Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Stanly County Livestock Market Norwood, NC

Weaned Graded Feeder Calf Sale

All consignments must be weaned at least 45 days and have two rounds of vaccinations per market protocol; heifers guaranteed open (penalties apply).

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.31/cwt on 669 head.

Average price

$152.31

669 head · 607 lb average

Value per head Derived

$924

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$25.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.26

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	619	153.52	951	560
Medium and Large 2	534	152.07	811	82
Small 1-2	572	128.09	732	27

One grade step is worth $25.43/cwt here — about $218 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 sale669 hd

152.31

—

NC average9 barns · 1,220 hd

147.05

+5.26

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	—	636	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	855	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	123.75/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,032	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	133.63/cwt	122.00–135.25	986	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	148.27/cwt	138.00–149.75	686	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	903	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	811	87
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	727	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	931	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	951	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	983	91
Steers	Small 1-2	—	427	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	576	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	864	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	733	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	865	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,012	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	164.25/cwt	164.25–164.25	861	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	166.38/cwt	159.00–167.25	764	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,374	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	728	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	772	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	740	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	850	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	131.78/cwt	118.00–133.00	589	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	132.27/cwt	111.00–134.00	702	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	783	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	134.10/cwt	134.00–134.50	1,113	30
Steers	Small 1-2	—	627	126.41/cwt	126.00–129.00	793	7
Steers	Small 1-2	—	566	130.41/cwt	114.00–132.00	738	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	139.42/cwt	125.00–141.00	738	105
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	550	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	641	11
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	457	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	535	12
Steers	Small 1-2	—	805	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	942	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	134.63/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,247	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	147.41/cwt	134.00–148.75	1,085	77
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	627	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	665	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	510	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	566	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	700	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	128.00/cwt	126.00–129.00	815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	149.47/cwt	137.00–151.75	934	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	159.84/cwt	156.50–160.75	908	114

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 Sep 9, 2021

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

Receipts 1,194Last week 846Year ago 1,383

Stanly County Livestock Market Norwood, NC

Weaned Graded Feeder Calf Sale

All consignments must be weaned at least 45 days and have two rounds of vaccinations per market protocol; heifers guaranteed open (penalties apply).

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	636	134.50	134.50
11	—	834	118.00–125.00	123.75
33	—	738	122.00–135.25	133.63
79	—	463	138.00–149.75	148.27
83	—	651	138.75	138.75
87	—	577	140.50	140.50
105	—	529	125.00–141.00	139.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	447	118.00–133.00	131.78
27	—	531	111.00–134.00	132.27
1	—	725	108.00	108.00
6	—	637	126.00–129.00	128.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	550	116.50	116.50
12	—	457	117.00	117.00
6	—	627	106.00	106.00
1	—	510	111.00	111.00
1	—	700	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	131.00	131.00
3	—	727	128.00	128.00
1	—	820	116.00	116.00
12	—	645	134.00	134.00
35	—	447	164.00	164.00
1	—	865	117.00	117.00
1	—	480	145.00	145.00
6	—	569	130.00	130.00
21	—	538	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	672	146.25	146.25
56	—	524	164.25	164.25
77	—	459	159.00–167.25	166.38
1	—	1,010	136.00	136.00
30	—	830	134.00–134.50	134.10
8	—	926	132.00–135.00	134.63
77	—	736	134.00–148.75	147.41
106	—	625	137.00–151.75	149.47
114	—	568	156.50–160.75	159.84
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	427	135.00	135.00
2	—	728	106.00	106.00
7	—	627	126.00–129.00	126.41
11	—	566	114.00–132.00	130.41
1	—	805	117.00	117.00

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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