Stanly County Livestock Market Report

Norwood, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 14, 2022

780 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.76/cwt +6.74 vs last sale · ≈ $801/hd at 617 lb · 20 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $136.89/cwt -2.26 vs last sale · ≈ $657/hd at 480 lb · 19 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $148.24/cwt +22.67 vs last sale · ≈ $766/hd at 517 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	780	601	568
Feeder cattle	560	404	416
Slaughter cattle	169	177	120
Replacement cattle	51	20	32

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 3.00 lower, while feeder cattle were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. 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
300–340	315	3	168.00–176.00	$171.20	$539	+11.19
370 value added	370	1	170.00	$170.00	$629	—
350–390	372	8	140.00–167.00	$151.99	$565	-8.49
405–435	425	10	131.00–154.00	$140.69	$598	-10.66
455–495	473	6	131.00–159.00	$143.49	$679	-5.02
500–535	517	10	130.00–159.00	$146.72	$759	+10.19
510–530 value added	526	6	160.00–164.00	$161.34	$849	+4.34
550–575	563	5	134.00–153.00	$141.50	$797	+2.54
553–589 value added	573	9	159.50–166.00	$162.29	$930	—
600–640 value added	613	3	159.00–165.00	$162.91	$999	+0.91
665–698	684	10	142.00–156.00	$148.55	$1,016	+17.56
710 value added	710	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,022	-11.00
767–770 value added	768	4	141.00–142.00	$141.75	$1,089	-18.34
770	770	1	122.00	$122.00	$939	-5.00
810 value added	810	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,110	-23.80
995	995	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,085	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	120.00	$120.00	$348	—
305–340	323	2	120.00–133.00	$126.15	$407	—
425	425	1	114.00	$114.00	$484	-12.00
450	450	1	108.00	$108.00	$486	-6.65
500	500	1	115.00	$115.00	$575	-1.97
585	585	1	114.00	$114.00	$667	-1.02
655–685	670	2	100.00–103.00	$101.47	$680	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	96.00	$96.00	$250	—
340	340	1	105.00	$105.00	$357	—
465	465	1	103.00	$103.00	$479	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	279	4	113.00–125.00	$119.69	$334	-5.31
300–345	322	13	119.00–134.00	$126.76	$408	+6.76
350–385	358	13	120.00–134.00	$127.24	$456	+5.47
400–443	428	13	118.00–138.00	$124.91	$535	-3.29
450–495	471	14	114.00–131.00	$123.51	$582	-4.59
485 value added	485	5	141.00	$141.00	$684	-5.00
505–545	532	6	114.00–132.00	$125.26	$666	+5.49
550–595	568	12	114.00–129.00	$124.38	$706	+2.31
586 value added	586	5	138.00	$138.00	$809	-3.00
605–618 value added	615	12	128.00–141.50	$135.51	$833	—
600–645	621	8	114.00–124.00	$121.14	$752	-1.88
655	655	1	114.00	$114.00	$747	-4.99
659–680 value added	664	6	126.00–131.00	$129.48	$860	-24.19
710 value added	710	1	132.00	$132.00	$937	+6.53
703–745	713	6	110.00–123.00	$117.45	$837	+9.26
760	760	1	113.00	$113.00	$859	—
810	810	1	108.00	$108.00	$875	—
960	960	1	104.00	$104.00	$998	+7.97
1015–1035	1027	3	97.00–105.00	$99.64	$1,023	—
1050–1090	1070	2	87.00–95.00	$90.93	$973	-3.07
1105–1140	1123	2	84.00–99.00	$91.38	$1,026	—
1250	1250	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,100	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	243	2	103.00–115.00	$108.94	$265	—
295	295	1	108.00	$108.00	$319	-2.00
300–345	322	6	100.00–111.00	$106.84	$344	+2.42
355–395	377	9	101.00–118.00	$108.59	$409	-1.41
410–445	432	10	100.00–118.00	$109.20	$472	+3.54
450–495	475	13	100.00–116.00	$106.14	$504	-9.86
505–545	521	10	100.00–118.00	$108.24	$564	-2.18
555–570	563	3	98.00–110.00	$105.95	$596	-3.06
633–640	635	3	100.00–110.00	$106.64	$677	+5.40
680–690	685	4	96.00–110.00	$103.74	$711	+2.74
890	890	1	80.00	$80.00	$712	—
980	980	1	87.00	$87.00	$853	—
1070	1070	1	83.00	$83.00	$888	-5.00

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	90.00–100.00	$95.00	$214	—
350–395	375	3	89.00–96.00	$91.68	$344	-1.32
400–430	419	7	85.00–100.00	$93.57	$392	-7.43
450–485	467	5	80.00–102.00	$91.44	$427	—
520–540	530	4	80.00–98.00	$87.13	$462	-4.87
570	570	2	89.00–93.00	$91.00	$519	—
600–645	620	4	80.00–100.00	$89.80	$557	—
665–690	678	2	88.00–90.00	$88.98	$603	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–470	463	2	106.00–119.00	$112.39	$520	—
555–570	563	2	107.00–116.00	$111.56	$628	—
655	655	1	118.00	$118.00	$773	—
725	725	1	106.00	$106.00	$768	—
795	795	1	119.00	$119.00	$946	—
1385	1385	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,177	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	5	123.00–145.00	$130.39	$376	-4.61
305–335	322	6	130.00–157.00	$141.27	$455	+3.43
350–395	376	7	129.00–158.00	$144.44	$543	-3.51
400–445	419	12	125.00–158.00	$138.40	$580	+2.81
450–496	480	19	120.00–146.00	$136.89	$657	-2.26
500–545	517	19	129.00–158.00	$148.24	$766	+22.67
554–585	565	16	144.00–161.00	$155.32	$878	+33.12
600–640	612	8	130.00–152.00	$145.18	$889	+25.24
650–660	655	2	131.00–135.00	$132.98	$871	+22.98
700–745	724	5	105.00–110.00	$107.58	$779	+0.58
755–765	760	2	110.00–118.00	$114.03	$867	+10.03

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–285	283	3	110.00–118.00	$112.64	$319	-0.53
310–345	325	3	110.00–116.00	$112.26	$365	—
355–390	372	3	100.00–106.00	$104.09	$387	-11.50
435–445	440	2	104.00–120.00	$111.91	$492	-2.69
450–485	463	5	102.00–114.00	$108.18	$501	-2.07
500	500	1	122.00	$122.00	$610	+9.28
570–590	582	3	103.00–118.00	$110.08	$641	-0.43
605–640	619	4	101.00–120.00	$112.15	$694	+3.21
650–665	660	3	98.00–103.00	$100.34	$662	-2.60
730	730	1	95.00	$95.00	$694	-1.00
755	755	1	93.00	$93.00	$702	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	90.00	$90.00	$342	-5.00
405	405	1	93.00	$93.00	$377	-9.00
485	485	1	80.00	$80.00	$388	-20.00
500–535	515	3	90.00–96.00	$91.94	$473	+3.85
555–570	563	2	90.00–92.00	$91.01	$512	-3.88
640–645	642	3	80.00–100.00	$86.65	$556	-12.85
655–685	668	5	80.00–89.00	$82.16	$549	-5.84
775	775	1	83.00	$83.00	$643	-2.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	313	2	119.00–129.00	$124.20	$389	—
355–390	373	2	115.00–123.00	$119.19	$445	—
405–435	420	2	119.00	$119.00	$500	—
470	470	1	122.00	$122.00	$573	—
585	585	1	104.00	$104.00	$608	—
655	655	1	108.00	$108.00	$707	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–1165	896	85-90%	27	30.00–53.00	$43.50	$390	—
570–1315	1039	85-90%	23	54.00–66.00	$61.05	$634	-2.57

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1675	1152	80-85%	45	67.00–81.00	$74.22	$855	-3.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1750	1428	75-80%	22	64.00–75.00	$70.46	$1,006	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–2140	1502	14	88.00–101.00	$93.85	$1,410	+6.85
1400–1570	1508	3	75.00–84.00	$80.57	$1,215	-6.43
2195	2195	1	108.00	$108.00	$2,371	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–985	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,075.00–1,100.00	$1,087.66
975–985	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,012.56
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
900–1200	1017	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	625.00–1,250.00	$814.90
890–1245	1019	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	575.00–1,175.00	$828.52
945–1285	1104	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	600.00–1,325.00	$959.24

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745–830	798	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	450.00–550.00	$510.33
810–830	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	450.00–600.00	$524.09
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	350.00	$350.00

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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
870–920	902	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,075.00–1,225.00	$1,151.39	+183.01
925–1095	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,375.00	$1,198.82	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855	855	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	525.00	$525.00	—
905	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	550.00	$550.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	65.00	$65.00	$176	—
550	550	1	70.00	$70.00	$385	—
645	645	1	66.00	$66.00	$426	+10.70

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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.