Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2023-10-18

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Oct 18
● Final103 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
422 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 444▲ 27 vs year ago 395 · +6.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
118 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 104▲ 5 vs year ago 113 · +4.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 6▼ 10 vs year ago 14 · −71.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were mostly steady, while feeder cattle were 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $175.36/cwt on 166 head.
Average price
$175.36
166 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$904
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$461
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$59.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.76
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542188.601,023114
Medium and Large 2467155.3772634
Medium and Large 3435129.3056218thin
One grade step is worth $59.31/cwt here — about $461 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 sale166 hd
175.36
—
NC average8 barns · 1,164 hd
179.12
−3.76
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
Bulls—High1,215110.001,33721
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22793.231,14444
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50890.031,3588thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low90072.1264949

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)1,265$1,3251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)900$5251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)990$1,0132thin

Every lot, as filed

103 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—477162.34/cwt150.00–175.007746
HeifersMedium and Large 2—568156.33/cwt150.00–161.008886
HeifersMedium and Large 1—713149.20/cwt145.00–156.001,0644
HeifersMedium and Large 3—472130.64/cwt120.00–142.506173
HeifersMedium and Large 2—277153.31/cwt150.00–160.004253
HeifersMedium and Large 1—763128.02/cwt121.00–135.009772
HeifersMedium and Large 1—464196.01/cwt182.00–205.009098
HeifersMedium and Large 1—677162.26/cwt150.00–171.001,0997
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—908144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,3084
HeifersMedium and Large 2—678127.64/cwt120.00–135.008652
HeifersMedium and Large 1—532180.41/cwt172.00–186.009607
HeifersMedium and Large 1—320192.44/cwt189.00–200.006164
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566187.30/cwt175.00–200.001,06013
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,080113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,2201
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—660240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5849
HeifersMedium and Large 1—295187.50/cwt187.50–187.505531
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368154.47/cwt150.00–163.005683
HeifersMedium and Large 1—366195.14/cwt182.50–210.0071411
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—565207.21/cwt206.00–208.001,17115
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—650193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,2555
SteersMedium and Large 2—523197.71/cwt190.00–204.001,0344
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—504213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,07411
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—423211.83/cwt209.00–212.5089611
SteersMedium and Large 3—423150.00/cwt150.00–150.006352
SteersMedium and Large 3—560143.44/cwt137.00–150.008032
SteersMedium and Large 3—675142.00/cwt142.00–142.009591
SteersMedium and Large 2—600188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,1281
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—599251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,50315
SteersMedium and Large 1—435245.68/cwt230.00–250.001,06910
SteersMedium and Large 1—715177.56/cwt169.00–186.001,2702
SteersMedium and Large 1—620224.05/cwt218.00–226.001,3894
SteersMedium and Large 2—658183.46/cwt180.00–187.001,2072
SteersMedium and Large 1—529234.64/cwt221.00–244.001,2417
SteersMedium and Large 2—375194.34/cwt190.00–202.007293
SteersMedium and Large 3—533163.25/cwt153.00–174.008702
SteersMedium and Large 1—463239.59/cwt234.00–245.001,1092
SteersMedium and Large 2—790120.00/cwt120.00–120.009481
SteersMedium and Large 1—760180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3681
SteersMedium and Large 3—475159.79/cwt150.00–170.007592
SteersMedium and Large 1—345246.00/cwt246.00–246.008491
SteersMedium and Large 1—680211.55/cwt203.00–228.001,4393
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—704205.50/cwt205.50–205.501,4477
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—636245.13/cwt245.00–246.001,55915
SteersMedium and Large 1—370230.64/cwt222.00–240.008532
SteersMedium and Large 1—562239.38/cwt232.00–245.001,3455
BullsMedium and Large 1—625204.38/cwt198.00–210.001,2773
BullsMedium and Large 1—564215.01/cwt206.00–219.001,2135
BullsMedium and Large 1—915137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2541
BullsMedium and Large 1—328215.55/cwt210.00–222.507074
BullsMedium and Large 1—422222.07/cwt208.00–240.009376
BullsMedium and Large 1—668185.52/cwt170.00–198.001,2394
CowsLean 85-90%—81850.38/cwt48.00–56.004123
CowsLean 85-90%—82162.86/cwt60.00–67.0051616
CowsLean 85-90%—97086.39/cwt86.00–87.008382
CowsLean 85-90%—94978.73/cwt68.00–85.0074728
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,365102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,3921
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23693.55/cwt88.00–100.001,15640
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06286.00/cwt86.00–86.009133
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50890.03/cwt84.00–93.001,3588
Bulls——1,865124.05/cwt122.00–126.002,3144
Bulls——1,109112.10/cwt107.00–120.001,24311
Bulls——97696.79/cwt90.00–104.009456
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—795650.00/head650.00–650.006501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1851,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2651,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred CowsMedium 2—900525.00/head525.00–525.005251
BullsMedium and Large 3—345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005181
BullsMedium and Large 2—464189.97/cwt180.00–200.008815
BullsMedium and Large 3—610130.00/cwt130.00–130.007931
BullsMedium and Large 3—473153.17/cwt140.00–168.007243
BullsMedium and Large 3—250160.00/cwt160.00–160.004001
BullsMedium and Large 2—723137.93/cwt135.00–141.009972
BullsMedium and Large 2—618161.34/cwt153.00–171.009973
BullsMedium and Large 1—705174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,2271
BullsMedium and Large 3—573134.36/cwt130.00–139.007702
BullsMedium and Large 2—433190.29/cwt180.00–200.008242
BullsMedium and Large 2—228182.31/cwt180.00–185.004162
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618175.54/cwt170.00–185.001,0853
HeifersMedium and Large 3—558125.45/cwt115.00–136.007002
HeifersMedium and Large 2—608135.95/cwt132.00–140.008272
HeifersMedium and Large 1—925113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0451
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423161.37/cwt154.00–170.006834
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525152.00/cwt140.00–160.007984
HeifersMedium and Large 3—265137.50/cwt137.50–137.503641
HeifersMedium and Large 3—381124.95/cwt112.00–134.004766
HeifersMedium and Large 1—995120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1941
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330166.60/cwt152.00–177.505504
HeifersMedium and Large 1—220170.00/cwt170.00–170.003741
HeifersMedium and Large 3—670113.00/cwt113.00–113.007571
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415136.86/cwt124.00–145.005685
BullsMedium and Large 1—469208.77/cwt195.00–215.0097911
BullsMedium and Large 1—388241.98/cwt239.00–245.009392
BullsMedium and Large 1—530205.92/cwt192.00–215.001,0915
HeifersMedium and Large 1—424194.40/cwt189.00–202.008244
BullsMedium and Large 1—875130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1381
BullsMedium and Large 2—300192.50/cwt192.50–192.505781
BullsMedium and Large 3—410138.67/cwt133.00–149.005693
BullsMedium and Large 2—534174.43/cwt160.00–180.009314
BullsMedium and Large 3—534143.43/cwt130.00–154.007664
BullsMedium and Large 2—555164.00/cwt164.00–164.009101
BullsMedium and Large 2—673147.38/cwt141.00–154.009922
BullsMedium and Large 2—385183.45/cwt178.00–189.007064
BullsMedium and Large 3—370155.42/cwt140.00–167.005753

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.