Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2022-04-27

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Apr 27
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
451 head
29 vs last sale 480 141 vs year ago 592 · 23.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
129 head
28 vs last sale 101 11 vs year ago 140 · 7.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
6 vs last sale 16 45 vs year ago 55 · 81.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 1.

Current goat receipts 1.

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 12.00 to 13.00 lower and boning type slaughter cows were 10.00 lower; slaughter bulls were 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle were mostly 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. 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 $127.38/cwt on 140 head.
Average price
$127.38
140 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$639
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$39.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.67
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2490140.2168881
Medium 2478123.8659223
Medium and Large 3541100.7754536
One grade step is worth $39.44/cwt here — about $142 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 sale140 hd
127.38
NC average8 barns · 1,095 hd
129.05
−1.67
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
BullsHigh1,799102.051,83626
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48774.501,10816
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18569.3082120
CowsLean 85-90%High91364.6759128

Every lot, as filed

86 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 1-2665126.50/cwt126.00–127.008412
HeifersMedium and Large 3628111.00/cwt111.00–111.006972
HeifersMedium and Large 3473113.55/cwt110.00–116.005374
HeifersMedium and Large 3713114.98/cwt114.00–116.008202
HeifersMedium 2421122.90/cwt120.00–128.005175
HeifersMedium 2374123.99/cwt120.00–129.004644
HeifersMedium and Large 3Fleshy52891.30/cwt90.00–94.004823
HeifersMedium and Large 3818115.47/cwt112.00–119.009452
HeifersMedium and Large 3315109.62/cwt108.00–111.003453
HeifersMedium 2629123.53/cwt120.00–129.007774
HeifersMedium 2465120.00/cwt120.00–120.005583
HeifersMedium 2563124.99/cwt124.00–126.007042
HeifersMedium and Large 3576111.19/cwt108.00–116.006405
HeifersMedium 2272129.40/cwt126.00–131.003523
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2531138.58/cwt134.00–144.0073620
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2616133.30/cwt127.00–136.0082110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added443181.00/cwt181.00–181.008023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added533187.00/cwt187.00–187.009977
HeifersMedium and Large 3510103.27/cwt100.00–110.005273
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed36873.49/cwt72.00–75.002702
HeifersMedium and Large 3Thin Fleshed58070.00/cwt70.00–70.004063
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2364137.08/cwt133.00–143.004995
SteersMedium and Large 1-2419167.54/cwt160.00–173.007024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2373156.28/cwt152.50–160.005832
HeifersMedium 2768122.99/cwt122.00–124.009452
Dairy HeifersLarge 347595.00/cwt95.00–95.004511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2559164.01/cwt155.00–166.5091712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2513157.41/cwt155.00–162.008083
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469159.94/cwt153.00–163.007506
SteersMedium 2657139.34/cwt138.00–140.009153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583131.00/cwt130.00–132.007642
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Thin Fleshed50566.00/cwt66.00–66.003331
Dairy HeifersLarge 361584.00/cwt84.00–84.005171
Dairy HeifersLarge 375083.00/cwt83.00–83.006231
SteersMedium and Large 1-2315164.84/cwt160.00–170.005192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2658151.37/cwt149.00–153.009968
Dairy HeifersLarge 351086.00/cwt86.00–86.004391
BullsMedium and Large 1-2428162.58/cwt155.00–169.006969
BullsMedium 2617138.32/cwt136.00–140.008533
BullsMedium 2383134.42/cwt130.00–140.005153
BullsMedium 2Fleshy555121.33/cwt120.00–124.006733
BullsMedium 2Fleshy465122.06/cwt120.00–124.005682
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy472165.63/cwt164.00–168.007823
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53973.30/cwt71.00–75.001,1287
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23878.20/cwt74.00–82.009685
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17469.66/cwt66.00–73.008189
CowsLean 85-90%97885.05/cwt82.00–88.008322
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43969.53/cwt68.00–70.001,0014
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45280.15/cwt78.00–84.001,1645
CowsLean 85-90%91160.87/cwt57.00–64.0055511
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15861.34/cwt58.00–64.007106
CowsLean 85-90%94577.37/cwt73.00–81.0073110
CowsLean 85-90%83039.47/cwt37.00–42.003285
Bulls1,833109.75/cwt108.00–112.002,0124
Bulls1,838102.40/cwt97.00–107.001,88218
Bulls1,59192.80/cwt90.00–96.001,4764
Stock CowsMedium 1-21,030750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,7251
Bred HeifersMedium 1-21,020800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,1601
Bred HeifersSmall 1-2823637.99/cwt625.00–650.005,2512
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0551,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,6051
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-29201,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0010,3501
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,100850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,3501
Bred CowsSmall 1-2995825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,2091
BullsMedium 2470137.68/cwt136.00–139.006473
BullsMedium and Large 1-2578150.55/cwt147.00–156.008706
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378156.66/cwt150.00–160.005926
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518157.74/cwt150.00–162.008178
BullsMedium 2Fleshy613124.52/cwt120.00–129.007632
BullsMedium and Large 1-2478153.25/cwt150.00–159.007338
BullsMedium and Large 1-2605150.40/cwt145.00–152.009105
BullsMedium and Large 3857113.31/cwt110.00–116.009713
BullsMedium 2330136.06/cwt134.00–139.004493
BullsMedium and Large 3733112.49/cwt110.00–115.008252
BullsMedium and Large 3625115.48/cwt113.00–118.007222
BullsMedium and Large 3935109.98/cwt107.00–114.001,0283
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458145.59/cwt139.00–148.0066724
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy427130.00/cwt130.00–130.005553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy411152.80/cwt149.00–154.006286
BullsMedium 2523135.52/cwt131.00–140.007092
BullsMedium 2671133.64/cwt127.00–139.008976
BullsMedium 2575136.98/cwt136.00–138.007882
HeifersMedium and Large 3Fleshy48080.00/cwt80.00–80.003842
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423139.97/cwt135.00–146.005927
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy465135.48/cwt135.00–136.006302
HeifersMedium and Large 3Fleshy72595.33/cwt95.00–96.006913
HeifersMedium and Large 3360109.51/cwt109.00–110.003942

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.