Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2020-05-06

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, May 6
● Final130 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
▼ 194 vs last sale 594▲ 400 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
177 head
▲ 94 vs last sale 83▲ 177 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
83 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 18▲ 83 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $122.91/cwt on 133 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −69.48 against this barn's trailing median of $192.39.
Average price
$122.91
133 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$16
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$33.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.31
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2491133.5265562
Medium and Large 2547122.6167137
Small 1-2630104.4965929
Medium and Large 3668100.406715thin
One grade step is worth $33.12/cwt here — about −$16 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

23 sales
219200182163median 192.3901/2103/1104/2206/1709/09
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $205.17, low $176.74, median $192.39 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale133 hd
122.91
—
NC average8 barns · 608 hd
116.60
+6.31
This barn, trailing median23 sales
192.39
−69.48
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—Low1,40986.031,21213
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12758.7966380
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31554.237135thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02346.3647438

Every lot, as filed

130 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—8501,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.008,7131
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—979947.94/cwt850.00–1,075.009,2808
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—993612.91/cwt600.00–625.006,0862
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,152759.34/cwt550.00–891.008,7485
SteersMedium and Large 3—575112.50/cwt112.50–112.506471
HeifersMedium and Large 3—565104.50/cwt100.00–109.005902
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—950103.00/cwt103.00–103.009794
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—276152.39/cwt145.00–162.504217
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—840937.35/cwt925.00–950.007,8742
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—565128.99/cwt127.00–131.007294
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—600126.00/cwt126.00–126.007561
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—240150.00/cwt150.00–150.003601
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—493128.04/cwt120.00–136.006312
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,078676.55/cwt524.00–840.007,29311
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—942897.24/cwt775.00–1,000.008,45211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—600127.00/cwt127.00–127.007621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—368130.00/cwt130.00–130.004782
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—467140.19/cwt136.00–144.006555
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—417142.01/cwt139.00–144.005923
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—750775.00/cwt775.00–775.005,8131
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—840875.00/cwt875.00–875.007,3501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—333131.22/cwt127.50–135.004372
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—510117.00/cwt117.00–117.005971
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—463132.69/cwt130.00–135.006143
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—418126.29/cwt120.00–132.505282
BullsSmall 1-2—535105.55/cwt100.00–111.005652
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—41092.50/cwt92.50–92.503791
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—175180.00/cwt180.00–180.003151
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006811
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—730425.00/cwt425.00–425.003,1031
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—820606.67/cwt531.00–750.004,9753
BullsSmall 1-2—75599.00/cwt99.00–99.007471
BullsSmall 1-2—490110.00/cwt110.00–110.005391
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0551,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,5501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—616122.00/cwt122.00–122.007524
BullsSmall 1-2—435100.00/cwt100.00–100.004351
BullsSmall 1-2—81099.00/cwt99.00–99.008021
BullsSmall 1-2—72898.52/cwt97.00–100.007172
HeifersSmall 1-2—335105.00/cwt105.00–105.003521
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—725825.00/cwt825.00–825.005,9811
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—710837.85/cwt750.00–950.005,9493
BullsSmall 1-2—638108.29/cwt105.00–113.006914
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—66090.00/cwt90.00–90.005941
HeifersSmall 1-2—423108.54/cwt105.00–112.004594
HeifersSmall 1-2—583107.99/cwt105.00–111.006305
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy—70595.00/cwt95.00–95.006701
HeifersSmall 1-2—465109.00/cwt108.00–110.005072
BullsSmall 1-2—584106.72/cwt100.00–112.006238
BullsSmall 1-2—664105.68/cwt99.00–109.007027
SteersSmall 1-2—475100.00/cwt100.00–100.004751
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—785975.00/cwt975.00–975.007,6541
HeifersSmall 1-2Full—64590.00/cwt90.00–90.005811
HeifersSmall 1-2—613104.05/cwt96.00–113.0063811
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—778588.26/cwt425.00–725.004,5774
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—780825.00/cwt825.00–825.006,4351
SteersSmall 1-2—570100.00/cwt100.00–100.005701
HeifersSmall 1-2—66799.01/cwt95.00–101.006603
HeifersSmall 1-2—510109.00/cwt109.00–109.005561
BullsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—69092.50/cwt92.50–92.506381
CowsLean 85-90%—99338.29/cwt30.00–45.0038012
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03750.09/cwt46.00–53.0051926
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,32456.54/cwt55.00–58.007494
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,28045.00/cwt45.00–45.005761
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12458.51/cwt50.00–64.0065878
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25369.51/cwt67.00–73.008712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—240135.00/cwt135.00–135.003241
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—522130.57/cwt127.00–133.0068214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—433120.00/cwt120.00–120.005202
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—325144.69/cwt140.00–150.0047011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—660117.00/cwt117.00–117.0077215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—785115.00/cwt115.00–115.009033
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—405119.00/cwt119.00–119.004821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—310125.00/cwt125.00–125.003881
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full—265132.50/cwt132.50–132.503511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—560129.01/cwt127.00–130.007223
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—495132.00/cwt132.00–132.006531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—466138.04/cwt137.00–142.006437
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—633116.00/cwt116.00–116.007345
BullsMedium and Large 2—471130.61/cwt117.50–135.006156
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—478117.68/cwt115.00–120.005633
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—530129.00/cwt127.00–132.006843
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—372144.65/cwt140.00–152.5053810
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—584121.73/cwt120.00–126.007115
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Full—495127.50/cwt127.50–127.506311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—500114.00/cwt114.00–114.005701
BullsMedium and Large 2—522121.41/cwt115.00–126.006349
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—275132.50/cwt130.00–135.003642
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—725115.00/cwt115.00–115.008343
BullsMedium and Large 2—424132.93/cwt127.50–135.005644
BullsMedium and Large 2—624118.11/cwt112.00–121.007377
BullsMedium and Large 2—84091.00/cwt91.00–91.007641
SteersMedium and Large 2—258131.29/cwt130.00–132.503392
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full—430120.00/cwt120.00–120.005161
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—424141.76/cwt135.00–154.0060120
HeifersMedium and Large 2—558113.01/cwt112.00–114.006316
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—385122.00/cwt122.00–122.004701
HeifersMedium and Large 2—471118.08/cwt113.00–122.0055614
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325109.00/cwt109.00–109.003541
HeifersMedium and Large 3—522107.24/cwt100.00–111.005603
Bulls——1,41574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,0471
Bulls——1,40887.03/cwt72.00–94.001,22512
SteersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—47090.00/cwt90.00–90.004231
SteersMedium and Large 3—625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006881
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—78594.00/cwt94.00–94.007381
HeifersMedium and Large 3—450107.50/cwt107.50–107.504841
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,087751.29/cwt600.00–825.008,1678
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,153826.80/cwt775.00–925.009,5338
BullsMedium and Large 3—605105.00/cwt105.00–105.006351
HeifersMedium and Large 3—638102.00/cwt102.00–102.006515
BullsMedium and Large 3—755103.00/cwt103.00–103.007781
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330121.56/cwt115.00–132.504017
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—53392.51/cwt90.00–95.004932
SteersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—75592.50/cwt92.50–92.506981
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376120.60/cwt115.00–125.004537
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—49590.00/cwt90.00–90.004461
BullsMedium and Large 2—572121.96/cwt116.00–126.006989
SteersMedium and Large 2—635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007621
HeifersMedium and Large 3—445110.00/cwt110.00–110.004901
BullsMedium and Large 3—67095.00/cwt95.00–95.006371
HeifersMedium and Large 2—426118.22/cwt111.00–124.0050411
BullsMedium and Large 3—525105.00/cwt105.00–105.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 2—705112.00/cwt112.00–112.007901
SteersMedium and Large 2—381131.68/cwt120.00–137.505026
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523114.55/cwt111.00–116.005999
HeifersMedium and Large 2—670113.00/cwt113.00–113.007573
BullsMedium and Large 2—660113.00/cwt113.00–113.007461
HeifersMedium and Large 2—290117.50/cwt117.50–117.503411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007921
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—607120.95/cwt116.00–124.007343
SteersMedium and Large 2—580125.00/cwt125.00–125.007251

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.