Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-17

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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.79/cwt on 550 head.

Average price

$141.79

550 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$855

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$17.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.12

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	634	145.22	921	390
Medium and Large 2	502	136.25	684	106
Small 1-2	575	127.87	735	54

One grade step is worth $17.35/cwt here — about $185 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 sale550 hd

141.79

—

NC average9 barns · 1,433 hd

125.67

+16.12

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	131.57/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,216	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	140.44/cwt	139.50–140.50	1,180	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	146.28/cwt	141.00–150.50	677	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	143.29/cwt	136.00–144.00	1,056	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	145.79/cwt	124.00–147.00	940	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	147.64/cwt	131.00–150.00	815	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	163.34/cwt	159.00–163.50	774	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	162.28/cwt	155.00–163.00	1,207	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,021	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,378	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	163.75/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,033	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	165.69/cwt	147.00–168.00	925	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	156.42/cwt	153.00–157.00	1,345	7
Steers	Small 1-2	—	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	853	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,245	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	140.31/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,305	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,057	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,316	37
Steers	Small 1-2	—	543	119.30/cwt	112.00–120.00	648	11
Steers	Small 1-2	—	750	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,076	11
Steers	Small 1-2	—	636	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	795	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	137.47/cwt	135.00–140.00	973	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	606	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	812	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	696	35
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	552	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	800	17
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	855	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,017	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	900	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,089	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	738	128.28/cwt	123.00–129.00	947	8
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	643	130.40/cwt	125.00–131.00	838	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	149.81/cwt	131.00–151.00	815	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	929	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	112.75/cwt	110.00–115.00	644	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	842	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	135.29/cwt	110.00–136.50	722	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	626	51
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	446	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	491	17

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 Nov 17, 2022

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

Receipts 1,089Last week 1,317Year ago 0

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
7	—	924	129.00–132.00	131.57
34	—	840	139.50–140.50	140.44
45	—	463	141.00–150.50	146.28
80	—	737	136.00–144.00	143.29
95	—	645	124.00–147.00	145.79
129	—	552	131.00–150.00	147.64
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	552	145.00	145.00
1	—	855	119.00	119.00
1	—	900	121.00	121.00
8	—	738	123.00–129.00	128.28
10	—	643	125.00–131.00	130.40
17	—	446	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	129.00	129.00
4	—	571	110.00–115.00	112.75
7	—	617	136.50	136.50
43	—	534	110.00–136.50	135.29
51	—	450	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	474	159.00–163.50	163.34
67	—	744	155.00–163.00	162.28
4	—	1,021	135.00	135.00
86	—	631	150.00–165.00	163.75
100	—	558	147.00–168.00	165.69
7	—	860	153.00–157.00	156.42
13	—	930	140.00–141.00	140.31
26	—	682	155.00	155.00
37	—	841	156.50	156.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	120.00	120.00
3	—	853	146.00	146.00
8	—	435	120.00	120.00
11	—	543	112.00–120.00	119.30
11	—	750	143.50	143.50
14	—	636	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	708	135.00–140.00	137.47
7	—	606	134.00	134.00
35	—	449	155.00	155.00
42	—	544	131.00–151.00	149.81

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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