Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 25, 2021

673 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.32/cwt +4.24 vs last sale · ≈ $689/hd at 520 lb · 24 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.13/cwt +4.24 vs last sale · ≈ $747/hd at 570 lb · 24 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.70/cwt +5.37 vs last sale · ≈ $644/hd at 468 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	673	605	662
Feeder cattle	509	454	494
Slaughter cattle	140	118	148
Replacement cattle	24	33	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 1.00 higher, while bulls were 3.00 higher. Feeder steers were mixed, bulls were steady to 6.00 higher, while heifers were 1.00 to 7.00 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
285	285	1	162.50	$162.50	$463	—
330–340	336	5	162.50–175.00	$167.86	$564	+9.16
350–395	377	13	153.00–171.00	$160.35	$605	+3.09
400–440	418	4	156.00–164.00	$160.12	$669	+10.12
430	430	1	145.00	$145.00	$624	-5.00
455–488	482	10	145.00–161.00	$157.55	$759	+8.57
500	500	1	135.00	$135.00	$675	+15.00
500–545	517	15	138.00–156.00	$146.30	$756	+26.30
555–595	575	9	138.00–155.00	$144.43	$830	-1.04
600–630	618	17	133.00–145.00	$139.66	$863	-4.64
650–690	664	7	133.00–148.00	$142.08	$943	+3.81
690	690	1	128.00	$128.00	$883	+8.00
700–720	710	2	133.00	$133.00	$944	-4.83
750	750	1	130.00	$130.00	$975	—
815	815	1	119.00	$119.00	$970	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	220	2	122.50–137.50	$129.32	$285	-12.14
235 thin fleshed	235	1	120.00	$120.00	$282	±0.00
255–290	276	5	122.50–140.00	$136.32	$376	-0.66
295	295	1	123.00	$123.00	$363	-13.98
300–345	320	4	132.50–140.00	$137.98	$442	-2.35
355–390	373	2	135.00–142.50	$138.93	$518	+8.93
380	380	1	117.50	$117.50	$446	-12.50
420–445	434	4	125.00–140.00	$134.15	$582	+4.15
470–490	478	3	122.50–130.00	$125.88	$602	+7.36
505	505	2	122.50	$122.50	$619	-5.47
560	560	1	115.00	$115.00	$644	-7.64
555–585	570	2	122.50–125.00	$123.78	$706	+1.14
610–640	627	3	115.00–130.00	$122.62	$769	-0.38
655	655	1	125.00	$125.00	$819	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310 thin fleshed	310	1	80.00	$80.00	$248	—
385	385	1	115.00	$115.00	$443	+11.95
610–635	623	3	100.00–112.50	$106.62	$664	—
660	660	1	110.00	$110.00	$726	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260 thin fleshed	260	1	95.00	$95.00	$247	—
375–390 thin fleshed	383	2	80.00–95.00	$87.65	$336	+5.64
625	625	1	110.00	$110.00	$688	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	130.00	$130.00	$351	—
290	290	1	137.50	$137.50	$399	—
300–315	308	2	143.00	$143.00	$440	+13.00
350–395	377	10	136.00–145.00	$141.81	$535	+6.82
410	410	1	130.00	$130.00	$533	-3.90
400–445	422	11	132.50–148.00	$140.38	$592	+6.48
440 thin fleshed	440	1	130.00	$130.00	$572	—
450	450	1	127.50	$127.50	$574	-5.78
450–495	467	17	130.00–147.00	$139.50	$651	+6.22
475–490 thin fleshed	483	2	127.50	$127.50	$616	—
510	510	1	115.00	$115.00	$586	-13.08
500–545	520	20	127.00–140.00	$134.58	$700	+6.50
520–535 thin fleshed	527	3	122.50–124.00	$123.01	$648	—
550–595	570	24	125.00–138.00	$131.13	$747	+4.24
600–645	624	10	118.00–130.00	$126.69	$791	+1.02
655–685	673	6	118.00–131.00	$126.57	$852	+1.66
700	700	1	126.00	$126.00	$882	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	122.50	$122.50	$282	-3.50
295	295	1	125.00	$125.00	$369	+2.50
305–340	323	2	120.00–122.50	$121.18	$391	-2.48
340	340	1	115.00	$115.00	$391	-8.66
350–390	373	7	120.00–132.50	$127.43	$475	+9.95
405–440	421	6	117.50–130.00	$123.63	$520	±0.00
455–485	472	5	117.50–125.00	$122.07	$576	+1.06
510–535	522	3	115.00–117.50	$115.83	$605	+5.83
630	630	1	115.00	$115.00	$724	+2.46

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	375	3	100.00–112.50	$107.72	$404	+7.77
385 thin fleshed	385	1	85.00	$85.00	$327	+3.00
415 thin fleshed	415	1	80.00	$80.00	$332	-2.00
415–425	420	2	110.00–115.00	$112.53	$473	+10.92
475	475	1	109.00	$109.00	$518	+20.00
485	485	1	90.00	$90.00	$436	+1.00
545	545	2	100.00–110.00	$105.00	$572	+15.00
580–585 thin fleshed	583	2	90.00	$90.00	$525	—
570–595	587	3	100.00–110.00	$106.62	$626	+6.62
625	625	1	95.00	$95.00	$594	—
630	630	1	98.00	$98.00	$617	—
640 thin fleshed	640	1	90.00	$90.00	$576	—
680 thin fleshed	680	1	95.00	$95.00	$646	—
690	690	1	106.00	$106.00	$731	+6.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	105.00	$105.00	$194	—
210	210	1	105.00	$105.00	$220	—
260	260	1	102.50	$102.50	$266	+2.50
300	300	1	115.00	$115.00	$345	+12.54
385	385	1	113.00	$113.00	$435	+5.98
400	400	1	110.00	$110.00	$440	+6.07
495	495	1	112.50	$112.50	$557	—
525–535	530	2	80.00–95.00	$87.57	$464	-17.94
585	585	1	80.00	$80.00	$468	-4.00
590–595	593	2	110.00	$110.00	$652	+26.00
625 thin fleshed	625	1	90.00	$90.00	$562	—
625–640	635	3	100.00–108.00	$103.97	$660	—
670 thin fleshed	670	1	82.50	$82.50	$553	—
825	825	1	80.00	$80.00	$660	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	429	7	125.00–141.00	$133.22	$572	+3.22
450–485	467	12	125.00–144.00	$134.68	$629	+1.99
495 thin fleshed	495	1	120.00	$120.00	$594	—
500–535	521	13	120.00–135.00	$127.77	$666	+0.50
510–545	534	4	117.50–120.00	$119.36	$637	-7.91
545	545	1	130.00	$130.00	$708	+2.73
550–595	572	14	119.00–135.00	$124.38	$711	+10.38
605–630	618	2	110.00–117.50	$113.67	$702	—
605–645	627	5	115.00–130.00	$124.91	$783	—
665–685	675	2	115.00–122.50	$118.81	$802	-1.19

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	426	16	145.00–165.00	$153.19	$653	+4.37
450–485	466	10	145.00–154.00	$147.15	$686	+0.14
475–495	488	3	140.00–142.50	$140.81	$687	+0.81
500–520	510	4	137.00–149.00	$143.27	$731	+6.27
505–545	521	4	122.50–135.00	$129.25	$673	-7.75
560–590	565	6	138.00–147.50	$139.65	$789	+0.25
600–620	605	4	134.00–145.00	$138.46	$838	+5.49

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	85.00	$85.00	$353	-3.00
425	425	1	107.50	$107.50	$457	+19.50
460	460	1	80.00	$80.00	$368	-9.00
470–490	483	5	105.00–112.00	$108.92	$526	-1.08
500–545	528	4	100.00–110.00	$105.12	$555	+0.22
565–595	576	8	100.00–110.00	$105.92	$610	—
620	620	1	110.00	$110.00	$682	—
650–695	672	12	100.00–110.00	$106.54	$716	-3.46
705–745	725	3	108.00–109.00	$108.34	$785	+8.34
805–830	818	2	104.00–106.00	$104.98	$859	—
855	855	1	90.00	$90.00	$770	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	102.50	$102.50	$425	-7.50
455 thin fleshed	455	1	80.00	$80.00	$364	—
450–490	470	2	100.00–112.50	$105.98	$498	-4.02
500–545	526	5	102.50–115.00	$109.04	$574	+9.04
555–585	570	2	110.00	$110.00	$627	+3.97
610 thin fleshed	610	1	80.00	$80.00	$488	—
645	645	1	100.00	$100.00	$645	-7.03
655–695	675	2	110.00	$110.00	$742	+20.00
710–725	718	2	102.00–110.00	$105.96	$761	-4.04
800 thin fleshed	800	1	90.00	$90.00	$720	+5.98
870 thin fleshed	870	1	80.00	$80.00	$696	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–780	760	85-90%	2	64.00	$64.00	$486	—
645–975	797	85-90%	18	35.00–49.00	$42.54	$339	+0.81
650–940	806	85-90%	8	10.00–32.00	$27.37	$221	—
680–1400	1019	85-90%	45	50.00–63.00	$57.32	$584	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040	1040	80-85%	1	59.00	$59.00	$614	—
920–1385	1159	80-85%	38	64.00–73.00	$67.96	$788	—
1230–1245	1238	80-85%	2	76.00–79.00	$77.51	$960	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–1640	1329	75-80%	14	64.00–72.00	$68.83	$915	—
1140–1660	1360	75-80%	3	57.00–60.00	$59.06	$803	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1640	1305	3	86.00–88.00	$87.47	$1,141	—
1725–2095	1877	3	96.00–98.00	$97.36	$1,827	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105 thin fleshed	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	730.00	$730.00
1125 thin fleshed	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	731.00	$731.00
1075–1250	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	800.00–950.00	$858.18
1065–1355	1212	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	800.00–1,025.00	$942.23

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
665	665	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—
725	725	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	+225.00

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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.