Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 12, 2022

778 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $146.49/cwt +1.70 vs last sale · ≈ $545/hd at 372 lb · 28 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $151.11/cwt +6.52 vs last sale · ≈ $642/hd at 425 lb · 22 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $150.77/cwt +3.86 vs last sale · ≈ $706/hd at 468 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	778	1,040	898
Feeder cattle	477	797	601
Slaughter cattle	281	229	269
Replacement cattle	20	14	28

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle were mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower, while feeder cattle were 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade and demand was moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle 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
270–295	283	2	152.50–160.00	$156.42	$443	+8.76
320	320	2	152.50–157.50	$155.00	$496	-1.03
405–440	424	7	153.00–178.00	$166.11	$704	+1.84
450–485	468	4	147.50–168.00	$162.20	$759	+1.50
500–523	515	4	146.00–168.00	$155.90	$803	-9.69
610–639	634	6	154.00–155.00	$154.84	$982	-2.20
660–675	665	11	144.00–162.00	$151.13	$1,005	+10.50
725	725	1	131.00	$131.00	$950	-9.92
1380	1380	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,449	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	132.50	$132.50	$424	—
540	540	1	120.00	$120.00	$648	—
700	700	1	118.00	$118.00	$826	—
775–790	783	2	105.00–106.00	$105.50	$826	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	120.00	$120.00	$294	—
380	380	1	120.00	$120.00	$456	+7.50

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	80.00	$80.00	$316	—
565	565	1	95.00	$95.00	$537	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	229	4	130.00–142.50	$136.08	$312	+8.29
250–285	270	4	120.00–136.00	$124.36	$336	-0.84
305–345	328	6	127.00–131.00	$128.85	$423	+1.94
355–390	382	10	121.00–135.00	$124.53	$476	-2.80
405–440	423	15	118.00–127.50	$123.15	$521	-9.08
450–481	470	15	121.00–130.00	$123.76	$582	-8.08
500–545	528	9	118.00–127.00	$122.39	$646	-7.86
565	565	1	127.50	$127.50	$720	-4.80
610 fancy	610	1	140.00	$140.00	$854	—
605–620	612	3	120.00–129.00	$124.97	$765	+0.84
650–680	667	6	114.00–121.00	$118.81	$792	-3.60
870	870	1	104.00	$104.00	$905	—
910–925	918	2	111.00–112.00	$111.50	$1,024	+10.50
1050–1075	1060	3	110.00–120.00	$116.35	$1,233	+10.35

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–235	233	2	102.50	$102.50	$239	—
290	290	1	115.00	$115.00	$334	—
315	315	1	110.00	$110.00	$346	-0.88
375–397	391	8	103.00–114.00	$111.68	$437	-2.58
410–445	430	5	103.00–114.00	$109.37	$470	-6.13
450–480	468	10	100.00–116.00	$108.84	$509	-4.06
510–535	523	7	109.00–117.50	$113.46	$593	-5.54
575–595	588	3	105.00–110.00	$107.98	$635	-2.99
620–635	628	2	98.00–105.00	$101.54	$638	-9.86
690	690	1	102.00	$102.00	$704	—
735	735	1	92.00	$92.00	$676	-6.75
790	790	2	92.00–100.00	$96.00	$758	+4.01
1025	1025	1	85.00	$85.00	$871	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	97.50	$97.50	$283	+4.43
365–395	382	3	90.00–100.00	$95.95	$367	+1.42
415–425	420	2	80.00–90.00	$85.06	$357	-13.79
465	465	1	80.00	$80.00	$372	-16.34
505–545	524	5	80.00–96.00	$87.64	$459	-9.79
580–590	585	2	88.00–100.00	$93.95	$550	+5.93
610–630	620	2	83.00–95.00	$89.10	$552	-0.72
660–695	669	4	75.00–94.00	$86.35	$578	-3.65
725	725	1	80.00	$80.00	$580	—
750	750	1	81.00	$81.00	$608	—
805–830	818	2	83.00–91.00	$86.94	$711	—
990	990	1	84.00	$84.00	$832	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	112.50	$112.50	$309	—
355	355	1	92.50	$92.50	$328	—
445	445	1	102.00	$102.00	$454	—
455–470	463	2	102.00–104.00	$102.98	$477	—
590	590	1	98.00	$98.00	$578	—
610	610	1	106.00	$106.00	$647	—
865	865	1	100.00	$100.00	$865	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–240	223	2	155.00–157.50	$156.15	$348	+28.65
250–290	267	14	132.50–165.00	$155.94	$416	+17.05
300–345	320	11	140.00–170.00	$158.42	$507	+13.90
350–395	372	28	132.00–166.00	$146.49	$545	+1.70
400–445	425	22	135.00–167.50	$151.11	$642	+6.52
450–495	468	20	130.00–164.00	$150.77	$706	+3.86
500–545	520	10	130.00–168.00	$151.25	$786	+2.34
550–595	571	16	129.00–159.00	$144.77	$827	-2.40
600–640	619	17	125.00–155.00	$141.23	$874	+0.40
655–690	680	5	125.00–135.00	$130.02	$884	-1.95
715–730	723	4	110.00–133.00	$120.71	$873	-1.28
750–755	752	3	110.00–127.00	$116.98	$880	+2.98
800–835	814	5	99.00–110.00	$103.39	$842	+1.90
980	980	1	100.00	$100.00	$980	-7.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	320	3	127.50–137.50	$132.40	$424	+17.55
350–395	376	4	110.00–126.00	$118.23	$445	+2.53
410–430	420	4	120.00–130.00	$123.29	$518	-1.61
460–495	474	4	110.00–125.00	$119.60	$567	+0.28
525–540	533	5	107.00–125.00	$114.32	$609	-2.62
560–585	573	2	110.00–127.00	$118.31	$678	+6.62
605–640	623	2	120.00–121.00	$120.49	$751	+2.20
650–685	668	2	110.00–123.00	$116.33	$777	+8.14
700–740	713	3	90.00–108.00	$99.35	$708	+1.53
765–775	770	2	96.00	$96.00	$739	-4.88
905–910	908	2	90.00	$90.00	$817	—
1030	1030	2	90.00	$90.00	$927	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–365	360	2	95.00–100.00	$97.47	$351	+2.82
495	495	1	102.00	$102.00	$505	+4.50
500	500	1	90.00	$90.00	$450	-3.42
635–645	640	2	80.00–100.00	$89.92	$575	+2.92
660	660	1	104.00	$104.00	$686	+17.74
700	700	1	90.00	$90.00	$630	+8.98
815–845	828	3	80.00–85.00	$83.36	$690	-3.17

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	124.00	$124.00	$310	—
335–345	340	2	125.00–137.50	$131.16	$446	—
440	440	1	122.50	$122.50	$539	—
730	730	1	100.00	$100.00	$730	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–1635	909	85-90%	34	36.00–55.00	$45.71	$416	—
705–1695	1158	85-90%	98	55.00–68.00	$62.49	$724	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–2080	1433	80-85%	74	68.00–79.00	$72.52	$1,039	—
1030–2030	1548	80-85%	11	80.00–84.00	$81.78	$1,266	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1500	1463	75-80%	2	75.00–76.00	$75.51	$1,105	—
1155–2030	1616	75-80%	30	62.00–74.00	$67.13	$1,085	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1705	1177	8	74.00–84.00	$79.50	$936	—
1515–1885	1700	2	101.00–103.00	$101.89	$1,732	—
1275–2155	1758	10	85.00–97.00	$91.59	$1,610	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1415	1174	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	675.00–1,075.00	$935.42
1140–1385	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–1,025.00	$931.33

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–825	745	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	310.00–500.00	$415.20
775	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	465.00	$465.00
840–900	870	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	475.00–575.00	$523.28

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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
915–1120	1018	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	600.00–1,000.00	$820.15	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	60.00	$60.00	$168	—
340	340	1	63.00	$63.00	$214	—
585	585	1	51.00	$51.00	$298	—
980	980	1	70.00	$70.00	$686	-6.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	213	2	75.00	$75.00	$160	—
400	400	1	64.00	$64.00	$256	+2.00
505–540	523	2	56.00–57.00	$56.48	$295	—
600	600	1	56.00	$56.00	$336	—
740	740	1	80.00	$80.00	$592	—
1105	1105	1	78.00	$78.00	$862	—

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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.