Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2022-08-03

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Aug 3
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
246 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 278▼ 286 vs year ago 532 · −53.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 80▼ 41 vs year ago 120 · −34.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 35▼ 28 vs year ago 31 · −90.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison available due to technical difficulties the previous three weeks. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were light. Cattle quality was mostly average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.87/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −52.05 against this barn's trailing median of $191.92.
Average price
$139.87
85 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$718
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$33.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.53
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2495152.5275530
Medium and Large 3533137.3773242
Small 1-2490118.7258213thin
One grade step is worth $33.80/cwt here — about $173 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 sale85 hd
139.87
—
NC average8 barns · 444 hd
134.34
+5.53
This barn, trailing median24 sales
191.92
−52.05
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—Low1,14893.001,0672thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41488.191,24725
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11276.9885626
CowsLean 85-90%Low93263.7859517

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,185$1,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,245$1,6252thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3418139.02/cwt134.00–143.005814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520169.08/cwt165.00–173.008792
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585165.04/cwt160.00–170.009652
Steers—Medium and Large 3595141.00/cwt141.00–141.008392
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added624173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0804
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635156.67/cwt155.00–160.009953
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3263131.90/cwt130.00–134.003472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315138.98/cwt138.00–140.004382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy333162.09/cwt158.00–166.005402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy374157.03/cwt150.00–163.005874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386138.99/cwt135.00–141.005374
Heifers—Medium and Large 3421124.82/cwt120.00–130.005255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy427155.27/cwt150.00–159.006633
Heifers—Small 1-2433103.98/cwt101.00–107.004502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436143.73/cwt140.00–146.006274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy458150.00/cwt150.00–150.006872
Heifers—Medium and Large 3466122.04/cwt118.00–127.005696
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476143.31/cwt139.00–149.006829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy490132.00/cwt131.00–134.006473
Heifers—Medium and Large 3503128.00/cwt127.00–129.006442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy513131.01/cwt130.00–132.006722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527140.28/cwt136.00–143.007397
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added548150.00/cwt150.00–150.008224
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Full56584.87/cwt80.00–90.004802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566138.55/cwt132.00–143.007847
Heifers—Medium and Large 3595125.00/cwt125.00–125.007442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612135.76/cwt133.00–139.008315
Heifers—Medium and Large 3623122.52/cwt117.00–128.007632
Heifers—Medium and Large 3675119.01/cwt118.00–120.008032
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3275143.80/cwt138.00–149.003952
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2295157.00/cwt154.00–160.004632
Bulls—Medium and Large 3315138.98/cwt135.00–145.004384
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2367159.36/cwt152.00–164.005853
Bulls—Medium and Large 3403140.33/cwt137.00–144.005663
Bulls—Small 1-2Fleshy418106.35/cwt103.00–110.004452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2422162.68/cwt155.00–168.006875
Bulls—Small 1-2440124.99/cwt120.00–129.005503
Bulls—Small 1-2458123.93/cwt120.00–128.005682
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473140.59/cwt138.00–144.006653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475155.78/cwt150.00–162.007404
Bulls—Small 1-2503118.01/cwt116.00–120.005942
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518152.20/cwt150.00–158.007885
Bulls—Medium and Large 3531143.69/cwt136.00–147.0076315
Bulls—Medium and Large 3570131.51/cwt130.00–133.007502
Bulls—Small 1-2573117.95/cwt114.00–120.006764
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2583146.16/cwt144.00–149.008526
Bulls—Medium and Large 3609130.21/cwt126.00–134.007935
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613141.80/cwt137.00–146.008695
Bulls—Medium and Large 3670132.47/cwt131.00–134.008882
Bulls—Medium and Large 3721128.27/cwt125.00–130.009254
Bulls—Medium and Large 3788117.99/cwt117.00–119.009302
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 391981.79/cwt80.00–86.007524
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——86588.00/cwt88.00–88.007611
Bulls——1,43098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,4011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84854.77/cwt51.00–57.004646
Cows—Lean 85-90%95871.84/cwt69.00–76.006887
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01463.20/cwt62.00–65.006414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05466.85/cwt66.00–68.007057
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09179.08/cwt76.00–82.008638
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12861.49/cwt61.00–62.006942
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17286.42/cwt85.00–90.001,0139
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,20073.00/cwt73.00–73.008762
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40786.04/cwt82.00–90.001,21113
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46694.03/cwt91.00–99.001,37810
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,1851,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 11,2451,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6252

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.