Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 16, 2020

586 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 steers $125.54/cwt -3.15 vs last sale · ≈ $599/hd at 477 lb · 18 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $117.24/cwt -1.37 vs last sale · ≈ $558/hd at 476 lb · 16 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 steers $130.45/cwt -2.19 vs last sale · ≈ $493/hd at 378 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	586	834
Feeder cattle	428	614
Slaughter cattle	103	170
Replacement cattle	55	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, boning type slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher, while breaking type were steady to 1.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly 4.00 to 5.00 lower; heifers and feeder bulls had too few comparable head to the previous sale to establish an adequate market comparison. Demand was light; market activity and buyer interest were slow. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was very plain.

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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	140.00	$140.00	$329	+2.24
250–280	263	6	120.00–140.00	$126.68	$333	-3.22
300–345	325	6	120.00–135.00	$127.20	$413	-7.63
355–390	378	13	122.00–141.00	$130.45	$493	-2.19
420–445	433	4	126.00–132.00	$128.73	$557	+0.98
455–498	477	18	117.50–134.00	$125.54	$599	-3.15
510–545	527	7	120.00–131.00	$124.84	$658	-1.83
550–585	572	7	120.00–123.00	$121.57	$695	-7.40
610	610	1	114.00	$114.00	$695	-5.44
670	670	1	115.00	$115.00	$770	+1.51
795	795	1	122.00	$122.00	$970	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	137.50	$137.50	$474	-13.66
365	365	2	145.00	$145.00	$529	+5.00
390	390	1	135.00	$135.00	$526	-13.31
450–495	473	2	135.00–137.00	$135.95	$643	-4.35
518–535	528	5	132.00–136.00	$134.01	$708	+1.01
510–545	533	4	127.00–130.00	$128.73	$686	-4.27
550	550	1	125.00	$125.00	$688	-8.00
565	565	2	133.00	$133.00	$751	+5.00
625–635	632	3	126.00–128.00	$126.66	$800	+4.17
715	715	1	120.00	$120.00	$858	—
758	758	2	122.00	$122.00	$925	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	110.00	$110.00	$236	—
295	295	1	110.00	$110.00	$324	—
320	320	1	110.00	$110.00	$352	±0.00
345 thin fleshed	345	1	85.00	$85.00	$293	+5.00
365	365	1	103.00	$103.00	$376	-1.93
420–430 thin fleshed	423	3	80.00–92.50	$84.13	$356	—
455 thin fleshed	455	1	90.00	$90.00	$410	—
465	465	1	100.00	$100.00	$465	±0.00
500 thin fleshed	500	2	80.00–85.00	$82.50	$412	-7.50
535	535	1	100.00	$100.00	$535	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	323	3	100.00–110.00	$106.80	$345	-3.20
365	365	1	112.50	$112.50	$411	—
445	445	1	82.50	$82.50	$367	—
560	560	1	102.00	$102.00	$571	—
660	660	1	100.00	$100.00	$660	—
690	690	1	92.00	$92.00	$635	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	265	2	120.00–130.00	$124.81	$331	+5.74
305–330	316	5	112.50–120.00	$116.50	$368	-9.44
365–385	376	4	120.00–125.00	$122.48	$461	+1.71
405–445	421	8	111.00–120.00	$116.36	$490	-2.28
450–498	476	16	111.00–124.00	$117.24	$558	-1.37
500–543	517	8	108.00–111.00	$110.00	$569	-3.56
550–590	570	3	107.00–111.00	$109.30	$623	-2.43
645	645	1	108.00	$108.00	$697	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 thin fleshed	230	1	97.50	$97.50	$224	+17.50
300	300	1	110.00	$110.00	$330	—
335 thin fleshed	335	1	92.50	$92.50	$310	+1.83
370	370	1	100.00	$100.00	$370	-11.25
360–390 thin fleshed	375	2	82.50	$82.50	$309	-0.04
425	425	1	90.00	$90.00	$382	-19.94
465–480 thin fleshed	473	2	85.00–90.00	$87.54	$414	-3.29
485	485	1	92.50	$92.50	$449	-10.16
495	495	1	105.00	$105.00	$520	+2.34
515–545 thin fleshed	526	6	80.00–91.00	$88.61	$466	-0.52
525–540	533	2	101.00–105.00	$103.03	$549	+1.03
550–570 thin fleshed	558	3	82.00–90.00	$86.04	$480	-0.58
565–595	575	3	101.00–106.00	$104.28	$600	+0.90
705 thin fleshed	705	1	81.00	$81.00	$571	+1.00
720	720	1	103.00	$103.00	$742	+23.00
760	760	1	100.00	$100.00	$760	—
850 thin fleshed	850	1	82.00	$82.00	$697	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	100.00	$100.00	$275	-8.23
320	320	1	80.00	$80.00	$256	-18.80
335 thin fleshed	335	1	87.50	$87.50	$293	+5.00
355 thin fleshed	355	1	82.50	$82.50	$293	—
355	355	1	85.00	$85.00	$302	-22.94
380–385	383	2	100.00–102.50	$101.24	$388	-6.70
415	415	3	103.00–109.00	$106.67	$443	-0.81
470 thin fleshed	470	1	81.00	$81.00	$381	-9.00
455–495	478	6	97.00–109.00	$102.73	$491	-1.62
485	485	1	80.00	$80.00	$388	-24.35
515 thin fleshed	515	1	89.00	$89.00	$458	+2.81
515–535	523	3	102.00–106.00	$104.69	$548	-1.38
535	535	1	81.00	$81.00	$433	-25.07
575	575	1	102.00	$102.00	$586	-5.00
620–645	633	2	90.00–96.00	$92.94	$588	+9.56
660	660	1	90.00	$90.00	$594	+5.00
865	865	1	81.00	$81.00	$701	-5.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	124.00	$124.00	$471	-6.04
570	570	4	113.00	$113.00	$644	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	430	8	120.00–132.00	$125.41	$539	-1.36
450–480	464	6	122.00–132.00	$128.51	$596	+4.01
505–545	529	4	119.00–125.00	$121.03	$640	-2.77
550–590	565	3	120.00–126.00	$123.34	$697	-0.11
605–625	615	2	115.00–121.00	$117.95	$725	-0.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–420	418	2	110.00	$110.00	$460	+20.00
440	440	1	90.00	$90.00	$396	±0.00
450	450	1	81.00	$81.00	$364	-20.71
465–485	475	2	100.00–112.50	$106.12	$504	+4.41
505–525	513	3	104.00–110.00	$108.01	$554	+23.01
500–545 thin fleshed	523	2	82.50–90.00	$86.41	$452	—
620	620	2	90.00	$90.00	$558	—
620–625	623	2	100.00–105.00	$102.49	$639	—
655	655	1	110.00	$110.00	$720	+4.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490–495	493	2	100.00–107.50	$103.73	$511	—
510–530	517	3	101.00–110.00	$104.47	$540	—
585 thin fleshed	585	1	90.00	$90.00	$526	+3.30

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	135.00	$135.00	$540	-6.15
455–480	468	2	129.00–130.00	$129.49	$606	-6.71

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–935	877	85-90%	3	10.00–27.00	$17.19	$151	—
705–1325	1021	85-90%	15	35.00–44.00	$40.67	$415	—
820–1360	1100	85-90%	17	45.00–51.00	$46.85	$515	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1360	1288	75-80%	5	45.00–56.00	$51.73	$666	+3.03
1080–1585	1324	75-80%	15	30.00–51.00	$45.44	$602	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930	930	80-85%	1	20.00	$20.00	$186	—
840–1330	1038	80-85%	14	52.00–62.00	$55.82	$579	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1650	1298	7	54.00–75.00	$67.44	$875	—
1130–1860	1569	7	77.00–88.00	$80.21	$1,258	-2.42
1865–2040	1953	2	94.00–99.00	$96.61	$1,887	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	349.00	$349.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00
900–980	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	529.00–675.00	$595.88
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
815–1255	1001	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	525.00–750.00	$632.41
890–1375	1043	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	610.00–800.00	$718.61

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
505–625 thin fleshed	565	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	152.00–206.00	$181.87
540–835	688	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	320.00–775.00	$596.31
605–795	710	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	383.00–690.00	$509.51
700–745	723	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	610.00–665.00	$638.36
685–760	724	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	343.00–550.00	$447.48
695–825	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	403.00–470.00	$439.37

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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
1025	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
1065	1065	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	-430.44
1105	1105	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00	—
1055–1250	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	875.00–950.00	$918.55	—
1295	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	+250.56

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
605	605	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	680.00	$680.00	—

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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.