Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2022-04-20

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Apr 20
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
480 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 521▼ 134 vs year ago 614 · −21.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 147▲ 13 vs year ago 88 · +14.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 4.

Current goat receipts 1.

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 8.00 to 9.00 higher, while boning type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $152.51/cwt on 167 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −39.41 against this barn's trailing median of $191.92.
Average price
$152.51
167 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$746
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$276
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$54.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.40
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2492162.45800110
Medium 2481134.9064953
Medium and Large 3520116.986082thin
Small 1-2485108.025242thin
One grade step is worth $54.43/cwt here — about $276 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

24 sales
219199180160median 191.9201/1403/1104/2206/1709/09
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $205.17, low $174.10, median $191.92 across 24 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 sale167 hd
152.51
—
NC average7 barns · 563 hd
138.11
+14.40
This barn, trailing median24 sales
191.92
−39.41
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—Average1,384102.361,41612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48886.791,29211
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18579.8794616
CowsLean 85-90%Average93766.7362522

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—377145.00/cwt138.00–150.0054715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—327139.16/cwt134.00–146.004556
HeifersMedium and Large 3—472114.99/cwt114.00–116.005433
HeifersMedium 2—378122.00/cwt122.00–122.004612
HeifersSmall 1-2—480104.17/cwt100.00–110.005004
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—560139.91/cwt135.00–143.0078315
HeifersMedium and Large 3—565115.58/cwt112.00–118.006535
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—215141.57/cwt140.00–143.003042
HeifersSmall 1-2—370113.01/cwt112.00–114.004182
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—61894.97/cwt94.00–96.005872
HeifersMedium 2—483122.50/cwt120.00–126.005926
HeifersMedium 2—433127.46/cwt125.00–131.005526
HeifersMedium 2—665119.99/cwt119.00–121.007982
HeifersMedium 2—517123.48/cwt120.00–127.006386
HeifersSmall 1-2—529107.00/cwt103.00–110.005664
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—42590.98/cwt90.00–92.003872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—473134.51/cwt134.00–135.006364
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—573129.25/cwt128.00–130.007414
HeifersMedium and Large 3—418116.33/cwt114.00–119.004863
HeifersMedium and Large 3—500115.50/cwt113.00–118.005782
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—421156.00/cwt151.00–161.006578
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—521146.22/cwt145.00–148.007624
HeifersSmall 1-2—625107.03/cwt106.00–108.006692
HeifersMedium 2—637120.83/cwt118.00–122.007706
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—416143.89/cwt137.00–150.005997
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—619128.36/cwt127.00–131.007953
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—526166.78/cwt160.00–174.008778
SteersMedium and Large 3—828115.98/cwt115.00–117.009602
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—417154.40/cwt150.00–158.006443
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—413194.45/cwt193.00–196.008032
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—687143.87/cwt141.00–146.009886
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—476143.85/cwt138.00–147.0068514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—578161.46/cwt154.00–168.009337
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—478173.77/cwt172.00–175.008314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—622156.70/cwt155.00–159.009753
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—385171.50/cwt163.00–180.006602
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—735140.29/cwt136.00–145.001,0313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—428168.47/cwt167.00–170.007212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—757135.80/cwt135.00–136.001,0285
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—475166.78/cwt160.00–172.0079214
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—626146.89/cwt141.00–153.0092014
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—420167.29/cwt161.00–174.007038
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—323174.72/cwt168.00–180.005648
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—417181.47/cwt179.00–185.007576
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—524170.23/cwt169.00–173.008928
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0981
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35593.00/cwt91.00–95.001,2602
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53885.96/cwt82.00–90.001,3228
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17879.66/cwt76.00–82.009389
CowsLean 85-90%—99571.54/cwt69.00–74.007127
CowsLean 85-90%—99265.59/cwt63.00–69.006516
CowsLean 85-90%—78649.53/cwt46.00–52.003895
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17364.45/cwt63.00–66.007562
CowsLean 85-90%—94381.54/cwt80.00–84.007694
Bulls——1,21897.53/cwt96.00–102.001,1885
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20186.41/cwt85.00–90.001,0385
Bulls——94081.61/cwt80.00–83.007672
Bulls——1,727115.48/cwt111.00–120.001,9945
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—276167.11/cwt162.50–174.004614
BullsMedium 2Fancy—578135.66/cwt132.00–141.007846
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—605156.00/cwt156.00–156.009442
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—565167.50/cwt167.00–168.009462
BullsMedium 2Fleshy—435124.70/cwt120.00–128.005423
BullsMedium 2Fancy—320156.54/cwt154.00–159.005012
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—485150.00/cwt150.00–150.007283
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—523149.68/cwt146.00–152.007836
BullsMedium 2Fancy—425147.98/cwt146.00–149.006294
BullsMedium 2Fancy—475140.00/cwt140.00–140.006652
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—466152.44/cwt148.00–159.007108
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—387153.65/cwt152.00–155.005953
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—526140.43/cwt135.00–143.0073911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—710137.45/cwt134.00–141.009762
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—524159.16/cwt154.00–164.008347
BullsMedium 2—610125.50/cwt125.00–126.007662
BullsMedium 2—520127.66/cwt125.00–130.006643
BullsMedium 2—720119.02/cwt118.00–120.008573
HeifersSmall 1-2—573107.53/cwt105.00–110.006162
BullsMedium 2Fleshy—343127.48/cwt125.00–130.004372
BullsMedium 2Fleshy—530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006362
BullsMedium 2—335133.51/cwt133.00–134.004472
BullsMedium 2—405141.00/cwt136.00–144.005713
BullsMedium 2—375146.57/cwt140.00–150.005507
BullsMedium and Large 3—520116.98/cwt116.00–118.006082
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—573147.96/cwt144.00–150.008483
BullsMedium 2—476130.00/cwt130.00–130.006197
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—369186.00/cwt179.00–190.006865
BullsMedium 2Fancy—520138.66/cwt138.00–140.007213
BullsSmall 1-2—485108.02/cwt106.00–110.005242
BullsMedium 2—668124.38/cwt120.00–129.008312
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—429158.69/cwt153.00–160.006816
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—571159.36/cwt153.00–166.0091012

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.