Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 18, 2021

605 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $143.62/cwt +3.62 vs last sale · ≈ $900/hd at 626 lb · 24 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $126.89/cwt -6.54 vs last sale · ≈ $730/hd at 575 lb · 21 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $137.83/cwt +14.83 vs last sale · ≈ $992/hd at 720 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	605	646	679
Feeder cattle	454	513	558
Slaughter cattle	118	122	111
Replacement cattle	33	11	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady to 1.5 lower. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 1.00 to 5.00 higher while heifers were mixed. Demand was moderate to good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate to good. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	332	3	154.00–164.00	$158.70	$527	-1.85
355–385	372	9	150.00–166.00	$157.26	$585	-2.55
430	430	2	148.00–152.00	$150.00	$645	+0.25
460–490	472	3	144.00–154.00	$148.98	$703	+2.00
515	515	1	120.00	$120.00	$618	-27.33
510–530	525	11	138.00–156.00	$148.81	$781	+1.48
555–595	579	8	140.00–152.00	$145.47	$842	+3.13
600–649	626	23	136.00–151.00	$144.30	$903	+4.30
635	635	1	128.00	$128.00	$813	-12.00
650–698	676	9	130.00–144.00	$138.27	$935	-0.44
690	690	2	120.00	$120.00	$828	-18.71
700–735	720	20	129.00–140.00	$137.83	$992	+14.83
785–790	788	2	130.00–132.00	$131.00	$1,032	+4.00
800	800	1	124.00	$124.00	$992	+5.00
885	885	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,089	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–225 thin fleshed	223	2	120.00	$120.00	$268	—
215–240	228	2	137.50–145.00	$141.46	$323	+8.96
250–275 thin fleshed	263	2	120.00	$120.00	$316	—
250–285	266	4	131.00–141.00	$136.98	$364	-8.02
300	300	1	120.00	$120.00	$360	-7.50
305–325	312	3	135.00–146.00	$140.33	$438	+12.83
345 thin fleshed	345	1	124.00	$124.00	$428	—
355	355	1	130.00	$130.00	$462	-6.62
415	415	2	130.00	$130.00	$540	-5.00
420 thin fleshed	420	1	120.00	$120.00	$504	+2.00
450–475	463	5	130.00–140.00	$134.45	$623	-0.78
465–470	468	2	115.00–122.00	$118.52	$555	-16.71
510–540	525	4	120.00–134.00	$127.97	$672	+3.03
560 thin fleshed	560	1	120.00	$120.00	$672	—
560–585	572	3	118.00–130.00	$122.64	$702	-5.89
575–585	580	2	130.00–134.00	$131.98	$765	+3.45
600	600	1	114.00	$114.00	$684	-3.25
645	645	1	123.00	$123.00	$793	—
720	720	1	110.00	$110.00	$792	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	117.00	$117.00	$199	—
245	245	1	100.00	$100.00	$245	—
290	290	1	110.00	$110.00	$319	—
355–360 thin fleshed	358	2	80.00–84.00	$82.01	$294	—
380–395	388	2	100.00–105.00	$102.55	$398	-12.45
390	390	1	86.00	$86.00	$335	-29.00
410	410	1	105.00	$105.00	$430	—
505	505	1	80.00	$80.00	$404	-20.00
565–585	575	2	100.00–108.00	$104.07	$598	-8.43
695	695	1	110.00	$110.00	$764	—
710	710	1	103.00	$103.00	$731	—
880	880	1	100.00	$100.00	$880	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	110.00	$110.00	$258	—
285 thin fleshed	285	1	90.00	$90.00	$256	—
370 thin fleshed	370	1	94.00	$94.00	$348	—
370–380	375	2	99.00–107.00	$103.05	$386	-1.78

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	130.00	$130.00	$410	+12.50
380–385	383	2	133.00–137.00	$134.99	$517	+9.99
400–445	420	14	128.00–142.00	$133.90	$562	+3.74
450–495	469	13	125.00–143.00	$133.28	$625	+0.17
490	490	1	120.00	$120.00	$588	-3.00
500–545	523	13	119.00–133.00	$128.08	$670	-2.65
550–595	575	21	120.00–132.00	$126.89	$730	-6.54
600–640	624	13	118.00–131.00	$125.67	$784	+0.69
648	648	2	114.00	$114.00	$739	-10.98
650–695	663	13	120.00–130.00	$124.91	$828	+14.91
740	740	1	121.00	$121.00	$895	+2.00
804	804	6	129.00	$129.00	$1,037	—
881	881	6	122.50	$122.50	$1,079	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	100.00	$100.00	$290	—
330–340	335	2	100.00–105.00	$102.46	$343	-5.04
365–370	368	2	104.00–110.00	$107.02	$394	+18.27
405 thin fleshed	405	1	83.00	$83.00	$336	+3.00
405–440	419	5	101.00–108.00	$103.93	$435	-5.08
455	455	1	104.00	$104.00	$473	+4.00
495 thin fleshed	495	1	80.00	$80.00	$396	—
530–540	535	2	104.00–107.00	$105.51	$564	+1.76
560–585	577	3	100.00–110.00	$103.38	$597	+8.63
590	590	1	84.00	$84.00	$496	-10.75
650	650	1	100.00	$100.00	$650	+0.03
700	700	1	80.00	$80.00	$560	—
730	730	1	106.00	$106.00	$774	—
773	773	2	106.00	$106.00	$819	-1.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	318	2	100.00–110.00	$105.28	$335	—
360 thin fleshed	360	1	82.00	$82.00	$295	+2.00
370–395	384	4	97.00–105.00	$99.95	$384	-9.21
400–425	413	3	100.00–105.00	$101.61	$420	-7.81
415 thin fleshed	415	1	82.00	$82.00	$340	—
485	485	1	89.00	$89.00	$432	-13.21
525–540	533	2	106.00–112.00	$108.96	$581	+22.62
540	540	1	90.00	$90.00	$486	+3.66
565	565	1	90.00	$90.00	$508	-12.25
580–590	585	2	100.00	$100.00	$585	-2.25
690	690	1	100.00	$100.00	$690	+10.00
700	700	1	100.00	$100.00	$700	—
780 thin fleshed	780	1	90.00	$90.00	$702	—
800 thin fleshed	800	1	80.00	$80.00	$640	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	126.00	$126.00	$302	+11.00
285	285	2	120.00–125.00	$122.50	$349	-2.69
310–325	318	2	120.00–127.50	$123.66	$393	-0.51
355–360	358	2	115.00–120.00	$117.48	$421	-5.58
410–425	420	4	120.00–127.50	$123.63	$519	+2.95
455–490	470	4	120.00–124.00	$121.01	$569	+1.61
505	505	1	110.00	$110.00	$556	-2.90
600–620	610	2	110.00–115.00	$112.54	$686	+1.29
685–690	688	2	111.00–116.00	$113.49	$781	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	423	6	145.00–154.00	$148.82	$630	+1.41
430	430	1	140.00	$140.00	$602	-7.41
470–475	473	3	143.00–155.00	$147.01	$695	+11.76
475	475	1	140.00	$140.00	$665	+4.75
545	545	1	137.00	$137.00	$747	+2.00
555–590	563	5	136.00–143.00	$139.40	$785	+6.90
600–645	626	6	130.00–135.00	$132.97	$832	+12.77

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	110.00	$110.00	$468	—
420–445 thin fleshed	433	2	80.00	$80.00	$346	±0.00
485	485	1	110.00	$110.00	$534	+5.16
530–540	535	2	100.00	$100.00	$535	-3.77
535 thin fleshed	535	2	80.00–87.00	$83.50	$447	—
560 thin fleshed	560	1	84.00	$84.00	$470	—
565–570	568	2	100.00–112.00	$106.03	$602	-3.93
625–630	628	2	100.00–114.00	$107.03	$672	-4.51
660	660	1	111.00	$111.00	$733	+7.18
655–675 thin fleshed	665	2	85.00–94.00	$89.57	$596	—
685	685	1	90.00	$90.00	$616	-13.82
705	705	1	110.00	$110.00	$776	+20.00
755–780	768	2	100.00–104.00	$102.03	$784	-5.47
800	800	1	94.00	$94.00	$752	—
800–810 thin fleshed	805	2	80.00–88.00	$84.02	$676	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–410	405	2	130.00	$130.00	$526	-6.33
450–490	475	4	130.00–136.00	$132.69	$630	+11.82
475–480	478	3	120.00	$120.00	$574	-0.87
505–545	525	2	120.00–134.00	$127.27	$668	+9.77
545 thin fleshed	545	1	120.00	$120.00	$654	-0.08
575	575	1	114.00	$114.00	$656	-15.27
590–595	591	4	124.00–133.00	$127.25	$752	+9.75
620 thin fleshed	620	1	115.00	$115.00	$713	—
670	670	1	120.00	$120.00	$804	-4.00
683	683	2	114.00	$114.00	$779	-1.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	88.00	$88.00	$370	-24.40
480	480	1	89.00	$89.00	$427	+9.00
485	485	1	110.00	$110.00	$534	+30.00
515 thin fleshed	515	1	93.00	$93.00	$479	—
520	520	1	81.00	$81.00	$421	-28.30
515–535	525	2	100.00–110.00	$104.90	$551	-4.40
675	675	1	110.00	$110.00	$742	+5.45
715	715	1	100.00	$100.00	$715	—
750–780	765	6	100.00–106.00	$102.67	$785	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970	970	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–1025	797	85-90%	9	38.00–47.50	$41.73	$333	—
795–990	896	85-90%	4	25.00–35.00	$31.16	$279	—
795–1300	1075	85-90%	37	50.00–63.00	$57.83	$622	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1355	1129	80-85%	25	63.00–72.00	$67.29	$760	-0.47
910–1375	1143	80-85%	2	61.00–62.00	$61.60	$704	-6.16
1040–1380	1196	80-85%	7	74.00–79.00	$74.91	$896	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180	1180	75-80%	1	62.00	$62.00	$732	—
1105–1850	1408	75-80%	17	64.00–72.00	$67.88	$956	-7.16

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1425	1217	6	78.00–87.00	$82.51	$1,004	-0.70
1000–1855	1539	5	89.00–99.00	$94.80	$1,459	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–900 thin fleshed	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	325.00–522.00	$425.17
890 thin fleshed	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
980 thin fleshed	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
960–1130	1011	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	550.00–775.00	$650.12
945–1510	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	595.00–1,000.00	$830.28
1230	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1390	1390	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1340–1420	1393	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,050.00–1,225.00	$1,136.45

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
570 thin fleshed	570	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	275.00	$275.00

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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
840	840	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—
1060	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—
1180	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	-128.90

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
740	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—

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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.