Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2022-06-15

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Jun 15
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
580 head
383 vs last sale 963 110 vs year ago 470 · +23.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
34 vs last sale 133 101 vs year ago 200 · 50.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and Heifers sold 1.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter cow and bull trend not established due to no comparable sales

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.63/cwt on 101 head.
Average price
$131.63
101 head · 605 lb average
Value per head Derived
$796
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.85
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2609132.0580497
Medium and Large 3510121.486204thin
One grade step is worth $10.56/cwt here — about $184 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 sale101 hd
131.63
NC average8 barns · 813 hd
128.78
+2.85
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
BullsAverage1,451108.691,5777thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53186.521,32414
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12285.6296114
CowsLean 85-90%Low91462.9357521

Every lot, as filed

51 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2569154.93/cwt145.00–162.0088215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2763139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2540156.37/cwt150.00–158.0084413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy518140.00/cwt140.00–140.007252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628153.89/cwt150.00–157.509666
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400137.00/cwt136.00–138.005482
BullsMedium and Large 1-2717130.00/cwt128.00–133.009323
BullsMedium and Large 1-2355135.00/cwt135.00–135.004791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2327150.49/cwt139.00–156.004925
BullsMedium and Large 1-2855106.00/cwt106.00–106.009061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2522131.67/cwt126.00–138.006876
SteersMedium and Large 3500129.00/cwt129.00–129.006451
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673153.10/cwt150.00–155.501,03034
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473143.23/cwt140.00–163.006777
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2781125.31/cwt120.00–127.509798
SteersMedium and Large 1-2439155.00/cwt155.00–155.006805
SteersMedium and Large 1-2713140.49/cwt140.00–141.001,0022
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2419140.43/cwt138.00–141.005887
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2619130.00/cwt123.00–134.008057
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy610138.00/cwt138.00–138.008421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy565140.00/cwt140.00–140.007911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy660135.00/cwt135.00–135.008911
HeifersMedium and Large 3445125.00/cwt125.00–125.005561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2823127.26/cwt127.00–127.501,0472
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2862127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0993
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03074.02/cwt72.00–76.007622
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12583.19/cwt80.00–87.009369
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight76854.18/cwt49.00–60.004166
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight77074.00/cwt73.00–75.005703
CowsLean 85-90%1,06060.44/cwt50.00–66.006416
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54286.63/cwt85.00–91.001,3369
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47781.58/cwt78.00–84.001,2053
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56093.45/cwt92.00–95.001,4582
Bulls1,333108.27/cwt101.00–114.001,4433
Bulls1,20596.50/cwt96.00–97.001,1632
Bulls1,873121.51/cwt121.00–122.002,2762
CowsBoner 80-85%1,175100.65/cwt94.00–107.001,1833
CowsLean 85-90%1,01176.35/cwt73.00–81.007725
CowsLean 85-90%86530.00/cwt30.00–30.002601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2673128.38/cwt124.00–131.008647
HeifersMedium and Large 3532120.31/cwt120.00–121.006403
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy575113.00/cwt113.00–113.006501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2835110.00/cwt110.00–110.009191
BullsMedium and Large 1-2630117.00/cwt117.00–117.007371
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550147.00/cwt147.00–147.008091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482137.69/cwt128.00–140.5066412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580132.95/cwt124.00–136.5077120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2955120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1463
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2903124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1203
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2703127.50/cwt127.50–127.508963
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522135.17/cwt125.00–140.0070621

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.