Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2022-04-06

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Apr 6
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
348 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 422▼ 202 vs year ago 550 · −36.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
103 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 163▲ 3 vs year ago 100 · +3.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 20▼ 15 vs year ago 20 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 lower and boning type slaughter cows were 6.00 to 7.00 lower; slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle were lightly tested, steers were mostly 4.00 to 5.00 higher; heifers were mostly 1.00 to 4.00 lower; and feeder bulls were mixed, 1.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Demand was good for fancy cattle, moderate for others; market activity and buyer interest were mostly moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was mostly average. "By the head" calves brought 75.00 per head.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $153.35/cwt on 135 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −39.04 against this barn's trailing median of $192.39.
Average price
$153.35
135 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$762
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$47.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.80
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2468164.5376992
Medium 2554131.9473136
Medium and Large 3589116.586877thin
One grade step is worth $47.95/cwt here — about $82 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 sale135 hd
153.35
—
NC average8 barns · 896 hd
143.55
+9.80
This barn, trailing median23 sales
192.39
−39.04
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—High1,712108.841,8637thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39478.951,10015
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17878.3392322
CowsLean 85-90%Low96270.1967542

Every lot, as filed

91 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—478144.00/cwt140.00–147.006885
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—517142.76/cwt138.00–148.007389
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—615126.22/cwt125.00–130.007764
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—422106.20/cwt100.00–110.004483
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625108.00/cwt106.00–110.006752
HeifersMedium 2—373131.76/cwt128.00–136.004912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—567134.68/cwt132.00–137.007643
HeifersMedium and Large 3—571115.97/cwt113.00–118.006624
HeifersMedium 2—415121.95/cwt120.00–124.005062
HeifersMedium 2—306133.62/cwt130.00–137.004094
HeifersMedium 2—280125.45/cwt121.00–130.003515
HeifersMedium and Large 3—783100.00/cwt100.00–100.007832
HeifersMedium 2—569123.05/cwt120.00–128.007004
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—333145.51/cwt140.00–151.004857
HeifersMedium 2—476123.54/cwt120.00–129.005885
HeifersMedium and Large 3—483117.49/cwt117.00–118.005672
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—60991.00/cwt91.00–91.005544
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—66879.91/cwt58.00–103.005342
HeifersSmall 1-2—380101.33/cwt100.00–103.003853
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—526131.70/cwt130.00–134.006934
HeifersMedium and Large 3—843102.00/cwt101.00–103.008602
BullsMedium 2Thin Fleshed—426122.43/cwt120.00–124.005225
HeifersSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—50879.96/cwt77.00–83.004062
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—365144.11/cwt140.00–148.005262
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—473175.45/cwt173.00–178.008304
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—315192.62/cwt185.00–200.006072
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—283151.08/cwt147.50–155.004282
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—430143.17/cwt140.00–149.0061610
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—48096.71/cwt90.00–111.004643
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—530106.01/cwt105.00–107.005622
SteersMedium 2—308140.00/cwt140.00–140.004312
Dairy SteersLarge 3—97079.00/cwt79.00–79.007661
SteersMedium 2—433146.78/cwt140.00–154.006364
SteersMedium 2—670125.46/cwt120.00–131.008412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—522170.40/cwt164.00–173.0088918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—369174.41/cwt168.00–180.006444
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—683143.49/cwt141.00–146.009802
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—423174.98/cwt170.00–180.007403
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—480170.25/cwt170.00–171.008174
BullsMedium 2Thin Fleshed—230126.25/cwt125.00–127.502902
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—470175.55/cwt174.00–180.008254
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—413153.88/cwt150.00–158.006362
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—328157.13/cwt152.00–162.505152
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—376189.57/cwt185.00–195.007139
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—415184.48/cwt183.00–186.007662
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21084.54/cwt83.00–88.001,0238
CowsLean 85-90%—96065.34/cwt62.00–68.0062713
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00781.77/cwt77.00–85.0082312
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00172.89/cwt69.00–75.0073011
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38284.00/cwt84.00–84.001,1613
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43872.82/cwt70.00–76.001,0473
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38379.31/cwt75.00–83.001,0979
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12865.35/cwt64.00–67.007373
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16977.36/cwt74.00–81.0090411
CowsLean 85-90%—80752.61/cwt50.00–56.004256
Bulls——2,043119.05/cwt118.00–120.002,4322
Bulls——1,774110.95/cwt106.00–115.001,9684
Bulls——80080.00/cwt80.00–80.006401
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—923824.05/cwt775.00–875.007,6062
Bred CowsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—810575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,6581
Bred CowsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—950650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,1751
Bred CowsMedium 1-2—1,140950.00/cwt950.00–950.0010,8301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—522154.67/cwt154.00–155.008073
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—479154.21/cwt150.00–158.007394
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—374156.38/cwt150.00–162.505854
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—420172.78/cwt167.00–179.007267
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—458169.19/cwt164.00–172.007755
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—278157.44/cwt152.50–162.504383
BullsMedium 2—416140.77/cwt140.00–143.005864
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—379170.69/cwt165.00–177.506476
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—568139.00/cwt139.00–139.007903
HeifersMedium and Large 3—677110.67/cwt105.00–116.007493
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—56896.00/cwt96.00–96.005452
BullsMedium 2—713126.69/cwt124.00–128.009033
BullsMedium 2—680135.74/cwt130.00–139.009237
BullsMedium 2—637135.39/cwt135.00–137.008625
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—327177.56/cwt175.00–182.505813
BullsMedium 2Thin Fleshed—473124.48/cwt124.00–125.005892
BullsMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed—558112.00/cwt112.00–112.006252
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—566156.83/cwt153.00–160.008887
BullsMedium 2—538140.00/cwt140.00–140.007532
BullsMedium and Large 3—483119.00/cwt119.00–119.005753
BullsMedium 2—560142.54/cwt140.00–145.007982
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—713134.99/cwt134.00–136.009622
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—527164.84/cwt160.00–171.0086916
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—223161.29/cwt160.00–162.503602
BullsMedium and Large 3—780117.52/cwt116.00–119.009172
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—657143.31/cwt141.00–148.009423
BullsMedium 2Fleshy—378130.00/cwt130.00–130.004912
BullsMedium 2—850120.50/cwt120.00–121.001,0242
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—613148.60/cwt143.00–155.009118

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.