Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Stanly County Livestock Market Norwood, NC

Weaned Graded Feeder Calf Sale

All cattle weaned at least 45 days.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.88/cwt on 439 head.

Average price

$146.88

439 head · 636 lb average

Value per head Derived

$934

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$39.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.21

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	533	159.24	849	67
Medium and Large 1	654	144.93	948	368
Small 1-2	658	119.25	784	4thin

One grade step is worth $39.99/cwt here — about $64 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 sale439 hd

146.88

—

NC average9 barns · 1,266 hd

142.67

+4.21

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

37 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	—	742	120.91/cwt	113.00–121.50	897	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	752	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	130.28/cwt	122.00–131.00	839	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	672	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	112.70/cwt	110.00–113.00	1,042	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	939	90
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	545	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	890	21
Steers	Small 1-2	—	738	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	841	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	172.87/cwt	162.00–177.00	807	29
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	415	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	457	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	465	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	521	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	615	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	812	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	996	6
Steers	Small 1-2	—	540	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	162.48/cwt	137.00–165.00	910	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	682	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,014	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	130.54/cwt	125.00–131.25	961	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	789	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,054	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	642	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	115.10/cwt	115.00–117.00	967	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	901	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	847	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,025	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	682	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	764	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	164.80/cwt	152.00–168.00	887	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	743	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	143.22/cwt	133.00–146.00	918	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	147.98/cwt	129.50–149.75	684	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	723	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	143.48/cwt	129.50–146.00	525	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	680	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	722	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	874	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 25, 2021

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

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Stanly County Livestock Market Norwood, NC

Weaned Graded Feeder Calf Sale

All cattle weaned at least 45 days.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	742	113.00–121.50	120.91
79	—	550	136.75	136.75
87	—	644	122.00–131.00	130.28
29	—	457	147.00	147.00
10	—	925	110.00–113.00	112.70
11	—	549	124.25	124.25
2	—	448	135.25	135.25
19	—	840	115.00–117.00	115.10
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	545	100.00	100.00
2	—	415	110.00	110.00
1	—	465	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	635	124.25	124.25
1	—	725	93.00	93.00
7	—	556	122.75	122.75
2	—	663	112.00	112.00
23	—	462	129.50–149.75	147.98
18	—	530	136.50	136.50
13	—	366	129.50–146.00	143.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	653	143.75	143.75
21	—	645	138.00	138.00
29	—	467	162.00–177.00	172.87
6	—	866	115.00	115.00
98	—	560	137.00–165.00	162.48
1	—	975	104.00	104.00
97	—	736	125.00–131.25	130.54
5	—	933	113.00	113.00
21	—	847	121.00	121.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	738	114.00	114.00
1	—	615	132.00	132.00
1	—	540	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	387	166.00	166.00
1	—	790	114.00	114.00
9	—	447	171.00	171.00
35	—	538	152.00–168.00	164.80
9	—	641	133.00–146.00	143.22
4	—	453	150.00	150.00
3	—	722	121.00	121.00

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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