Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last report (06/29/2022): not enough of any one class to establish a market trend. However, mostly lower undertone was noted on all classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.67/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$130.67

37 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$25.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.48

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	546	134.09	733	32
Medium and Large 3	534	108.74	581	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.35/cwt here — about $152 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 sale37 hd

130.67

—

NC average8 barns · 778 hd

127.19

+3.48

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,695	85.00	1,441	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,460	80.00	1,168	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	933	61.49	574	2thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,028	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	126.02/cwt	120.00–135.00	721	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	129.79/cwt	118.00–140.00	696	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	128.43/cwt	115.00–140.00	796	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	113.65/cwt	111.00–118.00	750	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	148.37/cwt	140.00–157.00	754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	139.50/cwt	128.00–151.00	872	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	136.00/cwt	130.00–142.00	911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	153.37/cwt	150.00–160.00	721	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	897	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	861	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	145.51/cwt	145.00–146.00	604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	720	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	107.36/cwt	99.00–116.00	497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	138.36/cwt	134.00–149.00	594	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	134.30/cwt	126.00–145.00	633	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	132.35/cwt	122.00–135.00	953	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	134.32/cwt	126.00–139.00	705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	133.38/cwt	123.00–138.00	760	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	136.60/cwt	130.00–139.00	859	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	467	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	125.11/cwt	120.00–130.00	423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	137.21/cwt	130.00–142.00	657	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	109.44/cwt	102.00–118.00	793	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	355	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	355	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	490	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	505	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	130.08/cwt	123.00–137.00	875	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,168	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,441	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	61.49/cwt	61.00–62.00	574	2

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 Jul 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 278Last week 493Year ago 421

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 280Year ago 125

Compared to last report (06/29/2022): not enough of any one class to establish a market trend. However, mostly lower undertone was noted on all classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	131.00	131.00
2	—	508	140.00–157.00	148.37
2	—	625	128.00–151.00	139.50
2	—	670	130.00–142.00	136.00
3	—	470	150.00–160.00	153.37
6	—	554	162.00	162.00
1	—	700	140.00	140.00
1	—	870	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	572	120.00–135.00	126.02
5	—	536	118.00–140.00	129.79
3	—	620	115.00–140.00	128.43
3	—	660	111.00–118.00	113.65
1	—	755	114.00	114.00
2	—	415	145.00–146.00	145.51
5	—	479	130.00–142.00	137.21
4	—	725	102.00–118.00	109.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	100.00	100.00
1	—	490	101.00	101.00
1	—	505	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	105.00	105.00
2	—	463	99.00–116.00	107.36
1	—	410	114.00	114.00
1	—	615	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	429	134.00–149.00	138.36
1	—	365	136.00	136.00
5	—	471	126.00–145.00	134.30
5	—	720	122.00–135.00	132.35
3	—	525	126.00–139.00	134.32
4	—	570	123.00–138.00	133.38
5	—	629	130.00–139.00	136.60
2	—	338	120.00–130.00	125.11
2	—	673	123.00–137.00	130.08

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,460	80.00	80.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	85.00	85.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	933	61.00–62.00	61.49

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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