Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 7, 2022

601 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $150.02/cwt +12.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,024/hd at 683 lb · 19 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $160.80/cwt +22.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,331/hd at 828 lb · 18 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.56/cwt -2.62 vs last sale · ≈ $650/hd at 526 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	601	789	749
Feeder cattle	404	522	510
Slaughter cattle	177	177	205
Replacement cattle	20	90	34

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 higher, while feeder cattle were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade and demand was moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle 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
265	265	1	135.00	$135.00	$358	—
335–340	338	2	159.00–161.00	$160.01	$541	+5.86
355–380	367	3	150.00–167.00	$160.48	$589	-6.04
420–445	432	9	139.00–165.00	$151.35	$654	+14.54
455–490	471	5	140.00–156.00	$148.51	$699	+4.84
524 value added	524	5	157.00	$157.00	$823	—
515–535	525	2	135.00–138.00	$136.53	$717	-15.47
550–595	562	13	130.00–146.00	$138.96	$781	-18.04
605–645	618	3	131.00–140.00	$137.06	$847	-13.76
640 value added	640	3	162.00	$162.00	$1,037	—
660–685	671	6	121.00–142.00	$130.99	$879	-22.08
710 value added	710	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,100	+1.50
780	780	1	127.00	$127.00	$991	+6.35
780–790 value added	781	11	160.00–161.00	$160.09	$1,250	+20.09
810–829 value added	828	18	140.00–162.00	$160.80	$1,331	+22.46

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–380	367	3	110.00–120.00	$113.45	$416	—
410	410	1	126.00	$126.00	$517	+4.00
470–490	480	3	110.00–118.00	$114.65	$550	-7.35
505–535	516	4	114.00–120.00	$116.97	$604	-7.94
555–595	572	3	114.00–116.00	$115.02	$658	-12.07
615	615	1	120.00	$120.00	$738	—
815	815	1	116.00	$116.00	$945	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660–680	670	2	90.00–100.00	$94.93	$636	-9.56

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	125.00	$125.00	$331	-5.18
310–345	332	3	120.00	$120.00	$398	-7.17
365–395	379	7	112.00–130.00	$121.77	$462	-3.45
405–445	430	8	120.00–132.00	$128.20	$551	-2.20
462 value added	462	3	146.00	$146.00	$675	—
450–495	474	11	114.00–138.00	$128.10	$607	-2.38
500–542	525	13	110.00–127.00	$119.77	$629	-6.41
530 value added	530	3	140.00	$140.00	$742	—
560 value added	560	2	141.00	$141.00	$790	+0.72
568–595	576	12	111.00–129.00	$122.07	$703	-6.80
630–635	633	5	113.00–129.00	$123.02	$779	-5.87
675–685	680	2	117.00–121.00	$118.99	$809	-9.93
678–685 value added	683	17	146.00–156.00	$153.67	$1,050	+9.65
705–720 value added	713	2	123.00–128.00	$125.47	$895	-13.26
700–740	719	5	105.00–111.00	$108.19	$778	-7.80
980–990	985	2	90.00–102.00	$96.03	$946	—
1055	1055	1	94.00	$94.00	$992	+4.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	97.50	$97.50	$200	-2.50
290	290	1	110.00	$110.00	$319	+5.09
305–330	315	4	100.00–111.00	$104.42	$329	-8.11
355–370	363	3	110.00	$110.00	$399	+1.68
405–430	413	6	100.00–116.00	$105.66	$436	-7.36
450–495	473	2	116.00	$116.00	$549	+1.52
500–540	520	4	100.00–116.00	$110.42	$574	+0.87
560–590	575	4	101.00–113.00	$109.01	$627	-2.99
610–640	625	2	91.00–111.00	$101.24	$633	-4.88
690	690	1	101.00	$101.00	$697	-14.00
715	715	1	101.00	$101.00	$722	+1.00
755	755	1	101.00	$101.00	$763	—
825	825	1	90.00	$90.00	$742	—
1090	1090	1	88.00	$88.00	$959	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–265	260	2	100.00	$100.00	$260	—
370	370	1	93.00	$93.00	$344	-7.00
410	410	1	101.00	$101.00	$414	+3.76
520	520	1	92.00	$92.00	$478	-3.00
720	720	1	80.00	$80.00	$576	—
765	765	1	90.00	$90.00	$688	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	135.00	$135.00	$378	+0.42
310–345	323	4	128.00–150.00	$137.84	$445	-6.97
390–395	393	2	140.00–156.00	$147.95	$581	+4.39
410–445	429	8	122.00–149.00	$135.59	$582	-2.30
450–485	463	8	131.00–147.00	$139.15	$644	-4.68
500–545	523	11	120.00–130.00	$125.57	$657	-21.93
550–595	574	5	121.00–125.00	$122.20	$701	-21.85
605–645	625	2	118.00–122.00	$119.94	$750	-28.45
670	670	1	110.00	$110.00	$737	-22.02
745	745	2	105.00–109.00	$107.00	$797	—
775	775	1	104.00	$104.00	$806	—
805–815	810	2	104.00	$104.00	$842	-1.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	265	2	110.00–116.00	$113.17	$300	-6.83
360–375	368	2	111.00–120.00	$115.59	$425	+3.35
405–420	413	2	109.00–120.00	$114.60	$473	-2.31
460–490	478	3	106.00–115.00	$110.25	$527	-8.65
500–530	514	7	110.00–120.00	$112.72	$579	-2.24
560–585	573	2	110.00–111.00	$110.51	$633	-4.29
600–635	622	3	106.00–112.00	$108.94	$678	-1.06
660–675	668	2	98.00–108.00	$102.94	$688	-1.52
715	715	1	96.00	$96.00	$686	+3.97
1015	1015	1	81.00	$81.00	$822	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	100.00	$100.00	$245	-1.00
265	265	1	94.00	$94.00	$249	-6.00
325	325	2	95.00–100.00	$97.50	$317	+7.50
380	380	1	95.00	$95.00	$361	-5.00
410	410	1	102.00	$102.00	$418	+1.63
475	475	1	100.00	$100.00	$475	-3.98
500–545	523	2	86.00–90.00	$88.09	$461	-1.91
565–590	578	2	90.00–100.00	$94.89	$548	-5.11
635–640	638	2	99.00–100.00	$99.50	$635	+4.52
670	670	1	88.00	$88.00	$590	-5.00
765	765	1	85.00	$85.00	$650	-3.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1540	1175	80-85%	54	70.00–86.00	$77.22	$907	—
1210–1550	1439	80-85%	5	87.00–95.00	$89.09	$1,282	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–1195	947	85-90%	15	40.00–53.00	$46.65	$442	—
675–1410	1047	85-90%	34	55.00–69.00	$63.62	$666	+1.32

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1720	1458	75-80%	19	63.00–76.00	$71.13	$1,037	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1660	1500	2	87.00	$87.00	$1,305	—
820–2410	1644	22	90.00–105.00	$95.99	$1,578	—
2105	2105	1	111.00	$111.00	$2,337	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1250	1129	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	650.00–875.00	$789.95
1000–1315	1177	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	775.00–1,000.00	$867.42
1050–1295	1187	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	725.00–1,050.00	$925.95

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	300.00	$300.00

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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
860–980	916	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	750.00–1,125.00	$968.38	-683.23
1120	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	-438.70

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	47.00	$47.00	$157	—
355	355	1	49.00	$49.00	$174	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	85.00	$85.00	$540	—
650	650	1	40.00	$40.00	$260	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	35.00	$35.00	$208	—
610–635	623	2	40.00–70.00	$55.30	$345	—
735	735	1	40.00	$40.00	$294	—

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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.