Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2022-08-31

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Aug 31
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
423 head
132 vs last sale 555 71 vs year ago 352 · +20.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
159 head
19 vs last sale 178 72 vs year ago 87 · +82.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
15 vs last sale 3 2 vs year ago 16 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder classes sold steady to 2.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.74/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$141.74
99 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.76
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2571144.4982461
Medium and Large 2-3443137.3360938
One grade step is worth $7.15/cwt here — about $216 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 sale99 hd
141.74
NC average8 barns · 849 hd
135.98
+5.76
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
BullsHigh1,635102.371,6747thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22582.851,01533
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40782.241,1579thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99564.4664114

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,080$84110
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,123$9632thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 2-3516134.75/cwt128.00–141.006954
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3229136.97/cwt130.00–141.003144
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3255141.96/cwt140.00–144.003622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585139.02/cwt136.00–143.008137
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3673125.98/cwt124.00–128.008482
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476154.07/cwt149.50–162.0073311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625134.03/cwt130.00–138.008385
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3618119.66/cwt118.00–121.007393
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2419158.56/cwt155.00–163.006645
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2386157.82/cwt153.00–163.006095
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3467134.55/cwt127.00–145.006285
SteersMedium and Large 1-2641164.52/cwt161.00–165.001,0558
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480171.71/cwt164.00–178.008244
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584166.36/cwt160.00–170.0097215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531176.55/cwt176.00–177.0093711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2716135.66/cwt133.00–139.009718
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2768136.60/cwt128.00–139.501,0494
SteersMedium and Large 2-3420161.00/cwt158.00–165.006764
SteersMedium and Large 1-2418181.43/cwt178.00–184.007584
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370185.00/cwt185.00–185.006851
SteersMedium and Large 2-3483152.73/cwt144.00–159.007384
SteersMedium and Large 2-3373169.49/cwt169.00–170.006322
SteersMedium and Large 2-3633133.92/cwt130.00–138.008482
BullsMedium and Large 1-2459168.42/cwt161.00–174.007734
BullsMedium and Large 1-2605150.56/cwt143.00–158.009112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2505145.50/cwt145.00–146.007352
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420171.03/cwt165.00–178.007184
BullsMedium and Large 1-2555142.32/cwt140.00–146.007903
BullsMedium and Large 1-2369178.05/cwt173.00–186.006576
CowsLean 85-90%93552.99/cwt47.00–59.004956
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40892.02/cwt91.00–93.001,2962
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23686.23/cwt82.00–92.001,06619
CowsLean 85-90%1,04073.06/cwt69.00–79.007608
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31177.53/cwt74.00–80.001,0164
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48486.00/cwt82.00–88.001,2765
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17675.98/cwt65.00–81.0089412
Bulls1,835114.00/cwt114.00–114.002,0921
Bulls1,601104.12/cwt101.00–106.001,6674
Bulls1,60393.07/cwt92.00–94.001,4922
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,008695.37/head500.00–800.006956
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1891,058.46/head925.00–1,155.001,0584
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,210775.00/head775.00–775.007751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0351,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
BullsMedium and Large 2-3679126.50/cwt120.00–132.008594
BullsMedium and Large 2-3528141.03/cwt135.00–145.007454
BullsMedium and Large 2-3330164.92/cwt160.00–170.005443
BullsMedium and Large 2-3628132.79/cwt127.00–139.008346
BullsMedium and Large 2-3230153.49/cwt151.00–158.003533
BullsMedium and Large 2-3384167.18/cwt160.00–173.006425
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3416151.81/cwt146.00–158.006325
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3373141.78/cwt131.00–149.005295
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2656136.51/cwt130.00–138.008968
BullsMedium and Large 2-3430164.00/cwt164.00–164.007051
BullsMedium and Large 2-3482148.26/cwt144.00–155.007155
BullsMedium and Large 2-3578132.06/cwt128.00–138.007633
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2534146.24/cwt141.00–150.007818
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3325143.63/cwt136.00–148.004673
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3579133.05/cwt125.00–138.007705

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.