Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2022-05-04

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, May 4
● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
429 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 451▼ 179 vs year ago 608 · −29.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 114 vs last sale 129▼ 125 vs year ago 140 · −89.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 10▲ 53 vs year ago 52 · +101.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 4.

Current goat receipts 5.

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 higher, while slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly 3.00 to 7.00 higher; four-weight feeder heifers were steady to 2.00 lower, while five-weights were 6.00 to 8.00 higher, and there were too few six-weights to establish an adequate market comparison; feeder bulls were mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was mostly plain to average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.67/cwt on 133 head.
Average price
$129.67
133 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$632
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$44.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.10
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2479144.2969167
Medium 2504124.9563038
Small 1-2414101.6742120
Medium and Large 366599.636638thin
One grade step is worth $44.66/cwt here — about $29 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 sale133 hd
129.67
—
NC average8 barns · 1,037 hd
131.77
−2.10
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—High1,504101.281,52311
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47976.411,13016
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20174.0088922
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low88967.4860036

Every lot, as filed

93 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
BullsMedium and Large 3—773112.05/cwt110.00–114.008662
HeifersMedium 2—631125.33/cwt120.00–129.007916
HeifersMedium and Large 3Full—86574.97/cwt70.00–80.006482
HeifersSmall 1-2Full—21880.00/cwt80.00–80.001742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—373147.00/cwt143.00–151.0054811
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—56894.40/cwt90.00–99.005362
HeifersSmall 1-2—338116.00/cwt116.00–116.003922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—425139.58/cwt135.00–144.005933
HeifersMedium 2—466125.12/cwt122.00–130.005836
HeifersMedium and Large 3—455116.00/cwt116.00–116.005282
HeifersMedium 2—673128.33/cwt128.00–129.008643
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—435152.19/cwt151.00–153.006626
HeifersSmall 1-2Fleshy—28090.00/cwt90.00–90.002522
HeifersMedium 2—429124.99/cwt120.00–130.005367
HeifersMedium 2—318127.72/cwt125.00–130.004063
HeifersSmall 1-2—373112.94/cwt110.00–116.004212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—476144.47/cwt138.00–151.0068820
HeifersSmall 1-2Full—37383.87/cwt80.00–88.003132
HeifersMedium and Large 3Fleshy—71393.96/cwt90.00–98.006702
HeifersMedium and Large 3—628113.57/cwt111.00–116.007132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—567152.60/cwt150.00–157.008653
HeifersSmall 1-2—505113.03/cwt110.00–116.005712
HeifersSmall 1-2—430110.31/cwt110.00–111.004743
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—577138.58/cwt135.00–141.008007
HeifersMedium 2—573124.21/cwt121.00–130.007124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—513144.64/cwt142.00–146.5074217
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—477163.80/cwt156.00–169.007816
SteersMedium 2—423143.93/cwt140.00–148.006092
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—421152.66/cwt150.00–159.006434
HeifersMedium 2—526122.84/cwt120.00–126.006466
HeifersMedium 2—380122.77/cwt120.00–128.004673
SteersSmall 1-2—423106.49/cwt105.00–108.004502
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—579168.80/cwt167.00–171.0097714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—604160.59/cwt159.00–161.009705
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—380166.12/cwt160.00–174.006313
HeifersSmall 1-2—562107.36/cwt106.00–110.006033
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—612133.33/cwt132.00–135.008163
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—442169.03/cwt165.00–170.007476
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—534164.29/cwt160.00–171.0087711
SteersMedium 2—813131.02/cwt130.00–132.001,0652
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—523157.71/cwt150.00–163.0082515
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—571157.08/cwt150.00–163.0089710
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—581147.98/cwt145.00–149.008604
BullsSmall 1-2Fleshy—42890.00/cwt90.00–90.003852
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—283174.69/cwt170.00–178.004943
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—316172.48/cwt170.00–175.005454
CowsLean 85-90%—75746.02/cwt43.00–49.003486
CowsLean 85-90%—87060.83/cwt58.00–64.005299
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47882.58/cwt81.00–86.001,2213
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44069.41/cwt68.00–71.001,0003
CowsLean 85-90%—93479.43/cwt77.00–83.0074210
CowsLean 85-90%—93773.75/cwt71.00–76.0069111
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49176.66/cwt73.00–80.001,14310
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19967.95/cwt65.00–70.008157
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20280.73/cwt79.00–83.009707
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20173.41/cwt72.00–75.008828
Bulls——1,785112.64/cwt108.00–118.002,0113
Bulls——1,37194.05/cwt91.00–96.001,2894
Bulls——1,426100.00/cwt98.00–103.001,4264
Bred CowsMedium 1-2Thin Fleshed—1,035750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,7631
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2—1,0901,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0016,3501
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—9151,013.25/cwt1,000.00–1,025.009,2712
Bred HeifersSmall 1-2—865850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,3531
Bred CowsMedium 1-2—1,2201,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0013,7251
Bred CowsMedium 1-2—1,185875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,3691
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—9251,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.009,4811
Bred CowsMedium 1-2—1,0651,025.08/cwt1,000.00–1,050.0010,9173
Bred CowsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—915650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,9481
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—705575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,0541
BullsMedium 2—333140.50/cwt140.00–141.004682
BullsMedium and Large 3—623112.51/cwt110.00–115.007012
BullsMedium 2—726127.05/cwt123.00–129.009224
BullsMedium 2—441136.00/cwt136.00–136.006004
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—314161.40/cwt155.00–167.005074
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—322150.00/cwt150.00–150.004833
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—420160.43/cwt156.00–165.006745
BullsMedium 2—610131.77/cwt127.00–138.008043
BullsMedium 2—474137.21/cwt131.00–140.006504
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—619152.86/cwt148.00–160.0094612
BullsMedium 2Fleshy—635122.00/cwt120.00–124.007752
BullsMedium 2Fleshy—524125.94/cwt120.00–130.006605
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—368158.19/cwt151.00–166.005825
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—255157.96/cwt156.00–160.004032
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—474154.26/cwt150.00–160.007319
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—530145.00/cwt145.00–145.007693
BullsMedium and Large 3Fleshy—765100.00/cwt100.00–100.007652
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—608142.03/cwt140.00–145.008643
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—650144.00/cwt142.00–146.009362
BullsMedium 2Fleshy—438120.00/cwt120.00–120.005262
BullsMedium 2—685132.63/cwt129.00–138.009096
BullsMedium 2Fleshy—373129.69/cwt128.00–131.004843
BullsMedium 2Fleshy—265124.67/cwt120.00–129.003302
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed—765690.00/cwt690.00–690.005,2791

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.