Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 27, 2021

446 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $119.58/cwt +1.72 vs last sale · ≈ $453/hd at 379 lb · 15 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $114.15/cwt -4.26 vs last sale · ≈ $542/hd at 475 lb · 11 head

light 5-weight S 1-2 heifers $98.88/cwt -2.95 vs last sale · ≈ $513/hd at 518 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	446	648	695
Feeder cattle	322	428	530
Slaughter cattle	80	165	150
Replacement cattle	44	55	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 4. Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 higher, boning type were steady to 1.00 higher, and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher on a fairly light test; there were too few comparable feeder bulls to establish an adequate market comparison. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was plain.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	331	5	144.00–155.00	$150.21	$497	-5.31
335	335	1	142.00	$142.00	$476	-13.52
370–395	381	7	144.00–158.00	$151.57	$577	+9.54
410–425	417	5	136.00–149.00	$143.17	$597	-3.56
467	467	3	133.00	$133.00	$621	-6.43
453–495	473	5	136.00–140.00	$139.21	$658	-0.22
530	530	1	130.00	$130.00	$689	-6.22
540	540	1	136.00	$136.00	$734	-0.22
565–595	582	8	130.00–135.00	$132.98	$774	—
655 thin fleshed	655	1	115.00	$115.00	$753	—
725	725	1	115.00	$115.00	$834	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–240	225	7	112.50–127.50	$121.63	$274	-7.02
255–295	276	4	120.00–140.00	$131.58	$363	+4.93
333–340	334	5	132.00–142.00	$139.97	$467	+0.55
350–375	368	4	120.00–138.00	$126.63	$466	-7.18
420–445	430	3	115.00–132.00	$122.49	$527	—
480–490	485	2	122.00–126.00	$124.02	$601	-8.40
500	500	1	128.00	$128.00	$640	—
580	580	1	130.00	$130.00	$754	—
675	675	1	120.00	$120.00	$810	+11.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	100.00	$100.00	$180	-2.50
245 thin fleshed	245	1	87.50	$87.50	$214	—
245	245	1	110.00	$110.00	$270	—
315	315	1	95.00	$95.00	$299	-15.00
360–380	370	2	100.00–105.00	$102.57	$380	-3.45
440	440	1	102.50	$102.50	$451	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	2	106.00	$106.00	$493	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	122.50	$122.50	$288	—
250–290	270	2	112.50–121.00	$116.44	$314	-3.45
305–340	316	9	112.50–126.00	$121.61	$384	+1.13
350–395	379	15	112.50–126.00	$119.58	$453	+1.72
405–435	426	9	115.00–122.00	$118.80	$506	-4.60
450–490	475	11	112.00–122.00	$114.15	$542	-4.26
500–545	524	7	109.00–115.00	$111.25	$583	-1.40
560–565	563	2	110.00–111.00	$110.50	$622	+2.00
620	620	1	108.00	$108.00	$670	±0.00
655	655	1	108.00	$108.00	$707	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155	155	1	102.50	$102.50	$159	—
180 thin fleshed	180	1	82.50	$82.50	$148	—
200–215	206	4	100.00–112.50	$107.38	$221	+5.39
215 thin fleshed	215	1	90.00	$90.00	$194	—
260	260	1	105.00	$105.00	$273	—
385 thin fleshed	385	1	80.00	$80.00	$308	—
415 thin fleshed	415	1	84.00	$84.00	$349	-5.00
420–440	430	2	80.00–95.00	$87.67	$377	-16.25
435–445	440	2	100.00–103.00	$101.52	$447	-2.40
460–495	474	5	105.00–110.00	$108.20	$513	+16.20
485	485	1	85.00	$85.00	$412	-20.35
505	505	1	90.00	$90.00	$454	-13.94
510–515 thin fleshed	513	2	80.00–96.00	$88.04	$452	—
510–545	522	7	98.00–110.00	$103.25	$539	-0.69
575–580	578	4	101.00–108.00	$104.74	$605	+12.03
580–585	582	3	90.00–96.00	$93.00	$541	+0.29
610–635	622	5	106.00–107.00	$106.80	$664	+2.00
630	630	1	82.00	$82.00	$517	-22.80
655 thin fleshed	655	1	88.00	$88.00	$576	—
680	680	1	105.00	$105.00	$714	+8.00
733	733	2	106.00	$106.00	$777	+7.00
805	805	1	102.00	$102.00	$821	+18.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270 thin fleshed	270	1	95.00	$95.00	$256	+6.18
310–330 thin fleshed	320	2	80.00–85.00	$82.42	$264	—
355	355	1	111.00	$111.00	$394	+3.62
370–380 thin fleshed	375	2	90.00–92.50	$91.27	$342	+8.62
400	400	1	100.00	$100.00	$400	-5.16
425	425	1	87.00	$87.00	$370	-18.16
435 thin fleshed	435	1	90.00	$90.00	$392	+3.83
455	455	1	108.00	$108.00	$491	+18.00
510–540 thin fleshed	525	7	80.00–90.00	$85.07	$447	-2.93
590 thin fleshed	590	1	86.00	$86.00	$507	+6.00
595	595	1	98.00	$98.00	$583	-9.00
630	630	1	106.00	$106.00	$668	+1.50
680	680	3	98.00	$98.00	$666	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–420	409	5	123.00–131.00	$126.97	$519	+3.23
485	485	2	123.00	$123.00	$597	-1.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–445	434	4	130.00–135.00	$131.28	$570	-2.48
455–496	488	7	112.00–129.00	$116.75	$570	-10.44
500–545	517	3	121.00–125.00	$123.36	$638	+0.87
560–580	565	4	122.00–124.00	$122.87	$694	+5.53
665	665	1	114.00	$114.00	$758	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–475	462	5	100.00–110.00	$103.57	$478	+23.57
465–490	475	3	85.00–91.00	$88.70	$421	-11.30
500	500	1	109.00	$109.00	$545	+15.00
565 thin fleshed	565	1	90.00	$90.00	$508	-1.48
600	600	1	100.00	$100.00	$600	+5.00
655–665	660	2	105.00–110.00	$107.48	$709	+3.31
860	860	1	81.00	$81.00	$697	—
865	865	1	97.00	$97.00	$839	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	422	5	136.00–148.00	$140.12	$591	-6.63
440	440	1	132.00	$132.00	$581	+12.00
455–460	458	2	121.00–132.00	$126.47	$579	-12.09
520	520	1	121.00	$121.00	$629	-3.88
560	560	1	124.00	$124.00	$694	+4.12

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	100.00	$100.00	$525	—
520–535 thin fleshed	528	2	80.00–90.00	$84.93	$448	-5.07
580	580	1	86.00	$86.00	$499	-17.04
605	605	1	99.00	$99.00	$599	—
695	695	1	100.00	$100.00	$695	+10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1545	1149	80-85%	15	56.00–64.00	$59.73	$686	—
930–1795	1202	80-85%	24	66.00–75.00	$69.68	$838	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	85-90%	1	59.00	$59.00	$416	—
780–1005	878	85-90%	3	40.00–45.00	$42.50	$373	+2.39
870–890	880	85-90%	2	22.00–30.00	$26.05	$229	-14.06
525–1070	885	85-90%	9	46.00–54.00	$51.29	$454	+11.18

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1680	1465	75-80%	6	68.00–74.00	$70.54	$1,033	+12.33
1310–1835	1475	75-80%	7	60.00–64.00	$61.84	$912	+3.63

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1410	1325	2	71.00–76.00	$73.34	$972	—
1000–1840	1573	5	78.00–90.00	$85.67	$1,348	—
2110	2110	1	96.00	$96.00	$2,026	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–835	760	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	356.00–592.00	$485.64

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–965	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	650.00–700.00	$674.20
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
920–1130	996	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	625.00–725.00	$664.71

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640	640	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
555–810	698	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	289.00–625.00	$462.44
590–835	744	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	400.00–625.00	$570.08

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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
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
570	570	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	+325.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 thin fleshed	250	1	52.50	$52.50	$131	—

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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.