Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-19

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.03/cwt on 451 head.

Average price

$133.03

451 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$838

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1-2

$18.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.64

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	573	136.23	780	17thin
Medium and Large 1	635	133.26	846	424
Small 1-2	533	117.61	627	10thin

One grade step is worth $18.62/cwt here — about $153 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 sale451 hd

133.03

—

NC average8 barns · 1,063 hd

130.39

+2.64

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · North Carolina Graded Cattle Auction

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	582	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	745	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	460	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	688	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	455	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	812	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	653	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	784	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	166.75/cwt	166.75–166.75	757	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	803	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	965	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,224	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	605	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	164.72/cwt	156.00–169.00	692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	689	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	128.34/cwt	125.00–130.00	830	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	940	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	777	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	106.07/cwt	102.00–106.50	883	42
Steers	Small 1-2	—	613	101.64/cwt	96.00–113.00	623	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	461	129.42/cwt	129.00–131.00	597	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	118.81/cwt	115.50–119.50	885	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	125.95/cwt	121.00–127.00	812	107
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	672	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	645	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	503	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	138.75/cwt	138.50–139.25	769	9
Steers	Small 1-2	—	593	112.03/cwt	104.00–120.00	664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	458	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	548	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	356	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	455	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	319	3

How this sale compares

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

North Carolina Graded Cattle Auction

Thu Mar 19, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Receipts 745Last week 1,195Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	458	127.00	127.00
65	—	651	114.50	114.50
73	—	550	125.00	125.00
3	—	438	105.00	105.00
10	—	637	108.00	108.00
11	—	376	121.00	121.00
15	—	855	95.00	95.00
17	—	544	120.00	120.00
26	—	743	105.50	105.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	90.00	90.00
1	—	640	82.00	82.00
3	—	738	91.00	91.00
4	—	440	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	78.00	78.00
2	—	548	65.00	65.00
3	—	455	70.00	70.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	454	166.75	166.75
103	—	548	146.50	146.50
1	—	965	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,055	116.00	116.00
10	—	358	169.00	169.00
5	—	439	157.00	157.00
12	—	931	101.00	101.00
21	—	557	139.50	139.50
42	—	832	102.00–106.50	106.07
76	—	745	115.50–119.50	118.81
107	—	645	121.00–127.00	125.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	156.00–169.00	164.72
3	—	647	125.00–130.00	128.34
1	—	730	100.00	100.00
1	—	820	88.00	88.00
9	—	554	138.50–139.25	138.75
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	96.00–113.00	101.64
5	—	461	129.00–131.00	129.42
2	—	593	104.00–120.00	112.03

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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