Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2021-04-21

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Apr 21
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
614 head
▼ 120 vs last sale 734▼ 232 vs year ago 846 · −27.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 150▼ 32 vs year ago 120 · −26.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 30▼ 74 vs year ago 100 · −74.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were mostly steady. Feeder cattle were 2 to 7 lower. Offerings of cattle were moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.85/cwt on 153 head.
Average price
$123.85
153 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$618
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$20.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.71
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2513127.31653101
Medium and Large 2473120.0356841
Medium and Large 3471106.3350011thin
One grade step is worth $20.98/cwt here — about $152 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 sale153 hd
123.85
—
NC average6 barns · 1,209 hd
124.56
−0.71
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—Average1,30286.571,12712
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31164.3584421
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05758.9962422
CowsLean 85-90%Low87044.733895thin

Every lot

78 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2285153.00/cwt153.00–153.004361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2327155.31/cwt155.00–156.005083
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2366156.75/cwt155.00–158.005745
Steers—Medium and Large 2424136.97/cwt134.00–141.005814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427149.30/cwt144.00–152.5063810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472146.11/cwt143.00–154.0069013
Steers—Medium and Large 2475133.49/cwt130.00–138.006344
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517143.33/cwt138.00–150.007419
Steers—Medium and Large 2520129.74/cwt126.00–134.006757
Steers—Medium and Large 2568132.00/cwt130.00–135.007504
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574142.21/cwt136.00–146.008168
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626130.57/cwt125.00–140.008175
Steers—Medium and Large 2628117.64/cwt115.00–119.007393
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665125.80/cwt121.00–132.008375
Steers—Medium and Large 2668115.00/cwt110.00–118.007683
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722119.99/cwt117.00–124.008663
Steers—Medium and Large 2723114.02/cwt113.00–115.008242
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770118.60/cwt116.00–123.009133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820116.00/cwt116.00–116.009511
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2220130.00/cwt130.00–130.002861
Heifers—Medium and Large 2290122.95/cwt120.00–126.003572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2316132.25/cwt128.00–136.004188
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328121.98/cwt120.00–125.004004
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365106.30/cwt105.00–107.503882
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367121.79/cwt120.00–125.004475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371133.37/cwt127.00–138.0049514
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418110.38/cwt109.00–112.004615
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426123.71/cwt122.00–125.005275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428131.90/cwt130.00–135.0056511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464119.24/cwt114.00–126.005537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469126.53/cwt121.00–132.0059314
Heifers—Medium and Large 3518107.56/cwt105.00–110.005572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522126.64/cwt123.00–129.0066112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522122.37/cwt119.00–124.006393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562125.57/cwt121.00–127.5070612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575117.79/cwt110.00–126.0067713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2614125.28/cwt122.00–126.507699
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628113.49/cwt110.00–117.007132
Heifers—Medium and Large 363095.00/cwt95.00–95.005991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673124.33/cwt119.00–126.0083713
Heifers—Medium and Large 369095.00/cwt95.00–95.006561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2713120.00/cwt120.00–120.008563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2785112.51/cwt107.00–117.008834
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2230155.00/cwt155.00–155.003571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2255155.00/cwt155.00–155.003951
Bulls—Medium and Large 3283132.57/cwt130.00–135.003752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy305163.00/cwt163.00–163.004971
Bulls—Medium and Large 2305145.00/cwt145.00–145.004421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2328154.75/cwt150.00–158.005089
Bulls—Medium and Large 3355115.00/cwt115.00–115.004081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365158.00/cwt158.00–158.005771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2374144.34/cwt140.00–155.005407
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378136.26/cwt132.50–137.505154
Bulls—Medium and Large 3403110.00/cwt110.00–110.004432
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2424141.42/cwt139.00–145.006007
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427132.06/cwt127.50–136.005643
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468141.43/cwt134.00–146.0066213
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478119.41/cwt116.00–123.005712
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515100.00/cwt100.00–100.005151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525137.33/cwt134.00–142.507218
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2567134.59/cwt130.00–139.0076318
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577121.63/cwt115.00–124.007028
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610123.50/cwt123.00–124.007532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2617131.54/cwt127.00–135.008127
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2665119.67/cwt119.00–120.007963
Bulls—Medium and Large 2690112.00/cwt112.00–112.007731
Bulls—Medium and Large 2715105.00/cwt100.00–110.007512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2761109.47/cwt107.00–113.008334
Bulls—Medium and Large 2768105.05/cwt102.00–108.008072
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,04481.22/cwt77.00–86.008485
Bulls——1,43989.45/cwt85.00–92.001,2876
Bulls——1,77096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,6991
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%74023.00/cwt23.00–23.001701
Cows—Lean 85-90%90350.16/cwt45.00–54.004534
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05758.99/cwt54.00–65.0062422
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31164.35/cwt59.00–67.0084421
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0341,099.69/cwt808.00–1,197.0011,3715

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.