Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 13, 2021

898 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $116.86/cwt +4.23 vs last sale · ≈ $621/hd at 531 lb · 17 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $149.73/cwt +3.65 vs last sale · ≈ $636/hd at 425 lb · 16 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.16/cwt +5.20 vs last sale · ≈ $510/hd at 372 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	898	1,290	1,204
Feeder cattle	601	951	924
Slaughter cattle	269	300	239
Replacement cattle	28	39	41

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current goat receipts 23. Current sheep receipts 1. Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower, while slaughter bulls were steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers were mostly steady to 8.00 higher; heifers were mostly 8.00 to 10.00 higher; and feeder bulls were mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves ranged 10.00 to 35.00 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
230–235	233	2	150.00–160.00	$154.95	$361	—
280	280	2	152.50–165.00	$158.75	$444	—
285 fancy	285	2	178.00–180.00	$179.00	$510	—
305–325	315	5	155.00–165.00	$158.52	$499	-1.55
305–335 fancy	320	2	172.50–180.00	$176.07	$563	—
350–390	371	12	157.50–170.00	$163.81	$608	+4.35
405–445	419	5	148.00–152.00	$150.00	$628	+1.46
465–498	479	6	154.00–163.00	$157.67	$755	+7.61
530–535	532	3	149.00–154.00	$152.00	$809	+0.65
575–595	580	6	139.00–151.00	$145.66	$845	+1.28
600–640	615	3	141.00–144.00	$142.63	$877	+7.31
650–653	652	5	138.00–145.00	$143.61	$936	+10.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–205	203	2	127.50	$127.50	$259	—
205–225 thin fleshed	215	2	117.50–122.50	$119.88	$258	—
330–345	337	3	140.00	$140.00	$472	+1.04
360–390	374	4	127.50–130.00	$129.35	$484	-7.27
480–490	485	2	124.00–125.00	$124.49	$604	-12.23
540	540	2	125.00	$125.00	$675	-5.08
555–575	565	4	128.00–130.00	$129.49	$732	+1.98
625	625	3	116.00	$116.00	$725	-9.34

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	263	2	110.00–112.50	$111.31	$293	+1.31
355–390	378	3	110.00	$110.00	$416	+8.71

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	268	2	130.00	$130.00	$348	—
325–345	335	4	135.00–142.50	$138.99	$466	—
350–395	372	15	132.50–143.00	$137.16	$510	+5.20
400–440	425	13	132.50–141.00	$136.18	$579	+9.72
450–495	470	10	127.50–138.00	$134.19	$631	+6.33
505–540	514	8	127.00–135.00	$131.77	$677	+8.83
550–586	573	9	120.00–127.00	$121.45	$696	-3.16
605–645	628	11	116.00–120.00	$117.59	$738	-1.67
1045	1045	2	101.00	$101.00	$1,055	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	235	2	120.00–128.00	$123.83	$291	+7.57
270–295	286	5	122.50–127.50	$125.59	$359	—
315–340	325	5	122.50–127.50	$124.98	$406	+2.22
355–390	375	5	115.00–125.00	$120.97	$454	-2.04
400–430	414	8	115.00–122.00	$117.28	$486	-2.73
450–495	471	6	117.00–122.50	$119.75	$564	+2.07
510–545	531	17	112.50–119.00	$116.86	$621	+4.23
555–590	569	5	117.50–118.00	$117.60	$669	—
610–645	628	2	112.50–115.00	$113.72	$714	+1.21
663	663	3	115.00	$115.00	$762	—
730–745	738	2	112.00–114.00	$112.99	$834	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–390	379	5	105.00–110.00	$108.01	$409	+1.50
400–420	410	2	102.50–110.00	$106.34	$436	-2.99
415–440	428	2	95.00–97.50	$96.29	$412	-13.04
450–490	465	3	110.00	$110.00	$512	+8.35
515–540	523	4	105.00–110.00	$106.98	$560	-0.12
570–590 thin fleshed	580	2	95.00	$95.00	$551	—
565–595	585	5	106.00–110.00	$108.49	$635	+6.70
650–695	674	4	100.00–107.50	$104.44	$704	+3.11
700–745	723	2	85.00–87.50	$86.21	$623	-4.29
765–770	768	2	85.00–86.00	$85.50	$657	—
810–830	820	2	88.00–90.00	$88.99	$730	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–420	418	2	110.00	$110.00	$460	+0.66
455–480	468	2	102.00–110.00	$105.89	$496	-1.61

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	424	14	145.00–158.00	$151.50	$642	+5.42
415–445	430	2	132.50–142.50	$137.33	$591	-8.75
450–480	464	11	150.00–159.00	$153.48	$712	+5.36
505–530	518	9	149.00–157.00	$152.42	$790	+2.88
550–595	575	8	135.00–145.00	$140.50	$808	+0.49
600–645	618	10	132.50–141.00	$136.22	$842	+3.18
660–665	663	2	130.00–132.00	$131.00	$869	—
715–740	728	2	124.00–126.00	$124.98	$910	+1.64
756	756	5	118.00	$118.00	$892	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	421	4	127.50–135.00	$132.42	$557	+1.77
450–480	457	5	127.50–137.50	$133.47	$610	+18.99
515–545	528	3	123.00–132.50	$127.41	$673	-0.31
550–575 thin fleshed	563	2	118.00–124.00	$120.93	$681	—
610–645	627	6	117.50–127.50	$123.56	$775	+2.35
730–740	735	2	119.00–123.00	$120.99	$889	+1.64
750–755	753	2	114.00–120.00	$116.99	$881	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–425	413	2	110.00–112.50	$111.29	$460	+1.80
530–535	533	2	100.00–110.00	$104.98	$560	-4.92

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	428	2	110.00	$110.00	$471	+2.55

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1900	1245	80-85%	60	57.00–63.00	$59.96	$747	—
1010–2015	1522	80-85%	44	65.00–70.00	$67.38	$1,026	+1.34

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–930	790	85-90%	2	24.00–28.00	$26.35	$208	—
790–1555	1074	85-90%	14	40.00–44.00	$42.40	$455	-9.35
845–1620	1135	85-90%	29	48.00–54.00	$51.48	$584	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1490	1293	75-80%	15	58.00–64.00	$60.98	$788	—
1105–1730	1478	75-80%	14	66.00–72.00	$68.43	$1,011	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1990	1585	10	87.00–92.50	$89.43	$1,417	-10.26
1040–1995	1723	9	100.00–105.00	$102.29	$1,762	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
835–1235	959	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	675.00–775.00	$727.48
960–975	968	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	750.00	$750.00
1050 thin fleshed	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1060–1215	1126	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	775.00–925.00	$839.71

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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
880 thin fleshed	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	+115.00
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
1105–1195	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,000.00	$974.02	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
655	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–240	220	3	75.00–85.00	$81.08	$178	—

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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.