Stanly County Livestock Market Report, Norwood, NC

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 13, 2021

502 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.29/cwt -1.31 vs last sale · ≈ $639/hd at 531 lb · 14 head

light 6-weight S 1-2 heifers $101.32/cwt +10.32 vs last sale · ≈ $628/hd at 620 lb · 13 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $133.93/cwt +2.93 vs last sale · ≈ $699/hd at 522 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	502	425	648
Feeder cattle	376	270	488
Slaughter cattle	101	120	125
Replacement cattle	25	35	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 higher, while bulls were steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder cattle were lightly tested; steers were mostly steady to 3.00 higher, bulls 1.00 to 4.00 higher, while heifers were mostly steady to 2.00 lower. 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
205	205	1	160.00	$160.00	$328	—
260–295	278	2	150.00–165.00	$157.03	$437	+22.03
320–330	327	3	142.50–150.00	$144.95	$474	-6.05
375–390	383	4	142.50–156.00	$151.30	$579	+2.92
415–420	418	2	139.00–145.00	$142.02	$594	+2.65
480–485	483	2	146.00–147.50	$146.75	$709	+5.75
525	525	1	122.00	$122.00	$640	-15.00
510–545	527	5	134.00–143.00	$137.59	$725	+0.59
570	570	1	132.00	$132.00	$752	-3.00
550–585	571	4	135.00–139.00	$136.71	$781	+1.71
600–645	617	3	115.00–124.00	$120.75	$745	—
642–645	643	4	128.00–131.00	$130.25	$838	—
685	685	1	124.00	$124.00	$849	—
717	717	5	120.00	$120.00	$860	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–240	230	2	122.50–137.50	$130.33	$300	+5.77
255–290	266	4	120.00–130.00	$126.91	$338	-2.37
300–345	321	4	120.00–128.00	$123.94	$398	+0.75
380–390	385	3	130.00–139.00	$135.54	$522	+9.29
480 thin fleshed	480	1	114.00	$114.00	$547	—
475–490	483	2	129.00–131.00	$129.98	$628	+5.63
530	530	1	131.00	$131.00	$694	+4.85
575–590	583	2	125.00–132.00	$128.45	$749	-0.56
665–680	673	2	118.00–124.00	$120.97	$814	—
840	840	1	111.00	$111.00	$932	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560 thin fleshed	560	1	80.00	$80.00	$448	—
565	565	1	95.00	$95.00	$537	—
600	600	1	80.00	$80.00	$480	—
630–635	633	2	100.00–105.00	$102.51	$649	—
833	833	2	106.00	$106.00	$883	—
870	870	1	91.00	$91.00	$792	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	102.50	$102.50	$272	—
580	580	2	101.00–109.00	$105.00	$609	—
695	695	1	104.00	$104.00	$723	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170–190	182	3	120.00–127.50	$124.89	$227	—
205	205	1	122.50	$122.50	$251	—
255–290	271	7	115.00–127.50	$121.72	$330	—
325–345	337	3	125.00–127.00	$126.01	$425	+11.01
355–395	374	10	115.00–127.00	$122.66	$459	+4.53
400–445	427	8	115.00–127.00	$121.28	$518	+4.82
450–495	472	12	114.00–123.00	$117.09	$553	-0.61
500–540	516	7	114.00–121.00	$116.95	$603	+3.59
555	555	2	116.00	$116.00	$644	+5.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	112.50	$112.50	$219	+2.50
205	205	1	112.50	$112.50	$231	+25.00
230	230	1	82.50	$82.50	$190	-5.00
280	280	1	110.00	$110.00	$308	+3.06
300	300	1	95.00	$95.00	$285	-8.85
350	350	1	95.00	$95.00	$332	-9.45
355–385	368	6	100.00–110.00	$105.47	$388	+1.02
405	405	1	110.00	$110.00	$446	+20.00
450–490	465	3	90.00–95.00	$91.63	$426	-9.37
495	495	1	105.00	$105.00	$520	+18.00
520–540	527	3	102.00–108.00	$106.03	$559	+1.26
535	535	1	90.00	$90.00	$482	-14.77
555–560	558	2	85.00–90.00	$87.49	$488	-6.51
560–595	572	3	100.00–105.00	$102.39	$586	+8.39
600–645	616	9	101.00–110.00	$105.11	$647	+8.11
610–640	625	3	86.00–95.00	$91.73	$573	-5.27
640 thin fleshed	640	1	96.00	$96.00	$614	+11.00
655–695	674	6	100.00–108.00	$104.29	$703	+18.29
705	705	3	100.00	$100.00	$705	—
710	710	1	94.00	$94.00	$667	—
785	785	1	96.00	$96.00	$754	—
780–795	788	2	80.00–90.00	$84.95	$669	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	325	4	129.00–131.00	$130.03	$423	+0.52
385	385	1	118.00	$118.00	$454	-11.17
400–445	420	5	125.00–129.00	$126.55	$532	-0.91
455–470	460	7	125.00–127.00	$125.71	$578	-3.57
505–545	531	14	118.00–122.00	$120.29	$639	-1.31
578	578	3	115.00	$115.00	$665	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345 thin fleshed	345	1	90.00	$90.00	$310	—
355	355	1	100.00	$100.00	$355	—
430	430	1	109.00	$109.00	$469	—
470	470	1	80.00	$80.00	$376	-2.00
495 thin fleshed	495	1	90.00	$90.00	$446	—
495	495	1	100.00	$100.00	$495	+18.00
625	625	1	106.00	$106.00	$662	—
640 thin fleshed	640	1	96.00	$96.00	$614	—
650	650	1	89.00	$89.00	$578	-4.00
660	660	1	108.00	$108.00	$713	+15.00
670 thin fleshed	670	1	95.00	$95.00	$636	—
840 thin fleshed	840	1	83.00	$83.00	$697	—
895 thin fleshed	895	1	89.00	$89.00	$797	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	137.50	$137.50	$392	—
375	375	1	130.00	$130.00	$488	—
405–445	425	5	120.00–135.00	$129.20	$549	+11.20
455–485	469	4	113.00–131.00	$121.05	$568	-9.20
500–520	514	5	120.00–127.00	$123.08	$633	-0.44
560–590	568	9	115.00–130.00	$125.03	$710	+12.03
600–645	621	6	115.00–125.00	$119.68	$743	+7.25
670–680	673	3	116.00–119.00	$117.99	$794	—
700–735	714	4	112.00–114.00	$112.49	$803	-1.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	421	7	137.50–153.00	$144.34	$608	+3.10
450–490	465	5	136.00–143.00	$140.14	$652	+1.59
465–480	473	2	129.00–134.00	$131.46	$622	-7.09
500–525	517	3	130.00–132.00	$130.68	$676	-0.32
500–534	524	9	133.00–136.00	$135.01	$707	+4.01
605	605	1	127.00	$127.00	$768	-2.00
675	675	3	120.00	$120.00	$810	—
715	715	1	115.00	$115.00	$822	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	97.50	$97.50	$327	—
425–445	437	5	105.00–112.50	$108.98	$476	—
440	440	1	80.00	$80.00	$352	—
490	490	1	110.00	$110.00	$539	+30.00
490	490	1	90.00	$90.00	$441	+10.00
515	515	2	100.00	$100.00	$515	-7.00
615–620	618	2	110.00	$110.00	$680	—
650–690	670	2	85.00–96.00	$90.34	$605	—
665–690	678	2	110.00	$110.00	$746	—
710–745	727	3	102.00–109.00	$104.67	$761	—
755	755	2	102.00	$102.00	$770	—
770 thin fleshed	770	1	83.00	$83.00	$639	—
755–790	773	2	86.00–93.00	$89.58	$692	—
875	875	1	93.00	$93.00	$814	—
885	885	1	94.00	$94.00	$832	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	90.00	$90.00	$378	—
490	490	1	110.00	$110.00	$539	—
500	500	1	110.00	$110.00	$550	—
670–685	678	2	100.00–105.00	$102.53	$695	—
715 thin fleshed	715	1	80.00	$80.00	$572	—
830	830	1	84.00	$84.00	$697	—
865 thin fleshed	865	1	82.00	$82.00	$709	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1595	1234	80-85%	8	64.00–66.00	$65.09	$803	—
855–1560	1238	80-85%	24	53.00–63.00	$59.46	$736	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645–1075	895	85-90%	9	30.00–45.00	$39.61	$355	—
620–1190	908	85-90%	4	10.00–29.00	$21.44	$195	-15.86
790–1090	949	85-90%	14	45.00–52.00	$47.34	$449	+30.93
1400	1400	85-90%	1	68.00	$68.00	$952	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1540	1390	75-80%	3	47.00–50.00	$48.11	$669	—
1255–1505	1399	75-80%	9	57.00–62.00	$58.61	$820	—
1335–1480	1413	75-80%	6	64.00–69.00	$66.37	$938	+11.05

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1715	1442	3	75.00–77.00	$76.16	$1,098	—
1155–2095	1697	13	78.00–89.00	$82.79	$1,405	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	447.00	$447.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–1095	1017	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	675.00–825.00	$728.85
920–1380	1054	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	550.00–900.00	$743.99
1395	1395	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
795	795	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	410.00	$410.00

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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	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
655	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	475.00	$475.00	-275.00

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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.