Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 30, 2023

717 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.95/cwt -23.19 vs last sale · ≈ $557/hd at 374 lb · 29 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.22/cwt -6.78 vs last sale · ≈ $755/hd at 520 lb · 26 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $143.38/cwt -13.08 vs last sale · ≈ $608/hd at 424 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	717	576	904
Feeder cattle	559	380	667
Slaughter cattle	157	180	224
Replacement cattle	1	16	13

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle were mostly 6.00 to 8.00 higher, while feeder cattle were steady to 2.00 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
285	285	1	150.00	$150.00	$428	-50.00
335	335	2	137.50–160.00	$148.75	$498	-44.75
370–390	379	4	173.00–194.00	$185.35	$702	-2.61
405–425	418	3	163.00–194.00	$179.25	$749	+5.25
455–495	470	7	155.00–187.00	$171.37	$805	+0.75
505–525	515	2	172.00–178.00	$175.06	$902	+3.52
560–595	577	3	169.00–178.00	$172.95	$998	+1.33
625–636	634	5	166.00–170.00	$169.21	$1,073	+0.11
650–690	668	3	133.00–165.00	$146.52	$979	-15.46
730	730	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,051	-4.04
885	885	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,000	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	320	2	115.00–130.00	$122.03	$390	-27.97
350	350	1	150.00	$150.00	$525	+10.00
425–440	433	2	140.00	$140.00	$606	—
475–495	485	2	139.00	$139.00	$674	—
530	530	1	125.00	$125.00	$662	-11.00
610	610	1	128.00	$128.00	$781	+10.57

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	95.00	$95.00	$370	—
445	445	1	92.50	$92.50	$412	-11.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–235	210	11	130.00–162.50	$142.40	$299	-3.90
255–290	277	18	128.00–162.50	$140.03	$388	+1.17
300–348	326	23	131.00–160.00	$143.52	$468	+1.12
355–361 fancy	360	4	168.00	$168.00	$605	—
350–395	376	25	130.00–161.00	$145.90	$549	-4.10
405 fancy	405	2	161.00–163.00	$162.00	$656	—
410–445	426	23	127.50–159.00	$141.76	$604	-10.16
450–495	476	24	124.00–159.00	$144.26	$687	-9.47
500–545	520	25	125.00–157.00	$144.51	$751	-7.49
525 fancy	525	1	163.00	$163.00	$856	—
550–595	567	13	120.00–150.00	$137.87	$782	-1.43
605–640	625	13	130.00–144.00	$137.19	$857	-3.81
650–690	669	8	117.50–138.00	$128.52	$860	-0.75
700–745	725	7	113.00–128.00	$119.68	$868	+3.39
760–765	762	3	107.50–123.00	$116.81	$890	+2.47
805–845	825	3	117.00–118.00	$117.50	$969	—
855	855	1	105.00	$105.00	$898	—
985	985	1	94.00	$94.00	$926	-13.04
1040	1040	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,082	—
1075	1075	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,064	-5.00
1150	1150	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,196	—
1210	1210	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,283	+10.00
1220 fancy	1220	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,464	+1.00
1305	1305	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,227	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–210	205	2	102.50–120.00	$111.46	$228	—
260–270	265	2	112.50–124.00	$118.14	$313	—
305–345	320	3	112.50–120.00	$116.72	$374	—
360–395	379	7	107.50–127.50	$118.63	$450	-11.37
405–440	422	3	117.00–122.00	$119.70	$505	+2.05
455–485	472	6	110.00–122.00	$114.94	$543	-15.06
500–541	529	7	110.00–119.00	$115.62	$612	-4.38
640	640	1	114.00	$114.00	$730	+10.54
680–690	685	2	104.00–111.00	$107.47	$736	-2.79

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	102.50	$102.50	$277	—
310–320	315	3	82.50–100.00	$92.59	$292	—
365–385	375	2	95.00–105.00	$99.87	$375	—
410–430	418	3	85.00–97.50	$90.74	$379	+6.74
465	465	1	82.50	$82.50	$384	—
520	520	1	99.00	$99.00	$515	—
560–595	574	4	80.00–92.50	$85.54	$491	-2.46
600	600	1	90.00	$90.00	$540	—
675	675	1	95.00	$95.00	$641	—
710	710	1	85.00	$85.00	$604	—
870	870	1	83.00	$83.00	$722	—
910	910	1	83.00	$83.00	$755	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–375	363	2	120.00	$120.00	$436	—
575	575	1	114.00	$114.00	$656	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	235	6	142.50–155.00	$151.66	$356	-16.48
255–295	280	7	157.50–197.50	$175.91	$493	-10.07
305–345	328	17	185.00–211.00	$196.33	$644	+5.87
360–395	384	23	157.50–194.00	$180.69	$694	-3.19
400–445	418	22	157.50–196.00	$173.02	$723	-8.70
450–495	469	19	155.00–186.00	$170.50	$800	+1.02
500–545	523	13	137.50–171.00	$154.46	$808	-8.83
550–595	569	8	140.00–173.00	$157.39	$896	-4.06
605–640	621	11	137.00–167.00	$156.37	$971	+2.56
660–690	675	5	136.00–152.50	$145.44	$982	-0.53
700–730	715	8	120.00–154.00	$146.04	$1,044	+11.82
755–795	772	3	114.00–134.00	$121.26	$936	+1.59

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	263	2	107.50–117.50	$112.26	$295	-28.24
310–320	315	2	130.00–140.00	$134.92	$425	-16.08
370–395	386	4	120.00–140.00	$133.67	$516	+3.67
415–440	429	5	105.00–130.00	$120.45	$517	-9.38
450–480	464	6	105.00–134.00	$122.00	$566	—
550–585	566	5	114.00–132.00	$121.88	$690	—
690	690	1	110.00	$110.00	$759	-10.00

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	90.00	$90.00	$194	—
265–295	280	2	80.00–90.00	$85.27	$239	—
345	345	1	90.00	$90.00	$310	—
395	395	1	88.00	$88.00	$348	—
450–485	468	2	102.50	$102.50	$480	—
525–540	533	2	82.00	$82.00	$437	-20.00
580	580	1	98.00	$98.00	$568	—
640	640	1	70.00	$70.00	$448	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–435	423	2	117.50–144.00	$131.14	$555	—
545	545	1	118.00	$118.00	$643	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–2110	1344	80-85%	70	77.00–94.00	$87.75	$1,179	+9.68
1015–2135	1503	80-85%	29	95.00–104.00	$97.69	$1,468	+10.76

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645–1220	861	85-90%	14	39.00–59.00	$51.41	$443	+3.99
490–1295	904	85-90%	23	60.00–76.00	$68.37	$618	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1655	1553	75-80%	8	77.00–92.00	$85.57	$1,329	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–2115	1399	6	97.00–106.00	$104.03	$1,455	—
1495–1575	1535	2	84.00–87.00	$85.54	$1,313	—

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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
670	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	670.00	$670.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–320	313	2	72.50–75.00	$73.78	$231	—
350–370	360	2	70.00–85.00	$77.29	$278	—
480	480	1	65.00	$65.00	$312	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	211	5	122.50–137.50	$130.72	$276	—
270	270	1	90.00	$90.00	$243	—
545	545	1	116.00	$116.00	$632	—
590	590	1	116.00	$116.00	$684	—
660	660	1	116.00	$116.00	$766	—
710–740	725	2	112.00–113.00	$112.49	$816	—
795	795	1	109.00	$109.00	$867	—
1005	1005	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,045	—

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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.