Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2019-07-17

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Jul 17
● Final111 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
← earliestJul 17Aug 28 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
440 head
▲ 440 vs last sale 0▲ 440 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 0▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 0▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend comparisons available due to no sale coverage last week. Light offerings with moderate demand and buyer activity. Plain to average quality cattle with active buyer participation. Light demand for cattle with excessive hair.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.49/cwt on 176 head.
Average price
$113.49
176 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$537
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$18.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.05
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2475119.7556969
Medium 2486113.1754960
Small 1-2473106.2150232
Medium and Large 3417101.4542315thin
One grade step is worth $18.31/cwt here — about $147 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 sale176 hd
113.49
—
NC average4 barns · 902 hd
124.53
−11.05
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,57084.691,33014
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16964.9676028
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52559.829135thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low92150.194628thin

Every lot, as filed

111 lots · USDA AMS · Stanly County Livestock Market - Norwood, NC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—65595.00/cwt95.00–95.006221
HeifersMedium 2Fleshy—470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
BullsSmall 1-2—579109.97/cwt104.00–114.006378
BullsSmall 1-2—520112.49/cwt107.50–115.005855
BullsSmall 1-2—434109.49/cwt107.50–110.004755
BullsSmall 1-2—628107.98/cwt104.00–110.006783
BullsSmall 1-2—460107.53/cwt100.00–115.004953
BullsSmall 1-2—673104.00/cwt104.00–104.007002
BullsSmall 1-2—85583.00/cwt83.00–83.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—250125.00/cwt125.00–125.003131
HeifersMedium 2—295120.00/cwt120.00–120.003541
HeifersMedium 2—720102.00/cwt102.00–102.007341
HeifersMedium 2—328113.72/cwt112.50–115.003732
HeifersMedium 2—665107.00/cwt107.00–107.007122
HeifersMedium 2—615109.57/cwt107.00–112.006745
HeifersMedium 2—518114.24/cwt112.00–121.005929
HeifersMedium 2—574112.59/cwt107.00–115.006469
HeifersMedium 2—376115.68/cwt112.50–119.0043510
HeifersMedium 2—421113.59/cwt111.00–119.0047810
HeifersMedium 2—479113.45/cwt112.00–117.0054310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—233127.37/cwt125.00–130.002972
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—382121.46/cwt119.00–123.004643
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—329121.31/cwt120.00–125.003994
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—618114.47/cwt112.00–117.007074
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—583116.98/cwt115.00–119.006826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—423121.66/cwt119.00–126.0051511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—470119.38/cwt114.00–123.0056116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—522119.34/cwt115.00–123.0062322
HeifersMedium and Large 3—285110.00/cwt110.00–110.003141
HeifersMedium and Large 3—53097.50/cwt97.50–97.505171
HeifersMedium and Large 3—57590.00/cwt90.00–90.005181
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380102.57/cwt100.00–105.003902
HeifersMedium and Large 3—33599.98/cwt97.50–102.503353
HeifersMedium and Large 3—460103.02/cwt100.00–105.004743
HeifersMedium and Large 3—429102.51/cwt100.00–105.004404
BullsSmall 1-2—77590.00/cwt90.00–90.006981
BullsSmall 1-2—72599.00/cwt99.00–99.007181
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy—58090.00/cwt90.00–90.005221
BullsMedium and Large 3—415100.00/cwt100.00–100.004152
BullsMedium and Large 3—66597.50/cwt97.50–97.506481
BullsMedium and Large 3—550100.00/cwt100.00–100.005501
BullsMedium and Large 3—45097.50/cwt97.50–97.504391
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—523127.42/cwt125.00–132.0066613
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—482128.25/cwt125.00–135.0061813
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—573120.85/cwt120.00–122.006927
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—438131.15/cwt128.00–136.005747
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—657115.33/cwt114.00–117.007583
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—613119.32/cwt118.00–122.007313
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—405144.00/cwt144.00–144.005831
BullsMedium 2—579117.16/cwt115.00–119.0067818
BullsMedium 2—625114.43/cwt111.00–117.0071515
BullsMedium 2—435122.56/cwt117.00–127.0053311
BullsMedium 2—671110.60/cwt106.00–113.007428
BullsMedium 2—518120.14/cwt116.00–124.006227
BullsMedium 2—481122.76/cwt120.00–124.005904
Bulls——2,01777.00/cwt75.00–78.001,5533
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50352.07/cwt50.00–54.007832
CowsLean 85-90%—89744.37/cwt42.00–46.003983
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29052.00/cwt52.00–52.006712
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15270.37/cwt68.00–79.0081110
Bulls——1,35892.13/cwt91.00–93.001,2514
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,54866.49/cwt66.00–67.001,0292
CowsLean 85-90%—93553.69/cwt51.00–55.005025
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52562.00/cwt62.00–62.009461
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16563.19/cwt57.00–67.0073616
Bulls——1,50083.73/cwt79.00–88.001,2567
Stock CowsSmall 1-2—692384.45/cwt362.00–408.002,6603
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—795770.58/cwt715.00–808.006,1263
Stock CowsMedium 2—665618.00/cwt618.00–618.004,1101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,140700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,9801
Bred CowsMedium 2—945550.00/cwt550.00–550.005,1981
Bred CowsMedium 2—1,070625.00/cwt625.00–625.006,6881
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—685450.00/cwt450.00–450.003,0831
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—825450.00/cwt450.00–450.003,7131
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—22351.24/cwt50.00–52.501142
SteersSmall 1-2—319111.90/cwt110.00–115.003574
SteersSmall 1-2—372112.43/cwt110.00–115.004183
SteersSmall 1-2—230120.00/cwt120.00–120.002763
SteersSmall 1-2—258107.50/cwt107.50–107.502772
SteersSmall 1-2—420110.00/cwt110.00–110.004621
SteersMedium and Large 3—380101.60/cwt100.00–105.003863
SteersMedium and Large 3—485100.00/cwt100.00–100.004851
SteersMedium and Large 3—430101.00/cwt101.00–101.004341
SteersMedium and Large 3—32092.50/cwt92.50–92.502961
SteersMedium and Large 3—215100.00/cwt100.00–100.002151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—567141.00/cwt141.00–141.007995
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—500141.00/cwt141.00–141.007052
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—372137.49/cwt133.00–142.0051110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—570130.68/cwt125.00–134.007454
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—510128.99/cwt125.00–132.006584
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—335143.64/cwt140.00–150.004814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—675123.00/cwt121.00–125.008302
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—468130.02/cwt129.00–131.006082
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—240140.00/cwt140.00–140.003361
SteersMedium 2—320126.86/cwt120.00–132.504067
SteersMedium 2—366126.54/cwt122.50–130.004635
SteersMedium 2—274125.02/cwt120.00–130.003434
SteersMedium 2—738107.31/cwt105.00–110.007923
SteersMedium 2—688107.99/cwt107.00–109.007432
SteersMedium 2—615117.50/cwt117.50–117.507231
SteersMedium 2—580115.00/cwt115.00–115.006671
SteersMedium 2—415122.50/cwt122.50–122.505081
HeifersSmall 1-2—429107.49/cwt105.00–110.0046113
HeifersSmall 1-2—469107.76/cwt105.00–110.005054
HeifersSmall 1-2—577103.64/cwt100.00–106.005983
HeifersSmall 1-2—605104.50/cwt104.00–105.006322
HeifersSmall 1-2—505109.50/cwt109.00–110.005532
HeifersSmall 1-2—395106.25/cwt105.00–107.504202
HeifersSmall 1-2—323110.00/cwt110.00–110.003552
HeifersSmall 1-2—695104.00/cwt104.00–104.007231
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—468100.00/cwt100.00–100.004682

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.