Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2022-12-14

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Dec 14
● Final135 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
560 head
▲ 156 vs last sale 404▲ 144 vs year ago 416 · +34.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
169 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 177▲ 49 vs year ago 120 · +40.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 20▲ 19 vs year ago 32 · +59.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 3.00 lower, while feeder cattle were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Trade and demand was moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.69/cwt on 231 head.
Average price
$114.69
231 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$602
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$238
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$33.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.02
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544124.40677130
Large 1-2702109.497688thin
Medium 2486106.2751664
Medium 348191.2043829
One grade step is worth $33.20/cwt here — about $238 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 sale231 hd
114.69
—
NC average8 barns · 904 hd
117.71
−3.02
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—Average1,54292.421,42518
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15274.2285545
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42870.461,00622
CowsLean 85-90%Average96251.5749650

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)990$1,2501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)973$1,0882thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)980$1,0132thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,078$90117
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)975$76515
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)961$7327
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)927$9907

Every lot, as filed

135 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 3—67888.98/cwt88.00–90.006032
HeifersMedium 2—295108.00/cwt108.00–108.003191
HeifersMedium 2—377108.59/cwt101.00–118.004099
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—568124.38/cwt114.00–129.0070612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,12391.38/cwt84.00–99.001,0262
HeifersMedium 2—322106.84/cwt100.00–111.003446
HeifersMedium 2—243108.94/cwt103.00–115.002652
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—358127.24/cwt120.00–134.0045613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—621121.14/cwt114.00–124.007528
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—532125.26/cwt114.00–132.006666
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—760113.00/cwt113.00–113.008591
HeifersMedium 3—53087.13/cwt80.00–98.004624
HeifersMedium 2—1,07083.00/cwt83.00–83.008881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—279119.69/cwt113.00–125.003344
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,07090.93/cwt87.00–95.009732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—960104.00/cwt104.00–104.009981
HeifersLarge 1-2—655118.00/cwt118.00–118.007731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—810108.00/cwt108.00–108.008751
HeifersMedium 2—563105.95/cwt98.00–110.005963
HeifersLarge 1-2—725106.00/cwt106.00–106.007691
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—615135.51/cwt128.00–141.5083312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—713117.45/cwt110.00–123.008376
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—586138.00/cwt138.00–138.008095
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,02799.64/cwt97.00–105.001,0233
HeifersMedium 2—475106.14/cwt100.00–116.0050413
HeifersLarge 1-2—795119.00/cwt119.00–119.009461
SteersMedium 2—425114.00/cwt114.00–114.004851
SteersMedium 3—465103.00/cwt103.00–103.004791
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—810137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—428124.91/cwt118.00–138.0053513
HeifersLarge 1-2—1,38585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—485141.00/cwt141.00–141.006845
SteersMedium 2—585114.00/cwt114.00–114.006671
SteersMedium 2—323126.15/cwt120.00–133.004072
SteersMedium 2—500115.00/cwt115.00–115.005751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,25088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,1001
HeifersLarge 1-2—463112.39/cwt106.00–119.005202
SteersMedium 3—26096.00/cwt96.00–96.002501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—425140.69/cwt131.00–154.0059810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—473143.49/cwt131.00–159.006796
SteersMedium 2—670101.47/cwt100.00–103.006802
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—613162.91/cwt159.00–165.009993
HeifersLarge 1-2—563111.56/cwt107.00–116.006282
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—315171.20/cwt168.00–176.005393
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—768141.75/cwt141.00–142.001,0894
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—372151.99/cwt140.00–167.005658
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—563141.50/cwt134.00–153.007975
SteersMedium 2—290120.00/cwt120.00–120.003481
SteersMedium 3—340105.00/cwt105.00–105.003571
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—684148.55/cwt142.00–156.001,01610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—517146.72/cwt130.00–159.0075910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—995109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—710144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0221
SteersMedium 2—450108.00/cwt108.00–108.004861
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—770122.00/cwt122.00–122.009391
Dairy SteersLarge 3—64566.00/cwt66.00–66.004261
Dairy SteersLarge 3—55070.00/cwt70.00–70.003851
Dairy SteersLarge 3—27065.00/cwt65.00–65.001761
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—573162.29/cwt159.50–166.009309
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—370170.00/cwt170.00–170.006291
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—526161.34/cwt160.00–164.008496
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—517148.24/cwt129.00–158.0076619
BullsLarge 1-2—313124.20/cwt119.00–129.003892
BullsLarge 1-2—373119.19/cwt115.00–123.004452
BullsLarge 1-2—585104.00/cwt104.00–104.006081
BullsLarge 1-2—470122.00/cwt122.00–122.005731
BullsLarge 1-2—655108.00/cwt108.00–108.007071
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03961.05/cwt54.00–66.0063423
CowsLean 85-90%—89643.50/cwt30.00–53.0039027
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42870.46/cwt64.00–75.001,00622
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15274.22/cwt67.00–81.0085545
Bulls——1,50293.85/cwt88.00–101.001,41014
Bulls——1,50880.57/cwt75.00–84.001,2153
Bulls——2,195108.00/cwt108.00–108.002,3711
Bred CowsMedium 2—798510.33/head450.00–550.005103
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,104959.24/head600.00–1,325.0095915
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—905550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—855525.00/head525.00–525.005251
Bred CowsMedium 2—820524.09/head450.00–600.005242
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,017814.90/head625.00–1,250.008155
Bred CowsMedium 2—950575.00/head575.00–575.005751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9901,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,019828.52/head575.00–1,175.0082912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9731,087.66/head1,075.00–1,100.001,0882
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9801,012.56/head1,000.00–1,025.001,0132
Bred CowsSmall 2—820350.00/head350.00–350.003501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9021,151.39/head1,075.00–1,225.001,1513
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0101,198.82/head1,050.00–1,375.001,1992
BullsMedium 3—40593.00/cwt93.00–93.003771
BullsMedium 2—582110.08/cwt103.00–118.006413
BullsMedium 2—372104.09/cwt100.00–106.003873
BullsMedium 3—51591.94/cwt90.00–96.004733
BullsMedium 3—38090.00/cwt90.00–90.003421
BullsMedium 3—77583.00/cwt83.00–83.006431
BullsMedium 3—56391.01/cwt90.00–92.005122
BullsMedium 3—48580.00/cwt80.00–80.003881
BullsMedium 3—66882.16/cwt80.00–89.005495
BullsMedium 2—283112.64/cwt110.00–118.003193
BullsMedium 2—440111.91/cwt104.00–120.004922
BullsMedium 2—619112.15/cwt101.00–120.006944
BullsMedium 2—660100.34/cwt98.00–103.006623
HeifersMedium 3—62089.80/cwt80.00–100.005574
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—655114.00/cwt114.00–114.007471
HeifersMedium 2—635106.64/cwt100.00–110.006773
HeifersMedium 2—432109.20/cwt100.00–118.0047210
HeifersMedium 2—89080.00/cwt80.00–80.007121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—322126.76/cwt119.00–134.0040813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—471123.51/cwt114.00–131.0058214
HeifersMedium 2—98087.00/cwt87.00–87.008531
HeifersMedium 2—685103.74/cwt96.00–110.007114
HeifersMedium 2—521108.24/cwt100.00–118.0056410
HeifersMedium 3—57091.00/cwt89.00–93.005192
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—565155.32/cwt144.00–161.0087816
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—322141.27/cwt130.00–157.004556
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—655132.98/cwt131.00–135.008712
HeifersMedium 3—37591.68/cwt89.00–96.003443
HeifersMedium 3—41993.57/cwt85.00–100.003927
HeifersMedium 3—22595.00/cwt90.00–100.002142
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—612145.18/cwt130.00–152.008898
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—419138.40/cwt125.00–158.0058012
BullsMedium 2—463108.18/cwt102.00–114.005015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—710132.00/cwt132.00–132.009371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—664129.48/cwt126.00–131.008606
HeifersMedium 3—46791.44/cwt80.00–102.004275
BullsLarge 1-2—420119.00/cwt119.00–119.005002
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—288130.39/cwt123.00–145.003765
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—480136.89/cwt120.00–146.0065719
BullsMedium 2—325112.26/cwt110.00–116.003653
BullsMedium 2—500122.00/cwt122.00–122.006101
BullsMedium 2—73095.00/cwt95.00–95.006941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—760114.03/cwt110.00–118.008672
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—376144.44/cwt129.00–158.005437
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—724107.58/cwt105.00–110.007795
BullsMedium 3—64286.65/cwt80.00–100.005563
BullsMedium 2—75593.00/cwt93.00–93.007021

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.