Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 10, 2021

1,296 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $140.35/cwt +0.18 vs last sale · ≈ $733/hd at 522 lb · 37 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $154.50/cwt -15.50 vs last sale · ≈ $577/hd at 373 lb · 34 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.83/cwt -4.02 vs last sale · ≈ $602/hd at 467 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,296	517	757
Feeder cattle	955	394	637
Slaughter cattle	246	103	95
Replacement cattle	95	20	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current goat receipts 1. Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were 4.00 to 6.00 lower, boning type slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were very heavy. Cattle quality was average to attractive.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	225	2	152.50	$152.50	$343	—
250–290	272	7	150.00–160.00	$154.27	$420	-2.84
315–325	320	2	138.00–140.00	$138.98	$445	-17.00
310–345	333	15	150.00–170.00	$154.70	$515	-1.28
350–395	372	30	150.00–165.00	$155.60	$579	-14.40
370–390	384	4	145.00–147.50	$146.24	$562	-23.76
415 thin fleshed	415	1	148.00	$148.00	$614	—
400–448	422	10	150.00–166.00	$158.01	$667	-3.25
450	450	2	140.00–142.50	$141.25	$636	-8.96
455–480	464	16	158.00–174.50	$168.32	$781	+18.11
505–543	529	9	153.00–157.50	$155.89	$825	—
565–571	570	5	145.00–157.00	$154.62	$881	+6.89
580	580	1	127.50	$127.50	$740	-20.23
620	620	1	140.00	$140.00	$868	—
650	650	1	121.00	$121.00	$786	—
688	688	2	135.00	$135.00	$929	—
702	702	3	125.00	$125.00	$878	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	213	4	117.50–140.00	$129.29	$275	-1.08
250–295	276	9	125.00–147.50	$135.04	$373	+5.23
305–345	334	12	130.00–142.50	$134.11	$448	+5.38
350–390	380	12	128.00–142.50	$133.44	$507	-1.66
410–445	424	6	130.00–147.50	$141.72	$601	+7.97
455–480	465	3	142.00–145.00	$144.02	$670	—
545	545	1	130.00	$130.00	$708	—
590	590	1	118.00	$118.00	$696	—
690	690	1	117.50	$117.50	$811	-8.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350 thin fleshed	350	1	85.00	$85.00	$298	—
360–380	368	3	100.00–110.00	$106.56	$392	-3.44
515	515	1	100.00	$100.00	$515	—
630	630	1	103.00	$103.00	$649	+3.00
745	745	1	107.00	$107.00	$797	—
755–790	772	3	104.00–108.00	$106.70	$824	—
820–835	825	3	100.00–106.00	$102.98	$850	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275 thin fleshed	275	1	80.00	$80.00	$220	—
275–290	283	2	100.00–102.50	$101.28	$287	—
300–340	314	4	100.00–115.00	$107.92	$339	—
320 thin fleshed	320	1	80.00	$80.00	$256	—
550 thin fleshed	550	1	92.50	$92.50	$509	—
580	580	1	100.00	$100.00	$580	—
630	630	1	95.00	$95.00	$598	—
890 thin fleshed	890	1	87.00	$87.00	$774	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	135.00	$135.00	$310	—
250–295	272	20	130.00–152.50	$136.77	$372	-0.37
300–345	324	31	130.00–143.00	$135.76	$440	+0.65
355–395	375	26	130.00–142.50	$133.41	$500	-2.87
400–445	424	26	128.00–134.00	$131.78	$559	-0.19
415–445	430	2	120.00–125.00	$122.41	$526	-1.59
450–495	467	29	125.00–136.00	$129.05	$603	-3.80
460–480	468	3	126.00–127.00	$126.66	$593	-6.19
500–545	518	25	118.00–128.00	$122.49	$634	-2.44
560–570	565	2	112.00–115.00	$113.51	$641	-15.20
550–595	569	16	118.00–130.00	$122.46	$697	-6.25
600–625	616	10	117.00–123.00	$119.28	$735	-4.43
650	650	1	116.00	$116.00	$754	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	243	2	120.00–127.50	$123.71	$301	+4.93
255–280	269	5	120.00–127.50	$124.13	$334	+4.13
325–345	334	7	115.00–130.00	$119.96	$401	+7.46
355–395	376	17	115.00–130.00	$121.84	$458	+0.92
400–445	424	19	112.50–127.50	$122.76	$521	+3.24
450–495	477	30	115.00–127.50	$121.65	$580	+1.50
500–540	516	4	111.00–115.00	$113.95	$588	-2.01
565–575	568	3	113.00–117.50	$115.17	$654	-0.65
618–640	625	3	110.00	$110.00	$688	—
655–665	660	2	109.00	$109.00	$719	-2.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–220	210	2	107.50–110.00	$108.69	$228	+18.69
240	240	1	80.00	$80.00	$192	-10.00
290	290	1	105.00	$105.00	$304	-5.00
300	300	1	86.00	$86.00	$258	-2.73
335	335	1	100.00	$100.00	$335	+11.27
355–375	365	3	103.00–110.00	$107.67	$393	-2.33
430	430	1	80.00	$80.00	$344	—
435	435	1	100.00	$100.00	$435	—
450	450	1	96.00	$96.00	$432	—
455 thin fleshed	455	1	80.00	$80.00	$364	—
450–490	472	5	100.00–107.50	$102.54	$484	—
500 thin fleshed	500	1	90.00	$90.00	$450	—
525–540	533	2	97.50–111.00	$104.35	$556	-4.22
530–535	533	2	85.00–90.00	$87.51	$466	-21.06
555 thin fleshed	555	1	85.00	$85.00	$472	—
570	570	1	85.00	$85.00	$484	-22.52
555–590	576	7	101.00–107.00	$102.97	$593	-4.55
590	590	1	87.00	$87.00	$513	-20.52
620	620	3	98.00–102.50	$100.83	$625	—
615–640	628	2	85.00–88.00	$86.53	$543	—
650–690	670	6	80.00–91.00	$85.86	$575	-14.14
670–695	684	4	99.00–106.00	$102.73	$703	+2.73
700 thin fleshed	700	1	80.00	$80.00	$560	-2.00
705	705	1	80.00	$80.00	$564	-21.00
720	720	1	98.00	$98.00	$706	-3.00
710–740	723	3	90.00–96.00	$93.37	$675	-7.63
750–770	760	2	95.00–98.00	$96.52	$734	—
780	780	1	103.00	$103.00	$803	—
820–835	828	2	92.00–96.00	$94.02	$778	—
885	885	1	86.00	$86.00	$761	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–210	203	3	100.00–110.00	$105.00	$213	—
255	255	1	85.00	$85.00	$217	—
280 thin fleshed	280	1	95.00	$95.00	$266	+8.63
300–305	303	2	105.00–110.00	$107.48	$326	—
345 thin fleshed	345	1	80.00	$80.00	$276	—
355 thin fleshed	355	1	90.00	$90.00	$320	±0.00
360–370	365	3	102.50–110.00	$105.81	$386	-4.19
400–445	420	5	100.00–110.00	$107.46	$451	—
415–430 thin fleshed	423	2	87.50	$87.50	$370	+7.50
485	485	1	110.00	$110.00	$534	±0.00
490 thin fleshed	490	1	90.00	$90.00	$441	—
500–515 thin fleshed	508	2	90.00–95.00	$92.54	$470	—
540	540	1	108.00	$108.00	$583	+6.00
575–585	580	2	100.00–110.00	$105.04	$609	+2.04
605–635 thin fleshed	615	3	80.00–91.00	$83.61	$514	—
615	615	1	104.00	$104.00	$640	—
745 thin fleshed	745	1	80.00	$80.00	$596	—
785	785	1	107.00	$107.00	$840	+7.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	422	25	150.00–162.50	$154.29	$651	-7.84
415–430	425	6	140.00–149.00	$143.89	$612	-18.24
450–495	470	18	149.00–160.00	$152.40	$716	+3.54
470 thin fleshed	470	1	147.00	$147.00	$691	—
455–495	474	8	137.50–147.50	$142.85	$677	-6.01
500–545	522	34	133.00–148.00	$141.67	$740	+1.50
520–535	525	3	123.00–130.00	$125.38	$658	-14.79
550–585	566	20	135.00–149.00	$139.49	$790	-2.25
600–645	617	13	129.00–138.00	$134.01	$827	+0.15
620–640	630	2	120.00–127.50	$123.69	$779	-10.17
660	660	1	130.00	$130.00	$858	—
670–690	680	2	120.00–127.00	$123.55	$840	—
700–725	706	7	118.00–122.00	$120.86	$853	-2.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	421	11	130.00–147.00	$141.54	$596	+13.87
465–495	484	16	125.00–143.00	$135.59	$656	+9.03
500–530	517	9	120.00–133.00	$126.56	$654	-3.44
550–595	572	6	119.00–130.00	$124.82	$714	-2.14
610–640	627	3	117.50–127.00	$121.55	$762	+4.62
650–695	669	10	117.50–125.00	$120.88	$809	-0.15
700–745	725	5	114.00–117.00	$115.18	$835	-2.82

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–430	420	4	100.00–110.00	$103.75	$436	—
430	430	1	85.00	$85.00	$366	—
450–495	473	4	100.00–115.00	$105.70	$500	-0.55
515	515	1	100.00	$100.00	$515	—
525	525	1	90.00	$90.00	$472	—
550–570	560	2	105.00–113.00	$109.07	$611	+7.07
565	565	1	80.00	$80.00	$452	-22.00
565 thin fleshed	565	1	90.00	$90.00	$508	—
635	635	1	100.00	$100.00	$635	—
663–690	672	3	109.00–113.00	$111.63	$750	—
680	680	1	96.00	$96.00	$653	—
715	715	1	80.00	$80.00	$572	—
745	745	1	105.00	$105.00	$782	—
765–795	771	5	99.00–106.00	$104.56	$806	+1.56
820 thin fleshed	820	1	80.00	$80.00	$656	-12.00
820	820	1	101.00	$101.00	$828	—
835	835	1	84.00	$84.00	$701	—
879–885	882	2	96.00–99.00	$97.49	$860	—
887	887	3	97.00	$97.00	$860	—
900 thin fleshed	900	1	93.00	$93.00	$837	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–440	424	4	110.00–112.00	$111.48	$473	—
470	470	1	110.00	$110.00	$517	—
505–520	513	3	100.00–110.00	$105.62	$542	+2.62
520 thin fleshed	520	1	95.00	$95.00	$494	—
560 thin fleshed	560	1	95.00	$95.00	$532	—
580	580	1	100.00	$100.00	$580	-2.00
660–695	675	3	102.50–112.50	$108.38	$732	—
695 thin fleshed	695	1	90.00	$90.00	$626	—
715–745	734	4	107.00–108.00	$107.62	$790	—
750–795	775	3	100.00–108.00	$103.37	$801	+1.37
820–845 thin fleshed	833	2	82.00–90.00	$85.94	$716	—
880 thin fleshed	880	1	94.00	$94.00	$827	—
885	885	1	98.00	$98.00	$867	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–1330	860	85-90%	21	36.00–46.00	$42.41	$365	—
610–1465	960	85-90%	69	46.00–56.00	$51.78	$497	—
750–1135	982	85-90%	3	20.00–28.00	$24.88	$244	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1440	1100	80-85%	37	55.00–65.00	$59.84	$658	-2.56
1180–1265	1222	80-85%	3	52.00–56.00	$54.37	$664	—
1280	1280	80-85%	1	69.00	$69.00	$883	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1425	1262	75-80%	9	56.00–65.00	$58.97	$744	+2.97
1020–1580	1312	75-80%	16	46.00–56.00	$52.17	$684	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1620	1367	5	73.00–76.00	$75.32	$1,030	—
1000–2360	1455	21	79.00–88.00	$82.19	$1,196	—
1845	1845	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,716	-3.98

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
580–685	643	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	365.00–390.00	$381.11
695	695	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	396.00	$396.00
795	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	453.00	$453.00

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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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
875–1095	963	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	450.00–775.00	$600.19
830–1300	994	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	498.00–825.00	$636.89

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
705–795	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	375.00–650.00	$552.04
725–825	763	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	425.00–625.00	$520.10
810	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
865	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

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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
875–950	904	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	625.00–1,000.00	$762.76	—
865–1065	917	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	650.00–800.00	$731.35	—
920–925	923	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	475.00–625.00	$549.80	—
940–1000	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	675.00–1,025.00	$855.41	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
630–815	724	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	400.00–725.00	$593.91	—
700–850	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	390.00–760.00	$641.55	—
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	635.00	$635.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	50.00	$50.00	$238	—
525	525	1	60.00	$60.00	$315	—
595	595	1	56.00	$56.00	$333	—

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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.