Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 9, 2020

834 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $118.61/cwt +3.42 vs last sale · ≈ $568/hd at 479 lb · 16 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $120.77/cwt +1.46 vs last sale · ≈ $453/hd at 375 lb · 15 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $144.02/cwt -2.47 vs last sale · ≈ $606/hd at 421 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	834	693	793
Feeder cattle	614	474	608
Slaughter cattle	170	184	125
Replacement cattle	50	35	60

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 7.00 to 8.00 lower and boning type were 4.00 to 5.00 lower, while slaughter bulls were steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers were 1.00 to 5.00 lower; feeder bulls were mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower; while heifers were 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	236	6	150.00–153.00	$151.34	$357	-6.16
295	295	2	150.00	$150.00	$442	±0.00
325–345	336	5	147.00–156.00	$151.16	$508	+0.27
350–385	368	2	140.00	$140.00	$515	-10.12
365–395	378	11	143.00–152.00	$148.31	$561	-1.81
405–445	421	15	135.00–153.00	$144.02	$606	-2.47
450–483	472	9	137.00–145.00	$140.30	$662	-3.96
505	505	1	133.00	$133.00	$672	-4.15
555	555	2	133.00	$133.00	$738	—
570	570	1	128.00	$128.00	$730	—
600	600	1	131.00	$131.00	$786	+10.00
625–635	630	2	121.00–124.00	$122.49	$772	-9.77
655–670	663	2	125.00–126.00	$125.49	$832	-4.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	130.00	$130.00	$254	—
205–220	213	2	130.00–145.00	$137.76	$293	+5.06
255–285	269	8	120.00–140.00	$129.90	$349	-1.80
320–335	328	2	127.50–142.50	$134.83	$442	+4.49
350–395	368	9	125.00–137.50	$132.64	$488	+2.74
405–445	428	6	120.00–134.00	$127.75	$547	+4.35
450–495	477	6	125.00–132.00	$128.69	$614	-3.31
515–540	533	6	120.00–131.00	$126.67	$675	+2.39
550–588	568	7	122.50–131.50	$128.97	$733	—
605–640	630	7	115.00–124.00	$119.44	$752	-0.56
675–690	683	2	113.00–114.00	$113.49	$775	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295 thin fleshed	295	1	95.00	$95.00	$280	+2.55
325 thin fleshed	325	1	80.00	$80.00	$260	—
335	335	1	110.00	$110.00	$368	+10.00
355–390	372	3	100.00–110.00	$104.93	$390	-5.07
360–390 thin fleshed	375	2	80.00–90.00	$84.80	$318	-5.20
450–465	458	2	100.00	$100.00	$458	-2.50
530–535 thin fleshed	533	2	90.00	$90.00	$480	—
560–570 thin fleshed	565	2	90.00	$90.00	$508	—
550–585	568	2	100.00–105.00	$102.42	$582	—
615	615	1	105.00	$105.00	$646	+2.97
650–680 thin fleshed	668	3	82.50–85.00	$83.50	$558	—
670–690	680	2	95.00–97.50	$96.27	$655	—
705	705	1	92.00	$92.00	$649	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	110.00	$110.00	$258	—
265–295	283	3	110.00	$110.00	$311	+1.40
320 thin fleshed	320	1	80.00	$80.00	$256	—
330	330	1	110.00	$110.00	$363	—
385 thin fleshed	385	1	89.00	$89.00	$343	+9.00
400	400	1	105.00	$105.00	$420	—
540	540	1	100.00	$100.00	$540	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	239	5	120.00–128.00	$124.45	$297	+11.95
255–290	275	8	115.00–122.50	$119.07	$327	+5.36
305–335	318	6	120.00–130.00	$125.94	$400	+7.63
350–395	375	15	112.50–126.00	$120.77	$453	+1.46
400–445	426	10	114.00–122.50	$118.64	$505	+0.51
450–495	479	16	111.00–124.00	$118.61	$568	+3.42
505–545	532	7	111.00–115.00	$113.56	$604	+0.60
565	565	1	111.00	$111.00	$627	-7.04
550–595	572	7	109.00–114.00	$111.73	$639	-6.31
600	600	3	109.00–113.00	$111.00	$666	—
650–660	655	3	107.00–112.00	$108.99	$714	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–195	180	2	110.00	$110.00	$198	+10.00
200	200	1	90.00	$90.00	$180	-18.88
200–225	213	2	100.00–110.00	$104.71	$223	-4.17
260–270	265	5	100.00–112.50	$108.23	$287	—
265 thin fleshed	265	1	82.50	$82.50	$219	-7.50
310	310	1	80.00	$80.00	$248	±0.00
300–325	313	2	97.50–100.00	$98.80	$309	-4.92
335 thin fleshed	335	1	82.50	$82.50	$276	-0.20
350–390	372	6	100.00–112.50	$107.94	$402	+1.76
410–440	421	4	100.00–110.00	$107.48	$452	+3.19
410–435 thin fleshed	423	2	80.00	$80.00	$338	-4.97
450–490	471	5	98.00–110.00	$104.35	$491	+14.60
475 thin fleshed	475	1	90.00	$90.00	$428	—
510	510	1	90.00	$90.00	$459	-13.95
505–540	524	7	102.00–110.00	$106.07	$556	+2.12
525–535 thin fleshed	530	2	80.00–92.50	$86.19	$457	—
555–560 thin fleshed	558	2	80.00–85.00	$82.51	$460	—
580	580	1	107.00	$107.00	$621	+22.00
585	585	1	86.00	$86.00	$503	-16.37
625	625	2	100.00–106.00	$103.00	$644	-4.00
620–635	627	3	80.00–90.00	$83.38	$523	-7.62
685–690 thin fleshed	688	2	80.00–89.00	$84.52	$581	—
690	690	1	85.00	$85.00	$586	-13.03
700	700	1	103.00	$103.00	$721	+3.00
770	770	1	90.00	$90.00	$693	±0.00
865–870	868	2	86.00–87.00	$86.50	$751	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	122.50	$122.50	$294	—
245	245	1	130.00	$130.00	$318	—
270	270	1	128.00	$128.00	$346	—
300–340	321	7	128.00–132.50	$130.45	$419	-13.55
350	350	1	126.00	$126.00	$441	-2.00
350–385	363	8	127.00–134.00	$130.04	$472	+2.04
400–443	417	12	124.00–130.00	$127.53	$532	+2.20
465–488	477	11	125.00–126.00	$125.82	$600	+1.85
490	490	1	118.00	$118.00	$578	-4.22
500–540	518	5	118.00–123.00	$120.19	$623	-0.19
615	615	1	109.00	$109.00	$670	-4.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 thin fleshed	230	1	80.00	$80.00	$184	—
255–295 thin fleshed	275	2	82.50–87.50	$85.18	$234	-4.82
285	285	1	107.50	$107.50	$306	+12.50
335–340 thin fleshed	338	3	90.00–92.00	$90.67	$306	—
350–390 thin fleshed	373	3	80.00–87.50	$82.54	$308	-2.53
395	395	2	110.00–112.50	$111.25	$439	+0.25
425–445	435	2	107.50–112.50	$109.94	$478	+6.21
450–460 thin fleshed	455	3	90.00–92.50	$90.83	$413	-0.47
450–495	482	5	100.00–110.00	$102.66	$495	-2.21
500–515 thin fleshed	508	4	80.00–96.00	$89.13	$453	+2.41
540	540	1	102.00	$102.00	$551	-4.00
550–590	568	6	100.00–108.00	$103.38	$587	—
565–585 thin fleshed	577	3	80.00–90.00	$86.62	$500	-10.88
600–630 thin fleshed	618	4	80.00–90.00	$84.46	$522	-1.98
640	640	1	80.00	$80.00	$512	—
660	660	1	90.00	$90.00	$594	-8.00
675	675	1	104.00	$104.00	$702	+16.00
680 thin fleshed	680	1	90.00	$90.00	$612	—
700 thin fleshed	700	1	80.00	$80.00	$560	—
745	745	1	80.00	$80.00	$596	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	132.50	$132.50	$450	—
350	350	1	137.50	$137.50	$481	—
400–440	418	8	120.00–132.50	$126.77	$530	-0.80
470–495	484	14	115.00–132.50	$124.50	$603	+0.29
500–545	521	9	117.50–128.00	$123.80	$645	+0.72
550–580	563	6	116.00–128.00	$123.45	$695	+0.68
600–645	619	6	111.00–126.00	$118.45	$733	+1.94
665	665	1	121.00	$121.00	$805	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	149.00	$149.00	$410	—
400–445	424	9	134.00–147.00	$141.15	$598	-2.30
455–465	460	2	130.00	$130.00	$598	-11.39
465–485	471	5	135.00–139.00	$136.20	$642	-5.19
505–520	510	4	132.00–134.00	$132.75	$677	-1.92
525	525	1	125.00	$125.00	$656	-9.67
550	550	1	132.00	$132.00	$726	+5.54

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–445 thin fleshed	443	2	89.00–91.00	$90.01	$399	—
460–490 thin fleshed	480	4	80.00–89.00	$84.74	$407	—
505–515 thin fleshed	510	2	81.00–90.00	$85.54	$436	—
550–575 thin fleshed	563	3	85.00–90.00	$86.70	$488	+2.09
580	580	1	90.00	$90.00	$522	±0.00
620	620	1	100.00	$100.00	$620	-11.00
675	675	1	105.00	$105.00	$709	—
660–690 thin fleshed	680	3	85.00–90.00	$86.69	$589	+3.69
725–735 thin fleshed	730	2	80.00–90.00	$84.97	$620	—
815 thin fleshed	815	1	87.00	$87.00	$709	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	110.00	$110.00	$446	+4.00
420	420	1	90.00	$90.00	$378	-16.00
430 thin fleshed	430	1	80.00	$80.00	$344	—
450–475	463	3	100.00–105.00	$101.71	$471	+1.71
525	525	1	85.00	$85.00	$446	-10.00
555 thin fleshed	555	1	80.00	$80.00	$444	-10.00
570	570	1	100.00	$100.00	$570	-7.00
675	675	1	106.00	$106.00	$716	+1.00
770 thin fleshed	770	1	92.00	$92.00	$708	—
805 thin fleshed	805	1	87.00	$87.00	$700	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–970	835	85-90%	3	25.00–29.00	$26.83	$224	—
515–1200	927	85-90%	21	30.00–45.00	$39.99	$371	—
770–1535	1075	85-90%	29	46.00–51.00	$48.71	$524	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1325	1158	80-85%	3	45.00–50.00	$47.25	$547	-11.10
790–1745	1181	80-85%	40	46.00–60.00	$53.86	$636	-4.49

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1410	1264	75-80%	10	51.00–55.00	$52.42	$663	—
1140–1490	1299	75-80%	15	43.00–51.00	$48.70	$633	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1880	1575	12	78.00–88.00	$82.63	$1,301	+0.05

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
880–1520	1063	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	500.00–1,100.00	$673.18
1030–1345	1168	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	500.00–925.00	$707.20
1000–1320	1191	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	625.00–750.00	$677.49

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655	655	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	200.00	$200.00
680	680	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00
685–845	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	329.00–350.00	$340.60

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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
805	805	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00	—
885	885	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	575.00	$575.00	—
895–1275	1087	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,075.00–1,125.00	$1,105.44	—
960–1475	1263	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	950.00–1,125.00	$1,024.44	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
755	755	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
775	775	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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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.