Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-03

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 $255.16/cwt on 684 head.

Average price

$255.16

684 head · 637 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$317

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

$23.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.70

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	642	256.79	1,649	637
Medium and Large 2	572	233.13	1,332	47

One grade step is worth $23.66/cwt here — about $317 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 sale684 hd

255.16

—

NC average9 barns · 1,039 hd

241.46

+13.70

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

30 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	—	669	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,499	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,175	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	228.63/cwt	223.00–229.00	1,427	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	228.74/cwt	216.00–230.00	1,304	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	886	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	244.95/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,869	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	267.75/cwt	239.00–270.00	1,542	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,666	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,079	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	996	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,264	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	244.20/cwt	240.00–244.50	1,338	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,399	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	968	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	231.42/cwt	223.00–232.50	1,916	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,428	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	231.73/cwt	231.50–235.00	1,657	76
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,353	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,347	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,201	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	211.34/cwt	210.00–226.00	1,353	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	255.64/cwt	248.00–257.00	1,728	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,175	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	760	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	989	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,519	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	215.22/cwt	205.00–215.50	1,578	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,114	38

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 Aug 3, 2023

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

Receipts 1,120Last week 1,431Year ago 623

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
48	—	669	224.00	224.00
53	—	522	225.00	225.00
84	—	624	223.00–229.00	228.63
97	—	570	216.00–230.00	228.74
1	—	920	150.00	150.00
5	—	369	240.00	240.00
6	—	844	180.00	180.00
36	—	733	205.00–215.50	215.22
38	—	464	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	544	216.00	216.00
3	—	380	200.00	200.00
10	—	460	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	763	242.00–245.00	244.95
95	—	576	239.00–270.00	267.75
164	—	631	264.00	264.00
7	—	945	220.00	220.00
9	—	362	275.00	275.00
29	—	458	276.00	276.00
35	—	828	223.00–232.50	231.42
74	—	531	269.00	269.00
76	—	715	231.50–235.00	231.73
89	—	676	248.00–257.00	255.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	548	240.00–244.50	244.20
1	—	660	212.00	212.00
2	—	360	269.00	269.00
5	—	550	246.00	246.00
5	—	732	184.00	184.00
6	—	448	268.00	268.00
12	—	640	210.00–226.00	211.34
1	—	485	250.00	250.00

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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