Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2021-12-15

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Dec 15
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
416 head
▼ 94 vs last sale 510▼ 12 vs year ago 428 · −2.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 205▲ 17 vs year ago 103 · +16.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 34▼ 23 vs year ago 55 · −41.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 2.

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers were mixed, mostly 3.00 lower to 5.00 higher; feeder bulls were 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand for slaughter cattle was good, while demand for feeder cattle was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate to active. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.36/cwt on 100 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −59.03 against this barn's trailing median of $192.39.
Average price
$133.36
100 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$705
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$37.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.13
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2509143.0972853
Medium and Large 2511128.4865734
Medium and Large 3652108.917104thin
Small 1-2660105.416959thin
One grade step is worth $37.67/cwt here — about $33 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

23 sales
219200182163median 192.3901/2103/1104/2206/1709/09
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $205.17, low $176.74, median $192.39 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale100 hd
133.36
—
NC average8 barns · 562 hd
125.23
+8.13
This barn, trailing median23 sales
192.39
−59.03
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
Bulls—High1,59791.241,4579thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18665.9678230
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47965.6597115
CowsLean 85-90%Low91143.4539623

Every lot, as filed

81 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—506130.76/cwt130.00–133.006624
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—560128.49/cwt123.00–132.507204
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—739113.81/cwt113.00–114.008415
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy—475120.09/cwt115.00–125.005703
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy—530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006362
BullsSmall 1-2—778102.49/cwt101.00–104.007972
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—722128.40/cwt126.00–131.509277
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—581147.63/cwt146.00–148.008588
SteersMedium and Large 2—420130.39/cwt126.00–135.005482
SteersMedium and Large 2—368144.28/cwt142.50–147.505317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—321153.57/cwt150.00–157.504935
SteersSmall 1-2—725103.50/cwt103.50–103.507504
SteersMedium and Large 2—262135.86/cwt130.00–140.003563
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—270153.73/cwt152.50–155.004152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—480145.51/cwt145.00–146.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 2—663115.51/cwt115.00–116.007662
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy—333125.04/cwt120.00–130.004162
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—353117.48/cwt115.00–120.004152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—369159.54/cwt152.50–166.0058910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—431160.94/cwt157.50–165.006944
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—527150.15/cwt144.00–153.007915
HeifersMedium and Large 3—318102.49/cwt100.00–105.003263
HeifersMedium and Large 2—281121.84/cwt120.00–127.003424
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—325133.42/cwt130.00–137.504343
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—464137.18/cwt135.00–140.006376
HeifersMedium and Large 2—363124.99/cwt120.00–127.504543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—371134.85/cwt130.00–140.005008
HeifersSmall 1-2—530106.77/cwt106.00–107.505662
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—687120.14/cwt119.00–123.008256
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—514133.78/cwt129.00–136.506887
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335123.36/cwt120.00–125.004133
HeifersMedium and Large 2—225120.33/cwt115.00–125.002712
HeifersMedium and Large 3—583110.00/cwt110.00–110.006412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—420137.68/cwt132.50–142.0057812
HeifersSmall 1-2—477110.00/cwt110.00–110.005253
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428120.88/cwt117.50–124.005172
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—481150.82/cwt145.00–157.0072517
BullsSmall 1-2—478108.80/cwt107.50–110.005202
BullsSmall 1-2—718105.55/cwt101.00–110.007582
HeifersMedium and Large 2—485117.45/cwt115.00–120.005702
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07059.28/cwt57.00–63.0063413
CowsLean 85-90%—74340.72/cwt38.00–43.003037
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08051.71/cwt48.00–54.0055811
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47962.83/cwt60.00–64.009297
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27571.06/cwt68.00–74.0090617
CowsLean 85-90%—77529.12/cwt26.00–30.002265
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47968.11/cwt66.00–70.001,0078
Bulls——1,06899.10/cwt97.00–101.001,0582
Bulls——1,74889.00/cwt86.00–92.001,5567
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1251,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0013,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,143941.36/cwt900.00–1,000.0010,7603
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,067814.38/cwt775.00–875.008,6893
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—795700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,5651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,244807.36/cwt675.00–875.0010,0444
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—765650.00/cwt650.00–650.004,9731
Bred CowsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—700525.00/cwt525.00–525.003,6751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—850575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,8881
Bred CowsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—665420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,7931
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—965633.85/cwt600.00–650.006,1173
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—780629.12/cwt510.00–700.004,9073
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—995700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,9651
Bred CowsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—705410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,8911
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—745525.00/cwt525.00–525.003,9111
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—940875.00/cwt875.00–875.008,2251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—905700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,3351
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—820800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,5601
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—850600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,1001
BullsMedium and Large 2—473131.22/cwt127.00–137.506219
BullsMedium and Large 2—618122.43/cwt117.00–128.007572
BullsSmall 1-2—663105.01/cwt100.00–109.006963
BullsMedium and Large 2—573132.16/cwt129.00–133.007576
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—618131.31/cwt130.00–133.008113
BullsMedium and Large 3—780106.53/cwt104.00–109.008312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—571123.07/cwt117.50–128.0070311
BullsMedium and Large 2—418131.99/cwt126.00–135.005523
BullsMedium and Large 3—523111.29/cwt110.00–112.505822
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—514140.02/cwt135.00–145.007205
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—427154.64/cwt147.50–161.0066015
BullsMedium and Large 2—523128.15/cwt124.00–132.506709
HeifersSmall 1-2—415105.00/cwt100.00–110.004362
HeifersMedium and Large 2—638113.00/cwt113.00–113.007212

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.