Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2024-03-21

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Thu, Mar 21
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2083
Receipts
748 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 811▲ 748 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All consignments must be weaned at least 60 days, have two rounds of vaccinations, and one round of parasite control per market protocol; heifers guaranteed open (penalties apply). The next sale will be held on June 20th

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $299.55/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −134.32 against this barn's trailing median of $433.87.
Average price
$299.55
82 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$484
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$91.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.53
vs NC average
−18.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550309.121,70156
Medium and Large 1-2548292.911,60618thin
Small 1524267.451,4014thin
Medium 1520258.001,3421thin
Medium and Large 2559217.611,2163thin
One grade step is worth $91.51/cwt here — about $484 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale82 hd
299.55
—
NC average9 barns · 278 hd
288.03
+11.53
National average173 barns · 12,551 hd
318.29
−18.74
This barn, trailing median4 sales
433.87
−134.32
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales
495456416376median 433.8703/1906/1808/1309/2409/24
Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.17, low $390.26, median $433.87 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

58 lots · USDA AMS · North Carolina Graded Cattle Auction
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Small 1380309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,1741
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381335.49/cwt334.00–337.001,2784
Steers400–450Small 1435250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0881
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,4122
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1452339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,53223
Steers450–500Small 1458291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,3338
Steers450–500Medium 1485283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,3732
Steers500–550Medium 1520258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3421
Steers500–550Small 1524267.45/cwt260.00–270.001,4014
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539291.19/cwt290.00–299.001,5707
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1549310.50/cwt310.50–310.501,70553
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2554294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,62911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2559217.61/cwt214.00–225.001,2163
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570284.68/cwt281.00–290.001,6233
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618269.03/cwt267.00–270.001,6633
Steers600–650Small 1639230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4707
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,85187
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5671
Steers650–700Small 1653227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,4822
Steers700–750Small 1728208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,5143
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1746248.69/cwt242.00–249.001,85568
Steers750–800Small 1768204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,5673
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2773206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,5922
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7271
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2840190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5961
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1843223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,88452
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2846219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,8536
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7731
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1928201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,86511
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1950194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,8432
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,045190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,9861
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,068190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,0296
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360295.02/cwt292.00–297.001,06210
Heifers350–400Small 1369250.39/cwt240.00–254.009244
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,1577
Heifers400–450Small 1438298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,3059
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462286.58/cwt272.00–287.001,32437
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,3131
Heifers500–550Medium 1525220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1551
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3774
Heifers500–550Small 1540250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,35012
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1556269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,49671
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4487
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3571
Heifers600–650Medium 1610222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3541
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633223.49/cwt220.00–227.001,4152
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1644252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,62364
Heifers650–700Small 1654207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3547
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1656237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5557
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658213.68/cwt212.00–220.001,4065
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2734201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4754
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1746227.25/cwt225.00–227.501,69570
Heifers800–850Small 1810162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,3121
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2813180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4632
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1833209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,74124
Heifers850–900Small 1866166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,4384
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1937189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,77112
Heifers950–1000Small 1980172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,6861

This sale against other markets

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.