Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 18, 2020

672 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $118.21/cwt +4.84 vs last sale · ≈ $556/hd at 470 lb · 23 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $117.81/cwt -3.89 vs last sale · ≈ $437/hd at 371 lb · 19 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $123.17/cwt -3.69 vs last sale · ≈ $581/hd at 472 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	672	705	1,290
Feeder cattle	543	489	1,037
Slaughter cattle	104	181	185
Replacement cattle	25	35	68

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current goat receipts 4. Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady. Feeder cattle were mostly steady with lighter weight calves 8.00 to 12.00 lower. Demand was fairly light; market activity and buyer interest were fairly slow. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was plain. Baby calves ranged 5.00 to 27.50 per head.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	140.00	$140.00	$343	—
280	280	1	137.50	$137.50	$385	-16.32
320–330	327	3	140.00–147.50	$143.29	$469	-11.25
360–390	373	6	140.00–149.00	$145.17	$541	-5.86
380–390	385	2	135.00–136.00	$135.49	$522	-15.54
400–410	408	4	135.00–143.00	$138.47	$565	-10.58
458–495	474	8	134.00–140.00	$136.46	$647	-8.22
505–545	528	13	128.00–137.50	$133.60	$705	-1.49
555–590	571	8	128.00–135.00	$131.25	$749	+1.61
600–645	624	5	127.00–131.00	$128.38	$801	+2.38
650	650	1	124.00	$124.00	$806	—
710	710	1	112.00	$112.00	$795	—
725	725	1	119.00	$119.00	$863	—
808	808	3	117.00	$117.00	$945	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160	160	1	130.00	$130.00	$208	+12.50
220	220	1	115.00	$115.00	$253	-11.82
280–290	283	3	120.00–132.50	$127.53	$361	+7.34
310–345	334	10	100.00–137.50	$126.21	$422	-8.32
350–395	373	12	112.50–135.00	$126.15	$471	-4.12
455	455	1	127.00	$127.00	$578	+9.50
575–590	583	5	116.00–126.00	$121.18	$706	+0.45
680	680	1	123.00	$123.00	$836	—
705–740	724	4	92.50–114.00	$107.04	$775	—
780	780	2	110.00–115.00	$112.50	$878	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275	273	2	110.00	$110.00	$300	-2.50
300–340	320	2	100.00–110.00	$105.31	$337	-4.69
355–395	378	5	100.00–110.00	$105.95	$400	+5.95
495	495	1	100.00	$100.00	$495	-10.00
600	600	1	100.00	$100.00	$600	—
630	630	1	90.00	$90.00	$567	—
685	685	1	100.00	$100.00	$685	—
710	710	1	96.00	$96.00	$682	-9.00
875	875	1	90.00	$90.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	110.00	$110.00	$352	—
350	350	1	100.00	$100.00	$350	+5.00
555 thin fleshed	555	1	95.00	$95.00	$527	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	120.00	$120.00	$768	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	120.00	$120.00	$258	+3.97
270	270	1	102.50	$102.50	$277	-17.89
300–345	326	7	111.00–116.00	$114.06	$372	-4.05
355–395	371	19	112.00–125.00	$117.81	$437	-3.89
400–445	424	17	111.00–124.00	$117.25	$497	+1.04
455–495	470	23	111.00–123.00	$118.21	$556	+4.84
505–540	528	5	111.00–117.00	$113.42	$599	+2.15
560–598	580	8	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$664	+0.90
625–645	634	4	110.00–113.00	$111.50	$707	+0.01

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–210	208	2	110.00	$110.00	$229	—
250	250	1	112.50	$112.50	$281	—
295	295	1	90.00	$90.00	$266	—
320	320	1	90.00	$90.00	$288	—
310–340	330	5	97.50–112.50	$103.64	$342	—
370 thin fleshed	370	1	82.50	$82.50	$305	—
370	370	1	90.00	$90.00	$333	-17.83
370–395	379	4	100.00–110.00	$104.40	$396	-3.43
405–445	419	8	95.00–110.00	$103.72	$435	-3.26
425–435	430	3	85.00–87.50	$85.82	$369	-21.16
430 thin fleshed	430	1	80.00	$80.00	$344	-12.50
475	475	1	80.00	$80.00	$380	-26.30
455–490	476	7	98.00–107.50	$102.79	$489	-3.51
490	490	1	91.00	$91.00	$446	-15.30
501–545	515	15	99.00–111.00	$105.28	$542	-2.70
520–535	528	2	80.00–90.00	$84.93	$448	-5.12
565	565	2	80.00–90.00	$85.00	$480	-18.67
550–595	572	3	100.00–106.00	$101.99	$583	-1.68
600–635	618	3	85.00–100.00	$93.89	$580	—
610–645	629	5	80.00–93.00	$85.11	$535	—
660–690	673	3	97.00–105.00	$102.02	$687	-2.98
675	675	1	90.00	$90.00	$608	-15.00
700	700	1	89.00	$89.00	$623	-8.50
720	720	1	98.00	$98.00	$706	+0.50
755	755	1	90.00	$90.00	$680	-2.50
775 thin fleshed	775	1	81.00	$81.00	$628	—
790	790	1	94.00	$94.00	$743	+1.50
853	853	3	99.00	$99.00	$844	+15.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–430	418	3	118.00–132.50	$126.36	$528	+7.31
450–475	467	3	120.00–124.00	$122.38	$572	—
500–549	529	17	116.00–121.00	$118.46	$627	-0.54
550–562	559	4	116.00–121.00	$119.77	$670	—
610	610	1	113.00	$113.00	$689	—
610–635	623	2	100.00–115.00	$107.35	$669	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	107.50–110.00	$108.75	$315	-3.75
305	305	1	100.00	$100.00	$305	-0.43
350–390	373	5	95.00–110.00	$104.46	$390	+3.22
435	435	1	102.50	$102.50	$446	-3.90
465	465	1	105.00	$105.00	$488	-2.01
545	545	1	105.00	$105.00	$572	+5.13
550–590	563	3	103.00–110.00	$105.93	$596	+25.93
590	590	1	92.00	$92.00	$543	+12.00

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	91.00	$91.00	$514	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	418	10	112.50–132.50	$123.32	$515	-1.79
450–490	472	18	110.00–131.00	$123.17	$581	-3.69
500–535	517	9	115.00–127.00	$122.37	$633	+2.24
550–590	567	9	114.00–126.00	$120.84	$685	+0.30
610–640	625	6	111.00–123.00	$117.87	$737	-3.31
650	650	1	111.00	$111.00	$722	-2.01

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410 thin fleshed	410	1	90.00	$90.00	$369	—
425	425	1	95.00	$95.00	$404	-6.28
405–445	426	7	100.00–110.00	$106.43	$453	+5.15
500–545	522	6	100.00–110.00	$106.42	$556	+23.92
570	570	1	90.00	$90.00	$513	-18.03
565–585	577	3	100.00–110.00	$104.94	$606	-3.09
610	610	1	92.00	$92.00	$561	-3.00
620	620	1	102.00	$102.00	$632	+7.00
650–690	671	4	100.00–110.00	$104.22	$699	+19.33
770	770	1	100.00	$100.00	$770	+17.50
830	830	1	99.00	$99.00	$822	—
850	850	1	82.50	$82.50	$701	-20.50
875–890	883	2	99.00–103.00	$100.98	$892	-2.02

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	140.00	$140.00	$476	—
400–445	425	6	134.00–147.00	$140.53	$597	-3.22
450–475	458	5	137.00–145.00	$139.78	$640	+3.05
505–520	513	5	129.00–132.00	$130.40	$669	-0.95
560–595	572	3	128.00–131.00	$129.31	$740	+0.56

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405 thin fleshed	405	1	85.00	$85.00	$344	—
515	515	1	105.00	$105.00	$541	+3.60
520 thin fleshed	520	1	80.00	$80.00	$416	-12.55
645	645	1	105.00	$105.00	$677	—
710–745	728	2	102.00–103.00	$102.49	$746	+0.51
845	845	1	98.00	$98.00	$828	—
880	880	1	100.00	$100.00	$880	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–1340	1053	80-85%	32	53.00–64.00	$59.10	$622	—
1065	1065	80-85%	1	52.00	$52.00	$554	—
1090–1520	1251	80-85%	5	65.00–75.00	$69.99	$876	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–785	711	85-90%	9	55.00–60.00	$56.93	$405	—
635–1165	813	85-90%	7	35.00–48.00	$41.83	$340	—
620–1225	875	85-90%	11	46.00–54.00	$50.00	$438	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1510	1280	75-80%	5	56.00–61.00	$57.96	$742	—
1530	1530	75-80%	1	50.00	$50.00	$765	—
1570	1570	75-80%	1	68.00	$68.00	$1,068	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–2375	1631	9	78.00–86.00	$81.85	$1,335	—
1780	1780	1	74.00	$74.00	$1,317	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
875–1010	943	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	625.00–775.00	$705.37
850–1310	1124	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	450.00–1,100.00	$833.25
1220	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	659.00	$659.00
725–875	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	500.00–625.00	$567.19

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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
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—

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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.