Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2023-05-24

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, May 24
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
375 head
▼ 184 vs last sale 559▼ 205 vs year ago 580 · −35.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 127▼ 54 vs year ago 170 · −31.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 7▲ 0 vs year ago 20 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle sold mostly 3.00 higher with the full advance felt on Breaker cows. Feeder cattle sold mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher with limited comparable sales on feeder steers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.96/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$183.96
72 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$902
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.80
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1492190.2593759
Medium and Large 2480155.3974613thin
One grade step is worth $34.87/cwt here — about $191 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 sale72 hd
183.96
—
NC average8 barns · 832 hd
170.16
+13.80
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—Average1,671116.791,95212
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,497102.741,53816
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,168101.911,19123
CowsLean 85-90%Low98685.6984515

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)1,245$1,2751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,035$1,0082thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,415$2,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)996$1,5147

Every lot, as filed

69 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 2—500174.00/cwt174.00–174.008701
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—384204.58/cwt201.00–206.007867
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—560190.68/cwt190.00–192.001,0683
HeifersMedium and Large 2—438153.51/cwt151.00–156.006722
HeifersMedium and Large 2—678158.42/cwt151.00–166.001,0742
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—400203.00/cwt203.00–203.008122
SteersMedium and Large 2—422157.33/cwt150.00–162.006643
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—390221.00/cwt221.00–221.008624
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525183.22/cwt175.00–190.009625
HeifersMedium and Large 1—466184.97/cwt178.00–189.008627
HeifersMedium and Large 2—310149.00/cwt148.00–150.004622
SteersMedium and Large 2—710173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,2281
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—677203.33/cwt202.00–204.001,3773
SteersMedium and Large 2—335184.00/cwt184.00–184.006161
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—523190.51/cwt190.00–191.009962
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570179.96/cwt178.00–183.001,0263
HeifersMedium and Large 1—390198.00/cwt198.00–198.007721
SteersMedium and Large 1—620184.90/cwt181.00–189.001,1462
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—553236.99/cwt234.00–239.001,3115
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—610225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3731
SteersMedium and Large 1—518199.51/cwt199.00–200.001,0332
SteersMedium and Large 1—730194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,4161
SteersMedium and Large 1—410194.00/cwt194.00–194.007951
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—424226.24/cwt221.00–230.009597
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—465230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0701
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—535217.43/cwt210.00–225.001,1632
SteersMedium and Large 1—555195.54/cwt194.00–200.001,0854
SteersMedium and Large 2—468164.57/cwt160.00–169.007702
BullsMedium and Large 1—473216.61/cwt214.00–218.001,0253
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—528209.25/cwt209.00–210.001,1054
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—441220.00/cwt220.00–220.009704
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—390221.00/cwt221.00–221.008622
BullsMedium and Large 1—525201.53/cwt200.00–203.001,0582
BullsMedium and Large 1—315199.33/cwt197.50–201.006282
CowsLean 85-90%—94876.17/cwt72.00–79.007223
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60092.42/cwt91.00–93.001,4793
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,558111.64/cwt106.00–117.001,7396
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,153101.78/cwt95.00–107.001,17418
CowsLean 85-90%—1,110101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,1211
CowsLean 85-90%—98586.89/cwt82.00–92.0085611
Bulls——1,588115.45/cwt111.00–123.001,8338
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40199.54/cwt95.00–103.001,3957
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01591.93/cwt90.00–94.009332
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,362109.37/cwt108.00–110.001,4903
Bulls——1,52091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,3831
Bulls——1,943128.96/cwt126.00–131.002,5063
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2451,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0351,007.97/head850.00–1,150.001,0082
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9961,513.70/head1,200.00–1,700.001,5147
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,4152,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
BullsMedium and Large 2—335186.00/cwt186.00–186.006231
BullsMedium and Large 1—645194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,2511
BullsMedium and Large 1—430211.94/cwt207.00–217.009112
BullsMedium and Large 2—527171.23/cwt160.00–180.009023
BullsMedium and Large 2—473174.89/cwt168.00–182.008272
BullsMedium and Large 2—720150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0801
BullsMedium and Large 2—365173.44/cwt169.00–178.006332
BullsMedium and Large 1—568199.49/cwt199.00–200.001,1332
HeifersMedium and Large 1—642185.22/cwt182.00–186.001,1895
BullsMedium and Large 1—370206.00/cwt206.00–206.007621
BullsMedium and Large 2—435188.00/cwt188.00–188.008181
BullsMedium and Large 2—581179.40/cwt160.00–186.001,0424
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—715175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425191.38/cwt184.00–198.008134
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,1991
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326196.86/cwt190.00–200.006424
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523170.00/cwt170.00–170.008892
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468151.63/cwt140.00–162.007105
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—485191.83/cwt188.00–197.0093012

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.