Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2022-05-11

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, May 11
● Final131 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
853 head
▲ 424 vs last sale 429▲ 432 vs year ago 421 · +102.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 15▼ 32 vs year ago 116 · −27.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 105▼ 4 vs year ago 11 · −36.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current goat receipts 1.

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 8.00 to 9.00 higher, boning type slaughter cows were 6.00 to 7.00 higher, and slaughter bulls were 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate to active. Offerings of cattle were fairly heavy. Cattle quality was mostly average to attractive. Some cattle part of local "MAC-Vac" program.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.79/cwt on 324 head.
Average price
$140.79
324 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$698
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$41.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.33
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2459146.99674154
Medium and Large 1571146.8083872
Medium 2489130.3763878
Small 1425123.005233thin
Small 1-2563110.7462415thin
Medium and Large 3485105.105102thin
One grade step is worth $41.89/cwt here — about $165 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 sale324 hd
140.79
—
NC average8 barns · 1,096 hd
135.45
+5.33
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—High1,780109.831,9556thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,44184.881,22317
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18080.5495018
CowsLean 85-90%High93168.2863624

Every lot

131 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy273166.54/cwt165.00–168.004552
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2324174.50/cwt167.50–180.005656
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380178.81/cwt170.00–184.006794
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423174.70/cwt167.00–183.007398
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425184.33/cwt184.00–185.007833
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy428164.03/cwt163.00–165.007023
Steers—Medium 2458143.32/cwt140.00–147.006563
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468173.08/cwt165.00–178.0081012
Steers—Small 1Value Added470140.00/cwt140.00–140.006584
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added487182.74/cwt179.00–183.5089011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy490153.16/cwt150.00–154.007506
Steers—Medium 2509148.50/cwt148.00–149.007564
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522167.43/cwt160.00–173.0087411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy523153.99/cwt151.00–157.008052
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added533181.15/cwt178.00–182.009669
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added573171.28/cwt163.00–176.5098125
Steers—Medium 2580142.07/cwt139.00–145.008243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583169.30/cwt161.00–173.0098720
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630156.11/cwt155.50–160.009837
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added633164.66/cwt160.00–171.501,04232
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added661155.71/cwt150.50–157.001,02928
Steers—Medium 2670145.00/cwt144.00–146.009722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0083
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added705130.00/cwt130.00–130.009175
Steers—Medium 2Fleshy723125.00/cwt120.00–130.009043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2792140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1093
Steers—Medium 2818131.02/cwt130.00–132.001,0722
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added865134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1594
Feeder Cattle · Heifers44 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 2282130.74/cwt126.00–134.003695
Heifers—Small 1-2315112.73/cwt110.00–114.003553
Heifers—Medium 2321130.43/cwt124.00–136.0041911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy323140.00/cwt140.00–140.004522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328147.48/cwt141.00–154.004846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335157.00/cwt156.00–158.005262
Heifers—Medium 2376133.67/cwt127.00–138.005035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy378141.73/cwt140.00–143.005364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382151.23/cwt144.00–156.0057826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy393159.50/cwt159.00–160.006272
Heifers—Medium 2415127.19/cwt123.00–131.005285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420158.45/cwt157.00–160.006652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425150.69/cwt144.00–155.0064019
Heifers—Small 1Value Added425123.00/cwt123.00–123.005233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy430139.03/cwt135.00–140.005986
Heifers—Small 1-2Fleshy450104.50/cwt104.00–105.004702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy466139.18/cwt136.00–142.006495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472149.70/cwt143.00–154.5070738
Heifers—Medium 2473129.60/cwt124.00–134.006137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added480154.00/cwt154.00–154.007393
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485105.10/cwt100.00–110.005102
Heifers—Medium 2Fleshy488121.00/cwt121.00–121.005902
Heifers—Medium 2Value Added510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006632
Heifers—Medium 2Fleshy513125.67/cwt125.00–126.006453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518144.77/cwt140.00–150.0075013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy518134.00/cwt134.00–134.006942
Heifers—Medium 2521134.80/cwt129.00–139.007029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added529149.91/cwt145.00–155.5079332
Heifers—Medium 2Fleshy563121.33/cwt120.00–124.006833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567140.89/cwt135.50–145.5079922
Heifers—Medium 2570132.97/cwt128.00–136.007589
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added575147.17/cwt144.50–149.0084619
Heifers—Small 1-2575108.97/cwt108.00–110.006272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2603141.01/cwt140.00–142.008503
Heifers—Medium 2Fleshy605122.50/cwt120.00–125.007412
Heifers—Medium 2620134.63/cwt131.00–138.008356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added625142.50/cwt142.50–142.5089115
Heifers—Small 1-2630114.52/cwt113.00–116.007212
Heifers—Medium 2Fleshy657122.66/cwt122.00–124.008063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665134.00/cwt134.00–134.008912
Heifers—Medium 2670132.58/cwt132.00–133.008886
Heifers—Small 1-2682114.67/cwt114.00–116.007823
Heifers—Small 1-2717107.63/cwt105.00–110.007723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added815125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,0233
Feeder Cattle · Bulls38 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy245156.50/cwt155.00–158.003832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2275173.53/cwt167.50–180.004773
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2315167.26/cwt165.00–169.005273
Bulls—Medium 2323139.04/cwt138.00–140.004492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy324154.28/cwt151.00–156.005004
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy328181.42/cwt175.00–186.005953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy369154.47/cwt150.00–160.005704
Bulls—Medium 2378139.82/cwt136.00–143.005295
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2379170.41/cwt162.00–178.0064618
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy383181.40/cwt180.00–182.006955
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420181.48/cwt177.00–189.007623
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2422167.34/cwt160.00–174.0070613
Bulls—Medium 2Fleshy425121.46/cwt120.00–123.005162
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425111.45/cwt110.00–113.004742
Bulls—Medium 2Fancy430146.99/cwt146.00–148.006322
Bulls—Medium 2430138.35/cwt134.00–140.005954
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy433157.29/cwt154.00–159.006813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy464174.51/cwt172.00–178.008108
Bulls—Medium 2473142.81/cwt138.00–147.0067512
Bulls—Medium 2Fleshy473130.52/cwt130.00–131.006172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475163.42/cwt157.00–171.0077610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy481152.14/cwt150.00–155.007327
Bulls—Medium 2503139.50/cwt139.00–140.007022
Bulls—Medium 2Fleshy503124.02/cwt120.00–128.006242
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523164.26/cwt158.00–170.0085912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy525152.24/cwt150.00–154.007994
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy530175.50/cwt175.00–176.009302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2563159.94/cwt152.00–166.0090011
Bulls—Small 1-2565113.01/cwt112.00–114.006392
Bulls—Medium 2577139.65/cwt134.00–146.008066
Bulls—Medium 2Fleshy593124.01/cwt122.00–126.007352
Bulls—Medium 2603140.00/cwt139.00–141.008442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613156.16/cwt151.00–161.009577
Bulls—Medium 2Fleshy613127.03/cwt126.00–129.007793
Bulls—Small 1-2623110.97/cwt110.00–112.006912
Bulls—Medium 2672134.27/cwt130.00–140.009023
Bulls—Medium 2Fleshy713121.00/cwt120.00–122.008634
Bulls—Medium 2Fleshy818116.00/cwt115.00–117.009492
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 3Full72574.00/cwt74.00–74.005371
Dairy Heifers—Large 3Full95575.00/cwt75.00–75.007161
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,738104.92/cwt101.00–109.001,8243
Bulls——1,822114.74/cwt113.00–116.002,0913
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80050.98/cwt49.00–52.004082
Cows—Lean 85-90%81959.76/cwt56.00–63.004897
Cows—Lean 85-90%98271.61/cwt69.00–74.0070310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03880.46/cwt79.00–84.008355
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12071.50/cwt71.00–72.008012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12359.52/cwt56.00–63.006682
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18380.15/cwt76.00–83.009486
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20688.34/cwt86.00–90.001,0658
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41577.55/cwt76.00–79.001,0972
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42590.48/cwt90.00–91.001,2892
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44785.14/cwt80.00–89.001,23213
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1-2795575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,5711
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small 2675425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,8691
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2808614.86/cwt600.00–625.004,9682
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,100875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,6251
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,140875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,9751
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4501,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0015,2251

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.