Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 7, 2021

670 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.22/cwt +8.46 vs last sale · ≈ $578/hd at 421 lb · 34 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.16/cwt +4.55 vs last sale · ≈ $672/hd at 520 lb · 34 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $148.50/cwt +9.93 vs last sale · ≈ $773/hd at 521 lb · 30 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	670	725
Feeder cattle	550	525
Slaughter cattle	100	186
Replacement cattle	20	14

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week . slaughter cows were mostly steady and slaughter bulls were mostly 5 to 8 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly 4 to 8 higher. Demand was high; market activity and buyer interest were high. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was well above average. 2 hogs

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–240	231	5	150.00–175.00	$163.74	$378	—
255–295	274	8	150.00–175.00	$161.60	$443	+4.37
310	310	1	140.00	$140.00	$434	-17.92
300–345	327	16	155.00–175.00	$165.34	$541	+7.42
345 fancy	345	1	180.00	$180.00	$621	—
350–395	365	22	150.00–168.00	$159.30	$581	+4.28
405 fancy	405	1	174.00	$174.00	$705	—
410–448	433	10	148.00–164.00	$157.31	$681	+4.73
450	450	1	140.00	$140.00	$630	-10.35
455–490	473	8	147.00–162.00	$153.32	$725	+2.97
505–545	529	8	135.00–156.00	$149.80	$792	+3.55
555–588	571	13	136.00–155.00	$146.88	$839	+1.99
610	610	1	120.00	$120.00	$732	-13.78
600–625	613	2	144.00–147.00	$145.47	$892	+11.69
685	685	1	133.00	$133.00	$911	-1.00
720–740	730	2	123.00–124.00	$123.51	$902	+1.13

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	1	120.00	$120.00	$180	—
230–240	235	2	130.00	$130.00	$306	—
275–290	282	3	120.00–130.00	$124.17	$350	-17.13
300–345	313	6	117.50–145.00	$127.41	$399	-5.73
350–395	379	8	125.00–145.00	$136.39	$517	+4.08
430	430	1	145.00	$145.00	$624	+15.00
485–495	490	2	132.50–140.00	$136.21	$667	-4.12
515–530	525	4	115.00–130.00	$121.27	$637	-0.73
595	595	1	130.00	$130.00	$774	—
625	625	1	130.00	$130.00	$812	—
800	800	1	110.00	$110.00	$880	—
885	885	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,009	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	105.00	$105.00	$399	—
740 thin fleshed	740	1	90.00	$90.00	$666	—
890	890	1	103.00	$103.00	$917	—
905	905	1	96.00	$96.00	$869	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	100.00	$100.00	$275	—
375 thin fleshed	375	1	90.00	$90.00	$338	—
400 thin fleshed	400	1	90.00	$90.00	$360	—
690 thin fleshed	690	1	80.00	$80.00	$552	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
155	155	1	135.00	$135.00	$209	—
205–245	231	5	130.00–140.00	$133.81	$309	-6.19
285	285	1	140.00	$140.00	$399	+6.42
300–345	324	13	130.00–139.00	$134.14	$435	+1.84
350–395	377	21	130.00–145.00	$138.02	$520	+7.22
400–445	421	34	128.00–144.00	$137.22	$578	+8.29
452–498	475	30	125.00–145.00	$135.31	$643	+11.66
500–525 fancy	508	3	134.00–135.00	$134.33	$682	—
500–545	521	30	120.00–136.00	$129.12	$673	+4.51
535	535	1	115.00	$115.00	$615	-9.61
555–595	575	9	124.00–132.00	$127.74	$735	+4.00
570–595 fancy	583	3	134.00–137.00	$135.66	$791	—
600–620	612	3	122.00–128.00	$124.97	$765	-1.07
750	750	1	106.00	$106.00	$795	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180–195	188	2	117.50–120.00	$118.70	$223	-8.80
210–245	228	2	115.00–122.50	$118.46	$270	-4.07
280–295	288	2	112.50–120.00	$116.35	$335	-7.88
310–340	327	5	115.00–129.00	$120.36	$394	-3.16
365–390	380	4	112.50–128.00	$121.48	$462	-0.96
400–440	413	5	112.50–125.00	$120.54	$498	-0.54
465–480	473	2	120.00–124.00	$122.03	$577	-1.89
545	545	1	119.00	$119.00	$649	+3.04
610–630	618	3	111.00–115.00	$112.65	$696	+0.15
655–690	673	2	109.00–112.00	$110.46	$743	—
820	820	1	113.00	$113.00	$927	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	110.00	$110.00	$187	—
390	390	1	95.00	$95.00	$370	-13.77
405	405	1	100.00	$100.00	$405	-7.50
450–485	468	2	100.00–110.00	$104.81	$491	-4.04
525 thin fleshed	525	1	85.00	$85.00	$446	-5.00
565–575 thin fleshed	570	2	90.00–94.00	$92.02	$525	—
555–595	575	3	99.00–110.00	$104.79	$603	+0.79
645	645	1	102.00	$102.00	$658	-3.22
670–695 thin fleshed	683	2	92.00–93.00	$92.49	$632	+2.49
745	745	1	100.00	$100.00	$745	+13.00
745 thin fleshed	745	1	80.00	$80.00	$596	—
755 thin fleshed	755	1	90.00	$90.00	$680	±0.00
765–795	780	2	98.00–99.00	$98.51	$768	+1.51
805	805	1	105.00	$105.00	$845	+18.00
865	865	1	105.00	$105.00	$908	—
890	890	1	92.00	$92.00	$819	—
900 thin fleshed	900	1	87.00	$87.00	$783	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–235	233	2	100.00–105.00	$102.47	$239	—
260 thin fleshed	260	1	80.00	$80.00	$208	—
365–375	370	2	110.00	$110.00	$407	±0.00
450	450	1	105.00	$105.00	$472	+2.50
470 thin fleshed	470	1	90.00	$90.00	$423	-2.00
505	505	1	110.00	$110.00	$556	—
560–595	582	3	100.00–108.00	$103.39	$602	-2.61
620 thin fleshed	620	1	82.00	$82.00	$508	+2.00
625–635	630	2	85.00–100.00	$92.44	$582	—
675	675	1	100.00	$100.00	$675	—
745	745	1	102.00	$102.00	$760	—
865 thin fleshed	865	1	82.00	$82.00	$709	—
940	940	1	97.00	$97.00	$912	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	162.00	$162.00	$608	—
400	400	1	140.00	$140.00	$560	-8.89
425 fancy	425	1	162.00	$162.00	$688	—
415–440	428	15	145.00–162.00	$153.20	$656	+4.31
450–495	474	19	145.00–158.00	$153.13	$726	+9.13
460–490	475	2	145.00	$145.00	$689	+1.00
500–545	520	27	137.00–157.00	$148.45	$772	+9.27
500–540 fancy	520	2	155.00–161.00	$157.88	$821	—
545	545	1	131.00	$131.00	$714	-8.18
550–595	570	13	139.00–155.00	$145.90	$832	+7.43
600–635	619	7	134.00–146.00	$140.69	$871	+10.35
650	650	2	138.00	$138.00	$897	—
665	665	1	125.00	$125.00	$831	—
740	740	1	119.00	$119.00	$881	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	145.00	$145.00	$551	—
410–440	422	9	115.00–145.00	$134.17	$566	-2.84
450–495	473	9	114.00–145.00	$130.00	$615	-6.35
525–535	530	2	112.50–132.50	$122.59	$650	+0.36
615–640	628	2	125.00–126.00	$125.51	$788	+5.77
660–685	673	6	116.00–131.00	$126.37	$850	+11.33
750–795	774	4	110.00–114.00	$111.23	$861	-1.27
805	805	1	116.00	$116.00	$934	—
910	910	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,001	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410 thin fleshed	410	1	87.50	$87.50	$359	—
420	420	1	100.00	$100.00	$420	—
450	450	1	112.50	$112.50	$506	+2.50
675	675	1	100.00	$100.00	$675	-7.68
815	815	1	111.00	$111.00	$905	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	110.00	$110.00	$550	—
585	585	1	95.00	$95.00	$556	—
720	720	1	105.00	$105.00	$756	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1570	1065	80-85%	26	58.00–67.00	$64.04	$682	—
920–1515	1273	80-85%	3	69.00–78.00	$74.74	$951	+2.75

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–905	825	85-90%	2	20.00–34.00	$27.68	$228	-12.94
825–835	830	85-90%	2	64.00	$64.00	$531	+23.38
680–1265	868	85-90%	16	47.00–56.00	$50.45	$438	—
740–1145	934	85-90%	4	40.00–43.00	$41.06	$384	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1620	1357	75-80%	17	60.00–68.00	$64.48	$875	—
1435–1730	1578	75-80%	4	69.00–71.00	$69.49	$1,097	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1845	1383	3	71.00–77.00	$74.30	$1,028	—
1000–2170	1450	12	84.00–96.00	$88.55	$1,284	—
1435–1975	1660	3	97.00–114.00	$102.94	$1,709	+6.94

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	612.00	$612.00
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	598.00	$598.00

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
560–755	658	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00–675.00	$600.48
790–840	817	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	450.00–575.00	$516.02
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
555–740	648	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	275.00–650.00	$489.29	—
710–840	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	600.00	$600.00	—
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	475.00	$475.00	-375.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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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.