Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 21, 2020

658 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $115.94/cwt -3.95 vs last sale · ≈ $603/hd at 520 lb · 17 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 steers $119.58/cwt -4.65 vs last sale · ≈ $680/hd at 569 lb · 14 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $125.61/cwt +1.27 vs last sale · ≈ $531/hd at 423 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	658	630
Feeder cattle	523	483
Slaughter cattle	105	133
Replacement cattle	30	14

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was plain. Goat receipts 5.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	137.50	$137.50	$323	+6.17
250–290	268	4	115.00–135.00	$121.26	$325	-13.74
320–340	330	2	120.00–130.00	$125.15	$413	-5.00
360–395	375	3	127.50–130.00	$129.18	$484	-4.91
460–480	469	5	115.00–133.00	$125.86	$590	-4.14
505–545	530	4	112.00–125.00	$117.88	$625	-2.12
550–585	569	14	111.00–125.00	$119.58	$680	-4.65
600–640	622	8	114.00–122.00	$119.02	$740	+2.02
655–665	662	5	115.00–127.00	$121.21	$802	+6.11
725	725	1	113.00	$113.00	$819	—
760–765	763	2	112.00–115.00	$113.50	$866	+2.50
820–830	825	2	110.00–111.00	$110.50	$912	-1.50
875–895	885	2	109.00–112.00	$110.48	$978	-1.52

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	140.00	$140.00	$385	-6.22
300–340	318	7	135.00–147.50	$141.21	$449	+3.71
350–390	371	9	136.00–149.00	$142.39	$528	-3.96
395	395	1	134.00	$134.00	$529	-12.35
410–445	428	4	135.00–145.00	$140.32	$601	-3.64
450–463	459	6	137.00–149.00	$147.04	$675	+6.56
500	500	1	133.00	$133.00	$665	-4.99
557	557	5	133.00	$133.00	$741	—
635	635	1	123.00	$123.00	$781	—
680	680	2	125.00	$125.00	$850	—
830	830	1	118.00	$118.00	$979	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	100.00	$100.00	$240	—
295	295	1	105.00	$105.00	$310	—
330–345	338	2	110.00	$110.00	$372	—
520–530	525	2	100.00–110.00	$104.95	$551	—
585 thin fleshed	585	1	90.00	$90.00	$526	—
640	640	1	100.00	$100.00	$640	-4.99
695	695	1	98.00	$98.00	$681	—
705–730	722	3	103.00–112.00	$109.07	$787	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	110.00	$110.00	$374	+5.00
365	365	1	100.00	$100.00	$365	+10.00
455	455	1	110.00	$110.00	$500	—
490 thin fleshed	490	1	90.00	$90.00	$441	-2.50
515 thin fleshed	515	1	90.00	$90.00	$464	—
640	640	1	95.00	$95.00	$608	±0.00
785	785	1	100.00	$100.00	$785	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	125.00	$125.00	$225	—
215–245	230	2	117.50–120.00	$118.67	$273	—
270–283	281	6	115.00–118.00	$117.52	$330	-5.08
305–345	326	5	112.00–125.00	$118.58	$387	-0.59
355–385	370	8	112.00–126.00	$121.74	$450	-0.23
400–445	423	10	116.00–125.00	$120.56	$510	-1.14
450–485	468	9	114.00–123.00	$118.62	$555	+0.22
500–540	517	6	111.00–115.00	$113.48	$587	-4.52
580–585	583	2	112.00–113.00	$112.50	$656	-1.71
600	600	1	110.00	$110.00	$660	-1.99

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	278	3	105.00–112.50	$109.33	$304	—
280 thin fleshed	280	1	92.50	$92.50	$259	—
300–325	308	3	102.50–110.00	$105.95	$326	-4.05
375–390	382	3	97.50–110.00	$105.85	$404	+2.73
405	405	1	85.00	$85.00	$344	-19.99
420 thin fleshed	420	1	95.00	$95.00	$399	—
425	425	1	109.00	$109.00	$463	+4.01
460–490	480	5	97.00–110.00	$102.13	$490	-5.88
500–545	517	9	100.00–110.00	$105.02	$543	+0.83
520	520	1	90.00	$90.00	$468	-14.19
553–590	565	11	102.00–110.00	$105.73	$597	-4.77
605 thin fleshed	605	1	92.00	$92.00	$557	—
605–640	627	5	97.00–107.00	$102.58	$643	-3.44
655	655	1	96.00	$96.00	$629	-4.67
660	660	1	90.00	$90.00	$594	-10.67
705	705	1	98.00	$98.00	$691	-4.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	275	3	107.50–112.00	$109.82	$302	-2.68
305–335	323	5	97.50–112.00	$101.77	$329	—
310–345 thin fleshed	328	2	90.00	$90.00	$295	—
355–385 thin fleshed	369	6	90.00–92.50	$90.84	$335	—
370–390	380	2	100.00–111.00	$105.64	$401	-0.06
415–420	418	2	90.00–97.50	$93.73	$392	-18.27
475–480 thin fleshed	478	2	90.00–92.00	$91.01	$435	—
515–540	521	4	100.00–108.00	$103.55	$539	+1.36
515–540 thin fleshed	528	2	85.00–95.00	$90.12	$476	—
580–595	588	2	100.00–108.00	$104.05	$612	-0.98
770	770	1	100.00	$100.00	$770	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–390	387	3	127.00–130.00	$128.01	$495	-4.22
415–430	422	3	126.00–127.00	$126.67	$535	-3.78
425	425	1	117.00	$117.00	$497	-13.45
475–495	485	2	119.00–120.00	$119.51	$580	-10.60
450–495	487	9	124.00–129.00	$127.39	$620	-2.72
500–520	510	7	116.00–119.00	$117.27	$598	-1.11
568	568	3	117.00	$117.00	$665	+1.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	90.00	$90.00	$364	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	125.00	$125.00	$319	—
350	350	1	132.50	$132.50	$464	—
400–445	423	13	115.00–132.00	$125.61	$531	+1.27
455–495	477	10	113.00–129.00	$121.62	$580	-1.79
500–540	520	17	108.00–128.00	$115.94	$603	-3.95
550–595	571	8	112.00–119.00	$114.12	$652	-2.08
600–627	619	6	112.00–114.00	$113.34	$702	—
660	660	1	108.00	$108.00	$713	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–435	425	2	100.00–105.00	$102.44	$435	-5.03
440 thin fleshed	440	1	90.00	$90.00	$396	—
470	470	1	92.50	$92.50	$435	+2.50
450–495	473	6	100.00–112.50	$108.09	$511	+5.59
500–515	507	3	105.00–110.00	$107.98	$547	+1.47
565–580	573	2	105.00–110.00	$107.47	$616	-1.04
610–645	629	5	102.00–110.00	$106.20	$668	+5.36
640	640	1	95.00	$95.00	$608	-5.84
665	665	1	85.00	$85.00	$565	-24.00
655–695	670	9	97.00–109.00	$102.37	$686	-6.63
680 thin fleshed	680	1	95.00	$95.00	$646	—
705	705	1	96.00	$96.00	$677	-1.00
712–730	716	9	95.00–103.00	$99.77	$714	+2.77
760–780	770	2	97.00–98.00	$97.49	$751	-5.51
835	835	1	85.00	$85.00	$710	-9.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470 thin fleshed	470	1	90.00	$90.00	$423	—
455–485	473	3	100.00–110.00	$103.20	$488	—
505	505	1	100.00	$100.00	$505	+4.95
570–590	582	3	95.00–105.00	$100.04	$582	-2.99
605 thin fleshed	605	1	90.00	$90.00	$544	—
670–695	679	4	101.00–106.00	$103.23	$701	—
725 thin fleshed	725	1	93.00	$93.00	$674	—
730–740	735	2	98.00–99.00	$98.50	$724	—
755	755	1	95.00	$95.00	$717	—
795 thin fleshed	795	1	91.00	$91.00	$723	-1.00
815	815	1	96.00	$96.00	$782	+1.00
845 thin fleshed	845	1	88.00	$88.00	$744	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	143.00	$143.00	$408	—
340	340	1	135.00	$135.00	$459	—
355	355	1	136.00	$136.00	$483	—
410–445	429	9	136.00–144.00	$140.08	$601	-3.47
455–460	457	3	122.50–142.00	$133.17	$609	-4.84

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1525	1104	80-85%	29	51.00–64.00	$56.45	$623	—
920–1405	1154	80-85%	4	64.00–68.00	$65.86	$760	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–1030	830	85-90%	9	32.00–43.00	$36.83	$306	—
720–1185	981	85-90%	11	45.00–51.00	$48.97	$480	+12.96
1275	1275	85-90%	1	65.00	$65.00	$829	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1740	1418	75-80%	10	50.00–59.00	$53.36	$757	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1915	1575	3	66.00–76.00	$73.42	$1,156	—
1370–2060	1687	8	78.00–86.00	$80.46	$1,357	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
860–1140	942	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	516.00–787.00	$624.73
930–1070	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	550.00–749.00	$645.18
990	990	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00
1045–1095	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	600.00–675.00	$632.75
1280	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
635–830	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	412.00–544.00	$460.52
870	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	375.00	$375.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
635	635	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	525.00	$525.00	—

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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.