Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 13, 2021

946 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.55/cwt -2.21 vs last sale · ≈ $655/hd at 530 lb · 29 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $147.29/cwt +7.82 vs last sale · ≈ $978/hd at 664 lb · 26 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $134.44/cwt -1.31 vs last sale · ≈ $709/hd at 528 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	946	556	982
Feeder cattle	779	415	792
Slaughter cattle	158	125	171
Replacement cattle	9	16	19

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current goat receipts 6 Compared to last week, slaughter cows were mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower, while bulls were mostly 3.00 lower. Feeders were mixed. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offering of cattle were moderate to heavy. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves ranged 15.00 to 90.00 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
175	175	1	150.00	$150.00	$262	—
240	240	1	149.00	$149.00	$358	—
250–280	268	5	157.50–170.00	$164.63	$441	+2.13
300–345	323	6	150.00–170.00	$162.36	$524	+3.03
350–395	371	10	152.50–167.50	$157.52	$584	+2.76
410–445	427	7	144.00–158.00	$152.65	$652	+2.92
455–485	473	4	143.00–159.00	$152.18	$720	+0.05
515–535	526	4	137.50–152.00	$143.55	$755	-0.46
550–595	579	22	140.00–150.00	$146.10	$846	+4.41
605–640	627	12	130.00–146.00	$139.05	$872	-4.07
635	635	1	128.00	$128.00	$813	-15.12
660 value added	660	18	151.50	$151.50	$1,000	—
655–695	674	8	131.00–147.00	$137.81	$929	-1.66
700–742	737	8	130.00–136.00	$135.29	$997	+3.28
750–780	770	17	127.00–137.50	$135.90	$1,046	-7.10
800–805	803	2	124.00–129.00	$126.49	$1,016	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	229	9	127.50–147.50	$138.33	$317	-3.45
250–280	265	4	125.00–142.50	$130.45	$346	-3.11
295 thin fleshed	295	1	120.00	$120.00	$354	—
310 thin fleshed	310	2	120.00–122.50	$121.25	$376	—
320–330	324	4	127.50–135.00	$130.15	$422	-11.70
335	335	1	115.00	$115.00	$385	-26.85
350–395	369	7	132.50–147.50	$143.29	$529	+7.42
400	400	1	142.50	$142.50	$570	+2.50
400	400	1	120.00	$120.00	$480	-20.00
485	485	1	141.00	$141.00	$684	+3.41
500–510	505	2	128.00–132.50	$130.23	$658	+8.77
595	595	1	131.00	$131.00	$779	-1.25
665	665	1	115.00	$115.00	$765	-2.50
715	715	2	123.50	$123.50	$883	-0.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	100.00	$100.00	$280	—
310	310	1	100.00	$100.00	$310	—
370	370	1	110.00	$110.00	$407	—
720	720	1	110.00	$110.00	$792	—
740	740	1	82.50	$82.50	$610	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370 thin fleshed	370	1	82.50	$82.50	$305	—
680	680	1	112.50	$112.50	$765	—
785	785	1	107.50	$107.50	$844	—

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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	-5.00
250–290	267	3	132.50–135.00	$133.57	$357	—
310–340	325	3	131.00–140.00	$136.09	$442	+2.68
360–395	372	9	130.00–140.00	$134.41	$500	-2.18
400–445	424	19	125.00–140.00	$129.36	$548	-3.18
470	470	1	123.00	$123.00	$578	-4.87
450–495	474	18	124.00–132.00	$126.35	$599	-1.52
480	480	1	122.00	$122.00	$586	-5.87
500–545	530	29	118.00–130.00	$123.55	$655	-2.21
550–595	569	24	118.00–134.00	$126.73	$721	+1.68
610	610	1	80.00	$80.00	$488	-42.94
605–625	613	9	120.00–130.00	$124.88	$766	+1.94
655–695	675	15	118.00–126.00	$122.97	$830	+0.56
705	705	1	121.00	$121.00	$853	-4.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180–190	185	2	120.00–125.00	$122.57	$227	—
215–220	218	2	117.50–122.50	$120.03	$262	—
270–280	276	5	115.00–127.50	$120.53	$333	—
310–345	328	11	114.00–127.50	$122.74	$403	-1.46
355–395	378	8	112.50–127.50	$121.03	$457	+1.12
400–445	423	10	113.00–122.50	$117.81	$498	-5.19
450–490	470	16	114.00–123.00	$118.84	$559	-2.15
500–535	516	6	112.50–117.50	$115.35	$595	-1.65
525 thin fleshed	525	1	95.00	$95.00	$499	—
550–595	572	7	110.00–122.50	$116.81	$668	—
610–635	623	3	112.00–115.00	$113.17	$705	-1.83
650–655	653	2	110.00–112.00	$111.00	$725	-5.00
700–705	702	3	110.00–116.00	$112.83	$792	-0.67

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	112.50	$112.50	$309	+7.50
330–345	340	3	100.00–113.00	$107.63	$366	+6.42
370–395	386	4	110.00–113.00	$110.77	$428	+4.14
425–435	430	3	102.50–111.00	$106.13	$456	+2.28
455–490	471	6	100.00–110.00	$103.60	$488	-5.63
510–530	518	3	102.00–112.50	$108.17	$560	+2.17
520	520	1	97.50	$97.50	$507	-8.50
550–585	563	3	108.00–111.00	$109.64	$617	-0.36
575 thin fleshed	575	1	80.00	$80.00	$460	—
585	585	1	94.00	$94.00	$550	-16.00
600	600	1	110.00	$110.00	$660	+14.00
605 thin fleshed	605	1	92.50	$92.50	$560	—
660–695	677	3	105.00–112.50	$109.15	$739	+0.66
700–705	703	2	102.00–105.00	$103.49	$728	—
740	740	1	92.00	$92.00	$681	—
785	785	1	101.00	$101.00	$793	+12.00
820	820	1	84.00	$84.00	$689	-22.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280 thin fleshed	280	1	92.50	$92.50	$259	—
320 thin fleshed	320	1	82.50	$82.50	$264	—
365 thin fleshed	365	1	92.50	$92.50	$338	—
385	385	1	102.50	$102.50	$395	-5.26
410–445	427	3	100.00–110.00	$103.48	$442	—
445 thin fleshed	445	1	82.50	$82.50	$367	—
490	490	2	100.00–110.00	$105.00	$514	—
500–545	520	6	100.00–110.00	$107.09	$557	+4.59
520 thin fleshed	520	1	80.00	$80.00	$416	—
550–595	575	3	100.00–110.00	$103.88	$597	-0.32
575 thin fleshed	575	1	80.00	$80.00	$460	—
610–635	623	2	105.00–110.00	$107.45	$669	-2.55
650–685	668	3	100.00–111.00	$106.13	$709	—
710–735	727	3	100.00–104.00	$102.65	$746	-0.35
755	755	1	101.00	$101.00	$763	-4.00
755	755	1	92.00	$92.00	$695	-13.00
835 thin fleshed	835	1	84.00	$84.00	$701	—
875 thin fleshed	875	1	95.00	$95.00	$831	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415 thin fleshed	415	1	117.50	$117.50	$488	-0.50
400–445	419	8	130.00–140.00	$134.38	$563	+13.14
420–425	423	2	117.50–123.00	$120.23	$509	-13.62
450–495	467	23	125.00–142.50	$136.02	$635	+1.97
485	485	1	120.00	$120.00	$582	-14.05
500–545	520	20	120.00–133.00	$127.57	$663	-2.69
525–540	533	2	114.00–115.00	$114.51	$610	-15.75
550	550	1	120.00	$120.00	$660	-9.29
550–590	569	8	120.00–134.00	$126.49	$720	-2.80
570 thin fleshed	570	1	115.00	$115.00	$656	—
615	615	1	115.00	$115.00	$707	-4.49
600–645	628	3	125.00	$125.00	$785	+8.00
655–680	670	5	120.00–127.50	$123.03	$824	-3.97
705	705	1	115.00	$115.00	$811	±0.00
760–780	769	4	117.00–118.00	$117.75	$905	+2.75
800	800	1	113.00	$113.00	$904	-1.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	426	8	145.00–155.00	$148.78	$634	+1.26
450–485	472	5	144.00–148.00	$145.89	$689	+4.89
480	480	1	138.00	$138.00	$662	-7.60
500–545	522	17	134.00–147.50	$138.18	$721	+8.18
520–549	541	7	125.00–127.50	$125.35	$678	-12.32
550	550	1	130.00	$130.00	$715	-9.23
550–595	574	15	134.00–140.00	$136.45	$783	-2.78
605–645	623	13	130.00–136.00	$133.03	$829	-2.80
650–670	660	2	132.00–134.00	$132.98	$878	+1.64
705–740	720	3	125.00–128.00	$125.99	$907	+0.69

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–440	438	2	100.00–111.00	$105.47	$462	-7.03
445	445	1	85.00	$85.00	$378	-27.50
455	455	1	110.00	$110.00	$500	-2.50
515–525	520	3	110.00–112.50	$110.84	$576	—
560	560	1	112.50	$112.50	$630	—
605–640	621	4	100.00–110.00	$102.58	$637	—
655–670	663	5	100.00–110.00	$104.00	$690	-3.48
705–745	725	3	105.00–110.00	$107.48	$779	—
765 thin fleshed	765	1	82.50	$82.50	$631	—
750–795	774	4	99.00–102.00	$101.00	$782	—
775	775	1	95.00	$95.00	$736	—
800–815	808	2	104.00–106.00	$105.01	$848	—
875	875	1	87.00	$87.00	$761	-17.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	115.00	$115.00	$540	—
510	510	2	100.00–112.50	$106.25	$542	-3.75
560	560	1	110.00	$110.00	$616	—
605–640	623	2	102.50–110.00	$106.14	$661	+4.37
685 thin fleshed	685	1	80.00	$80.00	$548	-12.50
700–730 thin fleshed	713	3	80.00–92.50	$87.41	$623	—
730	730	1	107.00	$107.00	$781	-0.52
775	775	1	100.00	$100.00	$775	—
790 thin fleshed	790	1	85.00	$85.00	$672	—
810–820	815	2	100.00–110.00	$104.97	$856	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1145	1103	80-85%	2	60.00	$60.00	$662	—
850–1970	1323	80-85%	73	61.00–71.00	$66.66	$882	-0.39
990–1910	1389	80-85%	9	72.00–78.00	$73.84	$1,026	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	85-90%	1	21.00	$21.00	$148	—
755–960	852	85-90%	9	37.00–48.00	$44.67	$381	—
670–1395	1023	85-90%	19	50.00–60.00	$56.18	$575	—
1075–1455	1265	85-90%	2	61.00	$61.00	$772	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1440	1228	75-80%	2	52.00–59.00	$56.11	$689	—
1050–1590	1331	75-80%	12	62.00–68.00	$65.08	$866	—
1895	1895	75-80%	1	73.00	$73.00	$1,383	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1820	1271	14	70.00–84.00	$77.72	$988	—
1230–2290	1643	10	86.00–96.00	$91.92	$1,510	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–920	918	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–565.00	$532.59
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

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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
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
905–1115	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,125.00	$1,046.60	—
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	87.50	$87.50	$166	—
265–295	275	3	80.00–90.00	$83.58	$230	—
345	345	1	75.00	$75.00	$259	-29.06
360	360	1	90.00	$90.00	$324	-11.51
490	490	1	103.00	$103.00	$505	-2.27
520–535	528	2	90.00–101.00	$95.42	$504	-12.55
605	605	1	85.00	$85.00	$514	—
655–670	660	3	98.00–104.00	$101.68	$671	—
690 thin fleshed	690	1	60.00	$60.00	$414	—
705	705	2	96.00–98.00	$97.00	$684	—
750–785	768	2	101.00–102.00	$101.51	$780	—
800–820	809	4	94.00–100.00	$97.99	$793	—
895	895	3	91.00	$91.00	$814	—
900	900	1	90.00	$90.00	$810	—
960	960	1	90.00	$90.00	$864	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	55.00	$55.00	$292	—

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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.