Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2020-07-08

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Jul 8
● Final138 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
514 head
110 vs last sale 624 514 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
122 head
11 vs last sale 133 122 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
10 vs last sale 50 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago, slaughter cattle were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.94/cwt on 174 head.
Average price
$113.94
174 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$112
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$21.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.00
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2460121.2655830
Medium and Large 2446119.0953181
Small 1-2531105.0055839
Medium and Large 3536102.0354723
Small and Medium 1-2670100.006701thin
One grade step is worth $21.26/cwt here — about −$112 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 sale174 hd
113.94
NC average6 barns · 697 hd
113.95
−0.00
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
BullsAverage1,46778.891,15715
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15363.4473260
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40960.8185713
CowsLean 85-90%Average96849.6148024

Every lot, as filed

138 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
BullsSmall 1-2560107.00/cwt107.00–107.005991
SteersSmall 1-2415110.00/cwt110.00–110.004571
BullsMedium and Large 3423111.31/cwt110.00–112.004713
HeifersMedium and Large 2332122.23/cwt117.00–127.0040610
HeifersMedium and Large 2655111.00/cwt111.00–111.007272
HeifersMedium and Large 2240120.10/cwt115.00–125.002882
BullsMedium and Large 2478122.22/cwt117.00–132.0058415
SteersMedium and Large 2540117.52/cwt115.00–120.006352
HeifersMedium and Large 2472119.06/cwt113.00–124.0056218
SteersMedium and Large 2305122.00/cwt122.00–122.003721
SteersMedium and Large 2677123.40/cwt123.00–124.008355
SteersMedium and Large 2575121.84/cwt115.00–127.007017
SteersMedium and Large 2476127.44/cwt116.00–131.006077
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy490119.00/cwt119.00–119.005831
SteersMedium and Large 2421122.37/cwt115.00–130.005155
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy390118.00/cwt118.00–118.004601
BullsMedium and Large 2574119.14/cwt114.00–127.006849
BullsMedium and Large 2523120.43/cwt115.00–127.0063015
BullsMedium and Large 2420123.16/cwt114.00–132.0051716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy540118.03/cwt115.00–121.006372
SteersMedium and Large 2375125.49/cwt120.00–133.0047122
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy565119.67/cwt119.00–120.006763
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy325123.00/cwt123.00–123.004001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy535123.51/cwt122.00–125.006612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2560122.00/cwt122.00–122.006831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy600113.00/cwt113.00–113.006781
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy410118.00/cwt118.00–118.004841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
BullsMedium and Large 1-2530128.00/cwt128.00–128.006781
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2567118.01/cwt117.00–119.006693
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368125.35/cwt121.00–130.004612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335130.00/cwt130.00–130.004361
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy445132.00/cwt132.00–132.005871
BullsMedium and Large 1-2440133.00/cwt133.00–133.005851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2279147.62/cwt142.50–155.004124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715121.00/cwt121.00–121.008653
SteersMedium and Large 1-2660126.00/cwt126.00–126.008321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2283132.39/cwt130.00–135.003752
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550116.00/cwt116.00–116.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400122.00/cwt122.00–122.004881
SteersMedium and Large 1-2195140.00/cwt140.00–140.002731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370143.16/cwt130.00–155.0053016
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2950775.00/cwt775.00–775.007,3631
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,185950.00/cwt950.00–950.0011,2581
Dairy SteersLarge 341063.00/cwt63.00–63.002581
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25373.97/cwt72.00–76.009272
Bulls1,74587.87/cwt86.00–90.001,5337
Bulls1,22471.03/cwt59.00–83.008698
SteersMedium and Large 3315110.00/cwt110.00–110.003471
HeifersMedium and Large 3617103.10/cwt90.00–109.006365
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0151,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,1651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,137766.62/cwt525.00–900.008,7169
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2890600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,3401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,108760.30/cwt675.00–850.008,4243
HeifersMedium and Large 3423103.10/cwt97.50–107.004363
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed53697.50/cwt97.50–97.505231
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed48590.00/cwt90.00–90.004371
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed59590.00/cwt90.00–90.005361
BullsSmall 1-272594.00/cwt94.00–94.006821
HeifersMedium and Large 3533102.75/cwt102.50–103.005482
SteersMedium and Large 3515112.50/cwt112.50–112.505791
BullsMedium and Large 366399.44/cwt94.00–105.006592
BullsMedium and Large 3583104.98/cwt100.00–110.006122
BullsMedium and Large 3523107.03/cwt105.00–109.005602
BullsMedium and Large 3730103.00/cwt103.00–103.007521
HeifersMedium and Large 3388103.39/cwt100.00–110.004013
HeifersMedium and Large 3573104.54/cwt100.00–110.005995
HeifersMedium and Large 3480110.00/cwt110.00–110.005281
HeifersMedium and Large 2428119.07/cwt113.00–124.0051012
HeifersMedium and Large 2520118.36/cwt112.50–124.0061510
HeifersMedium and Large 2260122.50/cwt122.50–122.503191
SteersMedium and Large 3615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006771
BullsMedium and Large 3778100.00/cwt100.00–100.007782
BullsMedium and Large 3620104.26/cwt100.00–108.006463
HeifersMedium and Large 2574114.40/cwt112.00–122.006577
SteersMedium and Large 2237128.42/cwt125.00–130.003043
SteersMedium and Large 2633120.06/cwt117.00–123.007602
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy69090.00/cwt90.00–90.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 377596.00/cwt96.00–96.007441
HeifersMedium and Large 2376121.74/cwt120.00–126.0045816
SteersMedium and Large 2850109.00/cwt109.00–109.009271
SteersMedium and Large 2750110.00/cwt110.00–110.008251
SteersMedium and Large 2276130.06/cwt125.00–137.503596
HeifersMedium and Large 2622111.66/cwt111.00–112.006953
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13050.40/cwt42.00–57.005703
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15163.77/cwt58.00–70.0073455
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38462.95/cwt58.00–78.0087110
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49253.66/cwt51.00–55.008013
CowsLean 85-90%1,02953.96/cwt51.00–57.0055514
CowsLean 85-90%88243.51/cwt32.00–50.0038410
SteersSmall 1-2565112.00/cwt112.00–112.006331
SteersSmall 1-2380117.40/cwt110.00–125.004462
HeifersSmall 1-2360110.00/cwt110.00–110.003961
HeifersSmall 1-2418111.30/cwt110.00–112.504652
BullsSmall 1-2661100.80/cwt96.00–105.006666
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2670100.00/cwt100.00–100.006701
HeifersSmall 1-2673106.66/cwt104.00–108.007183
BullsSmall 1-2763103.57/cwt99.00–108.007902
BullsSmall 1-2619105.92/cwt101.00–110.0065614
BullsSmall 1-2445110.00/cwt110.00–110.004901
HeifersSmall 1-2260105.00/cwt105.00–105.002731
SteersSmall 1-2210100.00/cwt100.00–100.002101
HeifersSmall 1-2631107.23/cwt104.00–109.006775
HeifersSmall 1-2474106.85/cwt100.00–110.005067
HeifersSmall 1-2523107.31/cwt100.00–112.005619
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy65592.50/cwt92.50–92.506061
HeifersSmall 1-2565102.22/cwt98.00–105.005785
HeifersSmall 1-2330101.29/cwt100.00–102.503342
BullsSmall 1-2Full63092.50/cwt92.50–92.505831
BullsSmall 1-2475109.29/cwt107.50–111.005192
BullsSmall 1-2543105.97/cwt100.00–112.005752
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy77094.00/cwt94.00–94.007241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2427140.00/cwt136.00–143.005985
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495117.50/cwt117.50–117.505821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2529119.08/cwt117.00–121.0063010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522132.87/cwt130.00–140.0069414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2329149.02/cwt142.00–157.504907
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy468122.73/cwt120.00–128.005743
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy490129.00/cwt129.00–129.006321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy840108.00/cwt108.00–108.009071
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2218132.50/cwt132.50–132.502892
SteersMedium and Large 1-2617127.98/cwt126.00–131.007905
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1751,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0012,6311
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,015775.00/cwt775.00–775.007,8661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy675122.00/cwt122.00–122.008241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy505117.00/cwt117.00–117.005911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577130.92/cwt128.00–135.0075514
SteersSmall 1-2150102.50/cwt102.50–102.501541
SteersSmall 1-2481105.61/cwt100.00–110.005084
SteersSmall 1-2763107.50/cwt106.00–109.008202
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-26871,038.60/cwt1,000.00–1,100.007,1355
SteersSmall 1-2Fleshy53095.00/cwt95.00–95.005041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2488134.99/cwt134.00–136.006594
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy56590.00/cwt90.00–90.005091
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy53096.00/cwt96.00–96.005091
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy68391.62/cwt90.00–95.006263
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy61090.00/cwt90.00–90.005491
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy58093.75/cwt92.50–95.005442

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.