Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 6, 2021

425 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $133.55/cwt +4.06 vs last sale · ≈ $643/hd at 481 lb · 11 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $147.04/cwt +5.38 vs last sale · ≈ $543/hd at 369 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	425	586	783
Feeder cattle	270	428	593
Slaughter cattle	120	103	155
Replacement cattle	35	55	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hogs receipts 3. No price comparison available due to the market being closed the previous two weeks in observance of the Christmas Day and News Year's Day holidays. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was 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
160–185 thin fleshed	173	2	130.00	$130.00	$225	—
245	245	1	130.00	$130.00	$318	—
285	285	1	135.00	$135.00	$385	—
325	325	1	151.00	$151.00	$491	+13.50
355	355	1	135.00	$135.00	$479	-10.00
350–395	371	9	142.50–156.00	$148.38	$550	+3.38
405	405	1	130.00	$130.00	$526	—
410–435	423	2	135.00–144.00	$139.37	$590	—
479–488	483	7	141.00	$141.00	$681	+5.05
535	535	1	132.00	$132.00	$706	+3.27
535	535	1	137.00	$137.00	$733	+8.27
550–565	558	2	135.00	$135.00	$753	+2.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150–195	173	3	120.00–127.50	$124.69	$216	—
200–245	226	5	120.00–130.00	$124.56	$282	-15.44
250–275	265	3	125.00–132.50	$129.28	$343	+2.60
300–315	308	4	120.00–128.00	$123.19	$379	-4.01
375	375	2	120.00–132.50	$126.25	$473	-4.20
470–485	478	2	115.00–134.00	$124.35	$594	-1.19
500–540	520	2	122.00–130.00	$126.15	$656	+1.31
550–555	553	2	127.00–131.00	$129.01	$713	+7.44
610	610	1	117.00	$117.00	$714	+3.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	105.00	$105.00	$331	-5.00
325–340 thin fleshed	333	2	87.50–89.00	$88.23	$294	+3.23
390 thin fleshed	390	1	91.00	$91.00	$355	—
410	410	1	94.00	$94.00	$385	—
490 thin fleshed	490	1	94.00	$94.00	$461	+4.00
500 thin fleshed	500	1	80.00	$80.00	$400	-2.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235 thin fleshed	235	1	92.50	$92.50	$217	—
230–245	238	2	100.00–112.50	$106.05	$252	—
300 thin fleshed	300	1	87.50	$87.50	$262	—
360	360	1	92.50	$92.50	$333	-20.00
525	525	1	100.00	$100.00	$525	—

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Feeder Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150 thin fleshed	150	1	87.50	$87.50	$131	—
170	170	1	110.00	$110.00	$187	—
235	235	1	87.50	$87.50	$206	—
260–295	281	5	100.00–110.00	$106.94	$301	+6.94
300–310	305	2	97.50–110.00	$103.85	$317	+23.85
370–395	379	4	100.00–108.00	$104.45	$396	+3.21
405	405	1	90.00	$90.00	$364	-16.67
415–420	418	3	100.00–110.00	$105.83	$442	-0.84
480	480	1	101.00	$101.00	$485	-1.73
490	490	1	87.00	$87.00	$426	+7.00
510	510	1	90.00	$90.00	$459	-14.69
515	515	1	90.00	$90.00	$464	-14.69
515–535	527	5	100.00–109.00	$104.77	$552	+0.08
555–585 thin fleshed	570	2	80.00–92.50	$86.41	$493	—
590	590	1	94.00	$94.00	$555	-8.00
615	615	1	97.00	$97.00	$597	+4.06
635 thin fleshed	635	1	85.00	$85.00	$540	—
680	680	1	86.00	$86.00	$585	-4.00
815	815	1	96.00	$96.00	$782	—
875	875	2	91.00–94.00	$92.50	$809	+11.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–315	308	2	129.00–130.00	$129.51	$399	—
350–395	369	6	128.00–130.00	$129.17	$477	+5.17
400–440	424	7	125.00–131.00	$127.46	$540	—
445	445	1	123.00	$123.00	$547	—
455–483	475	7	129.00–131.00	$129.28	$614	—
500–505	503	5	117.00–125.00	$121.60	$612	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	115.00	$115.00	$362	-1.50
360–385	372	5	115.00–121.00	$118.13	$439	-4.35
410–445	429	8	110.00–124.00	$116.46	$500	+0.10
475–490	483	5	112.50–122.00	$117.70	$568	+0.46
500–535	516	6	109.00–116.00	$113.36	$585	+3.36
570	570	1	111.00	$111.00	$633	+1.70
605	605	1	111.00	$111.00	$672	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275 thin fleshed	275	1	95.00	$95.00	$261	—
300–335	316	4	96.00–110.00	$105.20	$332	-4.80
370 thin fleshed	370	1	82.50	$82.50	$305	±0.00
440–445 thin fleshed	443	2	90.00	$90.00	$399	—
450	450	1	105.00	$105.00	$472	+12.50
475	475	1	82.00	$82.00	$390	-10.50
510 thin fleshed	510	1	95.00	$95.00	$484	+6.39
555 thin fleshed	555	1	85.00	$85.00	$472	-1.04
670	670	1	93.00	$93.00	$623	—
730 thin fleshed	730	2	85.00–92.00	$88.50	$646	+7.50
730	730	1	93.00	$93.00	$679	-10.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	424	5	137.50–145.00	$141.24	$599	+6.24
450–485	465	5	135.00–146.00	$138.55	$644	+9.06
480–498	495	6	120.00–132.00	$129.39	$640	-0.10
535	535	1	131.00	$131.00	$701	—
560–585	573	3	124.00–129.00	$125.96	$722	—
605	605	3	129.00	$129.00	$780	—
640	640	1	119.00	$119.00	$762	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	118.00	$118.00	$519	-7.41
450–490	470	7	127.00–135.00	$130.25	$612	+1.74
510–545	530	5	114.00–133.00	$123.52	$655	+2.49
550	550	1	113.00	$113.00	$622	-10.34
620–645	633	2	109.00–116.00	$112.43	$712	-5.52
730	730	1	114.00	$114.00	$832	—
780	780	1	111.00	$111.00	$866	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–490 thin fleshed	483	2	90.00–92.50	$91.27	$441	—
715	715	1	98.00	$98.00	$701	—
775	775	1	97.00	$97.00	$752	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	80.00	$80.00	$384	-26.12
530	530	1	107.00	$107.00	$567	-1.01
530	530	1	90.00	$90.00	$477	-18.01

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1030	1013	80-85%	2	64.00	$64.00	$648	+8.18
1015–1270	1135	80-85%	4	50.00–52.00	$51.20	$581	—
870–1555	1177	80-85%	38	53.00–63.00	$57.13	$672	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1075	911	85-90%	4	33.00–40.00	$37.30	$340	—
580–1155	915	85-90%	8	10.00–25.00	$16.41	$150	—
810–1350	1105	85-90%	18	45.00–52.00	$48.57	$537	+1.72

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1865	1438	75-80%	18	53.00–62.00	$55.32	$796	—
1395–1660	1478	75-80%	4	48.00–52.00	$50.82	$751	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130	1130	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,074	—
1130–2020	1591	10	78.00–88.00	$83.36	$1,326	+3.15
1510–1800	1653	4	67.00–77.00	$73.75	$1,219	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–1015	922	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	523.00–775.00	$649.44
1045	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
910–1140	1047	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	875.00–975.00	$927.87
1055–1185	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	825.00–940.00	$874.22
870–1470	1117	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	550.00–1,050.00	$852.48
1235	1235	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00
775–865	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	725.00–750.00	$738.19

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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
715–1145	997	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	640.00–875.00	$790.46	—
915–1250	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	800.00–1,025.00	$961.75	+286.75

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
690	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	1	66.00	$66.00	$109	—
240	240	1	88.00	$88.00	$211	—
440	440	1	65.00	$65.00	$286	—

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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.