Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 28, 2021

787 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Stanly County Livestock Market report →

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.52/cwt -3.12 vs last sale · ≈ $648/hd at 525 lb · 28 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $133.76/cwt +14.35 vs last sale · ≈ $631/hd at 472 lb · 24 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $135.68/cwt -1.65 vs last sale · ≈ $710/hd at 523 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	787	728	695
Feeder cattle	592	614	594
Slaughter cattle	140	88	83
Replacement cattle	55	26	18

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average. Hog receipts were 1.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	165.00	$165.00	$314	—
230	230	1	150.00	$150.00	$345	—
250	250	1	147.00	$147.00	$368	-6.00
265	265	1	145.00	$145.00	$384	-8.00
260–295	279	9	150.00–169.00	$156.47	$437	+3.47
300–340	315	14	150.00–168.00	$157.57	$496	+2.26
350–395	374	19	150.00–170.00	$160.45	$600	+3.70
395	395	1	140.00	$140.00	$553	-16.75
421–445	426	5	151.00–164.00	$161.28	$687	+11.98
445	445	1	144.00	$144.00	$641	-5.30
460	460	2	143.00	$143.00	$658	-3.11
450–475	464	4	145.00–155.00	$150.22	$697	+4.11
512–533	520	8	139.00–151.00	$145.71	$758	+2.38
550–590	570	2	130.00–132.00	$131.04	$747	-11.17
555–590	578	8	134.00–146.00	$141.72	$819	-0.49
620–649	639	13	129.00–140.00	$136.66	$873	+6.09
660–675	668	2	122.00–126.00	$124.02	$828	-1.78
733–737	735	10	130.00–134.00	$131.20	$964	+11.21
790	790	2	122.00–125.00	$123.50	$976	+4.90

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	1	117.50	$117.50	$176	—
270–295	278	3	126.00–135.00	$130.32	$362	—
315–345	338	4	137.50–145.00	$141.97	$480	—
360–395	375	8	120.00–147.50	$139.91	$525	—
460–490	475	3	135.00–144.00	$138.74	$659	+5.25
600	600	1	122.00	$122.00	$732	+4.36
660–675	668	2	118.00–123.00	$120.53	$805	+5.53

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285 thin fleshed	285	1	90.00	$90.00	$256	—
320	320	1	102.50	$102.50	$328	—
365–395	380	2	100.00–105.00	$102.60	$390	—
445	445	1	110.00	$110.00	$490	—
460	460	1	105.00	$105.00	$483	—
585	585	1	107.00	$107.00	$626	—
865 thin fleshed	865	1	95.00	$95.00	$822	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	2	101.00–113.00	$106.77	$350	—
365	365	1	110.00	$110.00	$402	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	130.00	$130.00	$325	—
270–275	273	2	120.00–127.50	$123.72	$338	—
320–325	322	3	130.00–134.00	$132.18	$426	-0.07
330–335	333	2	116.00–120.00	$117.98	$393	-14.27
380–385	383	2	132.00	$132.00	$506	-1.37
415–438	430	7	125.00–133.00	$130.20	$560	-1.70
450–495	472	12	125.00–132.00	$127.95	$604	+1.42
470–480	475	2	122.00	$122.00	$580	-4.53
500–545	525	27	119.00–129.00	$123.87	$650	-2.77
525	525	1	114.00	$114.00	$598	-12.64
550–595	570	14	120.00–126.00	$123.50	$704	-2.07
550–595	573	4	115.00–117.00	$116.48	$667	-9.09
605	605	1	116.00	$116.00	$702	-9.28
605–648	630	19	116.00–126.00	$122.40	$771	-2.88

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–175	170	2	117.50–125.00	$121.36	$206	—
200–245	223	2	114.00–124.00	$118.49	$264	—
250–295	276	8	115.00–127.50	$120.30	$332	-2.65
300–345	320	12	115.00–128.00	$121.82	$390	-0.16
350–395	378	17	115.00–129.00	$122.27	$462	+0.48
405–445	425	8	115.00–120.00	$117.26	$498	-6.45
450–495	477	15	115.00–124.00	$121.29	$579	+2.05
515–525	520	2	112.00–116.00	$114.02	$593	-8.35
590–595	593	3	112.00–117.00	$115.34	$684	-2.45
600–640	613	7	111.00–118.00	$114.24	$700	+0.75
650–690	667	5	113.00–116.00	$114.20	$762	—
760	760	1	111.00	$111.00	$844	—
855	855	1	111.00	$111.00	$949	—
900	900	1	109.00	$109.00	$981	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–260	255	2	107.50–110.00	$108.73	$277	—
285 thin fleshed	285	1	95.00	$95.00	$271	—
300	300	1	105.00	$105.00	$315	—
320	320	1	87.50	$87.50	$280	—
315–330 thin fleshed	323	2	80.00	$80.00	$258	—
380 thin fleshed	380	1	95.00	$95.00	$361	—
380	380	2	100.00	$100.00	$380	-6.30
400–420	408	3	100.00–105.00	$101.71	$415	-8.67
450–475	463	2	108.00–110.00	$109.03	$505	—
520	520	1	100.00	$100.00	$520	-7.56
560–570	564	4	100.00–106.00	$102.73	$579	—
610–615 thin fleshed	613	2	85.00–92.00	$88.51	$543	—
625	625	2	105.00–106.00	$105.50	$659	+10.50
660–680 thin fleshed	668	3	80.00–94.00	$86.07	$575	—
680	680	1	98.00	$98.00	$666	+3.00
700–740 thin fleshed	720	2	88.00–89.00	$88.51	$637	—
790	790	1	98.00	$98.00	$774	—
875	875	1	105.00	$105.00	$919	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	100.00	$100.00	$220	—
335	335	1	85.00	$85.00	$285	—
340–345	342	3	101.00–112.50	$105.31	$360	—
365	365	1	83.00	$83.00	$303	—
360–395	378	2	110.00	$110.00	$416	—
440 thin fleshed	440	1	90.00	$90.00	$396	—
485	485	1	113.00	$113.00	$548	—
500	500	1	104.00	$104.00	$520	—
580	580	1	106.00	$106.00	$615	—
615	615	1	106.00	$106.00	$652	—
625	625	1	90.00	$90.00	$562	—
635 thin fleshed	635	1	92.00	$92.00	$584	—
655	655	1	90.00	$90.00	$590	—
670	670	1	102.00	$102.00	$683	—
685	685	1	86.00	$86.00	$589	—
715–740	728	2	106.00–107.00	$106.49	$775	—
755–790	773	2	99.00–103.00	$100.95	$780	—
775–795 thin fleshed	785	2	91.00–96.00	$93.47	$734	—
805–845	823	4	104.00–106.00	$104.74	$862	—
890	890	1	106.00	$106.00	$943	—
905–925	915	2	105.00	$105.00	$961	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	114.00	$114.00	$673	—
680 thin fleshed	680	1	89.00	$89.00	$605	—
715	715	1	110.00	$110.00	$786	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–425	410	3	135.00–142.00	$139.58	$572	-1.84
400–440	419	11	145.00–160.00	$147.98	$620	+6.56
450–461	457	7	145.00–147.50	$145.71	$666	+4.28
455–480	466	7	139.00–144.00	$140.84	$656	-0.59
510–530	519	4	125.00–134.00	$129.97	$675	-7.36
500–542	524	19	134.00–145.00	$136.88	$717	-0.45
550–555	553	4	127.00–130.00	$129.00	$713	-5.59
555–580	567	3	134.00–141.00	$136.29	$773	+1.70
605–615	607	9	118.00–127.00	$124.88	$758	-6.66
615	615	1	129.00	$129.00	$793	-2.54
655	655	1	118.00	$118.00	$773	-1.67
800	800	1	92.50	$92.50	$740	—
805 thin fleshed	805	1	96.00	$96.00	$773	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	424	8	115.00–144.00	$135.07	$573	+3.01
455–495	472	24	115.00–143.00	$133.76	$631	+14.35
500–535	519	10	120.00–134.00	$129.23	$671	—
550–590	566	8	117.00–134.00	$124.99	$707	+3.36
600–630	613	6	115.00–128.00	$123.22	$755	-0.28
675	675	1	116.00	$116.00	$783	+4.00
715–740	728	2	114.00–118.00	$115.97	$844	+10.97

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	430	6	100.00–110.00	$107.75	$463	—
455–480	468	2	110.00	$110.00	$515	—
560–565	563	2	100.00	$100.00	$563	—
635	635	2	108.00–113.00	$110.50	$702	—
675	675	1	105.00	$105.00	$709	—
680 thin fleshed	680	1	90.00	$90.00	$612	—
700–715	708	2	98.00–100.00	$98.99	$701	—
715	715	1	94.00	$94.00	$672	—
750	750	1	100.00	$100.00	$750	—
760 thin fleshed	760	1	94.00	$94.00	$714	—
800 thin fleshed	800	1	80.00	$80.00	$640	—
805–845	825	2	89.00–90.00	$89.49	$738	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	109.00	$109.00	$441	-1.00
465	465	1	110.00	$110.00	$512	±0.00
475 thin fleshed	475	1	95.00	$95.00	$451	—
505	505	1	109.00	$109.00	$550	+9.00
590	590	2	110.00	$110.00	$649	—
600	600	1	100.00	$100.00	$600	—
670	670	1	100.00	$100.00	$670	—
725	725	1	100.00	$100.00	$725	—
750 thin fleshed	750	1	90.00	$90.00	$675	—
855	855	1	94.00	$94.00	$804	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	80-85%	1	49.00	$49.00	$436	—
795–1395	1090	80-85%	45	56.00–68.00	$61.59	$671	+2.60
870–1425	1148	80-85%	2	70.00	$70.00	$804	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585–985	788	85-90%	6	39.00–45.00	$42.88	$338	—
710–1045	866	85-90%	6	16.00–32.00	$24.89	$216	—
580–1360	901	85-90%	21	46.00–56.00	$50.87	$458	+0.71

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1330	1155	75-80%	2	53.00	$53.00	$612	—
905–1470	1234	75-80%	27	57.00–66.00	$62.18	$767	—
1265	1265	75-80%	1	71.00	$71.00	$898	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–2120	1601	16	83.00–93.00	$88.86	$1,423	—
1770–2035	1903	2	95.00	$95.00	$1,808	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815 thin fleshed	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
835–880	861	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	675.00–775.00	$718.82
850–960	908	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	775.00–850.00	$812.28
935–1065	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	625.00–725.00	$662.62
875–1445	1231	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	625.00–925.00	$800.53

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–760	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	310.00–547.00	$435.08
650–820	743	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	575.00–765.00	$672.86
705–795	762	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	564.00–730.00	$662.97

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–825	798	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	625.00–725.00	$687.37
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	770.00	$770.00

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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
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—
980	980	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—
955–1345	1137	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	875.00–1,200.00	$1,060.41	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
640	640	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—
690	690	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00	—
740	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
790	790	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	77.50	$77.50	$391	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	74.00	$74.00	$270	—

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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.