Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2019-08-28

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Aug 28
● Final144 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
885 head
▲ 885 vs last sale 0▲ 885 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 160 vs last sale 0▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 0▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Correction to replacement cattle change from per cwt to per head and family as applicable *

Compared to last week, feeder cattle were mostly steady to 1.50 lower. Slaughter cattle and bulls were mostly steady. Light demand with heavy offerings. Quality of cattle plain to average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.64/cwt on 341 head.
Average price
$113.64
341 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$27
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$18.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.73
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2449124.32558102
Medium 2464113.2252596
Small 1-2550106.30585143
One grade step is worth $18.02/cwt here — about −$27 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 sale341 hd
113.64
—
NC average2 barns · 571 hd
114.37
−0.73
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—Low1,71179.731,36414
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21755.5867662
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37751.1470425
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01440.9141525

Every lot, as filed

144 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
SteersMedium 2Thin Fleshed—418109.85/cwt105.00–115.004592
SteersMedium 2Value Added—488135.77/cwt131.00–137.006639
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,240725.00/cwt725.00–725.008,9901
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—900528.33/cwt425.00–575.004,7553
Stock CowsMedium 2—859649.64/cwt625.00–675.005,5804
HeifersMedium 2—424111.98/cwt107.50–116.0047514
HeifersMedium 2—522113.46/cwt109.00–119.0059223
HeifersMedium 2Thin Fleshed—400100.00/cwt100.00–100.004001
HeifersMedium 2Thin Fleshed—490112.00/cwt112.00–112.005491
HeifersMedium 2Thin Fleshed—51599.00/cwt99.00–99.005101
HeifersMedium 2Thin Fleshed—59590.00/cwt90.00–90.005361
HeifersMedium 2Thin Fleshed—610105.00/cwt105.00–105.006411
HeifersMedium 2Value Added—360133.00/cwt133.00–133.004793
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—455102.50/cwt102.50–102.504661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—77599.00/cwt99.00–99.007671
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—535119.00/cwt119.00–119.006371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—272121.50/cwt120.00–122.503303
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—326121.87/cwt120.00–127.003977
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—372125.41/cwt122.50–128.0046710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—560121.94/cwt121.00–122.0068318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—430124.15/cwt120.00–126.0053421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—459122.48/cwt120.00–131.0056225
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—440134.96/cwt132.00–136.0059415
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—65896.02/cwt90.00–102.006322
HeifersSmall 1-2—200110.00/cwt110.00–110.002201
HeifersSmall 1-2—320105.00/cwt105.00–105.003361
HeifersSmall 1-2—288103.72/cwt100.00–107.502992
HeifersSmall 1-2—371105.25/cwt100.00–110.003909
HeifersSmall 1-2—425104.23/cwt95.00–112.004439
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—524124.12/cwt121.00–126.006509
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—476126.55/cwt122.50–132.0060213
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy—600101.00/cwt98.00–104.006062
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy—66895.46/cwt92.00–99.006382
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy—71796.02/cwt90.00–99.006886
BullsSmall 1-2—280100.00/cwt100.00–100.002801
BullsSmall 1-2—375110.00/cwt110.00–110.004131
BullsSmall 1-2—760107.00/cwt107.00–107.008131
BullsSmall 1-2—679101.99/cwt100.00–105.006935
BullsSmall 1-2—421109.01/cwt100.00–115.004598
BullsSmall 1-2—618106.97/cwt102.00–113.0066110
BullsSmall 1-2—525108.10/cwt100.00–117.5056812
BullsSmall 1-2—478110.25/cwt100.00–117.5052716
BullsSmall 1-2—578110.36/cwt100.00–116.0063819
BullsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—36590.00/cwt90.00–90.003291
BullsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—51095.00/cwt95.00–95.004851
HeifersMedium 2Fleshy—545112.00/cwt112.00–112.006101
HeifersMedium 2—603119.00/cwt119.00–119.007182
HeifersMedium 2—321111.28/cwt110.00–115.003574
HeifersMedium 2—684110.76/cwt110.00–111.007584
HeifersMedium 2—279113.27/cwt110.00–115.003166
HeifersMedium 2—564112.55/cwt110.00–117.006359
HeifersMedium 2—471112.79/cwt110.00–117.0053111
HeifersMedium 2—372115.41/cwt110.00–120.0042914
SteersSmall 1-2—516117.99/cwt115.00–119.006098
SteersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—31592.50/cwt92.50–92.502911
SteersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—485100.00/cwt100.00–100.004851
SteersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—35093.75/cwt90.00–97.503282
Dairy SteersLarge 3—28550.00/cwt50.00–50.001431
Dairy SteersLarge 3—52555.00/cwt55.00–55.002891
Dairy SteersLarge 3—37560.03/cwt58.00–62.002252
Bulls——1,72560.30/cwt60.00–61.001,0402
Bulls——1,39389.26/cwt88.00–90.001,2432
Bulls——1,77281.71/cwt75.00–85.001,44810
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01941.81/cwt38.00–46.0042616
CowsLean 85-90%—98734.63/cwt30.00–37.003426
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04048.66/cwt48.00–50.005063
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39151.69/cwt50.00–55.0071918
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,30446.98/cwt45.00–48.006135
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43856.56/cwt56.00–57.008132
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20455.89/cwt52.00–63.0067352
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24648.06/cwt41.00–50.005997
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36867.85/cwt64.00–77.009283
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—1,100625.00/cwt625.00–625.006,8751
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—820670.01/cwt575.00–750.005,4947
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—730700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,1101
Bred CowsMedium 2—1,030625.00/cwt625.00–625.006,4381
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,325750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,9382
BullsMedium 2Fleshy—485102.50/cwt102.50–102.504971
BullsMedium 2—315110.00/cwt110.00–110.003471
BullsMedium 2—605115.50/cwt113.00–118.006992
BullsMedium 2—663108.54/cwt105.00–112.007202
BullsMedium 2—475121.37/cwt119.00–122.505774
BullsMedium 2—423118.75/cwt112.50–122.505026
BullsMedium 2—574116.98/cwt113.00–124.0067112
BullsMedium 2—521118.78/cwt115.00–123.0061917
BullsMedium 2Thin Fleshed—440110.00/cwt110.00–110.004841
BullsMedium 2Thin Fleshed—510100.00/cwt100.00–100.005101
BullsMedium 2Thin Fleshed—58595.00/cwt95.00–95.005561
BullsMedium 2Thin Fleshed—670105.00/cwt105.00–105.007041
BullsMedium 2Thin Fleshed—476102.57/cwt100.00–110.004884
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—685100.00/cwt100.00–100.006851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—78894.50/cwt94.00–95.007452
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—635115.00/cwt115.00–115.007301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—73591.00/cwt91.00–91.006691
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—328131.02/cwt130.00–132.004302
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—385131.33/cwt131.00–132.005063
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—575124.67/cwt124.00–125.007173
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—426129.79/cwt126.00–136.005539
HeifersSmall 1-2—740105.97/cwt96.00–111.0078410
HeifersSmall 1-2—671103.18/cwt98.00–111.0069215
HeifersSmall 1-2—630108.71/cwt100.00–113.0068518
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—570100.00/cwt100.00–100.005701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—823115.00/cwt115.00–115.009462
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—275125.79/cwt125.00–127.503463
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—740125.00/cwt125.00–125.009253
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—689128.42/cwt128.00–128.508856
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—571130.70/cwt128.00–138.007467
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—476134.35/cwt130.00–139.006408
SteersMedium 2Thin Fleshed—38395.03/cwt90.00–100.003642
SteersMedium 2—378124.12/cwt115.00–127.004698
SteersMedium 2—703129.00/cwt129.00–129.009075
SteersMedium 2—484124.04/cwt122.00–125.006004
SteersMedium 2—420121.52/cwt120.00–126.005104
SteersMedium 2—315115.91/cwt110.00–125.003653
SteersMedium 2—668124.47/cwt123.00–126.008312
SteersMedium 2—618122.91/cwt120.00–126.007602
SteersMedium 2—563120.00/cwt120.00–120.006762
SteersMedium 2—278116.22/cwt115.00–117.503232
SteersMedium 2—545122.00/cwt122.00–122.006651
SteersMedium 2—240125.00/cwt125.00–125.003001
HeifersSmall 1-2Value Added—611116.00/cwt116.00–116.007097
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—65099.00/cwt99.00–99.006441
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—53595.00/cwt95.00–95.005081
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—38090.00/cwt90.00–90.003421
HeifersSmall 1-2—522108.97/cwt100.00–115.5056927
HeifersSmall 1-2—474102.88/cwt90.00–110.0048820
HeifersSmall 1-2—571107.41/cwt90.00–116.0061319
SteersSmall 1-2—377108.81/cwt100.00–112.504108
SteersSmall 1-2—284108.02/cwt100.00–115.003078
SteersSmall 1-2—471109.94/cwt105.00–117.505185
SteersSmall 1-2—325106.46/cwt100.00–110.003465
SteersSmall 1-2—438111.23/cwt110.00–115.004874
SteersSmall 1-2—780115.41/cwt111.00–120.009002
SteersSmall 1-2—645110.00/cwt110.00–110.007101
SteersSmall 1-2—565121.00/cwt121.00–121.006841
SteersSmall 1-2—225110.00/cwt110.00–110.002481
SteersSmall 1-2Fleshy—72094.00/cwt94.00–94.006771
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—520117.50/cwt117.50–117.506111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—450110.00/cwt110.00–110.004951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—523135.72/cwt130.00–137.0071026
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—371132.01/cwt125.00–138.0049026
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—613131.44/cwt126.00–135.5080623
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—327134.40/cwt130.00–141.0043910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—424132.87/cwt125.00–136.005639

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.