Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-22

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 $237.18/cwt on 858 head.

Average price

$237.18

858 head · 632 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,499

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$366

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$63.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.97

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	644	240.95	1,552	745
Medium and Large 2	533	217.70	1,161	98
Medium 2	670	177.01	1,186	15thin

One grade step is worth $63.94/cwt here — about $366 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 sale858 hd

237.18

—

NC average8 barns · 1,353 hd

227.21

+9.97

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	—	785	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	212.58/cwt	203.00–214.00	1,424	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	205.49/cwt	204.00–220.00	1,510	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	225.10/cwt	216.00–226.50	1,195	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,299	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	217.85/cwt	215.50–218.00	1,364	84
Steers	Medium 2	—	718	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,221	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	773	163.57/cwt	161.00–166.00	1,264	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	659	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,206	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	515	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	906	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	640	174.00/cwt	171.00–177.00	1,114	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	178.79/cwt	177.00–180.00	1,105	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,019	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	200.30/cwt	183.00–215.00	1,092	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	225.59/cwt	218.50–226.50	1,737	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,977	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,908	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	225.43/cwt	184.00–228.50	1,244	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	220.22/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,024	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	185.71/cwt	185.50–187.00	1,194	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	205.35/cwt	190.00–211.00	1,914	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	257.97/cwt	221.50–264.00	1,383	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	245.00/cwt	223.00–247.00	1,544	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	219.39/cwt	200.00–222.50	1,009	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	205.22/cwt	191.00–206.50	1,701	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,443	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	231.60/cwt	212.00–233.00	1,674	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	237.14/cwt	216.00–240.50	1,596	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	234.86/cwt	225.00–246.00	869	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	189.75/cwt	178.00–201.00	1,106	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	205.98/cwt	198.00–225.00	772	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	190.12/cwt	189.00–193.00	876	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	215.39/cwt	212.00–216.00	1,805	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	249.82/cwt	237.00–255.00	1,162	60

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 Jun 22, 2023

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

Receipts 1,431Last week 1,089Year 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
1	—	785	191.00	191.00
46	—	670	203.00–214.00	212.58
69	—	735	204.00–220.00	205.49
108	—	531	216.00–226.50	225.10
73	—	571	227.50	227.50
84	—	626	215.50–218.00	217.85
116	—	460	200.00–222.50	219.39
1	—	953	192.00	192.00
12	—	829	191.00–206.50	205.22
28	—	370	225.00–246.00	234.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	643	185.50–187.00	185.71
1	—	340	228.00	228.00
1	—	400	192.00	192.00
2	—	583	178.00–201.00	189.75
7	—	375	198.00–225.00	205.98
16	—	461	189.00–193.00	190.12
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	170.00	170.00
2	—	773	161.00–166.00	163.57
8	—	659	183.00	183.00
1	—	515	176.00	176.00
2	—	640	171.00–177.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	197.00	197.00
4	—	618	177.00–180.00	178.79
20	—	443	230.00	230.00
23	—	545	183.00–215.00	200.30
47	—	552	184.00–228.50	225.43
1	—	825	180.00	180.00
2	—	465	210.00–230.00	220.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	770	218.50–226.50	225.59
1	—	1,035	191.00	191.00
1	—	1,060	180.00	180.00
14	—	932	190.00–211.00	205.35
108	—	536	221.50–264.00	257.97
170	—	630	223.00–247.00	245.00
89	—	577	250.00	250.00
92	—	723	212.00–233.00	231.60
104	—	673	216.00–240.50	237.14
36	—	838	212.00–216.00	215.39
60	—	465	237.00–255.00	249.82

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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