Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2023-10-04

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Oct 4
● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
539 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 481▲ 97 vs year ago 442 · +21.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 129▲ 11 vs year ago 90 · +12.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 12▼ 1 vs year ago 13 · −7.7%
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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 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings.

4 head goats : 15.00 to 25.00, 1 head baby calves: 100.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $174.85/cwt on 156 head.
Average price
$174.85
156 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$907
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$503
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$58.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.88
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550193.191,06290
Medium and Large 2492153.9875852
Medium and Large 3416134.4855914thin
One grade step is worth $58.72/cwt here — about $503 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 sale156 hd
174.85
—
NC average9 barns · 1,723 hd
193.73
−18.88
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—Average1,420112.461,59725
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18492.181,09147
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,73586.001,4921thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05274.1178026

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,395$1,5501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)905$1,0186
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)848$7513thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)885$1,1382thin

Every lot, as filed

106 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 1—715155.01/cwt154.00–156.001,1082
HeifersMedium and Large 1—200185.00/cwt185.00–185.003701
SteersMedium and Large 3—405154.00/cwt154.00–154.006241
SteersMedium and Large 3—345139.00/cwt139.00–139.004801
SteersMedium and Large 2—625166.19/cwt160.00–172.001,0392
SteersMedium and Large 3—490128.00/cwt128.00–128.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378202.93/cwt195.00–213.007676
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420201.60/cwt188.00–214.008478
SteersMedium and Large 1—280219.20/cwt205.00–235.006142
SteersMedium and Large 1—915190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7392
SteersMedium and Large 3—524142.52/cwt130.00–151.007475
SteersMedium and Large 2—588170.52/cwt169.00–172.001,0032
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424154.00/cwt146.00–162.506534
HeifersMedium and Large 2—733115.09/cwt110.00–120.008442
HeifersMedium and Large 1—880135.49/cwt135.00–136.001,1922
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—519210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0909
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—864184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,5946
SteersMedium and Large 1—665189.03/cwt176.00–209.001,2574
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373150.12/cwt147.50–152.505602
HeifersMedium and Large 3—568125.04/cwt110.00–133.007103
HeifersMedium and Large 1—333201.32/cwt192.50–210.006702
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529192.12/cwt180.00–201.001,01610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572182.49/cwt176.00–191.001,0449
HeifersMedium and Large 1—288180.00/cwt180.00–180.005182
HeifersMedium and Large 3—510129.00/cwt129.00–129.006581
HeifersMedium and Large 3—283144.09/cwt140.00–147.504083
SteersMedium and Large 1—430223.00/cwt223.00–223.009591
SteersMedium and Large 2—360190.00/cwt190.00–190.006841
SteersMedium and Large 2—745170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2671
SteersMedium and Large 2—522186.56/cwt179.00–199.009743
SteersMedium and Large 1—980179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,7541
SteersMedium and Large 1—385227.50/cwt227.50–227.508761
SteersMedium and Large 1—713197.21/cwt185.00–209.001,4062
SteersMedium and Large 1—506223.28/cwt222.00–227.001,1307
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—578240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,39013
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—662225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4908
SteersMedium and Large 3—350147.50/cwt147.50–147.505161
SteersMedium and Large 3—633140.39/cwt133.00–147.508892
SteersMedium and Large 1—780197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,5371
SteersMedium and Large 1—468214.24/cwt207.00–218.001,0033
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—456249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,1387
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—613224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3734
SteersMedium and Large 2—475159.71/cwt157.00–162.007593
SteersMedium and Large 3—555133.00/cwt128.00–138.007382
SteersMedium and Large 1—568219.60/cwt197.50–226.001,2479
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—716218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5615
Dairy SteersLarge 3—200125.00/cwt125.00–125.002506
BullsMedium and Large 1—713153.99/cwt150.00–164.001,0986
BullsMedium and Large 1—572178.92/cwt170.00–191.001,0236
BullsMedium and Large 1—766157.23/cwt147.00–168.001,2044
BullsMedium and Large 1—480197.19/cwt185.00–209.009479
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—485221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,0722
BullsMedium and Large 1—622178.62/cwt171.00–187.001,1113
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17892.58/cwt88.00–100.001,09144
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27286.31/cwt85.00–87.001,0983
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,73586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,4921
CowsLean 85-90%—87956.62/cwt50.00–66.004987
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11680.56/cwt72.00–86.0089919
Bulls——1,512115.95/cwt106.00–124.001,75320
Bulls——93891.64/cwt90.00–95.008604
Bulls——1,510126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,9031
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9051,018.46/head775.00–1,500.001,0186
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3951,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—848751.03/head725.00–775.007513
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1251,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—6451,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
BullsMedium and Large 3—640135.00/cwt135.00–135.008641
BullsMedium and Large 2—710130.00/cwt130.00–130.009231
BullsMedium and Large 2—623159.78/cwt154.00–166.009952
BullsMedium and Large 3—468141.28/cwt130.00–158.006617
BullsMedium and Large 3—515144.08/cwt133.00–153.007423
BullsMedium and Large 2—578153.07/cwt146.00–168.008855
BullsMedium and Large 3—588132.00/cwt132.00–132.007762
BullsMedium and Large 1—427222.45/cwt213.00–236.009508
BullsMedium and Large 1—313240.45/cwt220.00–252.507533
BullsMedium and Large 2—270181.54/cwt170.00–195.004903
BullsMedium and Large 2—526177.26/cwt164.00–186.009325
BullsMedium and Large 3—392146.64/cwt140.00–150.005753
BullsMedium and Large 2—465171.94/cwt160.00–186.008003
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620155.88/cwt150.00–167.009663
HeifersMedium and Large 1—765149.80/cwt140.00–160.001,1462
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470161.75/cwt150.00–180.0076014
HeifersMedium and Large 2—668141.27/cwt132.00–150.009443
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325152.39/cwt140.00–170.004956
HeifersMedium and Large 2—522160.23/cwt148.00–174.008367
HeifersMedium and Large 2—235154.79/cwt150.00–160.003642
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573151.03/cwt140.00–163.008659
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469198.26/cwt185.00–213.0093015
HeifersMedium and Large 1—636200.68/cwt196.00–202.001,27615
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005532
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380145.00/cwt145.00–145.005511
BullsMedium and Large 1—670174.89/cwt170.00–180.001,1722
BullsMedium and Large 1—883147.34/cwt136.00–159.001,3012
HeifersMedium and Large 3—453135.47/cwt130.00–141.006142
HeifersMedium and Large 3—310135.16/cwt130.00–140.004192
BullsMedium and Large 2—431176.79/cwt160.00–182.507627
BullsMedium and Large 1—819152.65/cwt140.00–158.001,2507
BullsMedium and Large 1—285240.03/cwt237.50–242.506843
BullsMedium and Large 2—323196.52/cwt187.50–207.506353
BullsMedium and Large 2—240179.25/cwt176.00–182.504302
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—820184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,5091
BullsMedium and Large 3—430147.93/cwt146.00–150.006362
BullsMedium and Large 2—383177.83/cwt170.00–185.006816
BullsMedium and Large 2—655152.50/cwt145.00–155.009994
BullsMedium and Large 1—370209.43/cwt195.00–230.007758
BullsMedium and Large 1—524211.17/cwt190.00–215.001,10723

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.