Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $172.48/cwt on 715 head.

Average price

$172.48

715 head · 645 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

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

$26.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.38

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	667	173.77	1,160	546
Medium and Large 2	566	173.32	981	137
Small 1-2	597	146.91	877	32

One grade step is worth $26.86/cwt here — about $283 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 sale715 hd

172.48

—

NC average9 barns · 1,275 hd

163.11

+9.38

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

44 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	—	928	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,114	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,120	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,144	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	164.70/cwt	144.00–166.00	764	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	154.83/cwt	137.00–157.00	1,140	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	152.63/cwt	123.00–153.00	1,017	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	796	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	190.14/cwt	176.00–193.00	918	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	164.76/cwt	154.00–165.00	1,272	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	168.90/cwt	153.00–172.75	1,223	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	177.01/cwt	138.00–178.00	1,106	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	185.53/cwt	122.00–189.25	1,052	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	156.43/cwt	149.00–158.00	1,314	46
Steers	Small 1-2	—	645	144.01/cwt	134.00–145.00	929	11
Steers	Small 1-2	—	815	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,186	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	183.99/cwt	146.00–185.00	841	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	142.44/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,386	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,379	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	739	162.35/cwt	148.00–163.50	1,200	13
Steers	Small 1-2	—	755	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,057	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	918	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	154.71/cwt	119.00–156.00	825	100
Steers	Small 1-2	—	408	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	173.87/cwt	158.00–178.75	1,161	108
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	162.61/cwt	157.00–164.00	1,044	20
Steers	Small 1-2	—	478	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	765	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	620	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	787	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	720	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	914	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	554	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	781	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	831	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,321	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	154.64/cwt	151.00–155.50	963	102
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	821	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	951	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	173.89/cwt	129.00–179.00	946	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	928	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,373	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	149.98/cwt	120.00–151.25	820	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	149.75/cwt	147.00–150.00	692	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	753	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	956	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	538	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	716	8
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	465	132.98/cwt	121.00–136.00	618	11
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	915	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	974	1

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 22, 2022

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

Receipts 1,317Last week 623Year ago 1,194

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).

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	120.00	120.00
4	—	855	131.00	131.00
11	—	841	136.00	136.00
51	—	464	144.00–166.00	164.70
70	—	736	137.00–157.00	154.83
80	—	666	123.00–153.00	152.63
83	—	579	158.50	158.50
100	—	533	119.00–156.00	154.71
102	—	623	151.00–155.50	154.64
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	127.00	127.00
1	—	720	127.00	127.00
1	—	440	150.00	150.00
8	—	538	133.00	133.00
11	—	465	121.00–136.00	132.98
1	—	915	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	566	145.00	145.00
7	—	634	150.00	150.00
24	—	547	120.00–151.25	149.98
36	—	462	147.00–150.00	149.75
2	—	753	127.00	127.00
1	—	665	129.00	129.00
1	—	805	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	545	146.00	146.00
47	—	483	176.00–193.00	190.14
48	—	772	154.00–165.00	164.76
79	—	724	153.00–172.75	168.90
93	—	625	138.00–178.00	177.01
102	—	567	122.00–189.25	185.53
46	—	840	149.00–158.00	156.43
9	—	973	142.00–146.00	142.44
11	—	941	146.50	146.50
108	—	668	158.00–178.75	173.87
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	645	134.00–145.00	144.01
2	—	815	145.50	145.50
3	—	755	140.00	140.00
2	—	408	159.00	159.00
6	—	478	160.00	160.00
8	—	554	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	457	146.00–185.00	183.99
13	—	739	148.00–163.50	162.35
20	—	642	157.00–164.00	162.61
5	—	831	159.00	159.00
55	—	544	129.00–179.00	173.89
2	—	928	148.00	148.00

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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