Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 5, 2021

800 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.55/cwt +0.03 vs last sale · ≈ $644/hd at 521 lb · 26 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $131.99/cwt -1.77 vs last sale · ≈ $626/hd at 474 lb · 23 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.69/cwt -1.51 vs last sale · ≈ $546/hd at 424 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	800	787	660
Feeder cattle	608	592	400
Slaughter cattle	140	140	177
Replacement cattle	52	55	83

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current goat receipts 5. Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher, while bulls were steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly steady to 9.00 lower; heifers were mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle mostly moderate. 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
200–235	222	3	150.00–167.50	$156.99	$349	+6.99
255	255	1	157.50	$157.50	$402	+10.50
309–340	321	15	145.00–157.00	$150.18	$482	-7.39
325	325	1	140.00	$140.00	$455	-17.57
355–380	368	12	147.50–156.00	$150.61	$554	-9.84
410–430	420	2	130.00–135.00	$132.44	$556	-28.84
400–447	433	16	136.00–150.00	$145.26	$629	-16.02
460–490	479	11	138.00–144.00	$141.73	$679	-8.49
520–535	528	4	136.00–142.00	$138.74	$733	-6.97
555–585	568	6	132.00–138.00	$134.14	$762	+3.10
590	590	1	129.00	$129.00	$761	-12.72
613–625	615	6	132.00–134.00	$133.66	$822	-3.00
648	648	3	124.50	$124.50	$807	-12.16
705–710	708	2	120.00–122.00	$121.00	$857	-10.20

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	137.50	$137.50	$268	—
205–245	223	5	130.00–145.00	$134.83	$301	—
250–295	278	7	130.00–145.00	$137.16	$381	+6.84
300–345	330	4	120.00–140.00	$131.08	$433	-10.89
355–395	375	13	126.00–145.00	$137.80	$517	-2.11
410–440	429	4	120.00–130.00	$124.41	$534	—
450–499	479	13	130.00–137.00	$132.13	$633	-6.61
520	520	1	114.00	$114.00	$593	—
579–595	582	6	130.00–132.00	$130.34	$759	—
695	695	3	112.00–118.00	$114.33	$795	-6.20
740	740	1	109.00	$109.00	$807	—
785	785	1	118.00	$118.00	$926	—
910–930	923	3	106.00–112.00	$107.97	$997	—
965–975	970	2	105.00–110.00	$107.49	$1,043	—
1000–1045	1034	6	105.00–106.00	$105.51	$1,091	—
1153	1153	2	100.00	$100.00	$1,153	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455 thin fleshed	455	1	80.00	$80.00	$364	—
565	565	1	110.00	$110.00	$622	+3.00
600	600	1	110.00	$110.00	$660	—
810	810	1	107.00	$107.00	$867	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	100.00	$100.00	$275	—
340 thin fleshed	340	1	90.00	$90.00	$306	—
385	385	1	97.50	$97.50	$375	-12.50
725	725	1	108.00	$108.00	$783	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	130.00	$130.00	$240	—
235	235	1	135.00	$135.00	$317	—
250	250	1	120.00	$120.00	$300	-10.00
260–295	278	3	130.00–137.00	$133.25	$370	+9.53
280	280	1	125.00	$125.00	$350	+1.28
320–345	333	6	130.00–137.00	$132.94	$443	+14.96
360	360	1	127.00	$127.00	$457	-5.00
350–395	373	12	130.00–136.00	$132.83	$495	+0.83
405–445	424	22	124.00–134.00	$128.69	$546	-1.51
450–495	468	13	125.00–133.00	$129.06	$604	+1.11
500–545	521	26	118.00–128.00	$123.55	$644	-0.32
555–591	577	14	118.00–124.00	$121.31	$700	+4.83
610–615	613	2	112.00–114.00	$113.00	$693	-3.00
615	615	1	118.00	$118.00	$726	+2.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180–190	185	2	115.00–120.00	$117.57	$218	-3.79
220	220	1	115.00	$115.00	$253	-3.49
250–275	263	2	115.00–120.00	$117.38	$309	-2.92
310–335	322	12	120.00–127.50	$122.46	$394	+0.64
360–395	375	9	112.50–128.00	$122.87	$461	+0.60
400–440	426	9	112.50–121.00	$117.19	$499	-0.07
455–490	474	8	114.00–123.00	$120.77	$572	-0.52
520–545	532	5	112.00–122.00	$115.64	$615	+1.62
548	548	2	93.00	$93.00	$510	-21.02
550–595	573	13	109.00–117.00	$113.77	$652	-1.57
600	600	1	113.00	$113.00	$678	-1.24
963	963	4	100.00	$100.00	$963	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	110.00	$110.00	$258	—
245 thin fleshed	245	1	85.00	$85.00	$208	—
255	255	1	117.50	$117.50	$300	+8.77
320	320	1	100.00	$100.00	$320	+12.50
345 thin fleshed	345	1	95.00	$95.00	$328	+15.00
355–395	381	4	100.00–110.00	$104.39	$398	+4.39
390 thin fleshed	390	1	80.00	$80.00	$312	-15.00
405–440	423	2	110.00–112.50	$111.30	$471	+9.59
425–445 thin fleshed	435	2	90.00–92.50	$91.28	$397	—
450–485	471	4	101.00–110.00	$107.85	$508	-1.18
500–505	503	2	100.00–110.00	$104.98	$528	+4.98
510	510	1	88.00	$88.00	$449	-12.00
555–590	579	4	100.00–110.00	$105.68	$612	+2.95
630–640	635	2	102.00–105.00	$103.51	$657	-1.99
650–670	658	3	99.00–105.00	$101.65	$669	+3.65
695	695	1	91.00	$91.00	$632	-7.00
700	700	1	97.00	$97.00	$679	—
730 thin fleshed	730	1	90.00	$90.00	$657	+1.49
755	755	1	97.00	$97.00	$732	-1.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–280	278	2	101.00–112.50	$106.70	$297	—
390–395	393	2	100.00–110.00	$105.03	$413	-4.97
395 thin fleshed	395	1	88.00	$88.00	$348	—
400	400	1	80.00	$80.00	$320	—
410	410	1	100.00	$100.00	$410	—
505	505	1	85.00	$85.00	$429	-19.00
510	510	1	110.00	$110.00	$561	+6.00
520	520	1	86.00	$86.00	$447	-18.00
580	580	1	110.00	$110.00	$638	+4.00
610–615	613	2	107.00	$107.00	$656	+1.00
655	655	1	103.00	$103.00	$675	+13.00
655	655	1	81.00	$81.00	$531	-9.00
690	690	1	86.00	$86.00	$593	±0.00
690 thin fleshed	690	1	88.00	$88.00	$607	—
740–745	743	2	85.00	$85.00	$632	-21.49
765 thin fleshed	765	1	83.00	$83.00	$635	-10.47
775	775	1	105.00	$105.00	$814	+4.05
885	885	1	107.00	$107.00	$947	+1.00
890	890	1	89.00	$89.00	$792	-17.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	418	15	137.50–147.00	$142.41	$595	-5.57
455	455	2	138.00–139.00	$138.50	$630	-7.21
455–492	479	17	120.00–138.00	$134.02	$642	-6.82
500–535	521	5	127.50–130.00	$128.70	$671	-1.27
500–545	522	13	132.00–136.00	$134.39	$702	-2.49
550–595	577	5	120.00–127.00	$122.38	$706	-13.91
605–630	615	3	128.00–129.00	$128.33	$789	-0.67
620–635	628	5	120.00–127.50	$123.37	$775	-5.63
655	655	3	120.50	$120.50	$789	+2.50
713	713	2	114.00	$114.00	$813	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	427	9	119.00–137.50	$132.44	$566	-2.63
450–495	474	23	125.00–138.00	$131.99	$626	-1.77
515–540	523	8	125.00–130.00	$127.51	$667	-1.72
560–590	579	5	124.00–132.00	$128.55	$744	+3.56
600–645	623	5	116.00–126.00	$123.25	$768	+0.03
675–690	680	4	114.00–121.00	$117.73	$801	+1.73
700	700	1	113.00	$113.00	$791	-2.97

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	95.00	$95.00	$380	-12.75
410	410	1	107.50	$107.50	$441	-0.25
495	495	1	80.00	$80.00	$396	-30.00
555	555	1	110.00	$110.00	$610	+10.00
580	580	1	90.00	$90.00	$522	-10.00
615–630	623	2	100.00–110.00	$104.94	$654	-5.56
715–725	720	2	101.00–106.00	$103.48	$745	+9.48
755–790	772	3	99.00–102.00	$100.69	$777	+0.69
850	850	1	90.00	$90.00	$765	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	108.00	$108.00	$535	-2.00
625 thin fleshed	625	1	90.00	$90.00	$562	—
730	730	1	107.00	$107.00	$781	+7.00
765	765	2	102.00–104.00	$103.00	$788	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1460	1137	80-85%	6	69.00–75.00	$70.33	$800	+0.33
905–1520	1138	80-85%	45	56.00–68.00	$61.61	$701	-8.39

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1415	1235	75-80%	3	69.00–71.00	$70.05	$865	+7.87
1030–1645	1339	75-80%	27	57.00–69.00	$63.57	$851	—
1380	1380	75-80%	1	52.00	$52.00	$718	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610–920	752	85-90%	5	39.00–44.00	$41.13	$309	—
800	800	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$480	—
700–1060	880	85-90%	2	20.00–33.00	$25.17	$221	+0.28
640–1225	955	85-90%	17	46.00–56.00	$53.00	$506	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045	1045	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,045	—
1010–2475	1563	23	79.00–94.00	$88.62	$1,385	—
1760–2605	2273	3	55.00–69.00	$61.59	$1,400	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–1090	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	525.00–700.00	$639.93
885–1105	963	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	575.00–725.00	$666.49
1000–1195	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	700.00–825.00	$735.91
1020–1160	1097	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	575.00–825.00	$714.35

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
510–810	698	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	335.00–529.00	$427.29
735–830	783	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	425.00–700.00	$570.85
835–855	847	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	450.00–470.00	$456.73

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
575–765	702	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	525.00–650.00	$586.40	—
630–855	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	500.00–1,000.00	$742.16	-207.84
770–790	782	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	575.00–700.00	$641.47	-58.53
815–835	823	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	650.00–850.00	$734.11	-240.89
825	825	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	-300.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820–930	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	650.00–825.00	$754.67	—
900–1325	1093	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	625.00–925.00	$826.53	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–225	215	2	70.00–100.00	$85.70	$184	—

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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.