Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2021-09-08

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Sep 8
● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
333 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 352▲ 13 vs year ago 320 · +4.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 87▼ 40 vs year ago 140 · −28.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 16▼ 2 vs year ago 10 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current sheep receipts 1

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower, while bulls were mostly 6.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls were mixed, while heifers were mostly 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.62/cwt on 143 head.
Average price
$125.62
143 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$644
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$33.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.84
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517132.61686105
Medium and Large 2518115.9260014thin
Small 1-2495101.1850116thin
Medium and Large 348099.624788thin
One grade step is worth $33.00/cwt here — about $208 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 sale143 hd
125.62
—
NC average8 barns · 826 hd
122.77
+2.84
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—Low1,58084.951,3423thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27869.2488432
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,50568.631,03322
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06053.1256339

Every lot

106 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2155122.50/cwt122.50–122.501901
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed210125.00/cwt125.00–125.002631
Steers—Medium and Large 2290140.00/cwt140.00–140.004061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320152.62/cwt150.00–155.004882
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed335120.00/cwt120.00–120.004021
Steers—Medium and Large 2338135.11/cwt130.00–140.004572
Steers—Medium and Large 2355140.00/cwt140.00–140.004971
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373151.48/cwt150.00–155.005655
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2422152.76/cwt144.00–161.0064517
Steers—Small 1-2463107.70/cwt100.00–115.004992
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468147.50/cwt143.00–152.506906
Steers—Medium and Large 2468134.22/cwt125.00–140.006284
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy473134.76/cwt130.00–140.006372
Steers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525143.93/cwt138.00–152.5075611
Steers—Medium and Large 2543129.99/cwt125.00–132.507063
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566144.96/cwt139.00–148.0082011
Steers—Medium and Large 2580130.00/cwt130.00–130.007541
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626139.43/cwt134.00–141.008735
Steers—Medium and Large 2Full675118.00/cwt118.00–118.007971
Steers—Medium and Large 2685120.00/cwt120.00–120.008221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690135.00/cwt135.00–135.009321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2828127.44/cwt123.00–130.001,0555
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed16592.50/cwt92.50–92.501531
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed22396.21/cwt95.00–97.502152
Heifers—Small 1-230098.75/cwt97.50–100.002962
Heifers—Medium and Large 2338117.44/cwt115.00–120.003972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy350115.00/cwt115.00–115.004031
Heifers—Medium and Large 3350112.50/cwt112.50–112.503941
Heifers—Small 1-2373103.38/cwt100.00–107.003862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379138.91/cwt130.00–145.005268
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed41087.50/cwt87.50–87.503591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421140.51/cwt130.00–144.0059212
Heifers—Small 1-242894.80/cwt90.00–100.004062
Heifers—Small 1-2455100.00/cwt100.00–100.004551
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465116.70/cwt112.50–122.005434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467139.30/cwt126.00–145.0065122
Heifers—Small 1-2505112.00/cwt112.00–112.005661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy510115.00/cwt115.00–115.005871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525129.02/cwt119.00–136.0067720
Heifers—Medium and Large 3535101.00/cwt101.00–101.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 2537113.51/cwt112.50–115.006103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy550116.00/cwt116.00–116.006381
Heifers—Small 1-2560105.00/cwt105.00–105.005881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571129.73/cwt124.00–135.0074121
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed595114.00/cwt114.00–114.006781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622128.28/cwt119.00–132.0079814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2626116.68/cwt112.50–121.007304
Heifers—Small 1-2632110.82/cwt110.00–112.507003
Heifers—Medium and Large 3635107.50/cwt107.50–107.506831
Heifers—Small 1-2650105.00/cwt105.00–105.006831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy655117.00/cwt117.00–117.007661
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy66094.00/cwt94.00–94.006201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674124.72/cwt120.00–128.008414
Heifers—Medium and Large 3705106.00/cwt106.00–106.007471
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed75590.00/cwt90.00–90.006801
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy83084.00/cwt84.00–84.006971
Feeder Cattle · Bulls35 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2418150.41/cwt145.00–157.506296
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440137.53/cwt135.00–140.006052
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed445120.00/cwt120.00–120.005341
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2453152.54/cwt145.00–160.006912
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467135.65/cwt127.50–142.506337
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy470140.00/cwt140.00–140.006581
Bulls—Small 1-2473103.78/cwt97.50–110.004912
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505108.00/cwt108.00–108.005451
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521128.12/cwt124.00–130.006689
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed525115.00/cwt115.00–115.006041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2530134.00/cwt134.00–134.007101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy530121.49/cwt120.00–123.006442
Bulls—Small 1-2533108.77/cwt105.00–112.505802
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy560120.51/cwt120.00–121.006752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2566123.88/cwt117.50–131.007016
Bulls—Small 1-2583113.77/cwt112.50–115.006632
Bulls—Small 1-2605105.00/cwt105.00–105.006351
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610121.20/cwt117.50–125.007396
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy615124.51/cwt123.00–126.007662
Bulls—Medium and Large 3630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy645116.00/cwt116.00–116.007482
Bulls—Medium and Large 3675110.00/cwt110.00–110.007431
Bulls—Medium and Large 2677116.19/cwt113.00–119.007875
Bulls—Medium and Large 2705114.00/cwt114.00–114.008041
Bulls—Medium and Large 3705104.00/cwt104.00–104.007331
Bulls—Small 1-2710104.49/cwt104.00–105.007422
Bulls—Small 1-2Fleshy76090.00/cwt90.00–90.006841
Bulls—Small 1-2763106.01/cwt102.00–110.008092
Bulls—Medium and Large 3775107.48/cwt106.00–109.008332
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2780126.00/cwt126.00–126.009831
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed80590.00/cwt90.00–90.007251
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Fleshy81095.00/cwt95.00–95.007701
Bulls—Medium and Large 3840106.00/cwt106.00–106.008902
Bulls—Small 1-288097.00/cwt97.00–97.008541
Bulls—Medium and Large 388597.00/cwt97.00–97.008581
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 394595.00/cwt95.00–95.008981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37582.93/cwt80.00–86.001,1402
Bulls——1,99089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,7711
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78570.00/cwt70.00–70.005501
Cows—Lean 85-90%95444.88/cwt38.00–62.0042813
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12357.84/cwt53.00–62.0065024
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19030.00/cwt30.00–30.003571
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25567.94/cwt62.00–72.0085327
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36049.00/cwt49.00–49.006661
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39976.23/cwt74.00–80.001,0665
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46077.58/cwt73.00–84.001,1336
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53266.36/cwt62.00–72.001,01715
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2445425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8911
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0871,145.02/cwt925.00–1,325.0012,4466

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.