Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 4, 2021

683 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.36/cwt +8.48 vs last sale · ≈ $683/hd at 524 lb · 33 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.11/cwt +6.67 vs last sale · ≈ $736/hd at 570 lb · 33 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.11/cwt +5.12 vs last sale · ≈ $565/hd at 421 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	683	608	500
Feeder cattle	532	421	332
Slaughter cattle	120	119	158
Replacement cattle	31	68	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were mixed, while bulls were 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls were 2.00 to 13.00 higher, while heifers were 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were good. Offerings of cattle were moderate to 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
220–230	223	4	150.00–170.00	$160.73	$358	—
250–290	276	5	150.00–173.00	$163.29	$451	+10.09
310–345	321	8	151.00–170.00	$161.61	$519	+10.04
325–345	335	2	145.00–146.00	$145.51	$487	-6.06
335–340 fancy	338	2	178.00–180.00	$179.01	$605	—
350 fancy	350	1	177.00	$177.00	$620	—
350–395	376	10	150.00–167.50	$157.88	$594	+10.32
385	385	1	147.50	$147.50	$568	-0.06
415–435	425	2	142.00–142.50	$142.24	$605	-3.67
415–440	426	4	145.00–162.00	$155.09	$661	+9.18
450–495	469	11	145.00–164.00	$154.33	$724	+19.33
500–545	527	13	138.00–156.00	$147.33	$776	+13.33
555–560	558	2	128.00–131.00	$129.51	$723	-15.02
552–590	560	11	135.00–152.00	$146.77	$822	+2.24
615	615	1	120.00	$120.00	$738	-12.02
605–630	618	14	132.00–148.00	$140.93	$871	+8.91
650–695	678	3	130.00–133.00	$131.70	$893	-0.84
705–740	725	3	122.00–132.00	$128.30	$930	+0.60
785	785	2	120.00–127.00	$123.50	$969	-1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	147.50	$147.50	$406	+13.95
300	300	1	147.50	$147.50	$442	+9.87
350	350	1	125.00	$125.00	$438	-9.76
350 thin fleshed	350	1	122.50	$122.50	$429	+7.50
355–365	360	2	120.00–122.50	$121.27	$437	-13.49
350–395	379	4	125.00–135.00	$131.11	$497	-3.65
425	425	1	142.50	$142.50	$606	+12.50
480	480	1	120.00	$120.00	$576	—
470–490	482	3	124.00–140.00	$134.30	$647	—
515–540	523	3	125.00–134.00	$128.92	$674	-1.08
550–580	569	4	120.00–134.00	$128.05	$729	+3.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240 thin fleshed	240	1	90.00	$90.00	$216	—
305	305	1	102.50	$102.50	$313	—
350–390	372	3	100.00–115.00	$108.21	$403	+8.21
480	480	1	110.00	$110.00	$528	—
545	545	1	104.00	$104.00	$567	—
575	575	1	95.00	$95.00	$546	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	115.00	$115.00	$437	+22.50
445	445	1	80.00	$80.00	$356	-12.50
455–465	460	3	107.50–115.00	$111.15	$511	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	290	3	140.00–147.00	$143.22	$415	—
320–335	326	4	144.00–147.50	$145.86	$476	+11.04
350–395	373	18	130.00–143.00	$137.13	$511	+4.70
400–445	421	27	125.00–142.00	$134.11	$565	+4.70
450–495	469	23	125.00–140.00	$133.93	$628	+4.46
510	510	1	110.00	$110.00	$561	-12.87
500–545	524	32	120.00–138.50	$131.00	$686	+8.13
550–595	570	33	120.00–133.00	$129.11	$736	+6.22
600–645	620	11	120.00–128.00	$122.71	$761	+3.48
610–630	620	2	110.00–116.00	$113.05	$701	-6.18
670	670	1	116.00	$116.00	$777	-1.49
650–695	671	7	123.00–128.00	$125.30	$841	+7.81

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260 thin fleshed	260	1	90.00	$90.00	$234	—
300	300	1	80.00	$80.00	$240	—
375	375	1	115.00	$115.00	$431	—
410–415	413	2	100.00–105.00	$102.52	$423	+0.02
445	445	1	83.00	$83.00	$369	-19.50
455–485	476	5	100.00–110.00	$103.52	$493	-1.48
515 thin fleshed	515	1	91.00	$91.00	$469	—
525	525	2	110.00	$110.00	$578	±0.00
540	540	1	90.00	$90.00	$486	-20.00
600–640	618	3	90.00–96.00	$92.07	$569	-15.43
665	665	1	80.00	$80.00	$532	-24.32
735	735	1	87.00	$87.00	$639	-19.00
815	815	1	81.00	$81.00	$660	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	130.00	$130.00	$312	—
260	260	1	132.50	$132.50	$344	+12.50
310–340	322	5	122.50–129.00	$126.33	$407	+5.85
380–390	385	2	125.00–127.50	$126.23	$486	+3.57
410–420	413	3	120.00–123.00	$121.84	$503	+3.44
475–480	478	2	115.00–120.00	$117.49	$562	-4.40
510	510	1	115.00	$115.00	$586	-1.00
570–595	583	2	113.00–115.00	$113.98	$665	—
610–645	628	2	109.00–115.00	$112.08	$704	+1.08
655	655	1	110.00	$110.00	$720	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	105.00	$105.00	$346	-5.00
465–495	480	2	102.50–105.00	$103.71	$498	—
505	505	1	112.50	$112.50	$568	+5.59
560	560	1	98.00	$98.00	$549	+0.50
600	600	1	90.00	$90.00	$540	-14.00
700	700	1	102.00	$102.00	$714	—
770 thin fleshed	770	1	80.00	$80.00	$616	—
840	840	1	106.00	$106.00	$890	—

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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	418	18	142.50–160.00	$151.78	$634	+13.29
455–495	475	14	142.50–157.00	$149.39	$710	+15.86
505	505	1	130.00	$130.00	$656	-6.34
500–545	523	13	135.00–148.00	$142.67	$746	+6.33
550–595	565	16	135.00–143.00	$139.35	$787	+11.39
590	590	1	134.00	$134.00	$791	-1.49
600–645	621	17	130.00–141.00	$135.05	$839	+5.56
660–685	672	3	130.00–133.00	$131.34	$883	—
675	675	1	127.50	$127.50	$861	—
705	705	1	115.00	$115.00	$811	—
705–735	716	4	120.00–126.00	$123.97	$888	—
750	750	1	117.00	$117.00	$878	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	120.00	$120.00	$510	-13.85
405–445	427	6	123.00–140.00	$133.74	$571	-0.11
430–440	435	2	122.50–130.00	$126.21	$549	+6.21
445 thin fleshed	445	1	120.00	$120.00	$534	—
460–490	473	3	125.00–130.00	$128.38	$607	-3.92
475–490	483	2	120.00	$120.00	$580	-12.30
505–545	526	7	120.00–132.50	$127.36	$670	+0.51
530	530	1	117.50	$117.50	$623	-9.35
560	560	1	115.00	$115.00	$644	-10.74
555–595	571	5	120.00–134.00	$128.91	$736	+3.17
595 thin fleshed	595	1	115.00	$115.00	$684	—
610–625	618	2	125.00	$125.00	$772	+1.33
685	685	1	115.00	$115.00	$788	-7.25
690	690	1	125.00	$125.00	$862	+2.75
695	695	1	115.00	$115.00	$799	-7.25
720–745	732	3	116.00–117.00	$116.66	$854	—
810	810	1	111.00	$111.00	$899	+1.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–440	431	4	109.00–115.00	$112.29	$484	+22.29
455–485	473	3	100.00–112.50	$107.64	$509	+2.64
500	500	1	100.00	$100.00	$500	-11.00
590	590	1	105.00	$105.00	$620	+0.44
675	675	1	115.00	$115.00	$776	+24.00
820	820	2	100.00–108.00	$104.00	$853	—
835	835	1	92.00	$92.00	$768	—
865	865	1	92.50	$92.50	$800	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–495	475	2	100.00–110.00	$105.21	$500	-4.79
595	595	1	105.00	$105.00	$625	—
630	630	1	112.50	$112.50	$709	-3.50
830	830	1	104.00	$104.00	$863	—
875	875	1	100.00	$100.00	$875	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–1040	805	85-90%	12	35.00–48.00	$41.86	$337	-1.07
855–935	896	85-90%	8	20.00–35.00	$28.67	$257	-24.66
575–1125	941	85-90%	23	50.00–62.00	$56.55	$532	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105	1105	80-85%	1	59.00	$59.00	$652	-6.66
900–1415	1162	80-85%	32	61.00–73.00	$67.16	$780	—
1130–1305	1182	80-85%	5	74.00–76.00	$75.20	$889	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1295	1185	75-80%	3	58.00–60.00	$58.73	$696	—
980–1495	1313	75-80%	17	63.00–73.00	$67.07	$881	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1645	1340	5	67.00–88.00	$76.87	$1,030	—
1075–2345	1563	10	89.00–100.00	$94.82	$1,482	—
1900	1900	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,976	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880 thin fleshed	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00
885–960	923	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	672.00–675.00	$673.44
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1045–1535	1277	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	800.00–1,075.00	$925.10
1365–1440	1405	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	975.00–1,010.00	$994.88

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	407.00	$407.00

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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
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
1025–1060	1043	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–1,100.00	$1,087.29	-232.39
995–1110	1067	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,325.00–1,425.00	$1,376.56	+513.51
955–1230	1113	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,225.00–1,400.00	$1,321.05	+53.82

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
705–730 thin fleshed	718	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	450.00–475.00	$462.28	—
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	+25.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745 thin fleshed	745	1	45.00	$45.00	$335	—

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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.