Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2022-10-12

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Oct 12
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
593 head
▲ 151 vs last sale 442▼ 103 vs year ago 696 · −14.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 90▲ 50 vs year ago 120 · +41.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

When compared to last week feeder steers under 500lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower with steers over 600lbs selling mostly 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were sharply lower. Trading was moderate on moderate offerings with most of the offering consisting of black hided cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.00/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$125.00
81 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.63
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2573129.4874255
Medium and Large 2-3496115.5257326
One grade step is worth $13.96/cwt here — about $169 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 sale81 hd
125.00
—
NC average6 barns · 736 hd
117.37
+7.63
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—Average1,23592.631,14413
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45371.931,04537
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16870.3682237
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05656.4259621

Every lot

58 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3310140.00/cwt140.00–140.004341
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325146.39/cwt143.00–150.004762
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378153.94/cwt145.00–163.005822
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3460120.00/cwt120.00–120.005521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472144.30/cwt140.00–145.006817
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3515126.00/cwt126.00–126.006491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538147.00/cwt145.00–151.007914
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3560135.00/cwt135.00–135.007561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571147.51/cwt140.00–151.008428
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621147.61/cwt141.00–154.009175
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3635138.00/cwt138.00–138.008761
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688144.68/cwt144.00–149.009957
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3720114.50/cwt109.00–120.008242
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2910116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0561
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3315119.24/cwt116.00–122.003763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2334131.13/cwt125.00–135.004385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385142.00/cwt142.00–142.005471
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3390112.67/cwt110.00–118.004393
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3410116.98/cwt116.00–118.004802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421136.90/cwt130.00–142.005766
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3479120.99/cwt120.00–125.005805
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490135.00/cwt135.00–135.006621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523124.90/cwt120.00–134.006536
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3524114.00/cwt108.00–118.005974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575129.51/cwt126.00–134.0074516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3575113.26/cwt110.00–120.006514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628132.79/cwt132.00–133.008345
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3629111.47/cwt104.00–119.007014
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3655114.00/cwt114.00–114.007471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678129.87/cwt124.00–133.008819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2700133.00/cwt133.00–133.009311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2768130.32/cwt129.00–131.001,0013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-285099.00/cwt99.00–99.008421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-299590.00/cwt90.00–90.008961
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3310117.30/cwt115.00–122.003643
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330147.93/cwt145.00–151.004884
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3376118.08/cwt109.00–125.004445
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2429147.43/cwt135.00–161.0063213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3460131.00/cwt131.00–131.006031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2476134.40/cwt130.00–144.006409
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3519115.39/cwt100.00–124.005995
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2534129.28/cwt125.00–130.006907
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578121.49/cwt119.00–125.007026
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3578113.53/cwt107.00–120.006562
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3613103.99/cwt103.00–105.006372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2628120.28/cwt116.00–127.0075510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655118.35/cwt115.00–120.007753
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3705109.00/cwt109.00–109.007681
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3760100.00/cwt100.00–100.007601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,13988.98/cwt87.00–91.001,0137
Bulls——1,34896.89/cwt92.00–104.001,3066
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01150.01/cwt46.00–56.005068
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01661.24/cwt60.00–64.006224
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08460.36/cwt52.00–65.0065413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15870.14/cwt65.00–78.0081226
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29176.38/cwt73.00–81.009867
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37470.96/cwt65.00–84.0097524
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60073.71/cwt68.00–78.001,17913

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.