Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 20, 2023

1,251 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $195.79/cwt ≈ $744/hd at 380 lb · 41 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $206.32/cwt ≈ $774/hd at 375 lb · 38 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $192.52/cwt ≈ $811/hd at 421 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,251	607	1,066
Feeder cattle	930	445	828
Slaughter cattle	280	157	234
Replacement cattle	41	5	4

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 higher, while feeder cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade and demand were active with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–235	225	2	200.00–210.00	$205.22	$462	—
270–295	285	6	200.00–242.50	$218.03	$621	—
300–345	322	13	195.00–245.00	$217.12	$699	—
350–395	371	19	200.00–240.00	$223.80	$830	—
400–440 value added	415	3	240.00–244.00	$242.10	$1,005	—
400–435	419	16	196.00–237.50	$223.14	$935	—
450 value added	450	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,080	—
455–490	467	19	200.00–234.00	$222.83	$1,041	—
508–509 value added	509	28	242.00–243.00	$242.32	$1,233	—
515–535	524	4	195.00–227.50	$209.43	$1,097	—
555–595	569	13	180.00–218.00	$203.43	$1,158	—
610–640	629	4	187.50–207.50	$196.83	$1,238	—
650–695	668	7	177.50–195.00	$185.03	$1,236	—
720–745	735	4	145.00–165.00	$156.32	$1,149	—
760–795	778	5	140.00–162.50	$154.03	$1,198	—
820–845	834	4	120.00–150.00	$137.48	$1,147	—
833–840 value added	834	9	165.00–170.00	$169.44	$1,413	—
865–895	880	2	135.00–155.00	$144.83	$1,275	—
915	915	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,327	—
970	970	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,382	—
1015	1015	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,320	—
1090	1090	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,635	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	180.00	$180.00	$360	—
275–295	285	3	152.00–170.00	$157.96	$450	—
310–335	323	2	158.00–170.00	$163.77	$529	—
350–395	375	5	150.00–185.00	$163.30	$612	—
405–420	413	2	165.00–180.00	$172.36	$712	—
450–495	467	3	158.00–190.00	$170.78	$798	—
520–545	531	4	150.00–190.00	$162.42	$862	—
555	555	1	150.00	$150.00	$832	—
680–690	685	2	150.00–162.50	$156.20	$1,070	—
700–720	710	2	124.00–127.50	$125.73	$893	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	5	147.00	$147.00	$634	—
465–475	472	3	135.00–144.00	$139.64	$659	—
500–525	513	2	130.00–137.50	$133.84	$687	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	110.00	$110.00	$380	—
355–390	373	2	107.50–123.00	$114.89	$429	—
615	615	1	130.00	$130.00	$800	+12.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–220	213	2	167.50–177.50	$172.32	$367	—
215 fancy	215	1	212.50	$212.50	$457	—
255–290	279	8	170.00–207.50	$185.41	$517	—
290 fancy	290	1	215.00	$215.00	$624	—
300–345	323	30	170.00–214.00	$193.34	$624	—
350–396	380	41	175.00–217.00	$195.79	$744	—
400–445	421	38	170.00–215.00	$192.52	$811	—
450–490	464	26	169.00–197.50	$181.98	$844	—
515 value added	515	1	187.00	$187.00	$963	—
505–540	516	17	150.00–177.50	$165.64	$855	—
550–595	571	19	155.00–176.00	$162.67	$929	—
605–645	618	10	140.00–159.00	$149.55	$924	—
650–695	675	11	134.00–152.50	$145.73	$984	—
720–740	730	2	132.50–149.00	$140.64	$1,027	—
770–795	782	5	121.00–142.50	$128.43	$1,004	—
805	805	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,067	—
855–865	862	3	126.00–135.00	$130.33	$1,123	—
900	900	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,080	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	220	3	142.50–160.00	$153.19	$337	—
250–280	265	3	142.50–147.50	$144.76	$384	—
300–345	328	6	136.00–165.00	$153.31	$503	—
350–395	375	23	137.50–170.00	$159.51	$598	—
405–445	428	12	145.00–169.00	$157.85	$676	—
450–490	465	18	134.00–167.50	$154.15	$717	—
510–545	529	4	128.00–147.00	$136.78	$724	—
555–595	577	13	130.00–142.50	$137.05	$791	—
610–645	624	5	118.00–139.00	$130.47	$814	—
665–690	678	6	115.00–128.00	$119.41	$810	—
740	740	1	105.00	$105.00	$777	—
835	835	1	103.00	$103.00	$860	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	87.50	$87.50	$188	—
335	335	1	86.00	$86.00	$288	—
375	375	1	100.00	$100.00	$375	—
430–435	433	2	85.00–95.00	$90.03	$390	+5.03
480	480	1	82.50	$82.50	$396	-13.02
535	535	1	92.50	$92.50	$495	—
570	570	1	100.00	$100.00	$570	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	120.00	$120.00	$432	—
430	430	1	120.00	$120.00	$516	—
480	480	1	113.00	$113.00	$542	—
530	530	1	112.50	$112.50	$596	—
630–645	638	2	107.50–112.50	$110.03	$702	—
665	665	1	105.00	$105.00	$698	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	225	3	200.00–210.00	$203.26	$457	—
250–295	274	11	200.00–232.50	$214.12	$587	—
300–345	324	27	195.00–238.00	$215.16	$697	—
350–395	375	38	190.00–237.50	$206.32	$774	—
400–445	418	27	187.50–225.00	$205.31	$858	—
450–495	471	22	182.50–224.00	$200.57	$945	—
500–545	522	29	179.00–222.50	$197.79	$1,032	—
550–595	574	27	170.00–210.00	$187.20	$1,075	—
600–645	620	12	172.50–200.00	$187.96	$1,165	—
650–675	665	5	170.00–178.00	$173.08	$1,151	—
700–745	722	5	142.50–176.00	$160.05	$1,156	—
760–785	770	6	148.00–162.50	$156.81	$1,207	—
805–840	815	6	124.00–140.00	$133.58	$1,089	—
890	890	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,255	—
950	950	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,140	—
1080	1080	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,231	—
1100	1100	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,298	—
1200	1200	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,608	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	156.00–164.00	$160.00	$384	—
255–290	276	9	142.50–188.00	$166.31	$459	—
315–340	328	5	155.00–187.50	$165.08	$541	—
350–395	369	7	158.00–185.00	$169.13	$624	—
415–440	428	6	140.00–177.50	$163.27	$699	—
455–495	474	11	122.00–180.00	$161.50	$766	—
515–525	522	3	145.00–160.00	$155.06	$809	—
565–580	573	4	140.00–165.00	$154.90	$888	—
605–630	616	6	145.00–166.00	$155.88	$960	—
650–695	670	9	132.00–168.00	$148.45	$995	—
710	710	2	100.00–107.50	$103.75	$737	—
750–795	773	2	110.00–128.00	$118.74	$918	—
800–820	810	2	100.00–118.00	$108.89	$882	—
975	975	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,072	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	325	3	120.00–132.50	$128.08	$416	—
415–435	425	2	134.00–137.50	$135.79	$577	—
615	615	1	117.50	$117.50	$723	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	85.00	$85.00	$302	-5.00
490	490	1	100.00	$100.00	$490	-16.28

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1435	1212	80-85%	19	110.00–118.00	$114.06	$1,382	+8.11
765–2000	1294	80-85%	109	90.00–110.00	$97.74	$1,265	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625–1045	846	85-90%	15	41.00–64.00	$57.85	$489	—
490–1315	893	85-90%	64	67.00–89.00	$79.12	$707	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1635	1404	75-80%	21	85.00–101.00	$92.19	$1,294	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1560	1165	3	80.00–90.00	$85.43	$995	—
1125–1875	1440	14	100.00–120.00	$110.73	$1,595	—
1330–2100	1677	8	124.00–132.00	$126.67	$2,124	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–875	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	925.00–950.00	$937.64
905–915	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	975.00–1,100.00	$1,037.84
790–1135	921	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	900.00–1,450.00	$1,131.25

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–755	717	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	500.00–800.00	$653.87
685–805	745	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	675.00	$675.00
670–1080	893	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	650.00–1,050.00	$886.10

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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
735–1000	870	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,175.00–1,575.00	$1,403.93	—
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
640	640	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	77.50	$77.50	$229	—
355	355	1	82.50	$82.50	$293	+3.72
465–485	478	3	75.00–92.50	$86.59	$414	-3.41
650	650	1	60.00	$60.00	$390	—
710	710	1	78.00	$78.00	$554	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	215	10	140.00–160.00	$151.91	$327	—
290	290	1	140.00	$140.00	$406	+30.00
305–345	325	2	136.00–140.00	$138.12	$449	—
365–370	368	2	110.00–138.00	$124.10	$457	+19.10
410–430	416	4	102.50–146.00	$119.71	$498	-14.29
460–480	470	2	140.00	$140.00	$658	—
505–525	515	2	112.50–140.00	$125.98	$649	—
630	630	1	135.00	$135.00	$850	—
665–685	675	2	112.50–127.50	$120.11	$811	—
700	700	1	128.00	$128.00	$896	—
800	800	1	120.00	$120.00	$960	—

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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.