Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2019-12-11

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Dec 11
● Final157 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
608 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 671▲ 608 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 181▲ 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 80▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 5 to 10 lower with one cow buyer missing. Feeder cattle were Mostly steady to 3 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were average. Cattle quality was much better than normal with less plain cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.73/cwt on 239 head.
Average price
$111.73
239 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$505
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$235
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 3
$22.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.75
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2424119.63507120
Medium and Large 2486112.6854819thin
Small 1-2482102.5449476
Medium and Large 3454100.7345723
Large 376597.007421thin
One grade step is worth $22.63/cwt here — about −$235 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 sale239 hd
111.73
—
NC average8 barns · 1,180 hd
105.98
+5.75
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—Average1,64072.961,19613
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33845.9461520
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14245.9352428
CowsLean 85-90%Low99439.4339242

Every lot

157 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1-2195110.00/cwt110.00–110.002151
Steers—Medium and Large 2225118.64/cwt117.50–120.002672
Steers—Small 1-2225107.28/cwt102.50–110.002413
Steers—Small 1-2258102.50/cwt102.50–102.502642
Steers—Medium and Large 2283119.57/cwt115.00–122.503386
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full285130.00/cwt130.00–130.003711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290135.00/cwt135.00–135.003921
Steers—Medium and Large 2322121.30/cwt120.00–125.003916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330143.20/cwt130.00–155.0047318
Steers—Small 1-2333110.00/cwt110.00–110.003662
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376140.96/cwt130.00–154.0053023
Steers—Medium and Large 3380110.00/cwt110.00–110.004181
Steers—Small 1-2380105.07/cwt100.00–110.003992
Steers—Medium and Large 2385123.55/cwt120.00–127.504765
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy410120.00/cwt120.00–120.004921
Steers—Medium and Large 2415120.00/cwt120.00–120.004981
Steers—Small 1-2420100.00/cwt100.00–100.004201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429141.89/cwt137.00–147.006099
Steers—Medium and Large 2463121.35/cwt115.00–127.505622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476135.49/cwt130.00–142.0064510
Steers—Medium and Large 3515110.00/cwt110.00–110.005671
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520136.68/cwt132.00–140.007116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2557135.34/cwt132.00–137.007543
Steers—Medium and Large 2580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full595123.00/cwt123.00–123.007321
Steers—Small 1-2Fleshy60090.00/cwt90.00–90.005401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615132.51/cwt132.00–133.008152
Steers—Medium and Large 2640119.00/cwt119.00–119.007621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy650119.00/cwt119.00–119.007741
Steers—Medium and Large 2675117.00/cwt117.00–117.007901
Steers—Medium and Large 3760108.00/cwt108.00–108.008211
Feeder Cattle · Heifers64 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2190100.00/cwt100.00–100.001901
Heifers—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed21592.50/cwt92.50–92.501991
Heifers—Small 1-2230103.51/cwt100.00–107.502382
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy23090.00/cwt90.00–90.002071
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed24591.25/cwt90.00–92.502242
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280122.50/cwt122.50–122.503431
Heifers—Medium and Large 3280107.50/cwt107.50–107.503011
Heifers—Small 1-2288107.57/cwt105.00–110.003102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290147.50/cwt147.50–147.504281
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy29095.00/cwt95.00–95.002761
Heifers—Small 1-2313103.72/cwt100.00–107.503252
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed32090.00/cwt90.00–90.002881
Heifers—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed32590.00/cwt90.00–90.002931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2327119.62/cwt117.50–124.003919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy333115.00/cwt115.00–115.003833
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335115.00/cwt115.00–115.003851
Heifers—Medium and Large 3340105.07/cwt100.00–110.003572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full350115.00/cwt115.00–115.004031
Heifers—Small 1-2364106.67/cwt100.00–110.003885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy368115.00/cwt115.00–115.004233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375122.55/cwt117.00–155.0046028
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375112.50/cwt112.50–112.504222
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed37591.00/cwt91.00–91.003411
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380103.78/cwt102.50–105.003942
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy38591.71/cwt90.00–95.003533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed390115.00/cwt115.00–115.004491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed400115.00/cwt115.00–115.004601
Heifers—Medium and Large 2407115.18/cwt113.00–117.504693
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy41292.52/cwt90.00–97.503813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full415115.00/cwt115.00–115.004771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421121.86/cwt116.00–127.0051334
Heifers—Small 1-2423107.81/cwt102.50–110.004566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy425115.00/cwt115.00–115.004891
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed43095.00/cwt95.00–95.004091
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445105.00/cwt105.00–105.004671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468117.80/cwt116.00–122.5055113
Heifers—Small 1-2475104.65/cwt100.00–109.0049712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy478114.57/cwt112.00–116.005487
Heifers—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed48090.00/cwt90.00–90.004321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485112.99/cwt112.00–114.005483
Heifers—Medium and Large 3490102.47/cwt100.00–105.005022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500114.00/cwt114.00–114.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy508113.97/cwt112.00–115.005793
Heifers—Medium and Large 3514105.54/cwt100.00–108.005424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520112.00/cwt112.00–112.005822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521119.98/cwt117.00–122.006255
Heifers—Small 1-2526107.35/cwt102.00–110.005658
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy52892.07/cwt90.00–94.004862
Heifers—Medium and Large 2554112.50/cwt111.00–114.006234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy565113.34/cwt113.00–114.006403
Heifers—Medium and Large 3565103.36/cwt100.00–110.005843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569118.28/cwt116.00–123.006734
Heifers—Small 1-2575105.13/cwt101.00–110.006049
Heifers—Small 1-2617104.34/cwt99.00–108.0064411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620112.48/cwt110.00–115.006972
Heifers—Medium and Large 3620103.00/cwt103.00–103.006391
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed63594.00/cwt94.00–94.005971
Heifers—Small 1-2670100.03/cwt97.00–103.006703
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Full67094.00/cwt94.00–94.006301
Heifers—Small 1-2Full69090.00/cwt90.00–90.006211
Heifers—Medium and Large 270595.00/cwt95.00–95.006701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy70590.00/cwt90.00–90.006351
Heifers—Large 376597.00/cwt97.00–97.007421
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy88090.00/cwt90.00–90.007921
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360120.00/cwt120.00–120.004321
Bulls—Small 1-2395110.00/cwt110.00–110.004351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2421140.73/cwt131.00–150.0059215
Bulls—Small 1-2430105.12/cwt100.00–110.004524
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433126.21/cwt125.00–127.505462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy435125.00/cwt125.00–125.005441
Bulls—Small 1-2470103.23/cwt100.00–110.004853
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478135.37/cwt129.00–143.0064729
Bulls—Medium and Large 2488121.72/cwt115.00–125.005944
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515130.73/cwt128.00–134.006734
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533122.53/cwt119.00–126.006534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Full555125.00/cwt125.00–125.006941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2567129.98/cwt127.00–137.007375
Bulls—Medium and Large 2569120.89/cwt112.50–126.006887
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy576123.00/cwt120.00–126.007085
Bulls—Small 1-2578104.85/cwt100.00–110.006062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy610122.00/cwt122.00–122.007441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2611121.25/cwt118.00–123.007414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Full635122.00/cwt122.00–122.007751
Bulls—Small 1-2645100.00/cwt100.00–100.006451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy662118.34/cwt115.00–120.007833
Bulls—Medium and Large 2673117.61/cwt116.00–121.007923
Bulls—Small 1-2690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007591
Bulls—Medium and Large 3705105.00/cwt105.00–105.007401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy710115.00/cwt115.00–115.008171
Bulls—Medium and Large 2734111.39/cwt110.00–113.008185
Bulls—Small 1-2Fleshy74094.00/cwt94.00–94.006961
Bulls—Medium and Large 3760100.96/cwt93.00–109.007673
Bulls—Small 1-2770107.00/cwt107.00–107.008241
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,47564.88/cwt61.00–68.009573
Bulls——1,68975.38/cwt71.00–85.001,27310
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90636.78/cwt28.00–41.0033323
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10042.64/cwt40.00–44.0046919
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10242.90/cwt42.00–44.004737
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15546.94/cwt45.00–52.0054221
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29946.28/cwt44.00–52.0060113
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30743.03/cwt42.00–44.005626
Cows—Breaker 75-80%2,03059.00/cwt59.00–59.001,1981
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs11 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2600325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2695625.00/cwt625.00–625.004,3441
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2745500.00/cwt500.00–500.003,7251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2785525.00/cwt525.00–525.004,1211
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2883616.22/cwt550.00–675.005,4412
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2915700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,4051
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2955825.00/cwt825.00–825.007,8791
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2963661.82/cwt650.00–675.006,3732
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,060850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,0101
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,070725.00/cwt725.00–725.007,7581
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,135825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,3641
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1-2715292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,0881
Stock Cows—Small 1-2810356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,8841
Stock Cows—Small 1-2829418.00/cwt418.00–418.003,4651
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2955563.00/cwt563.00–563.005,3771
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2760200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5201
Bred Cows—Small 1-2783326.12/cwt275.00–375.002,5542
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2905425.00/cwt425.00–425.003,8461
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2910775.00/cwt775.00–775.007,0531
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2918600.20/cwt575.00–625.005,5102
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,105715.38/cwt600.00–800.007,9052
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,159668.62/cwt600.00–775.007,7498
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,230700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,6101

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.