Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2019-08-28

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Aug 28
● Final144 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
885 head
▲ 885 vs last sale 0▲ 885 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 160 vs last sale 0▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 0▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Correction to replacement cattle change from per cwt to per head and family as applicable *

Compared to last week, feeder cattle were mostly steady to 1.50 lower. Slaughter cattle and bulls were mostly steady. Light demand with heavy offerings. Quality of cattle plain to average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.64/cwt on 341 head.
Average price
$113.64
341 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$27
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$18.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.73
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2449124.32558102
Medium 2464113.2252596
Small 1-2550106.30585143
One grade step is worth $18.02/cwt here — about −$27 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 sale341 hd
113.64
—
NC average2 barns · 571 hd
114.37
−0.73
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,71179.731,36414
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21755.5867662
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37751.1470425
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01440.9141525

Every lot

144 lots · USDA AMS · Stanly County Livestock Market - Norwood, NC
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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1-2225110.00/cwt110.00–110.002481
Steers—Medium 2240125.00/cwt125.00–125.003001
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275125.79/cwt125.00–127.503463
Steers—Medium 2278116.22/cwt115.00–117.503232
Steers—Small 1-2284108.02/cwt100.00–115.003078
Steers—Medium 2315115.91/cwt110.00–125.003653
Steers—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed31592.50/cwt92.50–92.502911
Steers—Small 1-2325106.46/cwt100.00–110.003465
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2327134.40/cwt130.00–141.0043910
Steers—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed35093.75/cwt90.00–97.503282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2371132.01/cwt125.00–138.0049026
Steers—Small 1-2377108.81/cwt100.00–112.504108
Steers—Medium 2378124.12/cwt115.00–127.004698
Steers—Medium 2Thin Fleshed38395.03/cwt90.00–100.003642
Steers—Medium 2Thin Fleshed418109.85/cwt105.00–115.004592
Steers—Medium 2420121.52/cwt120.00–126.005104
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424132.87/cwt125.00–136.005639
Steers—Small 1-2438111.23/cwt110.00–115.004874
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed450110.00/cwt110.00–110.004951
Steers—Small 1-2471109.94/cwt105.00–117.505185
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476134.35/cwt130.00–139.006408
Steers—Medium 2484124.04/cwt122.00–125.006004
Steers—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed485100.00/cwt100.00–100.004851
Steers—Medium 2Value Added488135.77/cwt131.00–137.006639
Steers—Small 1-2516117.99/cwt115.00–119.006098
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed520117.50/cwt117.50–117.506111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523135.72/cwt130.00–137.0071026
Steers—Medium 2545122.00/cwt122.00–122.006651
Steers—Medium 2563120.00/cwt120.00–120.006762
Steers—Small 1-2565121.00/cwt121.00–121.006841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy570100.00/cwt100.00–100.005701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571130.70/cwt128.00–138.007467
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613131.44/cwt126.00–135.5080623
Steers—Medium 2618122.91/cwt120.00–126.007602
Steers—Small 1-2645110.00/cwt110.00–110.007101
Steers—Medium 2668124.47/cwt123.00–126.008312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2689128.42/cwt128.00–128.508856
Steers—Medium 2703129.00/cwt129.00–129.009075
Steers—Small 1-2Fleshy72094.00/cwt94.00–94.006771
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740125.00/cwt125.00–125.009253
Steers—Small 1-2780115.41/cwt111.00–120.009002
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy823115.00/cwt115.00–115.009462
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2200110.00/cwt110.00–110.002201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2272121.50/cwt120.00–122.503303
Heifers—Medium 2279113.27/cwt110.00–115.003166
Heifers—Small 1-2288103.72/cwt100.00–107.502992
Heifers—Small 1-2320105.00/cwt105.00–105.003361
Heifers—Medium 2321111.28/cwt110.00–115.003574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2326121.87/cwt120.00–127.003977
Heifers—Medium 2Value Added360133.00/cwt133.00–133.004793
Heifers—Small 1-2371105.25/cwt100.00–110.003909
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372125.41/cwt122.50–128.0046710
Heifers—Medium 2372115.41/cwt110.00–120.0042914
Heifers—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed38090.00/cwt90.00–90.003421
Heifers—Medium 2Thin Fleshed400100.00/cwt100.00–100.004001
Heifers—Medium 2424111.98/cwt107.50–116.0047514
Heifers—Small 1-2425104.23/cwt95.00–112.004439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430124.15/cwt120.00–126.0053421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added440134.96/cwt132.00–136.0059415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy455102.50/cwt102.50–102.504661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2459122.48/cwt120.00–131.0056225
Heifers—Medium 2471112.79/cwt110.00–117.0053111
Heifers—Small 1-2474102.88/cwt90.00–110.0048820
Heifers—Medium 2Thin Fleshed490112.00/cwt112.00–112.005491
Heifers—Medium 2Thin Fleshed51599.00/cwt99.00–99.005101
Heifers—Medium 2522113.46/cwt109.00–119.0059223
Heifers—Small 1-2522108.97/cwt100.00–115.5056927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535119.00/cwt119.00–119.006371
Heifers—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed53595.00/cwt95.00–95.005081
Heifers—Medium 2Fleshy545112.00/cwt112.00–112.006101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560121.94/cwt121.00–122.0068318
Heifers—Medium 2564112.55/cwt110.00–117.006359
Heifers—Small 1-2571107.41/cwt90.00–116.0061319
Heifers—Medium 2Thin Fleshed59590.00/cwt90.00–90.005361
Heifers—Medium 2603119.00/cwt119.00–119.007182
Heifers—Medium 2Thin Fleshed610105.00/cwt105.00–105.006411
Heifers—Small 1-2Value Added611116.00/cwt116.00–116.007097
Heifers—Small 1-2630108.71/cwt100.00–113.0068518
Heifers—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed65099.00/cwt99.00–99.006441
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy65896.02/cwt90.00–102.006322
Heifers—Small 1-2671103.18/cwt98.00–111.0069215
Heifers—Medium 2684110.76/cwt110.00–111.007584
Heifers—Small 1-2740105.97/cwt96.00–111.0078410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy77599.00/cwt99.00–99.007671
Feeder Cattle · Bulls37 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1-2280100.00/cwt100.00–100.002801
Bulls—Medium 2315110.00/cwt110.00–110.003471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2328131.02/cwt130.00–132.004302
Bulls—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed36590.00/cwt90.00–90.003291
Bulls—Small 1-2375110.00/cwt110.00–110.004131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385131.33/cwt131.00–132.005063
Bulls—Small 1-2421109.01/cwt100.00–115.004598
Bulls—Medium 2423118.75/cwt112.50–122.505026
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2426129.79/cwt126.00–136.005539
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed440110.00/cwt110.00–110.004841
Bulls—Medium 2475121.37/cwt119.00–122.505774
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2476126.55/cwt122.50–132.0060213
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed476102.57/cwt100.00–110.004884
Bulls—Small 1-2478110.25/cwt100.00–117.5052716
Bulls—Medium 2Fleshy485102.50/cwt102.50–102.504971
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed510100.00/cwt100.00–100.005101
Bulls—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed51095.00/cwt95.00–95.004851
Bulls—Medium 2521118.78/cwt115.00–123.0061917
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2524124.12/cwt121.00–126.006509
Bulls—Small 1-2525108.10/cwt100.00–117.5056812
Bulls—Medium 2574116.98/cwt113.00–124.0067112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575124.67/cwt124.00–125.007173
Bulls—Small 1-2578110.36/cwt100.00–116.0063819
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed58595.00/cwt95.00–95.005561
Bulls—Small 1-2Fleshy600101.00/cwt98.00–104.006062
Bulls—Medium 2605115.50/cwt113.00–118.006992
Bulls—Small 1-2618106.97/cwt102.00–113.0066110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2635115.00/cwt115.00–115.007301
Bulls—Medium 2663108.54/cwt105.00–112.007202
Bulls—Small 1-2Fleshy66895.46/cwt92.00–99.006382
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed670105.00/cwt105.00–105.007041
Bulls—Small 1-2679101.99/cwt100.00–105.006935
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy685100.00/cwt100.00–100.006851
Bulls—Small 1-2Fleshy71796.02/cwt90.00–99.006886
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-273591.00/cwt91.00–91.006691
Bulls—Small 1-2760107.00/cwt107.00–107.008131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy78894.50/cwt94.00–95.007452
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 328550.00/cwt50.00–50.001431
Dairy Steers—Large 337560.03/cwt58.00–62.002252
Dairy Steers—Large 352555.00/cwt55.00–55.002891
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,39389.26/cwt88.00–90.001,2432
Bulls——1,72560.30/cwt60.00–61.001,0402
Bulls——1,77281.71/cwt75.00–85.001,44810
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98734.63/cwt30.00–37.003426
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01941.81/cwt38.00–46.0042616
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04048.66/cwt48.00–50.005063
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20455.89/cwt52.00–63.0067352
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24648.06/cwt41.00–50.005997
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30446.98/cwt45.00–48.006135
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36867.85/cwt64.00–77.009283
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39151.69/cwt50.00–55.0071918
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43856.56/cwt56.00–57.008132
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2900528.33/cwt425.00–575.004,7553
Bred Cows—Medium 21,030625.00/cwt625.00–625.006,4381
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,240725.00/cwt725.00–725.008,9901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,325750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,9382
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 2859649.64/cwt625.00–675.005,5804
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2730700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,1101
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2820670.01/cwt575.00–750.005,4947
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 21,100625.00/cwt625.00–625.006,8751

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.