Harward Brothers Livestock Market Report

Turnersburg, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 27, 2023

917 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $164.02/cwt -21.16 vs last sale · ≈ $934/hd at 569 lb · 29 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $186.62/cwt +2.82 vs last sale · ≈ $877/hd at 470 lb · 23 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $194.43/cwt +5.09 vs last sale · ≈ $821/hd at 422 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	917	871	845
Feeder cattle	637	610	591
Slaughter cattle	267	247	251
Replacement cattle	13	14	3

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago slaughter cattle were 1.00 to 3.00 lower, while feeder cattle were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average. 3 head Goats: 75.00 -155.00, 2 head Sheep: 110.00- 250.00, 22 head Baby Calves: 5.00 to 310.00

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–340	337	3	214.00–252.00	$237.74	$801	+24.97
365–390	380	3	208.00–234.00	$222.40	$845	-6.52
400–440	417	5	202.00–225.00	$212.50	$886	-7.85
455–480	467	6	207.00–248.00	$225.74	$1,054	+8.61
510–545	530	5	211.00–240.00	$226.18	$1,199	+8.56
565–585	574	8	196.00–211.00	$203.77	$1,170	-13.27
600–635	622	5	187.00–210.00	$202.06	$1,257	-2.98
665–695	678	3	160.00–178.00	$168.61	$1,143	-26.65
700	700	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,274	-10.96
775–798	790	6	160.00–174.00	$163.27	$1,290	-26.54

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	150.00	$150.00	$360	—
350–355	353	2	180.00–190.00	$184.96	$653	+14.96
415	415	1	186.00	$186.00	$772	+11.00
450–495	475	5	170.00–198.00	$186.24	$885	+4.24
500–545	523	6	168.00–190.00	$185.46	$970	+2.78
590	590	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,062	—
600	600	1	144.00	$144.00	$864	—
700	700	1	130.00	$130.00	$910	-28.04
780–785	783	2	120.00–140.00	$130.03	$1,018	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	315	2	140.00–148.00	$143.87	$453	—
485	485	1	113.00	$113.00	$548	—
520	520	1	130.00	$130.00	$676	—
550	550	2	132.00	$132.00	$726	-23.00
630	630	1	110.00	$110.00	$693	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	270	7	158.00–172.00	$164.73	$445	-20.54
305–345	326	7	178.00–202.00	$188.01	$613	-0.31
350–395	374	14	180.00–207.00	$196.25	$734	+13.42
405–415 value added	410	3	208.00–212.00	$210.35	$862	+7.76
405–445	424	18	177.00–204.00	$191.78	$813	+6.14
450–490	470	23	170.00–196.00	$186.62	$877	+2.82
505–545	523	17	170.00–192.00	$179.05	$936	-2.08
525 value added	525	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,087	—
555 value added	555	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,110	-20.00
550–595	570	28	150.00–175.00	$162.73	$928	-11.84
600–625	613	10	149.00–172.00	$159.24	$976	-14.27
650–685	666	10	135.00–165.00	$144.96	$965	-17.45
700–730	716	5	130.00–158.00	$142.48	$1,020	-10.93
750–765	758	2	130.00–140.00	$134.95	$1,023	-21.03
800–840	815	3	122.00–141.00	$128.53	$1,048	-6.36
910	910	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,183	+20.00
965	965	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,177	+16.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–235	225	2	146.00–150.00	$147.91	$333	-27.09
280–290	283	3	135.00–144.00	$138.40	$392	-29.10
300–335	318	2	150.00–170.00	$159.45	$507	-3.03
360–385	372	5	150.00–176.00	$163.38	$608	-6.62
400–445	423	8	142.00–170.00	$156.75	$663	-2.06
470–475	473	2	159.00–160.00	$159.50	$754	+4.97
500–545	529	7	154.00–165.00	$159.86	$846	+2.30
550–595	576	5	140.00–148.00	$144.06	$830	+6.84
605–635	622	6	140.00–148.00	$143.98	$896	+2.98
650–670	660	2	120.00–130.00	$124.92	$824	-3.44
710–725	717	3	102.00–120.00	$113.04	$810	-13.61
790–795	793	2	100.00–104.00	$102.01	$809	—
810	810	1	113.00	$113.00	$915	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	120.00	$120.00	$282	—
250–290	270	4	110.00–122.00	$115.86	$313	—
305–340	323	2	130.00–137.00	$133.69	$432	—
355–390	374	6	110.00–140.00	$127.55	$477	-9.27
480	480	1	120.00	$120.00	$576	+4.89
505–545	522	5	120.00–135.00	$124.97	$652	-10.03
575	575	1	100.00	$100.00	$575	-35.00
605–625	613	3	112.00–116.00	$113.36	$695	+3.40

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	274	4	200.00–228.00	$212.80	$583	-18.57
325–345	332	3	210.00–240.00	$228.94	$760	+0.75
350–395	380	17	210.00–246.00	$227.91	$866	+2.89
400–445	422	19	208.00–244.00	$224.73	$948	+13.11
450–495	469	18	200.00–236.00	$217.59	$1,020	+5.03
500–545	520	10	198.00–230.00	$214.33	$1,115	+4.70
550–595	577	13	185.00–215.00	$196.43	$1,133	-3.65
600–645	617	14	186.00–204.00	$195.73	$1,208	+4.80
660–685	670	9	160.00–186.00	$174.02	$1,166	+11.89
700–745	723	5	140.00–162.00	$148.35	$1,073	+19.76
760–795	774	5	119.00–140.00	$127.28	$985	-0.07
800–840	820	4	134.00–147.00	$138.67	$1,137	+11.59
895	895	2	120.00–127.00	$123.50	$1,105	+1.50
910–945	927	3	120.00–130.00	$125.04	$1,159	+5.04
1030	1030	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,226	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	228	3	154.00–174.00	$163.34	$372	—
265	265	1	168.00	$168.00	$445	-27.00
320–335	327	5	158.00–182.00	$169.16	$553	-16.78
350–385	368	5	170.00–206.00	$180.92	$666	-9.37
400–440	416	8	170.00–200.00	$190.80	$794	+1.89
455–495	474	9	160.00–188.00	$172.43	$817	-1.05
510–540	527	13	162.00–194.00	$179.61	$947	+3.03
555–565	560	3	170.00–182.00	$175.70	$984	-2.81
605–640	620	3	153.00–166.00	$158.12	$980	-4.72
655–690	674	6	130.00–155.00	$142.27	$959	+6.34
715–745	731	4	120.00–137.00	$130.56	$954	+3.07

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	126.00	$126.00	$265	—
250–285	268	2	110.00–136.00	$122.15	$327	-17.85
305–335	318	5	130.00–150.00	$142.30	$453	—
385	385	1	130.00	$130.00	$500	-5.27
400	400	1	160.00	$160.00	$640	+35.00
455–495	470	6	120.00–152.00	$139.94	$658	-2.63
500–540	523	8	120.00–150.00	$135.14	$707	-4.17
555–590	567	3	120.00–150.00	$130.49	$740	-6.82
600–645	630	3	110.00–124.00	$116.05	$731	-13.95

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–1140	687	85-90%	19	50.00–60.00	$55.49	$381	—
615–745	690	85-90%	5	38.00–46.00	$43.18	$298	—
530–1475	1019	85-90%	71	65.00–81.00	$75.02	$764	—
705–1430	1055	85-90%	23	82.00–87.00	$83.59	$882	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–2150	1454	80-85%	110	84.00–100.00	$93.32	$1,357	—
1060–2000	1583	80-85%	6	101.00–106.00	$102.41	$1,621	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–2170	1624	75-80%	17	80.00–95.00	$87.04	$1,414	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1155	917	5	92.00–100.00	$96.74	$887	—
670–2170	1507	19	102.00–114.00	$109.93	$1,657	—
1945–2100	2040	3	118.00–121.00	$119.36	$2,435	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–1325	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	725.00–1,100.00	$944.30

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00

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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
735–790	763	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–1,100.00	$931.31	—
935–1210	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00	±0.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
610–735	673	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	830.00–910.00	$866.28	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
565	565	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

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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.