Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2022-04-06

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Apr 6
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
348 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 422▼ 202 vs year ago 550 · −36.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
103 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 163▲ 3 vs year ago 100 · +3.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 20▼ 15 vs year ago 20 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 lower and boning type slaughter cows were 6.00 to 7.00 lower; slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle were lightly tested, steers were mostly 4.00 to 5.00 higher; heifers were mostly 1.00 to 4.00 lower; and feeder bulls were mixed, 1.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Demand was good for fancy cattle, moderate for others; market activity and buyer interest were mostly moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was mostly average. "By the head" calves brought 75.00 per head.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $153.35/cwt on 135 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −38.56 against this barn's trailing median of $191.92.
Average price
$153.35
135 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$762
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$47.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.80
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2468164.5376992
Medium 2554131.9473136
Medium and Large 3589116.586877thin
One grade step is worth $47.95/cwt here — about $82 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 sale135 hd
153.35
—
NC average8 barns · 896 hd
143.55
+9.80
This barn, trailing median24 sales
191.92
−38.56
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

24 sales
219195171146median 191.9203/0404/1506/1009/0910/28
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $205.17, low $160.31, median $191.92 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,712108.841,8637thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39478.951,10015
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17878.3392322
CowsLean 85-90%Low96270.1967542

Every lot

91 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2308140.00/cwt140.00–140.004312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy315192.62/cwt185.00–200.006072
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2369174.41/cwt168.00–180.006444
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423174.98/cwt170.00–180.007403
Steers—Medium 2433146.78/cwt140.00–154.006364
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added473175.45/cwt173.00–178.008304
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480170.25/cwt170.00–171.008174
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522170.40/cwt164.00–173.0088918
Steers—Medium 2670125.46/cwt120.00–131.008412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy683143.49/cwt141.00–146.009802
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 2280125.45/cwt121.00–130.003515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2283151.08/cwt147.50–155.004282
Heifers—Medium 2306133.62/cwt130.00–137.004094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2333145.51/cwt140.00–151.004857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365144.11/cwt140.00–148.005262
Heifers—Medium 2373131.76/cwt128.00–136.004912
Heifers—Small 1-2380101.33/cwt100.00–103.003853
Heifers—Medium 2415121.95/cwt120.00–124.005062
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed422106.20/cwt100.00–110.004483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430143.17/cwt140.00–149.0061610
Heifers—Medium 2476123.54/cwt120.00–129.005885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478144.00/cwt140.00–147.006885
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed48096.71/cwt90.00–111.004643
Heifers—Medium and Large 3483117.49/cwt117.00–118.005672
Heifers—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed50879.96/cwt77.00–83.004062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517142.76/cwt138.00–148.007389
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy526131.70/cwt130.00–134.006934
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed530106.01/cwt105.00–107.005622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567134.68/cwt132.00–137.007643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568139.00/cwt139.00–139.007903
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy56896.00/cwt96.00–96.005452
Heifers—Medium 2569123.05/cwt120.00–128.007004
Heifers—Medium and Large 3571115.97/cwt113.00–118.006624
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed60991.00/cwt91.00–91.005544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615126.22/cwt125.00–130.007764
Heifers—Medium and Large 3625108.00/cwt106.00–110.006752
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed66879.91/cwt58.00–103.005342
Heifers—Medium and Large 3677110.67/cwt105.00–116.007493
Heifers—Medium and Large 3783100.00/cwt100.00–100.007832
Heifers—Medium and Large 3843102.00/cwt101.00–103.008602
Feeder Cattle · Bulls33 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy223161.29/cwt160.00–162.503602
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed230126.25/cwt125.00–127.502902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy278157.44/cwt152.50–162.504383
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2327177.56/cwt175.00–182.505813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy328157.13/cwt152.00–162.505152
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy374156.38/cwt150.00–162.505854
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy376189.57/cwt185.00–195.007139
Bulls—Medium 2Fleshy378130.00/cwt130.00–130.004912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2379170.69/cwt165.00–177.506476
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy413153.88/cwt150.00–158.006362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy415184.48/cwt183.00–186.007662
Bulls—Medium 2416140.77/cwt140.00–143.005864
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420172.78/cwt167.00–179.007267
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed426122.43/cwt120.00–124.005225
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458169.19/cwt164.00–172.007755
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added470175.55/cwt174.00–180.008254
Bulls—Medium 2Thin Fleshed473124.48/cwt124.00–125.005892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy479154.21/cwt150.00–158.007394
Bulls—Medium and Large 3483119.00/cwt119.00–119.005753
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy522154.67/cwt154.00–155.008073
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527164.84/cwt160.00–171.0086916
Bulls—Medium 2538140.00/cwt140.00–140.007532
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed558112.00/cwt112.00–112.006252
Bulls—Medium 2560142.54/cwt140.00–145.007982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566156.83/cwt153.00–160.008887
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613148.60/cwt143.00–155.009118
Bulls—Medium 2637135.39/cwt135.00–137.008625
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2657143.31/cwt141.00–148.009423
Bulls—Medium 2680135.74/cwt130.00–139.009237
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2713134.99/cwt134.00–136.009622
Bulls—Medium 2713126.69/cwt124.00–128.009033
Bulls—Medium and Large 3780117.52/cwt116.00–119.009172
Bulls—Medium 2850120.50/cwt120.00–121.001,0242
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 397079.00/cwt79.00–79.007661
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——80080.00/cwt80.00–80.006401
Bulls——1,774110.95/cwt106.00–115.001,9684
Bulls——2,043119.05/cwt118.00–120.002,4322
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80752.61/cwt50.00–56.004256
Cows—Lean 85-90%96065.34/cwt62.00–68.0062713
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00172.89/cwt69.00–75.0073011
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00781.77/cwt77.00–85.0082312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12865.35/cwt64.00–67.007373
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16977.36/cwt74.00–81.0090411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21084.54/cwt83.00–88.001,0238
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38284.00/cwt84.00–84.001,1613
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38379.31/cwt75.00–83.001,0979
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43872.82/cwt70.00–76.001,0473
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed810575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,6581
Bred Cows—Small 1-2923824.05/cwt775.00–875.007,6062
Bred Cows—Small 1-2Thin Fleshed950650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,1751
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,140950.00/cwt950.00–950.0010,8301

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.