Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 6, 2021

556 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.05/cwt -2.70 vs last sale · ≈ $719/hd at 575 lb · 22 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.76/cwt -2.31 vs last sale · ≈ $651/hd at 518 lb · 21 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $136.59/cwt +2.71 vs last sale · ≈ $515/hd at 377 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	556	586	420
Feeder cattle	415	427	310
Slaughter cattle	125	152	102
Replacement cattle	16	7	8

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week. slaughter cows were mostly 1.5 lower, while bulls were mostly 3.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly 1.00 to 4.00 higher, while bulls and heifers were mixed. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	162.50	$162.50	$463	—
310–340	325	2	157.50–161.00	$159.33	$518	+5.26
350–395	374	7	147.50–161.00	$154.76	$579	+2.97
400–445	426	4	148.00–151.00	$149.73	$638	+3.55
450–490	465	3	147.50–159.00	$152.13	$707	+2.38
501–535	509	12	135.00–151.00	$144.01	$733	+1.61
555–595	576	8	135.00–145.00	$141.69	$816	-1.64
600–628	612	11	130.00–146.00	$143.12	$876	+2.03
685–695	690	2	135.00–144.00	$139.47	$962	—
730–740	735	2	130.00–134.00	$132.01	$970	—
750	750	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,072	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	133.00	$133.00	$259	—
205–240	227	3	137.50–147.50	$141.78	$322	+0.88
260–295	280	5	127.50–145.00	$133.56	$374	-6.20
320–340	329	5	132.50–147.50	$141.85	$467	+6.75
355–390	374	10	130.00–140.00	$135.87	$508	+18.87
430	430	1	140.00	$140.00	$602	+9.40
455–480	465	3	132.50–142.50	$137.59	$640	+5.92
520–545	533	2	112.50–130.00	$121.46	$647	-11.04
555–565	560	2	132.00–132.50	$132.25	$741	+4.77
610	610	2	120.00–125.00	$122.50	$747	—
695	695	1	117.50	$117.50	$817	—
740–745	743	2	123.00–125.00	$124.00	$921	—
750	750	1	124.00	$124.00	$930	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	110.00	$110.00	$226	—
280	280	1	117.50	$117.50	$329	—
345	345	1	102.50	$102.50	$354	+2.50
390	390	1	110.00	$110.00	$429	-5.00
505	505	1	112.50	$112.50	$568	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355 thin fleshed	355	1	90.00	$90.00	$320	—
505	505	1	112.50	$112.50	$568	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	135.00	$135.00	$310	—
310–340	327	5	130.00–137.00	$133.41	$436	+2.78
355–390	377	13	130.00–141.00	$136.59	$515	+2.71
400–445	425	11	128.00–138.00	$132.54	$563	+1.39
430–445	438	2	120.00–123.00	$121.47	$532	-9.68
450–495	479	11	125.00–137.00	$127.87	$612	+0.28
500–545	518	21	120.00–134.00	$125.76	$651	-2.63
550–595	575	22	118.00–135.00	$125.05	$719	-2.70
605–640	622	9	117.50–128.00	$122.94	$765	-6.90
650–670	663	5	119.00–126.00	$122.41	$812	+9.06
710–720	715	2	120.00–130.00	$125.03	$894	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	105.00	$105.00	$278	—
320–340	330	2	100.00–102.50	$101.21	$334	+1.21
350	350	1	85.00	$85.00	$298	-25.00
365–380	372	3	102.50–112.50	$106.63	$397	-3.37
410–440	430	5	97.50–110.00	$103.85	$447	-2.48
465–485	471	4	107.50–112.00	$109.23	$514	+1.80
505	505	1	106.00	$106.00	$535	+18.43
510 thin fleshed	510	1	90.00	$90.00	$459	—
550	550	1	110.00	$110.00	$605	—
610	610	1	96.00	$96.00	$586	-11.75
660	660	1	92.50	$92.50	$610	+5.50
665–690	680	4	106.00–110.00	$108.49	$738	+21.49
770	770	1	89.00	$89.00	$685	-6.00
815	815	1	106.00	$106.00	$864	+6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	337	3	120.00–127.50	$124.20	$419	+3.82
370–395	378	6	115.00–125.00	$119.91	$453	-4.48
410	410	1	123.00	$123.00	$504	+3.95
450–490	470	5	118.00–123.00	$120.99	$569	+3.15
500	500	1	117.00	$117.00	$585	+3.25
640	640	1	115.00	$115.00	$736	—
685	685	1	116.00	$116.00	$795	+1.00
715	715	2	113.00–114.00	$113.50	$812	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	375	2	107.50–108.00	$107.76	$404	+2.96
505	505	1	102.50	$102.50	$518	-6.26
550–580	570	3	100.00–110.00	$104.20	$594	—
605	605	1	110.00	$110.00	$666	—
735	735	1	103.00	$103.00	$757	—
775	775	1	105.00	$105.00	$814	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–415	413	2	120.00–122.50	$121.24	$501	-5.74
400–445	429	9	120.00–140.00	$133.85	$574	+6.87
430 thin fleshed	430	1	118.00	$118.00	$507	-0.66
450–495	474	9	125.00–142.00	$134.05	$635	+0.66
500–535	525	7	125.00–134.00	$130.26	$684	+2.43
550–585	571	6	123.00–134.00	$129.29	$738	+1.08
585	585	1	117.50	$117.50	$687	-10.71
600–625	613	3	117.50–121.00	$119.49	$732	-4.26
625	625	1	117.00	$117.00	$731	-6.75
690	690	1	127.00	$127.00	$876	+4.18
710	710	1	115.00	$115.00	$816	+7.00
700–740	719	5	112.00–122.00	$116.60	$838	+8.60
780	780	1	115.00	$115.00	$897	+1.50
800–845	817	3	113.00–116.00	$114.67	$937	+2.17

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	429	4	145.00–150.00	$147.52	$633	-1.58
470	470	1	141.00	$141.00	$663	-3.51
465–490	480	3	143.00–150.00	$145.60	$699	+1.09
520	520	1	130.00	$130.00	$676	-8.66
520–545	535	3	135.00–140.00	$137.67	$737	+4.67
565–580	573	2	137.50–141.00	$139.23	$798	-0.10
615	615	1	125.00	$125.00	$769	-9.37
600–635	623	6	133.00–140.00	$135.83	$846	+1.46
665–675	670	3	129.00–133.00	$131.34	$880	—
700–725	712	3	123.00–130.00	$125.30	$892	-0.73
760	760	1	124.00	$124.00	$942	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	415	2	100.00–107.50	$103.61	$430	-7.65
525	525	1	110.00	$110.00	$578	—
600–620	608	3	86.00–110.00	$101.77	$619	—
610 thin fleshed	610	1	80.00	$80.00	$488	—
660	660	1	112.50	$112.50	$742	—
675 thin fleshed	675	1	92.50	$92.50	$624	+1.21
695	695	1	93.00	$93.00	$646	—
700–720	710	2	106.00–109.00	$107.52	$763	—
835 thin fleshed	835	1	90.00	$90.00	$752	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	112.50	$112.50	$472	—
475	475	1	112.50	$112.50	$534	+0.25
685–690	688	2	103.00–112.00	$107.48	$739	-0.02
685–695	690	2	90.00–94.00	$91.99	$635	-15.51
855	855	1	104.00	$104.00	$889	-1.49

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–2160	1313	80-85%	47	63.00–72.00	$67.05	$880	-9.79

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–975	849	85-90%	7	40.00–49.00	$45.41	$386	—
735–1110	937	85-90%	3	32.00–36.00	$34.27	$321	—
725–1605	1068	85-90%	29	50.00–63.00	$57.82	$618	-0.35

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–2155	1367	75-80%	12	65.00–70.00	$67.16	$918	—
1225–2075	1650	75-80%	2	73.00–74.00	$73.37	$1,211	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1315	1129	8	74.00–87.00	$81.85	$924	—
1000–2020	1454	12	90.00–102.00	$95.34	$1,386	—
1665–2230	1978	3	103.00–104.00	$103.28	$2,043	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–760	757	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	532.00–634.00	$582.22

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900 thin fleshed	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	375.00	$375.00
900–1200	1076	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	625.00–900.00	$772.59

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
555	555	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00
760	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	517.00	$517.00
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	585.00	$585.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	610.00	$610.00	—
775 thin fleshed	775	Aged (>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
215	215	1	87.50	$87.50	$188	—
715	715	1	63.00	$63.00	$450	—
765	765	1	74.00	$74.00	$566	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	320	2	100.00–108.00	$104.06	$333	+19.06
365–390	380	5	90.00–107.50	$101.51	$386	—
405	405	1	72.50	$72.50	$294	—
400–440	424	7	97.00–107.50	$104.02	$441	—
460–490	474	5	101.00–110.00	$105.27	$499	—
515 thin fleshed	515	1	92.00	$92.00	$474	—
515–530	523	2	106.00–110.00	$107.97	$565	—
565–570	568	2	103.00–111.00	$106.98	$608	+16.98

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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.