Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 3 to 8 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was still lower. 2 goats

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.26/cwt on 179 head.

Average price

$116.26

179 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$15

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

$21.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.42

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	496	124.96	620	51
Medium and Large 2	454	118.39	538	81
Medium and Large 3	524	103.30	541	22
Small 1-2	587	103.01	605	25

One grade step is worth $21.95/cwt here — about $15 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 sale179 hd

116.26

—

NC average9 barns · 1,543 hd

115.84

+0.42

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	—	Average	1,478	78.08	1,154	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,183	56.62	670	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,423	49.40	703	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,071	47.16	505	26

Every lot, as filed

126 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 1-2Full	—	480	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	340	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	340	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	785	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	816	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	685	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	630	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	630	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	599	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	564	105.10/cwt	95.00–111.00	593	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	653	99.48/cwt	94.00–105.00	650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	467	106.58/cwt	102.50–110.00	498	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	515	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	561	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	487	103.39/cwt	100.00–105.00	504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	345	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	615	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Full	—	650	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Full	—	775	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	110.80/cwt	107.50–115.00	513	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	103.77/cwt	100.00–109.00	538	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	—	680	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	578	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	490	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	105.93/cwt	100.00–110.00	609	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	109.03/cwt	100.00–112.50	455	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	720	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	122.62/cwt	120.00–125.00	329	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	215	119.01/cwt	115.00–125.00	256	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	118.86/cwt	112.00–125.00	503	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	116.93/cwt	112.50–127.00	600	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	120.66/cwt	117.00–127.50	440	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	120.79/cwt	112.00–125.00	565	13
Bulls	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	500	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	450	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	581	105.28/cwt	100.00–112.50	612	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	360	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	360	1
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	355	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	320	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	583	110.03/cwt	108.00–112.00	641	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	805	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	5,836	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	750	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	6,375	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	855	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,130	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	475	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	499	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	325	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	358	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	627	105.95/cwt	101.00–108.00	664	5
Bulls	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	440	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	396	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	705	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	642	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	680	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	612	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	49.81/cwt	46.00–53.00	567	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	57.09/cwt	53.00–64.00	670	12
Bulls	—	—	1,755	84.58/cwt	83.00–87.00	1,484	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	610	106.97/cwt	105.00–109.00	653	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	725	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	790	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	595	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	613	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	46.32/cwt	34.00–52.00	625	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	49.58/cwt	47.00–52.00	678	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	44.50/cwt	41.00–47.00	446	13
Bulls	—	—	1,293	73.75/cwt	55.00–82.00	954	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	920	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	598	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	54.32/cwt	52.00–58.00	837	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	679	104.76/cwt	102.00–109.00	711	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	468	105.02/cwt	100.00–110.00	491	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	415	105.47/cwt	95.00–111.00	438	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	610	103.68/cwt	94.00–110.00	632	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	533	97.46/cwt	95.00–100.00	519	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	805	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	104.54/cwt	100.00–109.00	643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	101.59/cwt	95.00–110.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	728	102.46/cwt	100.00–105.00	746	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	672	101.48/cwt	100.00–104.00	682	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	131.67/cwt	130.00–134.00	694	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,052	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	12,544	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	816.17/cwt	700.00–925.00	9,876	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,483	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	976.29/cwt	950.00–1,000.00	9,939	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	145.84/cwt	135.00–155.00	614	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	147.35/cwt	142.00–155.00	483	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	6,885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	575	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	119.41/cwt	118.00–120.00	921	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	130.70/cwt	127.50–133.00	542	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	881	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	635	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	668	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	123.23/cwt	118.00–130.00	638	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	119.88/cwt	118.00–122.00	689	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	145.10/cwt	141.00–152.50	538	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	727	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	128.89/cwt	128.00–130.00	615	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	130.00/cwt	129.00–131.00	488	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	132.52/cwt	130.00–135.00	382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	126.08/cwt	112.50–132.50	600	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	120.12/cwt	116.00–129.00	627	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	412	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	129.14/cwt	122.50–136.00	484	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	128.18/cwt	122.50–135.00	414	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	707	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	478	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	114.99/cwt	114.00–116.00	653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	185	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	682	121.85/cwt	116.00–125.00	831	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	125.29/cwt	120.00–132.00	727	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	119.38/cwt	115.00–124.00	504	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	129.74/cwt	129.00–130.00	620	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	122.49/cwt	117.50–128.00	394	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	616	114.00/cwt	113.00–115.00	702	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	127.16/cwt	122.50–132.50	537	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	868	113.48/cwt	112.00–115.00	985	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	845	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	121.93/cwt	113.00–127.00	640	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	670	90.51/cwt	90.00–91.00	606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	630	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	114.25/cwt	112.00–117.00	660	13

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 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 431Last week 541Year ago 665

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 142Year ago 150

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 33Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	100.00	100.00
2	—	653	94.00–105.00	99.48
3	—	467	102.50–110.00	106.58
1	—	535	110.00	110.00
1	—	570	105.00	105.00
1	—	605	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	90.00	90.00
1	—	775	94.00	94.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	100.00	100.00
1	—	475	105.00	105.00
1	—	325	110.00	110.00
2	—	610	105.00–109.00	106.97
1	—	725	109.00	109.00
1	—	595	103.00	103.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	130.00–134.00	131.67
1	—	915	115.00	115.00
5	—	421	135.00–155.00	145.84
5	—	328	142.00–155.00	147.35
5	—	771	118.00–120.00	119.41
3	—	728	121.00	121.00
1	—	285	157.50	157.50
1	—	555	130.00	130.00
1	—	820	117.00	117.00
6	—	371	141.00–152.50	145.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	125.00	125.00
1	—	635	125.00	125.00
3	—	668	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	126.00	126.00
4	—	375	122.50–136.00	129.14
4	—	323	122.50–135.00	128.18
1	—	185	137.50	137.50
6	—	682	116.00–125.00	121.85
6	—	580	120.00–132.00	125.29
1	—	785	115.00	115.00
1	—	725	114.00	114.00
4	—	478	129.00–130.00	129.74
3	—	422	122.50–132.50	127.16
2	—	868	112.00–115.00	113.48
1	—	845	112.00	112.00
10	—	525	113.00–127.00	121.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	111.00	111.00
2	—	268	120.00–125.00	122.62
3	—	215	115.00–125.00	119.01
20	—	423	112.00–125.00	118.86
8	—	513	112.50–127.00	116.93
10	—	365	117.00–127.50	120.66
13	—	468	112.00–125.00	120.79
1	—	655	111.00	111.00
6	—	322	117.50–128.00	122.49
4	—	616	113.00–115.00	114.00
13	—	578	112.00–117.00	114.25
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	100.00	100.00
1	—	785	104.00	104.00
2	—	583	108.00–112.00	110.03
5	—	627	101.00–108.00	105.95
4	—	679	102.00–109.00	104.76
3	—	468	100.00–110.00	105.02
3	—	415	95.00–111.00	105.47
2	—	533	95.00–100.00	97.46
1	—	805	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	95.00	95.00
1	—	705	91.00	91.00
1	—	680	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	100.00	100.00
4	—	575	100.00–110.00	105.93
5	—	417	100.00–112.50	109.03
2	—	615	100.00–109.00	104.54
1	—	535	110.00	110.00
1	—	365	105.00	105.00
3	—	472	95.00–110.00	101.59
2	—	728	100.00–105.00	102.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	90.00	90.00
1	—	630	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	415	127.50–133.00	130.70
14	—	518	118.00–130.00	123.23
13	—	575	118.00–122.00	119.88
11	—	477	128.00–130.00	128.89
4	—	375	129.00–131.00	130.00
2	—	288	130.00–135.00	132.52
1	—	610	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	564	95.00–111.00	105.10
1	—	615	102.00	102.00
3	—	463	107.50–115.00	110.80
3	—	518	100.00–109.00	103.77
1	—	720	94.00	94.00
6	—	672	100.00–104.00	101.48
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	109.00	109.00
3	—	487	100.00–105.00	103.39
5	—	581	100.00–112.50	105.28
5	—	610	94.00–110.00	103.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	90.00	90.00
2	—	670	90.00–91.00	90.51
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	90.00	90.00
1	—	440	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	476	112.50–132.50	126.08
14	—	522	116.00–129.00	120.12
1	—	665	122.00	122.00
1	—	615	115.00	115.00
1	—	390	122.50	122.50
2	—	568	114.00–116.00	114.99
5	—	422	115.00–124.00	119.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	148.00	148.00
1	—	270	152.50	152.50

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,018	950.00–1,000.00	976.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	855	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,210	700.00–925.00	816.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,170	725.00	725.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,139	46.00–53.00	49.81
13	—	1,003	41.00–47.00	44.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,174	53.00–64.00	57.09
2	—	1,368	47.00–52.00	49.58
1	—	920	65.00	65.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,350	34.00–52.00	46.32
5	—	1,540	52.00–58.00	54.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,755	83.00–87.00	84.58
6	—	1,293	55.00–82.00	73.75

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