Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2022-03-17

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Thu, Mar 17
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2083
Receipts
976 head
▼ 218 vs last sale 1,194▲ 147 vs year ago 829 · +17.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Stanly County Livestock Market Norwood, NC

Weaned Graded Feeder Calf Sale

All consignments must be weaned at least 45 days and have two rounds of vaccinations per market protocol; heifers guaranteed open (penalties apply).

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.60/cwt on 502 head.
Average price
$161.60
502 head · 659 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,066
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1-2
$33.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.28
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2533177.6894726
Medium and Large 1670161.461,083456
Small 1-2572143.7682320
One grade step is worth $33.93/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale502 hd
161.60
—
NC average9 barns · 1,026 hd
155.32
+6.28
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 lots · USDA AMS · North Carolina Graded Cattle Auction
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2458191.00/cwt191.00–191.008759
Steers—Small 1-2460164.35/cwt142.00–169.007566
Steers—Medium and Large 1464191.40/cwt170.00–195.0088834
Steers—Medium and Large 2537180.62/cwt157.00–186.0097011
Steers—Medium and Large 1544185.19/cwt155.00–191.001,00799
Steers—Small 1-2548140.00/cwt140.00–140.007679
Steers—Medium and Large 1627172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,07858
Steers—Medium and Large 2638152.33/cwt141.00–158.009726
Steers—Small 1-2665141.00/cwt141.00–141.009382
Steers—Medium and Large 1667159.83/cwt149.50–162.501,06676
Steers—Medium and Large 1728146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,06568
Steers—Small 1-2740114.00/cwt114.00–114.008441
Steers—Medium and Large 1766141.15/cwt134.00–146.001,08151
Steers—Small 1-2835118.00/cwt118.00–118.009851
Steers—Medium and Large 1839139.55/cwt128.00–141.001,17154
Steers—Small 1-2850115.00/cwt115.00–115.009781
Steers—Medium and Large 1930124.13/cwt123.00–125.501,15413
Steers—Medium and Large 11,022123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,2573
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2453154.54/cwt130.00–159.0070020
Heifers—Small 1-2463125.00/cwt125.00–125.005796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467161.90/cwt138.00–164.0075661
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534125.00/cwt125.00–125.006687
Heifers—Small 1-2540114.00/cwt114.00–114.006168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1553150.46/cwt130.00–155.00832111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627141.00/cwt141.00–141.0088480
Heifers—Small 1-2638106.00/cwt106.00–106.006762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673137.28/cwt137.00–138.0092449
Heifers—Medium and Large 2725120.00/cwt120.00–120.008701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1741127.25/cwt127.25–127.2594361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1753124.50/cwt124.50–124.509379
Heifers—Small 1-2775104.00/cwt104.00–104.008061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1835119.43/cwt119.00–119.5099723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1925118.61/cwt118.00–119.001,0975

This sale against other markets

North Carolina weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.