Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady. Feeder cattle were too few to compare. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were low due to wet weather. Cattle quality was below average. 7 hogs

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $100.85/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$100.85

33 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$504

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$29.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.86

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	425	123.00	523	1thin
Medium and Large 2	439	114.92	504	10thin
Medium and Large 3	440	93.75	413	4thin
Small 1-2	550	93.39	514	18thin

One grade step is worth $29.61/cwt here — about $9 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 sale33 hd

100.85

—

NC average8 barns · 279 hd

102.71

−1.86

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	1,388	93.69	1,301	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,390	68.47	952	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,109	67.13	745	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	794	48.49	385	35

Every lot, as filed

70 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
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	715	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	3,790	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	530	101.03/cwt	100.00–102.00	535	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	230	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	236	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	132.49/cwt	130.00–135.00	706	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	614	102.99/cwt	100.00–106.00	632	5
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	710	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	568	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	880	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	880	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	560	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	571	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	748	563.01/cwt	475.00–700.00	4,211	7
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	704	519.19/cwt	375.00–600.00	3,655	7
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	310	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	254	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	225	81.50/cwt	81.50–81.50	183	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	690	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	711	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	228	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	211	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	260	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	273	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	815	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	709	1
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	200	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	180	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	780	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	686	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	490	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	461	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	825	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	635	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	875	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	761	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	720	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	6,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	690	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,898	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	400	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	420	1
Steers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	290	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	239	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	360	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	360	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	870	100.49/cwt	100.00–101.00	874	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	53.71/cwt	48.00–58.00	446	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	68.22/cwt	66.00–71.00	937	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,174	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	566	1
Bulls	—	—	1,107	76.19/cwt	73.00–79.00	843	3
Bulls	—	—	1,576	103.76/cwt	99.00–106.00	1,635	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,180	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,549	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	934	615.37/cwt	510.00–700.00	5,748	4
Bulls	—	—	1,353	92.70/cwt	88.00–96.00	1,254	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	743	28.47/cwt	26.00–30.00	212	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	720	41.81/cwt	35.00–46.00	301	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	630	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	699	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	123.07/cwt	120.00–126.00	631	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	75.86/cwt	74.00–78.00	831	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	64.96/cwt	59.00–72.00	726	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	470	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	585	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	320	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	111.49/cwt	110.00–113.00	589	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	15,129	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	735	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	200	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	208	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	260	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	221	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	114.72/cwt	111.00–120.00	544	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	117.44/cwt	112.50–127.00	440	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	357	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	315	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	523	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	675	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,835	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	835	562.50/cwt	550.00–575.00	4,697	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	380	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	731	452.35/cwt	357.00–525.00	3,307	7

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 17, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 106Last week 397Year ago 432

Slaughter CattleReceipts 98Last week 195Year ago 158

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 45Year ago 32

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	715	530.00	530.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	748	475.00–700.00	563.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	704	375.00–600.00	519.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	835	550.00–575.00	562.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	731	357.00–525.00	452.35
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,080	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	934	510.00–700.00	615.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,155	875.00	875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	420.00	420.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	675	420.00	420.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	1,225.00	1,225.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	100.00–102.00	101.03
1	—	230	102.50	102.50
5	—	614	100.00–106.00	102.99
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	80.00	80.00
1	—	310	82.00	82.00
1	—	225	81.50	81.50
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	228	92.50	92.50
1	—	780	88.00	88.00
1	—	490	94.00	94.00
1	—	825	77.00	77.00
2	—	875	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	90.00	90.00
1	—	735	91.00	91.00
1	—	260	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	110.00–113.00	111.49
4	—	474	111.00–120.00	114.72
3	—	375	112.50–127.00	117.44
1	—	310	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	136.00	136.00
1	—	515	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	100.00	100.00
1	—	560	102.00	102.00
1	—	690	103.00	103.00
1	—	510	110.00	110.00
1	—	400	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	87.00	87.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	119.00	119.00
1	—	410	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	130.00–135.00	132.49
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	105.00	105.00
1	—	360	100.00	100.00
2	—	870	100.00–101.00	100.49
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	200	90.00	90.00
1	—	290	82.50	82.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	120.00–126.00	123.07
1	—	600	121.00	121.00
1	—	295	133.00	133.00
1	—	240	125.00	125.00
1	—	330	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	200	104.00	104.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	136.00	136.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	830	48.00–58.00	53.71
3	—	743	26.00–30.00	28.47
9	—	720	35.00–46.00	41.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,373	66.00–71.00	68.22
1	—	1,630	72.00	72.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	56.00	56.00
7	—	1,095	74.00–78.00	75.86
23	—	1,118	59.00–72.00	64.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,107	73.00–79.00	76.19
6	—	1,576	99.00–106.00	103.76
8	—	1,353	88.00–96.00	92.70

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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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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle