Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Stanly County Livestock Market Norwood, NC

Unweaned Graded Feeder Calf Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.93/cwt on 313 head.

Average price

$137.93

313 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$756

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

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

$26.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.23

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	139.71	771	272
Medium and Large 2	531	129.81	689	32
Small 1-2	478	112.89	539	9thin

One grade step is worth $26.83/cwt here — about $232 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 sale313 hd

137.93

—

NC average9 barns · 1,275 hd

135.71

+2.23

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

36 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	981	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	893	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	124.83/cwt	118.50–125.50	675	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	732	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	495	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	520	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	448	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	522	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	865	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	847	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	479	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	841	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	752	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	604	36
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	317	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	352	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	530	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	557	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	675	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	783	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	745	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	752	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	362	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	402	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	555	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	679	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	132.30/cwt	118.00–132.50	859	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	771	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	133.69/cwt	130.00–134.00	607	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	129.19/cwt	118.00–131.00	698	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	477	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	614	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	916	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	574	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	935	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	742	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	451	2

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 6, 2021

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

Receipts 472Last week 829Year ago 830

Stanly County Livestock Market Norwood, NC

Unweaned Graded Feeder Calf Sale

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	106.00	106.00
2	—	435	136.00	136.00
2	—	835	107.00	107.00
7	—	559	131.00	131.00
23	—	363	153.00	153.00
60	—	459	148.00	148.00
73	—	649	118.00–132.50	132.30
91	—	545	141.50	141.50
13	—	763	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	448	116.50	116.50
1	—	675	116.00	116.00
1	—	745	101.00	101.00
3	—	362	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	540	118.00–131.00	129.19
6	—	336	142.00	142.00
9	—	450	136.50	136.50
1	—	435	132.00	132.00
1	—	800	105.00	105.00
1	—	935	103.00	103.00
2	—	633	127.00	127.00
5	—	742	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	541	118.50–125.50	124.83
1	—	840	103.00	103.00
2	—	760	111.50	111.50
9	—	377	127.00	127.00
9	—	728	115.50	115.50
18	—	627	120.00	120.00
36	—	463	130.50	130.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	105.00	105.00
3	—	317	111.00	111.00
4	—	530	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	118.00	118.00
1	—	750	104.00	104.00
2	—	680	117.50	117.50
13	—	454	130.00–134.00	133.69
2	—	370	122.00	122.00

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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