Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-14

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.16/cwt on 547 head.

Average price

$133.16

547 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$25.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.24

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	601	133.83	805	477
Medium and Large 2	534	132.41	707	59
Small 1-2	472	108.36	511	11thin

One grade step is worth $25.47/cwt here — about $293 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 sale547 hd

133.16

—

NC average9 barns · 1,193 hd

134.40

−1.24

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

39 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	—	975	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	985	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	104.30/cwt	104.00–104.50	858	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	502	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	102.21/cwt	93.00–104.00	758	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	128.65/cwt	125.00–129.00	592	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	110.40/cwt	110.00–112.25	701	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	119.66/cwt	119.25–119.75	661	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	127.14/cwt	124.00–128.00	467	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	103.14/cwt	103.00–104.00	647	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	116.95/cwt	106.00–118.00	540	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	111.26/cwt	105.00–113.00	602	18
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	375	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	349	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	578	79.78/cwt	70.00–90.00	461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	938	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	936	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	148.76/cwt	145.00–150.00	558	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	753	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	146.42/cwt	138.00–147.00	675	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	841	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	120.24/cwt	113.50–121.25	887	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	130.69/cwt	123.25–132.00	816	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	139.19/cwt	128.00–142.25	791	109
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	905	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	497	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	762	116.65/cwt	114.00–118.00	889	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	599	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	718	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	831	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	618	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	709	14
Steers	Small 1-2	—	460	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	465	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	535	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	556	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	600	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	480	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	575	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	581	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	368	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	405	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	447	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	559	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 May 14, 2020

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

Receipts 830Last week 745Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	101.00	101.00
5	—	823	104.00–104.50	104.30
14	—	372	135.00	135.00
18	—	742	93.00–104.00	102.21
46	—	460	125.00–129.00	128.65
56	—	635	110.00–112.25	110.40
69	—	552	119.25–119.75	119.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	90.00	90.00
5	—	367	124.00–128.00	127.14
7	—	627	103.00–104.00	103.14
12	—	462	106.00–118.00	116.95
18	—	541	105.00–113.00	111.26
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	93.00	93.00
2	—	578	70.00–90.00	79.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	853	110.00	110.00
10	—	836	112.00	112.00
12	—	375	145.00–150.00	148.76
57	—	525	143.50	143.50
65	—	461	138.00–147.00	146.42
68	—	673	125.00	125.00
69	—	738	113.50–121.25	120.24
82	—	624	123.25–132.00	130.69
109	—	568	128.00–142.25	139.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	101.00	101.00
1	—	905	104.00	104.00
2	—	343	145.00	145.00
3	—	380	145.00	145.00
3	—	762	114.00–118.00	116.65
4	—	461	130.00	130.00
7	—	550	130.50	130.50
10	—	637	130.50	130.50
14	—	440	140.50	140.50
14	—	543	130.50	130.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	101.00	101.00
1	—	535	104.00	104.00
1	—	600	80.00	80.00
2	—	575	101.00	101.00
3	—	368	110.00	110.00
3	—	447	125.00	125.00

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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