Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2022-06-15

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Jun 15
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
580 head
▼ 383 vs last sale 963▲ 110 vs year ago 470 · +23.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 133▼ 101 vs year ago 200 · −50.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and Heifers sold 1.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter cow and bull trend not established due to no comparable sales

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.63/cwt on 101 head.
Average price
$131.63
101 head · 605 lb average
Value per head Derived
$796
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.85
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2609132.0580497
Medium and Large 3510121.486204thin
One grade step is worth $10.56/cwt here — about $184 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 sale101 hd
131.63
—
NC average8 barns · 813 hd
128.78
+2.85
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—Average1,451108.691,5777thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53186.521,32414
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12285.6296114
CowsLean 85-90%Low91462.9357521

Every lot

51 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2439155.00/cwt155.00–155.006805
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473143.23/cwt140.00–163.006777
Steers—Medium and Large 3500129.00/cwt129.00–129.006451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy518140.00/cwt140.00–140.007252
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540156.37/cwt150.00–158.0084413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy565140.00/cwt140.00–140.007911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569154.93/cwt145.00–162.0088215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy610138.00/cwt138.00–138.008421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628153.89/cwt150.00–157.509666
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy660135.00/cwt135.00–135.008911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673153.10/cwt150.00–155.501,03034
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2713140.49/cwt140.00–141.001,0022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2763139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0612
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419140.43/cwt138.00–141.005887
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445125.00/cwt125.00–125.005561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482137.69/cwt128.00–140.5066412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522135.17/cwt125.00–140.0070621
Heifers—Medium and Large 3532120.31/cwt120.00–121.006403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy575113.00/cwt113.00–113.006501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580132.95/cwt124.00–136.5077120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619130.00/cwt123.00–134.008057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673128.38/cwt124.00–131.008647
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2703127.50/cwt127.50–127.508963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2781125.31/cwt120.00–127.509798
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2823127.26/cwt127.00–127.501,0472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2862127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2903124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2955120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1463
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2327150.49/cwt139.00–156.004925
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2355135.00/cwt135.00–135.004791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400137.00/cwt136.00–138.005482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522131.67/cwt126.00–138.006876
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550147.00/cwt147.00–147.008091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2630117.00/cwt117.00–117.007371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2717130.00/cwt128.00–133.009323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2835110.00/cwt110.00–110.009191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2855106.00/cwt106.00–106.009061
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,20596.50/cwt96.00–97.001,1632
Bulls——1,333108.27/cwt101.00–114.001,4433
Bulls——1,873121.51/cwt121.00–122.002,2762
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight76854.18/cwt49.00–60.004166
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight77074.00/cwt73.00–75.005703
Cows—Lean 85-90%86530.00/cwt30.00–30.002601
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01176.35/cwt73.00–81.007725
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03074.02/cwt72.00–76.007622
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06060.44/cwt50.00–66.006416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12583.19/cwt80.00–87.009369
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175100.65/cwt94.00–107.001,1833
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47781.58/cwt78.00–84.001,2053
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54286.63/cwt85.00–91.001,3369
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56093.45/cwt92.00–95.001,4582

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.