Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2022-11-16

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Nov 16
● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
416 head
▼ 196 vs last sale 612▼ 123 vs year ago 539 · −22.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 146▲ 27 vs year ago 82 · +32.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 12▼ 5 vs year ago 14 · −35.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special note: This market will not be covered next week due to Thanksgiving holiday. Coverage will resume on 11/30/22.

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 higher, while feeder cattle were 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average to plain.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.13/cwt on 104 head.
Average price
$118.13
104 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$32.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.51
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2493125.2061773
Medium 2492107.5252918thin
Medium 354493.1350713thin
One grade step is worth $32.07/cwt here — about $110 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 sale104 hd
118.13
—
NC average8 barns · 924 hd
116.61
+1.51
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—Low1,270102.181,29711
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19179.8495133
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39471.5499711
CowsLean 85-90%Low99355.4855162

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)840$6251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)879$6216
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,120$1,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)765$5251thin

Every lot, as filed

96 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 2—515108.99/cwt108.00–110.005612
HeifersMedium 3—66587.00/cwt87.00–87.005791
HeifersMedium 3—48096.00/cwt96.00–96.004611
HeifersMedium 3—40895.03/cwt90.00–100.003882
HeifersMedium 3—51397.20/cwt91.00–101.004993
HeifersMedium 2—565103.95/cwt100.00–110.005874
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—475122.91/cwt114.00–130.005849
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—419124.39/cwt118.00–130.005218
HeifersMedium 2—380116.00/cwt116.00–116.004411
HeifersMedium 2—640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006401
HeifersMedium 2—480109.53/cwt108.00–111.005262
HeifersMedium 2—668100.13/cwt95.00–105.006692
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—520116.64/cwt111.00–126.0060710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—79090.00/cwt90.00–90.007111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—580126.00/cwt126.00–126.007311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—378126.73/cwt123.00–133.004793
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—605131.00/cwt131.00–131.007932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—618112.58/cwt110.00–120.006969
SteersMedium 3—66595.00/cwt95.00–95.006321
SteersMedium 3—330104.00/cwt104.00–104.003431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—620124.00/cwt124.00–124.007691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—820133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—433139.71/cwt132.00–141.006057
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—321123.31/cwt120.00–125.003964
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—678131.46/cwt128.00–135.008912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—920121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1131
SteersMedium 2—760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008361
SteersMedium 2—478115.70/cwt110.00–121.005532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—525149.62/cwt148.00–150.007865
SteersMedium 2—230110.00/cwt110.00–110.002531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—515163.00/cwt163.00–163.008394
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—560159.85/cwt159.00–160.508957
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—369159.00/cwt157.00–160.005874
SteersMedium 2—685104.00/cwt104.00–104.007121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—565144.58/cwt140.00–151.008174
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—473144.11/cwt140.00–151.006825
Dairy SteersLarge 3—73063.04/cwt60.00–66.004602
Dairy SteersLarge 3—68550.00/cwt50.00–50.003431
Dairy SteersLarge 3—58068.00/cwt68.00–68.003941
Dairy HeifersMedium 3—67065.46/cwt57.00–70.004393
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—432170.50/cwt170.50–170.507377
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—730144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—683111.82/cwt107.00–116.007646
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—960121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1621
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—568117.49/cwt116.00–120.006674
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—728113.98/cwt108.00–120.008302
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—765103.00/cwt103.00–103.007881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—330151.00/cwt151.00–151.004981
CowsLean 85-90%—98745.92/cwt40.00–54.0045324
CowsLean 85-90%—99761.52/cwt55.00–69.0061338
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39471.54/cwt67.00–79.0099711
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19078.15/cwt70.00–86.0093029
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19592.11/cwt87.00–97.001,1014
Bulls——99391.01/cwt90.00–92.009042
Bulls——2,020114.00/cwt114.00–114.002,3031
Bulls——1,245103.50/cwt99.00–106.001,2898
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—879620.52/head450.00–825.006216
BullsMedium 2—70096.00/cwt96.00–96.006721
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—840625.00/head625.00–625.006251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1201,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 3—765525.00/head525.00–525.005251
BullsMedium 2—408109.02/cwt108.00–110.004452
BullsMedium 2—373110.48/cwt110.00–111.004122
BullsMedium 3—95585.00/cwt85.00–85.008121
BullsMedium 3—88088.00/cwt88.00–88.007741
BullsMedium 3—69594.00/cwt94.00–94.006531
BullsMedium 3—75590.00/cwt90.00–90.006801
BullsMedium 2—285114.00/cwt114.00–114.003251
BullsMedium 3—70090.00/cwt90.00–90.006301
BullsMedium 3—54095.77/cwt90.00–103.005174
BullsMedium 3—60095.00/cwt95.00–95.005701
BullsMedium 3—430100.00/cwt100.00–100.004301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—388151.10/cwt146.00–156.005862
BullsMedium 2—463122.32/cwt120.00–126.005663
BullsMedium 2—315120.00/cwt120.00–120.003782
BullsMedium 3—47399.03/cwt94.00–102.004684
BullsMedium 3—56090.00/cwt90.00–90.005043
BullsMedium 2—650100.00/cwt100.00–100.006501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,060105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—429141.36/cwt130.00–149.006068
BullsMedium 2—623101.93/cwt100.00–104.006352
BullsMedium 2—215106.00/cwt106.00–106.002281
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—473132.89/cwt126.00–143.006296
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—625108.46/cwt104.00–116.006785
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—562132.74/cwt132.00–133.007464
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—698128.00/cwt128.00–128.008933
BullsMedium 2—76590.00/cwt89.00–91.006892
BullsMedium 2—580103.92/cwt101.00–107.006032
BullsMedium 2—523111.17/cwt106.00–116.005812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—522124.81/cwt118.00–135.0065211
HeifersMedium 2—438112.00/cwt110.00–114.004913
HeifersMedium 2—310110.06/cwt108.00–112.003413
HeifersMedium 3—63391.01/cwt90.00–92.005762
HeifersMedium 3—57891.00/cwt90.00–92.005264
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—521132.02/cwt131.00–134.006886
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—351137.00/cwt137.00–137.004816

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.