Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2020-08-26

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Aug 26
● Final124 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
494 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 558▼ 391 vs year ago 885 · −44.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
148 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 111▼ 12 vs year ago 160 · −7.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 10▼ 5 vs year ago 25 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 2 to 3 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest was moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average. 1 goat

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.47/cwt on 182 head.
Average price
$116.47
182 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$21.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.15
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2506123.7962671
Medium 2465121.005631thin
Medium and Large 2468118.5755557
Small 2630112.507091thin
Small 1-2536105.8656830
Medium and Large 3487101.8049522
One grade step is worth $21.99/cwt here — about $131 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 sale182 hd
116.47
—
NC average8 barns · 1,068 hd
116.32
+0.15
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—Low1,42785.131,21511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,39461.1985314
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,06761.1665374
CowsLean 85-90%Average92446.6543140

Every lot, as filed

124 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 and Large 1-2Fleshy—680126.00/cwt126.00–126.008571
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—255150.00/cwt150.00–150.003831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—755122.50/cwt122.00–123.009252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—228145.82/cwt140.00–150.003323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—718123.04/cwt120.00–125.008833
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—373146.68/cwt140.00–157.505474
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—653131.50/cwt131.00–132.008594
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—471143.56/cwt135.00–149.006768
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—324145.18/cwt137.50–160.004709
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—572137.71/cwt134.00–140.0078810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—521141.43/cwt134.00–145.0073713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—629133.16/cwt129.00–136.0083813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—422145.21/cwt136.00–155.0061315
SteersMedium and Large 2—185137.50/cwt137.50–137.502541
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—58592.50/cwt92.50–92.505411
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy—43090.00/cwt90.00–90.003871
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy—76591.00/cwt91.00–91.006962
BullsSmall 1-2—435107.50/cwt107.50–107.504681
BullsSmall 1-2—76095.00/cwt95.00–95.007221
BullsSmall 1-2—71591.48/cwt90.00–93.006542
BullsSmall 1-2—470107.55/cwt105.00–112.505053
BullsSmall 1-2—524107.89/cwt100.00–112.005654
BullsSmall 1-2—666102.02/cwt100.00–106.006794
BullsSmall 1-2—565107.93/cwt103.00–112.006105
BullsSmall 1-2—614109.79/cwt103.00–114.006745
HeifersMedium 2—465121.00/cwt121.00–121.005631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—460123.00/cwt123.00–123.005661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—525114.49/cwt113.00–115.006014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—190130.00/cwt130.00–130.002471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—335130.00/cwt130.00–130.004361
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—382130.82/cwt130.00–132.005005
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—657120.80/cwt118.00–121.507945
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—625118.51/cwt116.00–121.007416
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—578120.36/cwt117.00–126.006968
SteersMedium and Large 2—240132.50/cwt132.50–132.503181
SteersMedium and Large 2—435127.50/cwt127.50–127.505551
SteersMedium and Large 2—650125.00/cwt125.00–125.008131
SteersMedium and Large 2—720114.00/cwt114.00–114.008211
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—780459.38/cwt453.00–466.003,5832
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—718400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,8722
Bulls——1,22980.31/cwt75.00–83.009874
Bulls——1,54087.88/cwt86.00–90.001,3537
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,56053.56/cwt52.00–54.008364
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,32864.24/cwt62.00–66.0085310
CowsLean 85-90%—99052.97/cwt49.00–55.0052416
CowsLean 85-90%—88042.44/cwt33.00–49.0037324
CowsBoner 80-85%—98837.63/cwt33.00–43.003722
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21068.51/cwt68.00–69.008294
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06161.42/cwt56.00–67.0065268
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—655124.00/cwt124.00–124.008121
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—85596.00/cwt96.00–96.008211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—505129.48/cwt127.00–132.006542
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Gaunt—510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—455142.00/cwt142.00–142.006461
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—560134.00/cwt134.00–134.007501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—423138.83/cwt135.00–150.0058710
BullsMedium and Large 2—665117.00/cwt117.00–117.007781
BullsMedium and Large 2—424125.16/cwt115.00–130.005317
BullsMedium and Large 2—616118.36/cwt113.00–122.007298
BullsMedium and Large 2—561123.71/cwt115.00–130.0069412
BullsMedium and Large 2—482124.95/cwt115.00–134.0060217
BullsMedium and Large 2—522122.82/cwt115.00–132.0064125
BullsMedium and Large 3—41595.00/cwt95.00–95.003941
BullsMedium and Large 3—45597.50/cwt97.50–97.504441
BullsMedium and Large 3—515112.50/cwt112.50–112.505791
BullsMedium and Large 3—565112.50/cwt112.50–112.506361
BullsMedium and Large 3—725105.00/cwt105.00–105.007611
BullsMedium and Large 3—88593.00/cwt93.00–93.008231
BullsMedium and Large 3—675108.93/cwt106.00–112.007352
BullsMedium and Large 3—765104.00/cwt104.00–104.007963
HeifersMedium and Large 2—618113.50/cwt113.00–114.007012
HeifersMedium and Large 2—278123.76/cwt117.50–127.503444
HeifersMedium and Large 2—665112.52/cwt109.00–114.007484
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—424130.38/cwt126.00–133.0055310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—470126.10/cwt124.00–129.0059311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—518122.39/cwt118.00–126.0063419
HeifersMedium and Large 2—760112.00/cwt112.00–112.008511
SteersMedium and Large 2—270133.96/cwt130.00–137.503622
SteersMedium and Large 2—468120.87/cwt115.00–130.005663
SteersMedium and Large 2—593126.99/cwt124.00–130.007533
SteersMedium and Large 2—773110.68/cwt109.00–112.008563
SteersMedium and Large 2—391133.74/cwt130.00–135.005234
SteersMedium and Large 2—525128.06/cwt120.00–132.006724
SteersMedium and Large 2—328129.85/cwt117.50–137.504266
SteersMedium and Large 3—740100.00/cwt100.00–100.007401
SteersMedium and Large 3—613102.90/cwt95.00–111.006312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—545132.00/cwt132.00–132.007191
HeifersSmall 2—630112.50/cwt112.50–112.507091
HeifersSmall 1-2—673103.93/cwt100.00–112.006995
HeifersSmall 1-2—523104.91/cwt102.50–107.005495
HeifersSmall 1-2—472108.58/cwt103.00–110.005125
HeifersSmall 1-2—639107.71/cwt104.00–112.006884
HeifersSmall 1-2—416106.37/cwt100.00–110.004424
HeifersSmall 1-2—568109.27/cwt106.00–111.006213
HeifersSmall 1-2—380111.25/cwt110.00–112.504232
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—53391.01/cwt90.00–92.004852
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—40590.00/cwt90.00–90.003652
HeifersMedium and Large 3—379105.16/cwt92.50–110.003995
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423104.23/cwt100.00–107.504413
HeifersMedium and Large 3—68597.04/cwt94.00–100.006652
HeifersMedium and Large 3—61599.46/cwt95.00–104.006122
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575103.35/cwt95.00–112.005942
HeifersMedium and Large 3—505102.48/cwt100.00–105.005182
HeifersMedium and Large 3—455106.00/cwt100.00–112.004822
HeifersMedium and Large 3—730102.00/cwt102.00–102.007451
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330102.50/cwt102.50–102.503381
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468122.01/cwt112.00–151.0057116
HeifersMedium and Large 2—576114.97/cwt112.00–117.006627
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422118.86/cwt114.00–124.005026
HeifersMedium and Large 2—379116.72/cwt113.00–125.004426
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325121.49/cwt112.50–126.003956
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524114.99/cwt112.00–117.006035
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—908750.96/cwt700.00–800.006,8192
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,109760.53/cwt700.00–800.008,4345
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,025625.00/cwt625.00–625.006,4061
SteersSmall 1-2—378110.00/cwt110.00–110.004162
SteersSmall 1-2—860101.00/cwt101.00–101.008691
SteersSmall 1-2—705100.00/cwt100.00–100.007051
SteersSmall 1-2—690105.00/cwt105.00–105.007251
SteersSmall 1-2—480105.00/cwt105.00–105.005041
SteersSmall 1-2—345102.50/cwt102.50–102.503541
SteersSmall 1-2Fleshy—37590.00/cwt90.00–90.003381
SteersMedium and Large 3—372104.48/cwt95.00–115.003893

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.