Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2021-03-24

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Mar 24
● Final153 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
522 head
139 vs last sale 383 250 vs year ago 272 · +91.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
35 vs last sale 125 70 vs year ago 230 · 30.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
23 vs last sale 65 1 vs year ago 41 · +2.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were steady to 2 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly steady to 5 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was below average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.13/cwt on 178 head.
Average price
$114.13
178 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$30.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.54
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2474125.9659757
Medium and Large 2456117.3553563
Small 1-2515100.6451938
Medium and Large 349495.8947420
One grade step is worth $30.07/cwt here — about $124 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 sale178 hd
114.13
NC average8 barns · 1,111 hd
116.67
−2.54
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
BullsAverage1,79687.361,56920
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10765.1772179
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,22564.4078915
CowsLean 85-90%Average80646.8137737

Every lot, as filed

153 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 1-2680106.65/cwt104.00–110.007253
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy640119.54/cwt115.00–124.007652
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy418142.62/cwt137.50–145.005964
Bred CowsSmall 1-2698330.69/cwt250.00–400.002,3083
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy54592.50/cwt92.50–92.505041
BullsSmall 1-2735100.00/cwt100.00–100.007351
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy46590.00/cwt90.00–90.004191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006371
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed415145.00/cwt145.00–145.006021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy360147.50/cwt147.50–147.505311
BullsSmall 1-2835105.00/cwt105.00–105.008771
BullsSmall 1-2510110.00/cwt110.00–110.005611
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy37087.40/cwt80.00–95.003232
SteersMedium and Large 1-2293158.32/cwt151.00–164.004643
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415154.00/cwt146.00–164.006393
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy569131.23/cwt126.00–134.007475
Bred CowsSmall 1-2828584.35/cwt520.00–647.004,8383
Stock CowsSmall 1-2675285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9241
Bred CowsSmall 1-2770635.62/cwt469.00–775.004,8943
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471127.12/cwt125.00–130.005997
BullsMedium and Large 1-2560137.00/cwt137.00–137.007671
SteersMedium and Large 1-2555146.00/cwt146.00–146.008101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670128.00/cwt128.00–128.008581
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420150.12/cwt145.00–160.0063111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2614129.84/cwt128.00–134.007977
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615118.67/cwt117.00–120.007303
SteersMedium and Large 1-2365154.32/cwt149.00–163.0056315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378130.51/cwt130.00–132.004936
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615135.99/cwt135.00–137.008362
BullsMedium and Large 2423134.62/cwt117.00–145.0056924
BullsMedium and Large 1-2472146.21/cwt146.00–147.006905
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423128.29/cwt124.00–133.0054316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2710122.46/cwt120.00–125.008692
SteersMedium and Large 1-2815116.51/cwt116.00–117.009502
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522139.58/cwt135.00–147.007293
SteersMedium and Large 2625125.00/cwt125.00–125.007811
BullsSmall 1-2620101.84/cwt100.00–103.006313
HeifersSmall 1-2621103.79/cwt98.00–108.006455
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy60387.98/cwt84.00–92.005312
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2688567.34/cwt375.00–800.003,9037
Bred CowsSmall 1-2830568.62/cwt562.00–575.004,7202
HeifersSmall 1-2523106.37/cwt101.00–112.005562
HeifersSmall 1-2425102.50/cwt99.00–106.004362
HeifersSmall 1-2850100.00/cwt100.00–100.008501
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy57597.00/cwt97.00–97.005581
HeifersSmall 1-2Full61581.00/cwt81.00–81.004981
SteersSmall 1-2Full24592.50/cwt92.50–92.502271
HeifersSmall 1-2790107.00/cwt107.00–107.008451
HeifersSmall 1-2467103.38/cwt100.00–105.004833
BullsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed76593.00/cwt93.00–93.007111
BullsSmall 1-2440102.47/cwt100.00–105.004512
BullsSmall 1-2555103.00/cwt103.00–103.005721
HeifersSmall 1-2Full45585.00/cwt85.00–85.003871
BullsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed40090.00/cwt90.00–90.003601
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy72587.89/cwt80.00–96.006372
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2696653.87/cwt475.00–825.004,5514
BullsSmall 1-2467106.73/cwt102.50–112.504983
HeifersSmall 1-2555107.00/cwt107.00–107.005941
HeifersSmall 1-2735103.63/cwt101.00–106.007623
SteersSmall 1-2705100.00/cwt100.00–100.007051
HeifersSmall 1-2650103.00/cwt103.00–103.006701
SteersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed61586.00/cwt86.00–86.005291
HeifersSmall 1-2376105.75/cwt102.50–110.003984
SteersSmall 1-238097.50/cwt97.50–97.503711
HeifersSmall 1-2222108.46/cwt105.00–110.002413
SteersSmall 1-2230110.00/cwt110.00–110.002531
HeifersSmall 1-2308103.87/cwt100.00–107.503203
SteersSmall 1-2273111.62/cwt110.00–112.503053
CowsBoner 80-85%1,67054.00/cwt54.00–54.009021
CowsLean 85-90%83950.62/cwt46.00–55.0042519
CowsLean 85-90%68330.89/cwt30.00–33.002113
CowsLean 85-90%80241.81/cwt37.00–45.0033512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14271.51/cwt69.00–77.0081717
Bulls1,79687.36/cwt83.00–94.001,56920
SteersMedium and Large 3880100.00/cwt100.00–100.008801
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2892717.06/cwt650.00–775.006,3963
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy520132.00/cwt132.00–132.006861
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2980320.00/cwt320.00–320.003,1361
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26472.17/cwt68.00–74.009124
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,20062.53/cwt59.00–66.0075010
BullsMedium and Large 3715106.00/cwt106.00–106.007581
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed57095.00/cwt95.00–95.005421
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed36389.30/cwt82.50–96.003242
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08863.58/cwt56.00–68.0069261
CowsLean 85-90%74058.59/cwt56.00–60.004343
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32552.00/cwt52.00–52.006891
BullsMedium and Large 3765108.49/cwt107.00–110.008302
SteersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed25080.00/cwt80.00–80.002001
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed41888.59/cwt85.00–92.503702
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,022660.42/cwt600.00–730.006,7496
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,041700.56/cwt500.00–775.007,2934
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2890850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,5651
HeifersMedium and Large 3673102.13/cwt97.00–107.006872
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 334070.00/cwt70.00–70.002381
BullsMedium and Large 3690105.00/cwt105.00–105.007251
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed60587.00/cwt87.00–87.005261
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed60580.00/cwt80.00–80.004841
SteersMedium and Large 3350103.75/cwt100.00–107.503632
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed77585.00/cwt85.00–85.006591
BullsMedium and Large 2522128.28/cwt118.00–143.0067018
BullsMedium and Large 2576130.60/cwt124.00–134.0075212
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed66597.50/cwt97.50–97.506481
HeifersMedium and Large 3368108.14/cwt105.00–111.003982
HeifersMedium and Large 346599.00/cwt99.00–99.004601
HeifersMedium and Large 3578101.06/cwt98.00–104.005842
HeifersMedium and Large 2755109.00/cwt109.00–109.008231
HeifersMedium and Large 2581113.65/cwt110.00–117.006605
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 366058.00/cwt58.00–58.003831
HeifersMedium and Large 3416102.08/cwt100.00–106.004254
BullsMedium and Large 3460106.59/cwt100.00–110.004903
HeifersMedium and Large 2280122.07/cwt117.50–126.003424
SteersMedium and Large 2830115.00/cwt115.00–115.009551
SteersMedium and Large 2573131.49/cwt131.00–132.007532
BullsMedium and Large 1-2519136.74/cwt135.00–142.0071010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2566122.28/cwt119.00–125.006927
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519122.62/cwt119.00–127.0063615
BullsMedium and Large 1-2830116.00/cwt116.00–116.009631
HeifersMedium and Large 2660111.00/cwt111.00–111.007331
HeifersMedium and Large 2720109.00/cwt109.00–109.007851
SteersMedium and Large 2228125.15/cwt120.00–135.002853
SteersMedium and Large 1-2324156.20/cwt150.00–166.005067
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325131.49/cwt131.00–132.004272
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy328145.30/cwt143.00–147.504772
SteersMedium and Large 2321134.24/cwt115.00–145.004319
HeifersMedium and Large 2626112.43/cwt110.00–117.007045
BullsMedium and Large 2723113.02/cwt111.00–115.008172
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Full465137.50/cwt137.50–137.506391
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy630113.00/cwt113.00–113.007121
BullsMedium and Large 2474132.72/cwt112.00–144.0062925
HeifersMedium and Large 2325119.07/cwt112.00–126.003878
HeifersMedium and Large 2523113.03/cwt110.00–115.005916
SteersMedium and Large 2185124.00/cwt124.00–124.002291
SteersMedium and Large 2525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006831
SteersMedium and Large 2870109.00/cwt109.00–109.009481
SteersMedium and Large 2430134.00/cwt130.00–138.005762
BullsMedium and Large 3610108.00/cwt108.00–108.006591
BullsMedium and Large 3518107.93/cwt106.00–110.005592
SteersMedium and Large 2278137.54/cwt130.00–145.003823
BullsMedium and Large 2670118.73/cwt115.00–121.007954
BullsMedium and Large 2630120.61/cwt114.00–126.007605
SteersMedium and Large 2373136.57/cwt115.00–148.005099
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed32590.00/cwt90.00–90.002931
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed67582.00/cwt82.00–82.005541
HeifersMedium and Large 2378120.06/cwt114.00–127.0045410
SteersMedium and Large 2765114.00/cwt114.00–114.008721
SteersMedium and Large 2490129.45/cwt125.00–134.006342
HeifersMedium and Large 2473119.61/cwt111.00–124.0056613
SteersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed36595.00/cwt95.00–95.003471
SteersMedium and Large 3305107.50/cwt107.50–107.503281
HeifersMedium and Large 2421117.65/cwt112.00–123.004959
SteersMedium and Large 2735116.00/cwt116.00–116.008531

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.