Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2020-10-14

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Oct 14
● Final117 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
483 head
216 vs last sale 699 136 vs year ago 619 · 22.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
133 head
36 vs last sale 97 70 vs year ago 203 · 34.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
2 vs last sale 16 71 vs year ago 85 · 83.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly 3 to4 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves were 2 to 15.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.72/cwt on 170 head.
Average price
$115.72
170 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$4
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$24.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.03
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2425127.8654441
Medium and Large 2459118.7254470
Medium and Large 3516103.9853730
Small 1-2522103.4454029
One grade step is worth $24.43/cwt here — about $4 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 sale170 hd
115.72
NC average8 barns · 970 hd
110.68
+5.03
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
BullsAverage1,60776.951,23714
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16353.6262423
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41947.8067815
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06141.3043851

Every lot, as filed

117 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 1-2628100.84/cwt90.00–110.006334
HeifersSmall 1-2423104.99/cwt100.00–110.004445
BullsSmall 1-2415107.47/cwt105.00–110.004462
BullsSmall 1-284594.00/cwt94.00–94.007941
SteersMedium and Large 1-2512137.99/cwt136.00–139.007076
SteersMedium and Large 1-2337154.98/cwt140.00–165.0052220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2481140.48/cwt137.00–144.006764
BullsSmall 1-2485102.50/cwt102.50–102.504971
Bred CowsSmall 1-2845592.00/cwt592.00–592.005,0021
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy48590.00/cwt90.00–90.004371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2462130.11/cwt126.00–132.006016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519118.38/cwt117.00–119.006148
SteersMedium and Large 1-2376146.35/cwt137.00–164.0055019
BullsSmall 1-2Full45590.00/cwt90.00–90.004101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2432143.96/cwt135.00–150.006229
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy310137.50/cwt137.50–137.504261
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2417130.45/cwt128.00–133.005449
BullsMedium and Large 1-2417143.55/cwt135.00–156.0059919
BullsMedium and Large 2705114.00/cwt114.00–114.008041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2271146.22/cwt140.00–160.003967
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2333130.00/cwt130.00–130.004332
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750121.00/cwt121.00–121.009082
SteersMedium and Large 2535120.00/cwt120.00–120.006421
BullsMedium and Large 2574116.20/cwt114.00–120.0066714
BullsMedium and Large 2525119.89/cwt114.00–126.0062917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2235130.00/cwt130.00–130.003061
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2379132.23/cwt130.00–135.0050111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2273132.03/cwt129.00–135.003602
HeifersMedium and Large 2472118.40/cwt112.50–124.0055920
Bred CowsSmall 1-2825536.00/cwt536.00–536.004,4221
Stock CowsSmall 1-2780507.00/cwt507.00–507.003,9551
HeifersSmall 1-2380103.12/cwt100.00–105.003924
BullsSmall 1-2555108.51/cwt107.00–110.006022
HeifersSmall 1-2618106.02/cwt102.00–110.006552
HeifersSmall 1-2483108.01/cwt106.00–110.005222
BullsSmall 1-2760103.00/cwt103.00–103.007831
HeifersSmall 1-2570110.50/cwt110.00–111.006302
BullsSmall 1-270297.00/cwt95.00–99.006813
BullsSmall 1-2655109.00/cwt109.00–109.007141
SteersSmall 1-2633104.99/cwt95.00–110.006653
HeifersSmall 1-285594.00/cwt94.00–94.008041
HeifersSmall 1-2526104.19/cwt100.00–108.005486
SteersSmall 1-2445110.00/cwt110.00–110.004901
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy54090.00/cwt90.00–90.004861
HeifersSmall 1-2675100.67/cwt100.00–101.006803
HeifersSmall 1-2730102.00/cwt102.00–102.007451
SteersSmall 1-2350110.00/cwt110.00–110.003851
BullsSmall 1-2509106.51/cwt100.00–112.505425
HeifersSmall 1-2325110.00/cwt110.00–110.003581
SteersSmall 1-2Fleshy49090.00/cwt90.00–90.004411
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy58090.00/cwt90.00–90.005221
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy62590.00/cwt90.00–90.005631
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,170675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,8981
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2985450.00/cwt450.00–450.004,4331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy575116.00/cwt116.00–116.006672
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,300825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,7251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,065700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,4551
Dairy HeifersLarge 346567.50/cwt67.50–67.503141
Bulls1,76681.41/cwt78.00–86.001,4388
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39849.68/cwt44.00–54.006959
BullsMedium and Large 351095.05/cwt90.00–100.004852
Bulls1,39571.00/cwt55.00–77.009906
CowsLean 85-90%97736.01/cwt29.00–42.0035221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45144.97/cwt42.00–47.006536
HeifersMedium and Large 3240112.50/cwt112.50–112.502701
BullsMedium and Large 1-2454138.01/cwt134.00–142.006275
HeifersMedium and Large 3735100.00/cwt100.00–100.007351
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26860.20/cwt59.00–61.007634
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14152.24/cwt48.00–58.0059619
CowsLean 85-90%1,11945.00/cwt42.00–48.0050430
SteersMedium and Large 3345105.00/cwt105.00–105.003621
HeifersMedium and Large 3645102.00/cwt102.00–102.006581
HeifersMedium and Large 3445112.00/cwt112.00–112.004981
BullsMedium and Large 380095.00/cwt95.00–95.007601
HeifersMedium and Large 3578105.03/cwt97.50–111.006076
HeifersMedium and Large 3678103.48/cwt95.00–108.007024
HeifersMedium and Large 3516102.19/cwt90.00–111.005277
HeifersMedium and Large 3275112.50/cwt112.50–112.503091
SteersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed35590.00/cwt90.00–90.003201
HeifersMedium and Large 3367105.70/cwt95.00–112.503883
BullsMedium and Large 3440105.00/cwt105.00–105.004621
SteersMedium and Large 3255105.00/cwt105.00–105.002681
SteersMedium and Large 3680103.69/cwt100.00–110.007053
SteersMedium and Large 362095.00/cwt95.00–95.005891
HeifersMedium and Large 2427121.70/cwt113.00–130.0052017
SteersMedium and Large 3575106.51/cwt105.00–109.006124
HeifersMedium and Large 3473103.45/cwt100.00–111.004894
HeifersMedium and Large 3Full35590.00/cwt90.00–90.003201
SteersMedium and Large 339095.00/cwt95.00–95.003711
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed76092.00/cwt92.00–92.006991
SteersMedium and Large 2180122.50/cwt122.50–122.502211
BullsMedium and Large 3602109.40/cwt104.00–111.006595
BullsMedium and Large 3569103.03/cwt90.00–109.005865
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed43090.00/cwt90.00–90.003871
SteersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed46592.50/cwt92.50–92.504301
HeifersMedium and Large 2708113.00/cwt113.00–113.008002
SteersMedium and Large 2370134.09/cwt130.00–137.504963
HeifersMedium and Large 2569114.21/cwt112.00–117.0065011
HeifersMedium and Large 2334119.17/cwt115.00–125.003986
HeifersMedium and Large 2274122.60/cwt117.50–125.003364
BullsMedium and Large 2390125.00/cwt125.00–125.004881
SteersMedium and Large 2485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006311
SteersMedium and Large 2330130.15/cwt120.00–135.004293
SteersMedium and Large 2795111.00/cwt111.00–111.008821
HeifersMedium and Large 2545118.00/cwt118.00–118.006431
HeifersMedium and Large 2377121.97/cwt115.00–127.504606
HeifersMedium and Large 2605111.99/cwt111.00–114.006783
SteersMedium and Large 2608117.00/cwt117.00–117.007112
BullsMedium and Large 2473123.41/cwt113.00–132.0058418
SteersMedium and Large 2265135.00/cwt135.00–135.003581
SteersMedium and Large 2850112.00/cwt112.00–112.009521
SteersMedium and Large 2571124.23/cwt121.00–128.007098
SteersMedium and Large 2692115.10/cwt113.00–119.007969
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed330140.00/cwt140.00–140.004621
BullsMedium and Large 2426124.34/cwt117.50–132.505308
SteersMedium and Large 2225131.33/cwt130.00–132.502952
SteersMedium and Large 2800112.00/cwt112.00–112.008962

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.