Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 16, 2021

755 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.79/cwt +3.03 vs last sale · ≈ $697/hd at 533 lb · 37 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.44/cwt +2.17 vs last sale · ≈ $568/hd at 429 lb · 21 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.69/cwt -1.15 vs last sale · ≈ $619/hd at 477 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	755	896	675
Feeder cattle	529	654	540
Slaughter cattle	208	230	124
Replacement cattle	18	12	11

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 2 Current sheep receipts 9 Current goat receipts 4 Compared to last week, slaughter cows were mostly steady, while bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 1.00 to 8.00 higher, while heifers were mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were good. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was moderate to attractive. Baby calves ranged 10.00 to 40.00 per head.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	150.00–152.50	$151.25	$439	-2.63
310–340	333	4	150.00–162.50	$156.39	$521	+16.39
350–375	359	9	140.00–164.00	$155.86	$560	-0.05
405–440	423	8	145.00–152.50	$147.24	$623	-3.43
450–495	475	5	142.00–160.00	$147.96	$703	+1.41
500–543	525	12	140.00–156.00	$150.37	$789	+2.76
555–588	580	13	135.00–155.00	$148.92	$864	+7.65
600–640	620	10	137.00–151.00	$144.73	$897	+4.18
628	628	2	126.00	$126.00	$791	-14.55
655–665	660	2	133.00–143.00	$138.04	$911	+1.06
720–740	727	3	129.00–134.00	$132.02	$960	+4.59
740	740	1	117.00	$117.00	$866	-10.43
750	750	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,012	+12.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	142.50	$142.50	$249	+3.50
185	185	1	122.50	$122.50	$227	-16.50
225 thin fleshed	225	1	120.00	$120.00	$270	—
250–285	263	3	130.00–145.00	$136.36	$359	+13.86
285 thin fleshed	285	1	122.50	$122.50	$349	—
305–345	323	8	125.00–147.50	$137.92	$445	+0.15
315–335	325	2	115.00–120.00	$117.42	$382	-20.35
350–390	377	7	125.00–147.50	$136.06	$513	+0.61
425–440	433	7	120.00–138.00	$132.76	$575	+7.76
475–480	477	3	125.00–137.50	$132.85	$634	-7.15
520–543	533	4	123.00–131.00	$126.68	$675	+6.68
565	565	1	121.00	$121.00	$684	-7.23
580	580	1	120.00	$120.00	$696	-8.23
890	890	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,059	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	105.00	$105.00	$294	-5.00
355	355	1	80.00	$80.00	$284	-30.00
350–395	367	3	98.00–112.50	$105.70	$388	-4.30
490	490	1	110.00	$110.00	$539	—
580	580	1	90.00	$90.00	$522	—
680	680	1	104.00	$104.00	$707	—
710	710	1	111.00	$111.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	112.50	$112.50	$219	—
590	590	1	110.00	$110.00	$649	—
600	600	1	105.00	$105.00	$630	—
855	855	1	93.00	$93.00	$795	-9.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	1	137.50	$137.50	$227	—
300–345	327	8	130.00–140.00	$132.45	$433	-2.43
365–395	378	6	131.00–136.00	$133.69	$505	-3.34
405–445	429	21	124.00–142.50	$132.44	$568	+2.17
455–495	477	20	125.00–134.00	$129.69	$619	-1.15
505–545	527	23	118.00–133.00	$124.72	$657	-3.04
542 value added	542	14	140.75	$140.75	$763	—
550–595	570	17	118.00–134.00	$126.35	$720	-0.40
600–640	624	14	117.00–133.00	$126.47	$789	+1.35
678	678	4	127.00	$127.00	$861	+11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180–190	185	2	115.00–122.50	$118.65	$220	—
220 thin fleshed	220	1	117.50	$117.50	$258	—
275–290	280	3	115.00–127.50	$123.24	$345	-3.38
300–340	319	5	115.00–127.50	$122.50	$391	-0.49
350–390	373	4	115.00–117.50	$115.83	$432	-6.82
410–425	417	3	113.00–120.00	$116.04	$484	-2.60
465–485	475	4	120.00–122.50	$120.88	$574	+0.68
535	535	2	115.00	$115.00	$615	+1.97
550–580	563	3	111.00–115.00	$113.33	$638	-1.67
600–645	628	3	114.00–116.00	$114.98	$722	+1.58
730	730	1	114.00	$114.00	$832	+4.00
750	750	1	109.00	$109.00	$818	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	103.00	$103.00	$283	—
325–340	333	2	112.50	$112.50	$375	+5.02
375	375	1	92.50	$92.50	$347	—
370–390	380	2	100.00–106.00	$102.92	$391	—
420–430 thin fleshed	423	3	80.00–90.00	$83.31	$352	-5.05
425–435	431	5	85.00–112.50	$102.53	$442	-7.47
475	475	1	92.50	$92.50	$439	-13.56
485 thin fleshed	485	1	90.00	$90.00	$436	-5.00
520	520	1	95.00	$95.00	$494	—
525–535	531	4	97.50–100.00	$99.37	$528	—
555	555	1	102.50	$102.50	$569	-1.50
640	640	1	88.00	$88.00	$563	—
680	680	1	104.00	$104.00	$707	-2.00
760	760	1	101.00	$101.00	$768	—
780 thin fleshed	780	1	82.50	$82.50	$644	—
785	785	1	89.00	$89.00	$699	—
810	810	1	89.00	$89.00	$721	—
845 thin fleshed	845	1	80.00	$80.00	$676	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	87.50	$87.50	$214	—
250	250	1	102.50	$102.50	$256	—
325	325	1	102.50	$102.50	$333	—
350	350	1	112.50	$112.50	$394	+1.60
425–440	433	2	111.00–112.50	$111.74	$484	+6.30
450–475	463	2	100.00–110.00	$104.86	$486	+1.57
505	505	1	100.00	$100.00	$505	-6.00
635	635	1	110.00	$110.00	$698	+6.98
655–680	665	3	80.00–95.00	$85.81	$571	-17.72
650–685	672	3	100.00–109.00	$105.60	$710	+2.07
790	790	1	87.00	$87.00	$687	-11.07

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	427	9	140.00–151.00	$144.14	$615	-3.19
450–480	467	5	140.00–155.00	$147.13	$687	-0.12
493	493	2	140.00	$140.00	$690	+6.00
500–545	523	8	135.00–144.00	$139.26	$728	+2.68
525–545	535	3	128.00–134.00	$132.04	$706	-4.54
555–585	568	8	136.00–143.00	$138.14	$785	+1.14
575	575	1	133.00	$133.00	$765	-4.00
600–645	627	5	132.50–140.00	$135.24	$848	+15.24
655	655	1	132.00	$132.00	$865	+9.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	429	7	125.00–138.00	$131.04	$562	+5.53
455 thin fleshed	455	1	117.50	$117.50	$535	+2.50
450–480	465	2	120.00–122.50	$121.29	$564	-9.58
450–495	468	12	122.50–140.00	$134.93	$631	+4.06
525–545	535	4	120.00–128.00	$125.11	$669	-1.16
550–590	566	5	120.00–130.00	$124.81	$706	-1.77
585	585	1	112.00	$112.00	$655	-14.58
605–645	631	4	111.00–124.00	$118.33	$747	-1.93
665–685	673	3	115.00–127.00	$120.94	$814	-1.24
685 thin fleshed	685	1	115.00	$115.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420 thin fleshed	420	1	90.00	$90.00	$378	-2.50
535	535	2	102.50–110.00	$106.25	$568	-2.75
555–570	563	2	100.00–105.00	$102.53	$577	+0.94
645 thin fleshed	645	1	85.00	$85.00	$548	—
650	650	1	90.00	$90.00	$585	—
660 thin fleshed	660	1	92.50	$92.50	$610	—
675–690	685	3	100.00–110.00	$105.04	$720	—
835	835	1	103.00	$103.00	$860	-1.00
855 thin fleshed	855	1	96.00	$96.00	$821	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–515	513	2	108.00–115.00	$111.52	$572	+3.88
575–585	580	2	105.00–109.00	$107.02	$621	-1.54
605–630	618	2	82.50–90.00	$86.17	$533	-21.33
635	635	1	107.50	$107.50	$683	±0.00
670–675	673	2	105.00–110.00	$107.51	$724	+1.07
730	730	1	108.00	$108.00	$788	+20.50
770	770	1	94.00	$94.00	$724	-11.50
795	795	1	100.00	$100.00	$795	-5.50
805	805	1	90.00	$90.00	$724	-9.99

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1760	1314	80-85%	28	74.00–79.00	$74.91	$984	—
890–2140	1411	80-85%	73	63.00–73.00	$68.44	$966	—
1490	1490	80-85%	1	55.00	$55.00	$820	-5.23

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	85-90%	1	64.00	$64.00	$518	—
695–1075	865	85-90%	6	10.00–35.00	$27.99	$242	-15.72
780–1320	1001	85-90%	12	40.00–49.00	$45.38	$454	—
690–1605	1103	85-90%	30	51.00–62.00	$57.57	$635	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1855	1390	75-80%	17	64.00–72.00	$68.61	$954	—
1385–1625	1505	75-80%	2	74.00	$74.00	$1,114	—
1635	1635	75-80%	1	60.00	$60.00	$981	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1700	1306	4	62.00–86.00	$77.96	$1,018	—
1010–1995	1500	22	92.00–103.00	$97.96	$1,469	—
1390–2140	1828	6	104.00–108.00	$106.07	$1,939	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175–1310	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	900.00–925.00	$916.90
1265	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1330	1330	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1465	1465	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 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
860 thin fleshed	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	940.00	$940.00	+215.00
1075–1410	1212	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,125.00–1,400.00	$1,298.21	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—
725	725	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	575.00	$575.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160–190	173	4	72.50–85.00	$79.28	$137	—
215	215	1	67.50	$67.50	$145	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	85.00–92.50	$88.79	$211	—
265–278	277	9	90.00–98.00	$97.15	$269	—
365–390	378	2	80.00–92.50	$86.04	$325	-12.59
495	495	1	77.50	$77.50	$384	—
560–580	570	2	80.00–100.00	$90.18	$514	-9.82
635	635	1	95.00	$95.00	$603	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	77.50	$77.50	$275	—

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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.