Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Stanly County Livestock Market Norwood, NC

Value Added BQA Cattle Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.26/cwt on 1,014 head.

Average price

$134.26

1,014 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$838

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$23.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.45

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	511	136.95	699	78
Medium and Large 1	634	134.15	850	931
Small 1-2	577	113.00	652	5thin

One grade step is worth $23.95/cwt here — about $47 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 sale1,014 hd

134.26

—

NC average8 barns · 1,580 hd

131.82

+2.45

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

38 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	—	623	125.41/cwt	121.00–126.00	781	103
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	610	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	573	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	355	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	391	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	129.44/cwt	129.00–129.50	708	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	720	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	963	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	928	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	128.77/cwt	125.00–129.00	607	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	117.68/cwt	115.50–118.00	861	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,079	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,020	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	694	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	983	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	148.05/cwt	148.00–149.00	697	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	141.10/cwt	130.50–143.50	749	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	994	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	995	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	671	29
Steers	Small 1-2	—	415	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	136.21/cwt	134.00–137.50	782	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	855	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	124.86/cwt	120.00–125.25	919	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	132.37/cwt	131.50–132.50	887	197
Steers	Small 1-2	—	785	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	801	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	562	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	624	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	542	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	724	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	139.68/cwt	125.00–141.50	493	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	817	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	680	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	128.87/cwt	124.00–130.00	572	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	130.80/cwt	124.00–131.50	681	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	128.88/cwt	122.00–130.25	737	105

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 Jul 9, 2020

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

Receipts 1,574Last week 556Year ago 1,284

Stanly County Livestock Market Norwood, NC

Value Added BQA Cattle Sale

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	623	121.00–126.00	125.41
1	—	330	131.00	131.00
1	—	910	105.00	105.00
5	—	860	112.00	112.00
7	—	829	112.00	112.00
51	—	471	125.00–129.00	128.77
55	—	732	115.50–118.00	117.68
73	—	675	121.00	121.00
83	—	531	128.00	128.00
105	—	572	122.00–130.25	128.88
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	94.00	94.00
1	—	355	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	114.00	114.00
9	—	353	125.00–141.50	139.68
26	—	444	124.00–130.00	128.87
11	—	521	124.00–131.50	130.80
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	547	129.00–129.50	129.44
8	—	626	115.00	115.00
1	—	660	110.00	110.00
3	—	442	157.00	157.00
29	—	452	148.50	148.50
4	—	748	113.00	113.00
7	—	359	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	113.00	113.00
1	—	1,020	100.00	100.00
2	—	368	152.00	152.00
2	—	870	113.00	113.00
63	—	471	148.00–149.00	148.05
123	—	531	130.50–143.50	141.10
3	—	912	109.00	109.00
28	—	833	119.50	119.50
138	—	574	134.00–137.50	136.21
186	—	622	137.50	137.50
187	—	736	120.00–125.25	124.86
197	—	670	131.50–132.50	132.37
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	130.00	130.00
1	—	785	102.00	102.00
3	—	562	111.00	111.00

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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