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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 3.

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 1.00 to 2.00 lower, while feeder cattle were mostly 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.73/cwt on 148 head.

Average price

$120.73

148 head · 435 lb average

Value per head Derived

$525

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$34.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.23

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	443	131.62	582	74
Medium and Large 2	432	118.57	513	42
Small 1-2	415	99.50	413	19thin
Medium and Large 3	431	96.70	417	13thin

One grade step is worth $34.92/cwt here — about $165 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 sale148 hd

120.73

—

NC average8 barns · 670 hd

117.50

+3.23

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	—	High	1,718	89.94	1,545	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,454	63.87	929	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,108	61.50	681	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	991	49.48	490	26

Every lot, as filed

102 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	—	684	386.00/cwt	260.00–475.00	2,640	6
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	295	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	236	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	510	108.57/cwt	105.00–112.00	554	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	760	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	783	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	161.26/cwt	151.00–169.00	664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	136.28/cwt	131.00–140.00	510	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	157.11/cwt	154.00–160.00	440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	430	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	533	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	810	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,455	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	795	464.86/cwt	425.00–500.00	3,696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	132.85/cwt	126.00–136.00	624	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	137.14/cwt	130.00–151.00	388	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	135.11/cwt	129.00–140.00	450	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	148.86/cwt	139.00–158.00	712	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	150.21/cwt	142.50–161.00	701	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	131.97/cwt	125.00–137.00	560	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	124.93/cwt	118.00–133.00	656	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	140.17/cwt	130.00–146.00	726	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	141.74/cwt	133.00–148.00	809	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	147.73/cwt	145.00–151.00	846	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	170.00/cwt	158.00–178.00	627	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	128.71/cwt	123.00–132.00	730	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	676	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	126.96/cwt	122.00–130.00	715	4
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	330	88.73/cwt	87.50–90.00	293	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	230	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	207	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	555	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	566	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	485	106.25/cwt	102.50–110.00	515	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	665	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	665	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	330	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	363	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	565	107.52/cwt	105.00–110.00	607	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	390	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	429	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	230	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	236	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	260	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	286	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	700	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	707	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	285	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	321	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	368	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	405	2
Steers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	620	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	589	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	700	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	574	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	835	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	768	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	320	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	320	1
Steers	Small 1-2Full	—	410	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	390	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	335	87.72/cwt	80.00–95.00	294	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	55.38/cwt	47.00–58.00	576	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	722	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,870	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,384	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	64.24/cwt	59.00–68.00	930	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,036	53.82/cwt	46.00–58.00	558	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	62.40/cwt	59.00–69.00	696	34
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	774.39/cwt	650.00–940.00	7,434	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,638	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	26.30/cwt	20.00–30.00	241	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	814	38.84/cwt	35.00–43.00	316	4
Bulls	—	—	1,819	96.98/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,764	4
Bulls	—	—	1,677	87.12/cwt	81.00–95.00	1,461	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	420	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	374	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	588	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	13,860	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,935	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,903	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	765	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	500	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	380	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	342	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	268	86.37/cwt	80.00–95.00	231	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	371	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	255	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	499	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	795	116.00/cwt	114.00–118.00	922	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	115.96/cwt	112.00–124.00	603	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	120.92/cwt	115.00–127.50	451	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	119.52/cwt	114.00–127.00	492	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	755	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	580	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	220	118.78/cwt	117.50–120.00	261	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	135.10/cwt	130.00–140.00	500	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	129.81/cwt	120.00–140.00	344	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	121.03/cwt	120.00–122.00	815	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	116.93/cwt	113.00–121.00	719	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	128.73/cwt	120.00–138.00	420	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	810	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	126.56/cwt	120.00–135.00	619	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	127.67/cwt	120.00–135.00	555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	115.82/cwt	115.00–117.50	657	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	120.15/cwt	114.00–125.00	578	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	123.71/cwt	118.00–128.00	750	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	123.31/cwt	122.00–127.00	898	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	133.86/cwt	130.00–138.00	825	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	133.75/cwt	128.00–140.00	572	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	215	130.37/cwt	125.00–136.00	280	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	445	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	423	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	162.13/cwt	155.00–170.00	689	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	155.98/cwt	155.00–157.00	527	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	867	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 Mar 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 394Last week 255Year ago 376

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 89Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 40Year ago 25

Current hog receipts 3.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	684	260.00–475.00	386.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	810	550.00	550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	795	425.00–500.00	464.86
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	960	650.00–940.00	774.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,005	760.00	760.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,165	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	1,100.00	1,100.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	80.00	80.00
1	—	700	82.00	82.00
2	—	335	80.00–95.00	87.72
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	105.00–112.00	108.57
1	—	665	100.00	100.00
1	—	330	110.00	110.00
2	—	565	105.00–110.00	107.52
1	—	230	102.50	102.50
2	—	260	110.00	110.00
1	—	700	101.00	101.00
2	—	368	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	374	131.00–140.00	136.28
15	—	470	126.00–136.00	132.85
5	—	283	130.00–151.00	137.14
9	—	333	129.00–140.00	135.11
10	—	424	125.00–137.00	131.97
12	—	525	118.00–133.00	124.93
6	—	567	123.00–132.00	128.71
4	—	606	118.00–128.00	123.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	87.50–90.00	88.73
1	—	230	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	80.00	80.00
2	—	380	90.00	90.00
3	—	268	80.00–95.00	86.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	110.00	110.00
1	—	475	110.00	110.00
2	—	575	103.00	103.00
1	—	765	100.00	100.00
1	—	365	110.00	110.00
1	—	530	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	112.50	112.50
1	—	255	120.00	120.00
3	—	520	112.00–124.00	115.96
11	—	373	115.00–127.50	120.92
7	—	412	114.00–127.00	119.52
1	—	670	111.00	111.00
2	—	220	117.50–120.00	118.78
3	—	567	115.00–117.50	115.82
12	—	481	114.00–125.00	120.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	103.00	103.00
1	—	555	102.00	102.00
2	—	485	102.50–110.00	106.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	478	139.00–158.00	148.86
1	—	765	119.00	119.00
11	—	518	130.00–146.00	140.17
22	—	571	133.00–148.00	141.74
1	—	365	161.00	161.00
6	—	728	122.00–127.00	123.31
7	—	616	130.00–138.00	133.86
14	—	425	155.00–170.00	162.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	130.00	130.00
4	—	563	122.00–130.00	126.96
1	—	350	142.50	142.50
2	—	795	114.00–118.00	116.00
2	—	673	120.00–122.00	121.03
2	—	615	113.00–121.00	116.93
1	—	810	108.00	108.00
6	—	489	120.00–135.00	126.56
2	—	435	120.00–135.00	127.67
1	—	735	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	103.00	103.00
1	—	755	102.00	102.00
1	—	580	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	412	151.00–169.00	161.26
2	—	280	154.00–160.00	157.11
3	—	467	142.50–161.00	150.21
4	—	573	145.00–151.00	147.73
11	—	369	158.00–178.00	170.00
2	—	338	155.00–157.00	155.98
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	110.00	110.00
1	—	600	100.00	100.00
1	—	285	112.50	112.50
1	—	320	100.00	100.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	95.00	95.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	126.00	126.00
4	—	370	130.00–140.00	135.10
4	—	265	120.00–140.00	129.81
6	—	326	120.00–138.00	128.73
2	—	428	128.00–140.00	133.75
2	—	215	125.00–136.00	130.37

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,040	47.00–58.00	55.38
3	—	915	20.00–30.00	26.30
4	—	814	35.00–43.00	38.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	56.00	56.00
1	—	1,870	74.00	74.00
15	—	1,448	59.00–68.00	64.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,036	46.00–58.00	53.82
34	—	1,116	59.00–69.00	62.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,819	96.00–100.00	96.98
10	—	1,677	81.00–95.00	87.12

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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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