.30
530	530	1	107.50	$107.50	$570	-2.50
540 thin fleshed	540	1	80.00	$80.00	$432	—
555–585	573	3	110.00–112.50	$111.17	$637	+9.13
615–635	625	2	94.00–96.00	$95.02	$594	-4.98
640–645	643	2	103.00–110.00	$106.49	$685	+6.49
665–685	678	3	98.00–109.00	$104.06	$706	-3.69
705–735	718	3	101.00–110.00	$105.31	$756	—
790	790	1	104.00	$104.00	$822	—
815–835	822	3	97.00–107.00	$100.64	$827	-2.36

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460 thin fleshed	460	1	90.00	$90.00	$414	—
520–530	525	2	105.00–110.00	$107.48	$564	+2.36
535 thin fleshed	535	1	91.00	$91.00	$487	—
555–590	577	3	100.00–110.00	$103.38	$597	+0.88
610	610	1	104.00	$104.00	$634	-6.00
625 thin fleshed	625	1	82.00	$82.00	$512	—
645	645	1	113.00	$113.00	$729	+3.00
660–685	673	2	102.50–113.00	$107.85	$726	+7.85
710–730	720	4	105.00–110.00	$107.98	$777	—
730 thin fleshed	730	1	85.00	$85.00	$620	—
795	795	1	91.00	$91.00	$723	—
810	810	1	90.00	$90.00	$729	—
810–820	815	2	101.00–103.00	$102.01	$831	—
885	885	1	107.00	$107.00	$947	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1220	1153	80-85%	3	77.00–82.00	$78.52	$905	—
915–1595	1277	80-85%	8	59.00–65.00	$62.63	$800	—
920–1955	1296	80-85%	90	65.00–76.00	$69.56	$901	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–1140	971	85-90%	13	44.00–54.00	$49.60	$482	—
805–1230	1018	85-90%	2	67.00	$67.00	$682	—
825–1405	1035	85-90%	4	16.00–38.00	$28.23	$292	—
760–1440	1084	85-90%	38	55.00–65.00	$60.43	$655	-0.37

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1180	1150	75-80%	2	58.00–64.00	$60.92	$701	—
1050–1600	1325	75-80%	2	77.00–79.00	$78.21	$1,036	+5.44
1115–2015	1482	75-80%	11	67.00–77.00	$71.24	$1,056	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1450	1322	5	72.00–86.00	$79.11	$1,046	—
1085–2150	1631	19	89.00–102.00	$96.18	$1,569	-0.83
1455–2130	1851	8	103.00–107.00	$105.01	$1,944	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1295	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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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
915 thin fleshed	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	840.00	$840.00	-460.00
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	45.00	$45.00	$218	-10.00
680	680	1	50.00	$50.00	$340	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	90.00	$90.00	$184	—
250–295	267	3	85.00–100.00	$93.47	$250	+5.21
285	285	1	75.00	$75.00	$214	-13.26
300–335	318	2	90.00–96.00	$93.17	$296	—
390	390	1	98.00	$98.00	$382	—
395 thin fleshed	395	1	85.00	$85.00	$336	—
400–405	403	3	95.00–98.00	$96.33	$388	—
475–480	478	2	82.50–85.00	$83.74	$400	—
515	515	1	97.00	$97.00	$500	—
915–935	925	2	76.00–79.00	$77.48	$717	-11.48
1020	1020	1	88.00	$88.00	$898	+2.00
1055–1075	1067	3	86.00–89.00	$87.33	$932	—
1100	1100	1	83.00	$83.00	$913	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075	1075	1	70.00	$70.00	$752	—

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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.