Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady to 3 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly steady with some steer and bull calves 10 higher. Demand was moderate to slightly higher; market activity and buyer interest were mostly moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.28/cwt on 125 head.

Average price

$110.28

125 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$551

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

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

$25.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.01

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	526	119.84	630	36
Medium and Large 2	474	114.69	543	48
Small 1-2	522	97.47	509	32
Medium and Large 3	456	94.00	428	9thin

One grade step is worth $25.84/cwt here — about $202 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 sale125 hd

110.28

—

NC average7 barns · 389 hd

106.27

+4.01

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	1,484	82.43	1,223	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,422	67.25	956	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,140	65.58	748	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	860	44.23	380	22

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
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	513	107.95/cwt	106.00–110.00	554	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	615	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	523	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	890	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	783	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	370	85.82/cwt	84.00–87.50	318	2
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	870	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	818	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	673	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	646	2
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	768	86.98/cwt	85.00–89.00	668	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	305	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	244	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	625	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	563	1
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	335	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	863	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	975	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	710	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,308	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	760	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,180	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	693	644.40/cwt	525.00–750.00	4,466	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	730	657.53/cwt	600.00–700.00	4,800	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	772	521.70/cwt	471.00–575.00	4,028	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	521	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	687.50/cwt	675.00–700.00	6,841	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	741	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	360	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	486	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	518	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	673	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	805	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	958	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	948	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	902	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	153.00/cwt	151.00–154.00	623	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	153.73/cwt	145.00–164.00	575	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	771	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	595	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	536	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	750	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	735	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	820	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	656	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	800	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	800	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	188	100.10/cwt	97.50–102.50	188	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	635	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	673	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	477	104.98/cwt	102.00–108.00	501	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	270	107.64/cwt	105.00–110.00	291	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	427	104.39/cwt	100.00–110.00	446	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	579	103.74/cwt	100.00–111.00	601	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	295	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	295	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	350	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	371	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	618	100.98/cwt	100.00–102.00	624	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	363	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	381	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	535	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	572	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	470	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	423	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	420	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	420	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	285	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	299	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	610	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	580	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	740	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	607	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	683	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	690	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	483	84.87/cwt	80.00–90.00	410	2
Steers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	290	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	276	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	745	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	596	1
Steers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	520	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	416	1
Steers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	350	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	315	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	727	20.52/cwt	18.00–23.00	149	3
Bulls	—	—	1,175	72.12/cwt	68.00–75.00	847	3
Bulls	—	—	1,580	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,153	1
Bulls	—	—	1,588	87.47/cwt	78.00–94.00	1,389	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	829	40.52/cwt	34.00–45.00	336	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	62.96/cwt	56.00–68.00	698	31
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,446	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	725	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	435	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	51.62/cwt	48.00–55.00	479	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	68.50/cwt	68.00–69.00	952	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	959	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	71.84/cwt	68.00–77.00	872	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	265	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	252	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	305	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	439	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	663.56/cwt	550.00–800.00	6,456	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	762.17/cwt	650.00–825.00	8,117	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	645.72/cwt	525.00–750.00	6,412	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	530	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	475	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	405	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	324	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	383	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	215	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	231	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	295	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	—	390	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	322	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	117.29/cwt	112.00–124.00	440	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	370	87.00/cwt	84.00–90.00	322	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	200	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	226	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	126.00/cwt	120.00–132.00	561	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	370	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	118.64/cwt	110.00–124.00	383	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	135.53/cwt	130.00–140.00	453	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	618	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	727	109.73/cwt	108.00–111.50	798	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	124.99/cwt	123.00–130.00	601	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	120.61/cwt	118.00–123.00	853	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	849	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	665	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	405	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	118.00/cwt	116.00–120.00	592	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	738	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	149.82/cwt	143.00–156.00	632	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	126.67/cwt	126.00–127.00	545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	283	118.68/cwt	116.00–120.00	336	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	143.33/cwt	137.00–155.00	685	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	300	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	549	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	620	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	285	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	359	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	250	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	575	126.44/cwt	123.00–130.00	727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	530	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	111.67/cwt	110.00–113.00	647	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	120.67/cwt	120.00–122.00	630	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	120.65/cwt	118.00–122.00	688	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	123.06/cwt	120.00–126.00	711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	115.60/cwt	110.00–122.00	488	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	126.46/cwt	122.00–132.00	603	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	612	115.28/cwt	111.00–123.00	706	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	122.50/cwt	122.00–123.00	637	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	140.49/cwt	140.00–141.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	113.05/cwt	109.00–115.00	595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	215	129.07/cwt	115.00–142.50	278	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	116.31/cwt	108.00–120.00	556	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Full	—	535	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	745	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 Feb 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 308Last week 322Year ago 506

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 80Year ago 150

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 44Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	106.00–110.00	107.95
1	—	750	98.00	98.00
1	—	295	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	94.00	94.00
2	—	673	96.00	96.00
2	—	768	85.00–89.00	86.98
1	—	625	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	134.00	134.00
6	—	539	137.00	137.00
8	—	422	143.00–156.00	149.82
3	—	478	137.00–155.00	143.33
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	90.00	90.00
1	—	740	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	120.00–132.00	126.00
1	—	300	140.00	140.00
3	—	522	120.00–122.00	120.67
3	—	570	118.00–122.00	120.65
3	—	477	122.00–132.00	126.46
3	—	612	111.00–123.00	115.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	123.00–130.00	126.44
1	—	530	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	85.00	85.00
1	—	890	88.00	88.00
2	—	370	84.00–87.50	85.82
1	—	305	80.00	80.00
1	—	595	90.00	90.00
1	—	820	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	111.00	111.00
3	—	628	116.50	116.50
13	—	481	123.00–130.00	124.99
4	—	502	116.00–120.00	118.00
3	—	430	126.00–127.00	126.67
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	800	100.00	100.00
2	—	188	97.50–102.50	100.10
1	—	635	106.00	106.00
3	—	477	102.00–108.00	104.98
2	—	270	105.00–110.00	107.64
3	—	427	100.00–110.00	104.39
4	—	579	100.00–111.00	103.74
1	—	350	106.00	106.00
1	—	535	107.00	107.00
2	—	683	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	95.00	95.00
2	—	483	80.00–90.00	84.87
1	—	745	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	80.00	80.00
1	—	405	80.00	80.00
2	—	370	84.00–90.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	102.00	102.00
1	—	480	102.00	102.00
1	—	335	100.00	100.00
2	—	618	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	375	112.00–124.00	117.29
1	—	200	113.00	113.00
8	—	323	110.00–124.00	118.64
4	—	727	108.00–111.50	109.73
3	—	283	116.00–120.00	118.68
13	—	579	110.00–113.00	111.67
3	—	422	110.00–122.00	115.60
4	—	526	109.00–115.00	113.05
5	—	478	108.00–120.00	116.31
1	—	665	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	665	113.00	113.00
1	—	405	121.00	121.00
5	—	549	113.00	113.00
1	—	285	126.00	126.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	82.50	82.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	863	113.00	113.00
1	—	360	135.00	135.00
2	—	518	130.00	130.00
4	—	958	99.00	99.00
1	—	305	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	345	151.00	151.00
4	—	545	136.00	136.00
1	—	295	150.00	150.00
3	—	613	130.00	130.00
1	—	455	160.00	160.00
2	—	755	119.50	119.50
3	—	407	151.00–154.00	153.00
9	—	374	145.00–164.00	153.73
6	—	707	118.00–123.00	120.61
5	—	653	130.00	130.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	100.00–102.00	100.98
2	—	363	105.00	105.00
1	—	420	100.00	100.00
1	—	285	105.00	105.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	95.00	95.00
1	—	520	80.00	80.00
1	—	350	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	95.00	95.00
1	—	370	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	102.50	102.50
1	—	215	107.50	107.50
1	—	295	97.50	97.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	82.50	82.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	334	130.00–140.00	135.53
1	—	250	142.50	142.50
1	—	420	130.00	130.00
2	—	578	120.00–126.00	123.06
2	—	520	122.00–123.00	122.50
2	—	370	140.00–141.00	140.49
2	—	215	115.00–142.50	129.07

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	710	325.00	325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	760	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	772	471.00–575.00	521.70
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	995	675.00–700.00	687.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,145	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	973	550.00–800.00	663.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,065	650.00–825.00	762.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	993	525.00–750.00	645.72
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	693	525.00–750.00	644.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	730	600.00–700.00	657.53
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	625.00	625.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	727	18.00–23.00	20.52
7	—	829	34.00–45.00	40.52
1	—	725	60.00	60.00
11	—	928	48.00–55.00	51.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,109	56.00–68.00	62.96
13	—	1,214	68.00–77.00	71.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,390	68.00–69.00	68.50
2	—	1,453	66.00	66.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,175	68.00–75.00	72.12
1	—	1,580	73.00	73.00
8	—	1,588	78.00–94.00	87.47

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