Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2022-03-30

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Mar 30
● Final162 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
422 head
▼ 158 vs last sale 580▼ 103 vs year ago 525 · −19.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
163 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 115▼ 23 vs year ago 186 · −12.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 11▲ 6 vs year ago 14 · +42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 1.00 to 5.00 lower, while slaughter bulls were 2.00 higher. Feeder steers were mixed, heifers were 1.00 to 5.00 lower, while bulls were 1.00 to 6.00 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 $122.40/cwt on 163 head.
Average price
$122.40
163 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$560
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$42.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.44
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2468139.7465467
Medium and Large 2430124.6053544
Small 1-2486100.1948718thin
Medium and Large 345897.1144434
One grade step is worth $42.63/cwt here — about $209 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 sale163 hd
122.40
—
NC average8 barns · 1,093 hd
132.83
−10.44
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—Low1,475102.961,51821
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14886.0998866
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39582.391,15030
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low87857.8250842

Every lot

162 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2175137.21/cwt125.00–147.502402
Steers—Medium and Large 3185110.00/cwt110.00–110.002041
Steers—Small 1-2190110.00/cwt110.00–110.002091
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed193127.47/cwt125.00–130.002462
Steers—Medium and Large 2230139.05/cwt132.50–152.503204
Steers—Medium and Large 3240120.00/cwt120.00–120.002881
Steers—Small 1-2Full245120.00/cwt120.00–120.002941
Steers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed24592.50/cwt92.50–92.502271
Steers—Small 1-2255110.00/cwt110.00–110.002811
Steers—Medium and Large 2267148.46/cwt135.00–157.503965
Steers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed27090.00/cwt90.00–90.002431
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed278122.50/cwt122.50–122.503412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy305150.00/cwt150.00–150.004581
Steers—Small 1-2305110.00/cwt110.00–110.003361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full315160.00/cwt160.00–160.005041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323168.44/cwt167.00–170.005442
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed323128.76/cwt127.50–130.004162
Steers—Medium and Large 2325152.11/cwt142.00–162.504946
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy367148.64/cwt140.00–155.005465
Steers—Medium and Large 2375144.59/cwt135.00–158.005429
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed385162.50/cwt162.50–162.506261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2386168.67/cwt164.00–172.006517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410166.40/cwt160.00–172.006827
Steers—Medium and Large 3410109.00/cwt109.00–109.004471
Steers—Medium and Large 2437144.56/cwt134.00–150.006323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468166.00/cwt166.00–166.007772
Steers—Medium and Large 2485145.00/cwt145.00–145.007031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500150.00/cwt150.00–150.007501
Steers—Medium and Large 2500132.00/cwt132.00–132.006601
Steers—Medium and Large 2Full525120.00/cwt120.00–120.006301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534165.74/cwt164.00–167.008854
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578162.51/cwt161.00–164.009392
Steers—Medium and Large 2590144.00/cwt144.00–144.008501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630147.00/cwt147.00–147.009261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy720124.00/cwt124.00–124.008931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy870120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0441
Feeder Cattle · Heifers66 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1-2175100.00/cwt100.00–100.001751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2190145.00/cwt145.00–145.002761
Heifers—Medium and Large 2190125.00/cwt125.00–125.002381
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed205120.00/cwt120.00–120.002461
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed21082.50/cwt82.50–82.501731
Heifers—Medium and Large 3215117.50/cwt117.50–117.502531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2222138.35/cwt135.00–140.003073
Heifers—Small 1-2227110.00/cwt107.50–112.502503
Heifers—Medium and Large 2274123.68/cwt120.00–131.003394
Heifers—Medium and Large 3275111.56/cwt108.00–115.003072
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed27580.00/cwt80.00–80.002202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy290137.50/cwt137.50–137.503991
Heifers—Small 1-2295100.00/cwt100.00–100.002951
Heifers—Small 1-2300107.50/cwt107.50–107.503231
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Full30597.50/cwt97.50–97.502971
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed31092.50/cwt92.50–92.502871
Heifers—Medium and Large 2319125.70/cwt117.50–132.504018
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323108.83/cwt100.00–117.003522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2342140.00/cwt140.00–140.004793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy345137.00/cwt137.00–137.004731
Heifers—Medium and Large 3350100.00/cwt100.00–100.003501
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365128.66/cwt126.00–131.004704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373140.81/cwt139.00–145.0052510
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed37885.22/cwt80.00–90.003223
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy41090.00/cwt90.00–90.003691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420130.71/cwt126.00–135.005492
Heifers—Small 1-242599.00/cwt99.00–99.004211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426144.58/cwt140.00–149.006169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy428130.35/cwt130.00–131.005583
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy430115.00/cwt115.00–115.004951
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433111.58/cwt108.00–114.004833
Heifers—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed43580.00/cwt80.00–80.003481
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed46185.71/cwt80.00–95.003954
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463129.82/cwt124.00–135.006013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467146.46/cwt142.00–150.0068419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy480136.00/cwt136.00–136.006531
Heifers—Small 1-2480111.00/cwt111.00–111.005331
Heifers—Medium and Large 3488110.50/cwt110.00–111.005392
Heifers—Small 1-2505103.47/cwt100.00–107.005232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514137.97/cwt132.00–144.007097
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517123.20/cwt120.00–127.006376
Heifers—Medium and Large 3535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005891
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed54098.00/cwt98.00–98.005291
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558122.99/cwt121.00–125.006862
Heifers—Medium and Large 3573112.44/cwt111.00–114.006442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575137.71/cwt129.00–143.007924
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed59083.00/cwt83.00–83.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed60580.00/cwt80.00–80.004841
Heifers—Medium and Large 2621120.12/cwt114.00–125.007465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628125.49/cwt125.00–126.007882
Heifers—Small 1-2660102.65/cwt100.00–108.006773
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Fleshy66090.00/cwt90.00–90.005941
Heifers—Medium and Large 2673117.96/cwt116.00–120.007942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680126.50/cwt126.50–126.508603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy680123.00/cwt123.00–123.008361
Heifers—Medium and Large 3680100.00/cwt100.00–100.006801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed695111.00/cwt111.00–111.007711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705119.00/cwt119.00–119.008391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy710115.00/cwt115.00–115.008171
Heifers—Medium and Large 2710109.00/cwt109.00–109.007741
Heifers—Medium and Large 3755100.00/cwt100.00–100.007551
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Fleshy79087.00/cwt87.00–87.006871
Heifers—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed84587.00/cwt87.00–87.007351
Heifers—Small 1-285096.00/cwt96.00–96.008161
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy85588.00/cwt88.00–88.007521
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Fleshy87084.00/cwt84.00–84.007311
Feeder Cattle · Bulls34 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed405126.00/cwt126.00–126.005101
Bulls—Small 1-2Full415115.00/cwt115.00–115.004771
Bulls—Small 1-2415110.00/cwt110.00–110.004571
Bulls—Medium and Large 2419142.92/cwt130.00–158.005998
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy420144.94/cwt140.00–150.006092
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2421168.31/cwt164.00–172.0070914
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed43080.00/cwt80.00–80.003441
Bulls—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed43588.00/cwt88.00–88.003831
Bulls—Medium and Large 3440108.00/cwt108.00–108.004751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468167.65/cwt160.00–175.0078516
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470144.59/cwt130.00–157.5068011
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy505146.00/cwt146.00–146.007371
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515136.55/cwt130.00–148.007033
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520164.96/cwt157.00–170.0085813
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2576158.95/cwt155.00–164.009166
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577135.15/cwt122.00–149.007805
Bulls—Medium and Large 2622128.62/cwt124.00–136.008005
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2627143.84/cwt138.00–151.009027
Bulls—Medium and Large 3635110.00/cwt110.00–110.006991
Bulls—Small 1-2670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007371
Bulls—Medium and Large 2683129.50/cwt129.00–130.008842
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy705121.00/cwt121.00–121.008531
Bulls—Medium and Large 2713120.02/cwt115.00–125.008562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2724131.36/cwt128.00–135.009515
Bulls—Medium and Large 3770110.00/cwt110.00–110.008471
Bulls—Medium and Large 2785121.00/cwt121.00–121.009501
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed81590.00/cwt90.00–90.007341
Bulls—Medium and Large 2822119.67/cwt117.00–122.009843
Bulls—Medium and Large 3863109.01/cwt108.00–110.009412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy870119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0351
Bulls—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed88590.00/cwt90.00–90.007971
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 369580.00/cwt80.00–80.005561
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,18889.67/cwt82.00–94.001,0658
Bulls——1,515108.38/cwt96.00–115.001,64210
Bulls——2,105120.32/cwt120.00–121.002,5333
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80339.50/cwt34.00–45.003176
Cows—Lean 85-90%82653.80/cwt47.00–60.0044418
Cows—Lean 85-90%95567.95/cwt62.00–74.0064918
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12284.06/cwt74.00–93.0094351
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23096.82/cwt94.00–102.001,19113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26568.06/cwt65.00–70.008612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,1991
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36570.85/cwt69.00–73.009672
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40282.81/cwt74.00–92.001,16127
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed725550.00/cwt550.00–550.003,9881
Bred Cows—Small 1-2760800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,0801
Bred Cows—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed773542.46/cwt475.00–625.004,1933
Bred Cows—Small 1-2795875.00/cwt875.00–875.006,9561
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed840600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,0401
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,005867.33/cwt800.00–950.008,7173
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2780813.94/cwt775.00–850.006,3492
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2800750.00/cwt750.00–750.006,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed850825.00/cwt825.00–825.007,0131
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy865875.00/cwt875.00–875.007,5691
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29051,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,0501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed963790.71/cwt750.00–825.007,6152

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.