Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2022-08-04

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Thu, Aug 4
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2083
Receipts
623 head
515 vs last sale 1,138 223 vs year ago 846 · 26.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Stanly County Livestock Market Norwood, NC

Weaned Graded Feeder Calf Sale

All consignments must be weaned at least 60 days, have two rounds of vaccinations, and one round of parasite control 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 $173.66/cwt on 340 head.
Average price
$173.66
340 head · 660 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,147
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1-2
$61.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.34
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2491179.4288112thin
Medium and Large 1669175.181,171318
Small 1-2599118.4070910thin
One grade step is worth $61.02/cwt here — about $171 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 sale340 hd
173.66
NC average9 barns · 805 hd
162.32
+11.34
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

32 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersSmall 1-2544120.00/cwt120.00–120.006536
HeifersMedium and Large 2542132.84/cwt127.00–134.007206
SteersSmall 1-2475110.00/cwt110.00–110.005232
SteersMedium and Large 2700154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0781
HeifersMedium and Large 1622141.00/cwt141.00–141.008776
HeifersSmall 1-2743112.00/cwt112.00–112.008322
HeifersSmall 1-2432129.00/cwt129.00–129.005573
HeifersMedium and Large 1445159.00/cwt159.00–159.007081
SteersSmall 1-2560103.00/cwt103.00–103.005773
SteersMedium and Large 1466183.10/cwt176.00–184.008539
HeifersMedium and Large 2453160.00/cwt160.00–160.007256
HeifersMedium and Large 2613138.00/cwt138.00–138.008462
SteersMedium and Large 2533173.00/cwt173.00–173.009223
SteersSmall 1-2840144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,2101
SteersSmall 1-2607127.00/cwt127.00–127.007713
SteersMedium and Large 1574186.28/cwt180.00–186.501,06989
HeifersSmall 1-2660105.00/cwt105.00–105.006932
HeifersMedium and Large 1870120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0441
SteersMedium and Large 1855148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2652
SteersMedium and Large 11,000133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,3301
SteersMedium and Large 1740166.17/cwt160.00–166.751,23093
SteersMedium and Large 1831155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,28822
SteersSmall 1-2700130.00/cwt130.00–130.009101
SteersMedium and Large 2449185.00/cwt185.00–185.008318
SteersMedium and Large 1905148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,3392
SteersMedium and Large 1657178.92/cwt171.00–179.251,176100
HeifersMedium and Large 1525136.00/cwt136.00–136.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 1652157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,02476
HeifersMedium and Large 1555162.00/cwt162.00–162.0089971
HeifersMedium and Large 1746145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,08542
HeifersMedium and Large 1459163.00/cwt163.00–163.0074825
HeifersMedium and Large 1828133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1018

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.