Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-06

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 25 comparable sales and sits −38.09 against this barn's trailing median of $191.44.

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	468	164.53	769	92
Medium 2	554	131.94	731	36
Medium and Large 3	589	116.58	687	7thin

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

25 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $205.17, low $174.10, median $191.44 across 25 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 median25 sales

191.44

−38.09

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	1,712	108.84	1,863	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,394	78.95	1,100	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,178	78.33	923	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	962	70.19	675	42

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	144.00/cwt	140.00–147.00	688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	142.76/cwt	138.00–148.00	738	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	126.22/cwt	125.00–130.00	776	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	422	106.20/cwt	100.00–110.00	448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	108.00/cwt	106.00–110.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	373	131.76/cwt	128.00–136.00	491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	134.68/cwt	132.00–137.00	764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	571	115.97/cwt	113.00–118.00	662	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	415	121.95/cwt	120.00–124.00	506	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	306	133.62/cwt	130.00–137.00	409	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	280	125.45/cwt	121.00–130.00	351	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	783	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	783	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	569	123.05/cwt	120.00–128.00	700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	145.51/cwt	140.00–151.00	485	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	476	123.54/cwt	120.00–129.00	588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	117.49/cwt	117.00–118.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	609	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	668	79.91/cwt	58.00–103.00	534	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	380	101.33/cwt	100.00–103.00	385	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	526	131.70/cwt	130.00–134.00	693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	843	102.00/cwt	101.00–103.00	860	2
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	426	122.43/cwt	120.00–124.00	522	5
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	508	79.96/cwt	77.00–83.00	406	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	144.11/cwt	140.00–148.00	526	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	473	175.45/cwt	173.00–178.00	830	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	315	192.62/cwt	185.00–200.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	151.08/cwt	147.50–155.00	428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	143.17/cwt	140.00–149.00	616	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	480	96.71/cwt	90.00–111.00	464	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	530	106.01/cwt	105.00–107.00	562	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	308	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	431	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	970	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	766	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	433	146.78/cwt	140.00–154.00	636	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	670	125.46/cwt	120.00–131.00	841	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	170.40/cwt	164.00–173.00	889	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	174.41/cwt	168.00–180.00	644	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	683	143.49/cwt	141.00–146.00	980	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	174.98/cwt	170.00–180.00	740	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	170.25/cwt	170.00–171.00	817	4
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	230	126.25/cwt	125.00–127.50	290	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	175.55/cwt	174.00–180.00	825	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	413	153.88/cwt	150.00–158.00	636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	328	157.13/cwt	152.00–162.50	515	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	376	189.57/cwt	185.00–195.00	713	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	415	184.48/cwt	183.00–186.00	766	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	84.54/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,023	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	65.34/cwt	62.00–68.00	627	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	81.77/cwt	77.00–85.00	823	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	72.89/cwt	69.00–75.00	730	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,382	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,161	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	72.82/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,047	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,383	79.31/cwt	75.00–83.00	1,097	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	65.35/cwt	64.00–67.00	737	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	77.36/cwt	74.00–81.00	904	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	807	52.61/cwt	50.00–56.00	425	6
Bulls	—	—	2,043	119.05/cwt	118.00–120.00	2,432	2
Bulls	—	—	1,774	110.95/cwt	106.00–115.00	1,968	4
Bulls	—	—	800	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	640	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	923	824.05/cwt	775.00–875.00	7,606	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	810	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	4,658	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	950	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,175	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,140	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	522	154.67/cwt	154.00–155.00	807	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	479	154.21/cwt	150.00–158.00	739	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	374	156.38/cwt	150.00–162.50	585	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	172.78/cwt	167.00–179.00	726	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	169.19/cwt	164.00–172.00	775	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	278	157.44/cwt	152.50–162.50	438	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	416	140.77/cwt	140.00–143.00	586	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	170.69/cwt	165.00–177.50	647	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	677	110.67/cwt	105.00–116.00	749	3
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	568	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	545	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	713	126.69/cwt	124.00–128.00	903	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	680	135.74/cwt	130.00–139.00	923	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	637	135.39/cwt	135.00–137.00	862	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	177.56/cwt	175.00–182.50	581	3
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	473	124.48/cwt	124.00–125.00	589	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	558	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	156.83/cwt	153.00–160.00	888	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	538	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	753	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	483	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	575	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	560	142.54/cwt	140.00–145.00	798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	134.99/cwt	134.00–136.00	962	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	164.84/cwt	160.00–171.00	869	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	223	161.29/cwt	160.00–162.50	360	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	780	117.52/cwt	116.00–119.00	917	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	143.31/cwt	141.00–148.00	942	3
Bulls	Medium 2Fleshy	—	378	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	491	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	850	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,024	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	148.60/cwt	143.00–155.00	911	8

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 Apr 6, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 348Last week 422Year ago 550

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 163Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 20Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	478	140.00–147.00	144.00
9	—	517	138.00–148.00	142.76
4	—	615	125.00–130.00	126.22
3	—	567	132.00–137.00	134.68
7	—	333	140.00–151.00	145.51
2	—	365	140.00–148.00	144.11
2	—	283	147.50–155.00	151.08
10	—	430	140.00–149.00	143.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	100.00–110.00	106.20
4	—	609	91.00	91.00
2	—	668	58.00–103.00	79.91
3	—	480	90.00–111.00	96.71
2	—	530	105.00–107.00	106.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	106.00–110.00	108.00
4	—	571	113.00–118.00	115.97
2	—	783	100.00	100.00
2	—	483	117.00–118.00	117.49
2	—	843	101.00–103.00	102.00
3	—	677	105.00–116.00	110.67
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	128.00–136.00	131.76
2	—	415	120.00–124.00	121.95
4	—	306	130.00–137.00	133.62
5	—	280	121.00–130.00	125.45
4	—	569	120.00–128.00	123.05
5	—	476	120.00–129.00	123.54
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	100.00–103.00	101.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	526	130.00–134.00	131.70
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	77.00–83.00	79.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	426	120.00–124.00	122.43
2	—	230	125.00–127.50	126.25
2	—	473	124.00–125.00	124.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	174.00–180.00	175.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	150.00–158.00	153.88
2	—	328	152.00–162.50	157.13
3	—	522	154.00–155.00	154.67
4	—	479	150.00–158.00	154.21
4	—	374	150.00–162.50	156.38
3	—	278	152.50–162.50	157.44
2	—	223	160.00–162.50	161.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	376	185.00–195.00	189.57
2	—	415	183.00–186.00	184.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	420	167.00–179.00	172.78
5	—	458	164.00–172.00	169.19
6	—	379	165.00–177.50	170.69
3	—	327	175.00–182.50	177.56
7	—	566	153.00–160.00	156.83
2	—	713	134.00–136.00	134.99
16	—	527	160.00–171.00	164.84
3	—	657	141.00–148.00	143.31
8	—	613	143.00–155.00	148.60
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	416	140.00–143.00	140.77
3	—	713	124.00–128.00	126.69
7	—	680	130.00–139.00	135.74
5	—	637	135.00–137.00	135.39
2	—	538	140.00	140.00
2	—	560	140.00–145.00	142.54
2	—	850	120.00–121.00	120.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	483	119.00	119.00
2	—	780	116.00–119.00	117.52
Bulls — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	173.00–178.00	175.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	185.00–200.00	192.62
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	308	140.00	140.00
4	—	433	140.00–154.00	146.78
2	—	670	120.00–131.00	125.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	522	164.00–173.00	170.40
4	—	369	168.00–180.00	174.41
3	—	423	170.00–180.00	174.98
4	—	480	170.00–171.00	170.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	141.00–146.00	143.49
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	79.00	79.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,210	83.00–88.00	84.54
3	—	1,128	64.00–67.00	65.35
11	—	1,169	74.00–81.00	77.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	960	62.00–68.00	65.34
12	—	1,007	77.00–85.00	81.77
11	—	1,001	69.00–75.00	72.89
6	—	807	50.00–56.00	52.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,382	84.00	84.00
3	—	1,438	70.00–76.00	72.82
9	—	1,383	75.00–83.00	79.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,043	118.00–120.00	119.05
4	—	1,774	106.00–115.00	110.95
1	—	800	80.00	80.00

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	923	775.00–875.00	824.05
Bred Cows — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	810	575.00	575.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	950.00	950.00

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 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

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