Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 5, 2022

346 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $138.37/cwt +4.59 vs last sale · ≈ $721/hd at 521 lb · 12 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $136.86/cwt +2.01 vs last sale · ≈ $511/hd at 373 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	346	568	425
Feeder cattle	213	416	270
Slaughter cattle	115	120	120
Replacement cattle	18	32	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current goat receipts 1 Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were good. Offerings of cattle were light. Cattle quality was average to attractive. Baby calves ranged 45.00 to 60.00 per head.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	154.00	$154.00	$285	—
325–340	333	2	150.00–152.50	$151.22	$504	-2.35
370–395	382	3	150.00–155.00	$151.72	$580	-7.82
395	395	1	130.00	$130.00	$514	-29.54
445	445	1	162.50	$162.50	$723	+1.56
452–485	460	4	155.00–166.00	$163.10	$750	+17.59
505–545	526	8	140.00–158.00	$150.91	$794	+0.76
550–595	579	8	135.00–153.00	$145.53	$843	-2.10
615–640	632	5	142.50–149.00	$145.68	$921	—
700–710	705	2	117.50–121.00	$119.24	$841	-9.16
715–740	728	4	130.00–135.00	$132.50	$965	+4.10
765–785	775	3	130.00–135.00	$131.98	$1,023	—
815	815	1	120.00	$120.00	$978	—
850	850	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,020	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195 thin fleshed	195	1	122.50	$122.50	$239	—
225	225	1	125.00	$125.00	$281	—
245 thin fleshed	245	1	117.50	$117.50	$288	—
270	270	1	142.50	$142.50	$385	+6.64
375	375	1	117.50	$117.50	$441	-26.78
360–385	377	3	130.00–142.50	$133.98	$505	-10.30
425	425	1	125.00	$125.00	$531	-5.39
475	475	1	122.50	$122.50	$582	—
505	505	1	125.00	$125.00	$631	—
560	560	1	122.50	$122.50	$686	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	102.50	$102.50	$179	—
330	330	1	102.50	$102.50	$338	—
385	385	1	90.00	$90.00	$346	—
390	390	1	102.50	$102.50	$400	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	100.00	$100.00	$530	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	125.00	$125.00	$388	-8.42
320–340	330	2	130.00	$130.00	$429	-3.42
365	365	1	115.00	$115.00	$420	-19.85
350–395	374	10	130.00–149.00	$139.05	$520	+4.20
410–445	422	5	141.00–155.00	$147.61	$623	+9.93
475	475	1	120.00	$120.00	$570	-17.18
460–490	476	4	140.00–147.00	$143.44	$683	+6.26
500–545	521	12	128.00–146.00	$138.37	$721	+4.59
550–590	571	5	130.00–141.00	$135.14	$772	+12.07
605–645	618	3	120.00–128.00	$122.61	$758	—
655	655	1	119.00	$119.00	$779	-1.14
715	715	1	114.00	$114.00	$815	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	285	3	117.50–122.50	$119.97	$342	-1.87
300–340	328	8	115.00–127.50	$121.30	$398	-2.06
365	365	1	125.00	$125.00	$456	+0.01
405–440	418	5	125.00–131.00	$128.17	$536	+7.29
530	530	2	115.00	$115.00	$610	—
640	640	1	116.00	$116.00	$742	+3.00
790	790	1	111.00	$111.00	$877	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
130	130	1	110.00	$110.00	$143	—
275	275	1	105.00	$105.00	$289	—
305	305	1	80.00	$80.00	$244	—
330	330	1	100.00	$100.00	$330	—
380	380	1	105.00	$105.00	$399	—
385	385	1	80.00	$80.00	$308	—
410	410	1	85.00	$85.00	$348	-20.00
415	415	1	105.00	$105.00	$436	±0.00
485	485	1	90.00	$90.00	$436	-20.00
515	515	1	82.50	$82.50	$425	-24.27
780	780	1	95.00	$95.00	$741	—
800	800	1	93.00	$93.00	$744	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345 thin fleshed	345	1	87.50	$87.50	$302	—
390–395	393	2	110.00–112.50	$111.26	$437	—
465	465	1	100.00	$100.00	$465	—
555–595 thin fleshed	578	4	80.00–92.50	$85.01	$491	—
650–680 thin fleshed	665	2	80.00–93.00	$86.35	$574	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	140.00	$140.00	$581	+8.01
475–495	485	3	127.50–135.00	$130.82	$634	+10.73
505	505	1	120.00	$120.00	$606	-8.15
570	570	2	134.00–145.00	$139.50	$795	+7.34
640	640	1	122.00	$122.00	$781	-0.43
655	655	1	115.00	$115.00	$753	—
775	775	1	120.00	$120.00	$930	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	152.50	$152.50	$633	-2.14
455–495	470	3	142.50–152.50	$146.60	$689	-4.22
510–545	525	4	140.00–154.00	$147.95	$777	+7.93
585	585	1	144.00	$144.00	$842	+15.51

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	90.00	$90.00	$428	-18.80
740	740	1	107.00	$107.00	$792	+1.45
825	825	1	102.50	$102.50	$846	—
860–895	878	2	104.00–105.00	$104.49	$917	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550 thin fleshed	550	1	82.50	$82.50	$454	—
620	620	1	110.00	$110.00	$682	—
865	865	1	105.00	$105.00	$908	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615–840	745	85-90%	3	22.00–31.00	$27.48	$205	-13.24
660–1055	823	85-90%	10	35.00–41.00	$38.97	$321	—
850	850	85-90%	1	61.00	$61.00	$518	—
630–1475	979	85-90%	19	45.00–55.00	$52.02	$509	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1615	1147	80-85%	22	56.00–68.00	$61.41	$704	—
1120–1320	1220	80-85%	2	52.00	$52.00	$634	—
1360–1635	1445	80-85%	6	70.00–81.00	$73.36	$1,060	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1500	1217	75-80%	6	71.00–84.00	$74.45	$906	—
995–1820	1434	75-80%	24	60.00–69.00	$64.14	$920	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1940	1495	8	98.00–106.00	$101.17	$1,512	—
1175–2170	1636	7	88.00–96.00	$91.51	$1,497	—
1185–2160	1673	2	52.00–78.00	$68.79	$1,151	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	746.00	$746.00
875–1120	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	625.00–725.00	$688.75
1000–1135	1068	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	650.00–675.00	$661.71

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745–855	792	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	410.00–500.00	$464.57

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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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
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	+25.00
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
945–1105	1048	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	825.00–1,000.00	$912.89	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	475.00	$475.00	-50.00
845	845	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—

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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.