Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 2.00 to 8.00 higher; while heifers were mixed, 4.00 lower to 1.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate to active. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.99/cwt on 122 head.

Average price

$114.99

122 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$579

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$25.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.98

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	513	126.64	649	35
Medium and Large 2	457	121.20	554	36
Medium and Large 3	564	105.00	592	21
Small 1-2	507	100.92	512	30

One grade step is worth $25.72/cwt here — about $138 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 sale122 hd

114.99

—

NC average7 barns · 503 hd

125.97

−10.98

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	1,574	88.85	1,398	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,396	69.12	965	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,144	67.09	768	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	853	50.53	431	60

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	235	109.51/cwt	109.00–110.00	257	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	470	88.98/cwt	88.00–90.00	418	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	124.98/cwt	122.00–131.00	650	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	121.89/cwt	116.00–127.50	455	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	109.79/cwt	108.00–110.00	523	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	373	107.81/cwt	103.00–110.00	402	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	122.67/cwt	121.00–124.00	389	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	127.10/cwt	125.00–128.00	709	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	114.28/cwt	112.50–116.00	726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	123.42/cwt	120.00–127.00	584	13
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	756	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	779	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	769	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	122.28/cwt	117.50–125.00	512	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	121.68/cwt	118.00–124.00	763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	133.52/cwt	131.00–136.00	451	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	423	109.82/cwt	107.00–112.50	465	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	624	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	315	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	348	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	293	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	293	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	161.46/cwt	158.00–165.00	630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	887	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	158.88/cwt	152.50–164.00	821	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	383	146.96/cwt	145.00–149.00	563	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	520	103.89/cwt	100.00–107.50	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	132.44/cwt	131.00–135.00	494	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	157.15/cwt	150.00–166.00	723	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	150.45/cwt	147.00–154.00	855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	143.41/cwt	140.00–147.50	468	4
Steers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	278	86.42/cwt	82.50–90.00	240	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	152.49/cwt	150.00–155.00	508	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	131.91/cwt	130.00–135.00	499	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	137.48/cwt	135.00–140.00	382	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	157.20/cwt	150.00–163.00	678	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	720	104.98/cwt	101.00–109.00	756	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	555	110.84/cwt	110.00–112.50	615	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	141.68/cwt	140.00–144.00	815	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	618	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	590	117.48/cwt	115.00–120.00	693	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	466	145.04/cwt	140.00–148.00	676	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	732	44.83/cwt	43.00–49.00	328	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	68.10/cwt	64.00–70.00	955	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	66.94/cwt	64.00–70.00	790	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	867	60.83/cwt	59.00–62.00	527	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	819	52.61/cwt	50.00–56.00	431	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	59.97/cwt	57.00–62.00	582	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,155	60.96/cwt	60.00–62.00	704	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	30.08/cwt	30.00–31.00	257	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	73.34/cwt	72.00–76.00	1,066	7
Bulls	—	—	1,188	73.20/cwt	70.00–76.00	870	3
Bulls	—	—	1,650	91.90/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,516	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	72.88/cwt	71.00–76.00	880	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	813	52.28/cwt	50.00–54.00	425	2
Bulls	—	—	1,807	98.38/cwt	98.00–99.00	1,778	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	938	727.00/cwt	675.00–775.00	6,819	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	837.84/cwt	825.00–850.00	10,808	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	862.77/cwt	800.00–925.00	9,836	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,012	578.21/cwt	525.00–625.00	5,851	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	1,016.84/cwt	1,000.00–1,050.00	11,114	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	950.00/cwt	875.00–1,025.00	10,498	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	770	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,198	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,870	1,975.00/cwt	1,975.00–1,975.00	36,933	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	148.35/cwt	144.00–151.00	779	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	528	100.48/cwt	99.00–102.00	531	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	133.48/cwt	130.00–140.00	557	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	130.28/cwt	125.00–136.00	739	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	106.61/cwt	105.00–110.00	442	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	623	124.48/cwt	124.00–125.00	776	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	463	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	137.57/cwt	132.50–140.00	651	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	174.21/cwt	167.50–181.00	711	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	725	103.97/cwt	103.00–105.00	754	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	665	114.01/cwt	113.00–115.00	758	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	110.27/cwt	108.00–112.50	777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	533	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	653	100.83/cwt	100.00–101.00	658	6
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	280	83.88/cwt	80.00–87.50	235	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	853	86.50/cwt	86.00–87.00	738	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	515	92.45/cwt	90.00–95.00	476	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	665	102.64/cwt	98.00–107.50	683	2

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 Jan 26, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 377Last week 386Year ago 322

Slaughter CattleReceipts 160Last week 146Year ago 80

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 48Year ago 44

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	235	109.00–110.00	109.51
3	—	373	103.00–110.00	107.81
6	—	756	103.00	103.00
3	—	423	107.00–112.50	109.82
2	—	315	110.00–111.00	110.50
2	—	293	100.00	100.00
2	—	520	100.00–107.50	103.89
2	—	665	98.00–107.50	102.64
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	88.00–90.00	88.98
2	—	853	86.00–87.00	86.50
2	—	515	90.00–95.00	92.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	520	122.00–131.00	124.98
10	—	558	125.00–128.00	127.10
3	—	627	118.00–124.00	121.68
2	—	338	131.00–136.00	133.52
4	—	373	131.00–135.00	132.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	100.00	100.00
9	—	476	108.00–110.00	109.79
2	—	725	106.00	106.00
2	—	533	100.00	100.00
6	—	653	100.00–101.00	100.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	116.00–127.50	121.89
3	—	317	121.00–124.00	122.67
2	—	635	112.50–116.00	114.28
13	—	473	120.00–127.00	123.42
8	—	419	117.50–125.00	122.28
2	—	538	116.00	116.00
2	—	705	108.00–112.50	110.27
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	80.00–87.50	83.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	158.00–165.00	161.46
2	—	680	130.00–131.00	130.50
7	—	517	152.50–164.00	158.88
4	—	460	150.00–166.00	157.15
2	—	568	147.00–154.00	150.45
3	—	333	150.00–155.00	152.49
4	—	431	150.00–163.00	157.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	145.00–149.00	146.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	326	140.00–147.50	143.41
3	—	378	130.00–135.00	131.91
2	—	278	135.00–140.00	137.48
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	278	82.50–90.00	86.42
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	720	101.00–109.00	104.98
3	—	555	110.00–112.50	110.84
2	—	528	99.00–102.00	100.48
2	—	463	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	140.00–144.00	141.68
5	—	525	144.00–151.00	148.35
2	—	408	167.50–181.00	174.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	120.00	120.00
5	—	466	140.00–148.00	145.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	590	115.00–120.00	117.48
2	—	623	124.00–125.00	124.48
2	—	665	113.00–115.00	114.01
2	—	480	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	130.00–140.00	133.48
3	—	567	125.00–136.00	130.28
3	—	473	132.50–140.00	137.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	105.00–110.00	106.61
2	—	725	103.00–105.00	103.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	732	43.00–49.00	44.83
28	—	819	50.00–56.00	52.61
16	—	971	57.00–62.00	59.97
8	—	855	30.00–31.00	30.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,403	64.00–70.00	68.10
2	—	1,155	60.00–62.00	60.96
7	—	1,453	72.00–76.00	73.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,180	64.00–70.00	66.94
3	—	867	59.00–62.00	60.83
9	—	1,207	71.00–76.00	72.88
2	—	813	50.00–54.00	52.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,188	70.00–76.00	73.20
6	—	1,650	88.00–94.00	91.90
3	—	1,807	98.00–99.00	98.38

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	938	675.00–775.00	727.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,093	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,016.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,105	875.00–1,025.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,290	825.00–850.00	837.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,140	800.00–925.00	862.77
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,012	525.00–625.00	578.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,870	1,975.00	1,975.00

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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Norwood Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle