Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-17

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 $161.60/cwt on 502 head.

Average price

$161.60

502 head · 659 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$33.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.28

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	177.68	947	26
Medium and Large 1	670	161.46	1,083	456
Small 1-2	572	143.76	823	20

One grade step is worth $33.93/cwt here — about $124 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 sale502 hd

161.60

—

NC average9 barns · 1,026 hd

155.32

+6.28

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

33 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	—	925	118.61/cwt	118.00–119.00	1,097	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	937	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	119.43/cwt	119.00–119.50	997	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	137.28/cwt	137.00–138.00	924	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	161.90/cwt	138.00–164.00	756	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	943	61
Steers	Small 1-2	—	460	164.35/cwt	142.00–169.00	756	6
Steers	Small 1-2	—	548	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	767	9
Steers	Small 1-2	—	740	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	124.13/cwt	123.00–125.50	1,154	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	191.40/cwt	170.00–195.00	888	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	141.15/cwt	134.00–146.00	1,081	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	875	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	180.62/cwt	157.00–186.00	970	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	152.33/cwt	141.00–158.00	972	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	668	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	154.54/cwt	130.00–159.00	700	20
Steers	Small 1-2	—	835	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	985	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	850	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	978	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	665	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	884	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	150.46/cwt	130.00–155.00	832	111
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	463	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	579	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	159.83/cwt	149.50–162.50	1,066	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	185.19/cwt	155.00–191.00	1,007	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,022	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,257	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	540	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	616	8
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	775	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	806	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	638	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	676	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	139.55/cwt	128.00–141.00	1,171	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,078	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,065	68

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 17, 2022

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

Receipts 976Last week 1,194Year ago 829

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
5	—	925	118.00–119.00	118.61
9	—	753	124.50	124.50
23	—	835	119.00–119.50	119.43
49	—	673	137.00–138.00	137.28
61	—	467	138.00–164.00	161.90
61	—	741	127.25	127.25
80	—	627	141.00	141.00
111	—	553	130.00–155.00	150.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	120.00	120.00
7	—	534	125.00	125.00
20	—	453	130.00–159.00	154.54
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	463	125.00	125.00
8	—	540	114.00	114.00
1	—	775	104.00	104.00
2	—	638	106.00	106.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	460	142.00–169.00	164.35
9	—	548	140.00	140.00
1	—	740	114.00	114.00
1	—	835	118.00	118.00
1	—	850	115.00	115.00
2	—	665	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	930	123.00–125.50	124.13
34	—	464	170.00–195.00	191.40
51	—	766	134.00–146.00	141.15
76	—	667	149.50–162.50	159.83
99	—	544	155.00–191.00	185.19
3	—	1,022	123.00	123.00
54	—	839	128.00–141.00	139.55
58	—	627	172.00	172.00
68	—	728	146.25	146.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	458	191.00	191.00
11	—	537	157.00–186.00	180.62
6	—	638	141.00–158.00	152.33

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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