Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2020-09-09

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Sep 9
● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
320 head
▼ 122 vs last sale 442▲ 320 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 145▲ 140 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 18▲ 10 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 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
$6
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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2489122.9260131
Medium and Large 2516116.5260245
Small 1-2595104.1862022
Medium and Large 3579102.8259523
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,43883.881,20617
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40663.6689523
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11859.3966445
CowsLean 85-90%Low95148.4946133

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—564134.65/cwt134.00–136.007596
SteersMedium and Large 2—530124.49/cwt123.00–126.006602
SteersMedium and Large 2—345120.00/cwt120.00–120.004141
SteersMedium and Large 2—665122.34/cwt119.00–126.008145
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—325148.27/cwt145.00–152.504823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—625130.00/cwt130.00–130.008131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—480134.84/cwt134.00–135.006476
HeifersMedium and Large 2—618111.71/cwt110.00–113.006907
BullsMedium and Large 2—529124.58/cwt116.00–129.0065919
BullsMedium and Large 2—572122.93/cwt115.00–127.0070318
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—65892.99/cwt90.00–96.006122
SteersSmall 1-2Fleshy—85092.00/cwt92.00–92.007821
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—718699.91/cwt675.00–725.005,0252
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—610118.00/cwt118.00–118.007201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—460133.00/cwt133.00–133.006121
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—435134.00/cwt134.00–134.005831
BullsSmall 1-2—669108.70/cwt105.00–111.007277
BullsSmall 1-2—520112.50/cwt112.50–112.505851
BullsSmall 1-2—785102.00/cwt102.00–102.008011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—470130.81/cwt129.00–132.506152
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—375130.00/cwt130.00–130.004881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—275131.00/cwt131.00–131.003601
HeifersSmall 1-2—685107.49/cwt107.00–108.007362
HeifersSmall 1-2—435110.98/cwt110.00–112.004832
HeifersSmall 1-2—578104.67/cwt100.00–109.006055
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—364143.29/cwt135.00–151.005228
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—714120.50/cwt120.00–122.008604
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—540132.66/cwt132.00–133.007163
HeifersSmall 1-2—515105.00/cwt105.00–105.005411
HeifersSmall 1-2—465104.00/cwt104.00–104.004841
HeifersSmall 1-2—345110.00/cwt110.00–110.003801
SteersSmall 1-2—790106.00/cwt106.00–106.008371
SteersSmall 1-2—680100.00/cwt100.00–100.006801
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—60095.00/cwt95.00–95.005701
HeifersSmall 1-2—725104.38/cwt100.00–108.007573
HeifersSmall 1-2—77098.05/cwt90.00–106.007552
SteersSmall 1-2—395102.50/cwt102.50–102.504051
BullsSmall 1-2—720106.00/cwt106.00–106.007631
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy—45590.00/cwt90.00–90.004101
HeifersSmall 1-2—625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006881
BullsSmall 1-2—629106.34/cwt97.50–112.006699
BullsSmall 1-2—580104.50/cwt100.00–109.006062
HeifersSmall 1-2—375112.50/cwt112.50–112.504221
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37562.95/cwt56.00–66.0086620
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,61268.38/cwt68.00–69.001,1023
CowsBoner 80-85%—93045.28/cwt45.00–46.004213
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,42268.00/cwt68.00–68.009673
Bulls——1,27674.45/cwt65.00–82.009505
Bulls——1,50587.81/cwt85.00–92.001,32212
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420104.48/cwt104.00–105.004392
HeifersMedium and Large 3—680103.00/cwt103.00–103.007001
BullsMedium and Large 3—612106.82/cwt102.50–109.006543
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—522127.64/cwt125.00–130.006663
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,490992.79/cwt900.00–1,075.0014,7932
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—925775.00/cwt775.00–775.007,1691
HeifersMedium and Large 3—485110.00/cwt110.00–110.005341
HeifersMedium and Large 3—519107.91/cwt106.00–109.005604
BullsMedium and Large 3—570107.50/cwt107.50–107.506131
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10959.81/cwt55.00–65.0066339
CowsLean 85-90%—90841.52/cwt33.00–48.0037714
CowsLean 85-90%—98353.62/cwt50.00–55.0052719
BullsMedium and Large 3—660106.48/cwt105.00–108.007032
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy—79091.00/cwt91.00–91.007191
HeifersMedium and Large 2—380127.50/cwt127.50–127.504851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—283146.22/cwt145.00–147.504142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—573125.43/cwt120.00–131.007192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—645120.00/cwt120.00–120.007741
HeifersMedium and Large 2—288121.35/cwt117.50–125.003492
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575114.46/cwt112.00–122.006589
SteersMedium and Large 2—720111.50/cwt109.00–114.008032
HeifersMedium and Large 3—61999.92/cwt94.00–110.006197
HeifersMedium and Large 3—585104.72/cwt100.00–109.006134
HeifersMedium and Large 3—710103.99/cwt103.00–105.007382
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318126.73/cwt126.00–127.504032
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—433142.25/cwt142.00–142.506162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—425127.84/cwt125.00–131.005436
HeifersMedium and Large 2—417122.70/cwt122.00–124.005123
SteersMedium and Large 2—579124.93/cwt117.00–130.007236
SteersMedium and Large 2—638120.00/cwt120.00–120.007662
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—524120.12/cwt117.00–124.0062914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—561119.01/cwt118.00–121.006685
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—440122.00/cwt120.00–124.005372
HeifersMedium and Large 2—668111.28/cwt109.00–114.007433
HeifersMedium and Large 2—511115.75/cwt112.00–123.005914
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468117.96/cwt115.00–122.0055213
BullsMedium and Large 2—479127.58/cwt122.00–130.006114
BullsMedium and Large 2—618115.60/cwt112.00–119.007148
BullsMedium and Large 2—432125.25/cwt115.00–131.005419
BullsMedium and Large 3—77595.97/cwt92.00–100.007442
BullsMedium and Large 3—73098.00/cwt98.00–98.007151
BullsMedium and Large 3—435102.50/cwt102.50–102.504461
SteersMedium and Large 2—780115.00/cwt115.00–115.008971
SteersMedium and Large 2—383129.28/cwt120.00–135.004953
SteersMedium and Large 2—465126.93/cwt117.50–132.005907
SteersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—58590.00/cwt90.00–90.005271
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—41595.00/cwt95.00–95.003941
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—72090.00/cwt90.00–90.006481
SteersMedium and Large 2—430125.00/cwt125.00–125.005381
HeifersMedium and Large 2—765109.00/cwt109.00–109.008341

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.