Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 7, 2020

812 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $126.73/cwt ≈ $597/hd at 471 lb · 43 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $114.53/cwt ≈ $600/hd at 524 lb · 23 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $121.19/cwt ≈ $877/hd at 724 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	812	519	813
Feeder cattle	699	—	583
Slaughter cattle	97	—	160
Replacement cattle	16	—	70

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly 3 to 10 lower.. Feeder cattle were mostly steady with a few 3 to 4 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were average. Cattle quality was still below average.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
200–245	232	7	140.00–155.00	$146.95	$341
255–295	275	11	140.00–162.50	$150.36	$413
305–335	323	14	140.00–161.00	$150.58	$486
355–395	375	14	142.50–155.00	$147.89	$555
410–430	417	3	134.00–153.00	$146.46	$611
450–493	475	6	138.00–149.00	$141.08	$670
500–545	528	6	130.00–133.00	$131.52	$694
550–585	570	10	121.00–131.00	$129.54	$738
700–741	724	23	120.00–122.00	$121.19	$877

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
155	155	1	130.00	$130.00	$202
295	295	1	125.00	$125.00	$369
300–335	316	7	115.00–135.00	$128.60	$406
350–390	372	10	117.50–137.50	$129.29	$481
440	440	1	124.00	$124.00	$546
475–485	478	3	120.00–125.00	$122.98	$588
500–545	526	9	112.00–128.00	$120.85	$636
550–595	573	13	117.50–128.00	$123.44	$707
605–645	634	7	115.00–126.00	$121.33	$769
650–690	673	7	120.00–125.00	$122.28	$823
700–725	713	2	114.00–115.00	$114.49	$816
815	815	1	115.00	$115.00	$937
850	850	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,020

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
345	345	1	95.00	$95.00	$328
365–395	379	4	100.00–110.00	$103.01	$390
395	395	1	90.00	$90.00	$356
435	435	1	110.00	$110.00	$478
480	480	1	103.00	$103.00	$494
570	570	1	105.00	$105.00	$598
610–645	628	2	105.00	$105.00	$659
665	665	1	90.00	$90.00	$598

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
240	240	1	110.00	$110.00	$264
345	345	1	112.50	$112.50	$388
350–365	358	2	102.50–110.00	$106.33	$381
515–525	520	2	107.50–110.00	$108.74	$565
600	600	1	110.00	$110.00	$660

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
220–235	228	2	117.50–127.50	$122.66	$280
255–295	268	10	115.00–125.00	$121.18	$325
305–345	325	7	115.00–127.50	$123.25	$401
360–395	378	16	115.00–127.00	$119.90	$453
400–445	420	11	114.00–130.00	$121.25	$509
450–495	476	17	112.00–125.00	$117.12	$557
500–545	524	23	112.00–117.00	$114.53	$600
550–596	579	17	112.00–120.00	$114.63	$664
600–635	618	8	111.00–115.00	$113.13	$699

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
230–245	238	2	95.00–100.00	$97.58	$232
260	260	1	107.50	$107.50	$280
320	320	1	100.00	$100.00	$320
355–360	358	2	105.00	$105.00	$376
430	430	1	100.00	$100.00	$430
450–495	468	8	95.00–111.00	$103.32	$484
505	505	1	90.00	$90.00	$454
515–545	533	8	100.00–112.00	$108.67	$579
550–597	584	12	105.00–111.00	$106.75	$623
600–645	617	10	95.00–111.00	$105.70	$652
650–685	668	15	94.00–108.00	$103.46	$691
700–710	707	3	91.00–95.00	$92.99	$657
755–765	760	2	92.00–108.00	$99.95	$760
760	760	1	90.00	$90.00	$684
775	775	1	90.00	$90.00	$698
830	830	1	94.00	$94.00	$780

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
265–285	275	2	130.00–132.50	$131.30	$361
310–335	323	6	129.00–134.00	$132.15	$427
350–395	373	11	128.00–135.00	$130.71	$488
385	385	1	125.00	$125.00	$481
400	400	1	121.00	$121.00	$484
410–446	429	15	126.00–135.00	$129.57	$556
450–460	456	5	125.00–130.00	$127.59	$582
498	498	5	122.00	$122.00	$608
500	500	1	115.00	$115.00	$575
500–535	521	5	118.00–121.00	$118.62	$618
569	569	4	113.00	$113.00	$643
570	570	4	119.00	$119.00	$678

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
205	205	1	100.00	$100.00	$205
315–335	327	3	100.00–110.00	$105.03	$343
370–380	377	3	100.00–112.50	$107.46	$405
445	445	1	102.50	$102.50	$456
450–495	480	3	90.00–110.00	$101.69	$488
525	525	1	110.00	$110.00	$578
560–590	575	2	111.00–112.00	$111.49	$641
605–648	630	10	96.00–108.00	$102.72	$647
665	665	1	90.00	$90.00	$598
655–699	687	7	92.00–108.00	$103.99	$714
705–725	713	3	90.00–95.00	$92.00	$656
785	785	1	93.00	$93.00	$730
815	815	1	106.00	$106.00	$864

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
405–445	428	13	92.50–133.00	$124.47	$533
450–495	471	43	113.00–131.00	$126.73	$597
500–545	522	20	115.00–125.00	$120.50	$629
555–590	573	9	115.00–122.00	$117.86	$675
605	605	1	114.00	$114.00	$690

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
465–495	481	5	105.00–110.00	$107.49	$517
510–540	531	4	100.00–110.00	$104.77	$556
550–585	568	8	100.00–111.00	$105.44	$599
570	570	1	90.00	$90.00	$513
600–640	619	13	99.00–111.00	$104.74	$648
650–695	669	4	90.00–105.00	$98.86	$661
695	695	1	90.00	$90.00	$626
705–740	723	2	93.00–98.00	$95.44	$690
750	750	1	95.00	$95.00	$712

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
335	335	1	157.00	$157.00	$526
400–445	423	10	135.00–149.00	$139.19	$589
450–475	462	5	135.00–147.00	$140.31	$648
536	536	5	118.00	$118.00	$632

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
450	450	1	110.00	$110.00	$495
530	530	1	90.00	$90.00	$477
585	585	1	100.00	$100.00	$585
625	625	1	100.00	$100.00	$625
660–680	670	2	90.00–95.00	$92.46	$619
705	705	1	96.00	$96.00	$677

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
655–1280	1010	85-90%	26	30.00–44.00	$38.80	$392
795–1385	1119	85-90%	17	45.00–52.00	$48.20	$539

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910–1260	1069	80-85%	10	52.00–58.00	$55.27	$591
1015–1240	1102	80-85%	3	44.00–50.00	$45.84	$505

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1445	1445	75-80%	1	54.00	$54.00	$780
1065–1880	1446	75-80%	8	44.00–50.00	$47.63	$689

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1060–1910	1498	5	44.00–77.00	$67.21	$1,007
1195–2350	1750	6	78.00–80.00	$79.27	$1,387

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	484.00	$484.00
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00
865–1330	1168	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	485.00–800.00	$697.06
1160–1430	1288	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	675.00–900.00	$767.72

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00
1195	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00
1085–1320	1203	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	825.00–875.00	$852.44

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
445	445	1	49.00	$49.00	$218

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
285	285	1	35.00	$35.00	$100

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
315	315	1	46.00	$46.00	$145

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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.