Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly steady on heifers, with steer and bull calves mostly 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was below average. 17 baby calves were 10.00 to 22.50. 1 sheep and 2 goats.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.31/cwt on 121 head.

Average price

$113.31

121 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$20.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.71

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	489	122.92	601	31
Medium and Large 2	516	116.52	602	45
Small 1-2	595	104.18	620	22
Medium and Large 3	579	102.82	595	23

One grade step is worth $20.09/cwt here — about $6 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 sale121 hd

113.31

—

NC average7 barns · 564 hd

116.02

−2.71

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,438	83.88	1,206	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,406	63.66	895	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,118	59.39	664	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	951	48.49	461	33

Every lot, as filed

99 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	134.65/cwt	134.00–136.00	759	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	124.49/cwt	123.00–126.00	660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	122.34/cwt	119.00–126.00	814	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	148.27/cwt	145.00–152.50	482	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	134.84/cwt	134.00–135.00	647	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	111.71/cwt	110.00–113.00	690	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	529	124.58/cwt	116.00–129.00	659	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	122.93/cwt	115.00–127.00	703	18
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	658	92.99/cwt	90.00–96.00	612	2
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	850	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	782	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	718	699.91/cwt	675.00–725.00	5,025	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	583	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	669	108.70/cwt	105.00–111.00	727	7
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	520	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	585	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	785	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	801	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	130.81/cwt	129.00–132.50	615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	360	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	685	107.49/cwt	107.00–108.00	736	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	435	110.98/cwt	110.00–112.00	483	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	578	104.67/cwt	100.00–109.00	605	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	143.29/cwt	135.00–151.00	522	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	120.50/cwt	120.00–122.00	860	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	132.66/cwt	132.00–133.00	716	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	515	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	541	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	465	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	484	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	345	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	380	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	790	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	837	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	680	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	680	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	600	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	570	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	725	104.38/cwt	100.00–108.00	757	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	770	98.05/cwt	90.00–106.00	755	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	395	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	405	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	720	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	763	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	455	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	410	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	629	106.34/cwt	97.50–112.00	669	9
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	580	104.50/cwt	100.00–109.00	606	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	375	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	422	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	62.95/cwt	56.00–66.00	866	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,612	68.38/cwt	68.00–69.00	1,102	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	930	45.28/cwt	45.00–46.00	421	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,422	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	967	3
Bulls	—	—	1,276	74.45/cwt	65.00–82.00	950	5
Bulls	—	—	1,505	87.81/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,322	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	104.48/cwt	104.00–105.00	439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	612	106.82/cwt	102.50–109.00	654	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	522	127.64/cwt	125.00–130.00	666	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,490	992.79/cwt	900.00–1,075.00	14,793	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,169	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	519	107.91/cwt	106.00–109.00	560	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	613	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	59.81/cwt	55.00–65.00	663	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	41.52/cwt	33.00–48.00	377	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	53.62/cwt	50.00–55.00	527	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	660	106.48/cwt	105.00–108.00	703	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	—	790	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	146.22/cwt	145.00–147.50	414	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	573	125.43/cwt	120.00–131.00	719	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	288	121.35/cwt	117.50–125.00	349	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	114.46/cwt	112.00–122.00	658	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	111.50/cwt	109.00–114.00	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	619	99.92/cwt	94.00–110.00	619	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	104.72/cwt	100.00–109.00	613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	710	103.99/cwt	103.00–105.00	738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	126.73/cwt	126.00–127.50	403	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	142.25/cwt	142.00–142.50	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	127.84/cwt	125.00–131.00	543	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	122.70/cwt	122.00–124.00	512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	124.93/cwt	117.00–130.00	723	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	120.12/cwt	117.00–124.00	629	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	119.01/cwt	118.00–121.00	668	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	440	122.00/cwt	120.00–124.00	537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	111.28/cwt	109.00–114.00	743	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	511	115.75/cwt	112.00–123.00	591	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	117.96/cwt	115.00–122.00	552	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	127.58/cwt	122.00–130.00	611	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	115.60/cwt	112.00–119.00	714	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	125.25/cwt	115.00–131.00	541	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	775	95.97/cwt	92.00–100.00	744	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	730	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	435	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	897	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	129.28/cwt	120.00–135.00	495	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	126.93/cwt	117.50–132.00	590	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	585	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	415	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	720	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	834	1

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Stanly County Livestock Market - Norwood, NC

Wed Sep 9, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 320Last week 442Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 140Last week 145Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 18Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	564	134.00–136.00	134.65
3	—	325	145.00–152.50	148.27
1	—	625	130.00	130.00
6	—	480	134.00–135.00	134.84
8	—	364	135.00–151.00	143.29
4	—	714	120.00–122.00	120.50
3	—	540	132.00–133.00	132.66
2	—	283	145.00–147.50	146.22
2	—	433	142.00–142.50	142.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	123.00–126.00	124.49
1	—	345	120.00	120.00
5	—	665	119.00–126.00	122.34
2	—	720	109.00–114.00	111.50
6	—	579	117.00–130.00	124.93
2	—	638	120.00	120.00
1	—	780	115.00	115.00
3	—	383	120.00–135.00	129.28
7	—	465	117.50–132.00	126.93
1	—	430	125.00	125.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	92.00	92.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	106.00	106.00
1	—	680	100.00	100.00
1	—	395	102.50	102.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	120.00–131.00	125.43
1	—	645	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	618	110.00–113.00	111.71
1	—	380	127.50	127.50
2	—	288	117.50–125.00	121.35
9	—	575	112.00–122.00	114.46
2	—	318	126.00–127.50	126.73
3	—	417	122.00–124.00	122.70
3	—	668	109.00–114.00	111.28
4	—	511	112.00–123.00	115.75
13	—	468	115.00–122.00	117.96
1	—	765	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	658	90.00–96.00	92.99
1	—	600	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	129.00–132.50	130.81
1	—	375	130.00	130.00
1	—	275	131.00	131.00
6	—	425	125.00–131.00	127.84
14	—	524	117.00–124.00	120.12
5	—	561	118.00–121.00	119.01
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	107.00–108.00	107.49
2	—	435	110.00–112.00	110.98
5	—	578	100.00–109.00	104.67
1	—	515	105.00	105.00
1	—	465	104.00	104.00
1	—	345	110.00	110.00
3	—	725	100.00–108.00	104.38
2	—	770	90.00–106.00	98.05
1	—	625	110.00	110.00
1	—	375	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	104.00–105.00	104.48
1	—	680	103.00	103.00
1	—	485	110.00	110.00
4	—	519	106.00–109.00	107.91
7	—	619	94.00–110.00	99.92
4	—	585	100.00–109.00	104.72
2	—	710	103.00–105.00	103.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	120.00–124.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	95.00	95.00
1	—	720	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	529	116.00–129.00	124.58
18	—	572	115.00–127.00	122.93
4	—	479	122.00–130.00	127.58
8	—	618	112.00–119.00	115.60
9	—	432	115.00–131.00	125.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	118.00	118.00
1	—	460	133.00	133.00
1	—	435	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	669	105.00–111.00	108.70
1	—	520	112.50	112.50
1	—	785	102.00	102.00
1	—	720	106.00	106.00
9	—	629	97.50–112.00	106.34
2	—	580	100.00–109.00	104.50
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	102.50–109.00	106.82
1	—	570	107.50	107.50
2	—	660	105.00–108.00	106.48
2	—	775	92.00–100.00	95.97
1	—	730	98.00	98.00
1	—	435	102.50	102.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	125.00–130.00	127.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	91.00	91.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	718	675.00–725.00	699.91
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,490	900.00–1,075.00	992.79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,375	56.00–66.00	62.95
3	—	1,612	68.00–69.00	68.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	930	45.00–46.00	45.28
3	—	1,422	68.00	68.00
39	—	1,109	55.00–65.00	59.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	908	33.00–48.00	41.52
19	—	983	50.00–55.00	53.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,276	65.00–82.00	74.45
12	—	1,505	85.00–92.00	87.81

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Norwood Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Stanly County Livestock Market - Norwood, NC

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle