Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2025-08-14

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Thu, Aug 14
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2083
Receipts
990 head
▼ 280 vs last sale 1,270▼ 266 vs year ago 1,256 · −21.2%
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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 date is September 25, 2025

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $394.48/cwt on 100 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −39.39 against this barn's trailing median of $433.87.
Average price
$394.48
100 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,177
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$384
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$59.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+26.38
vs NC average
+6.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552401.002,21464
Medium and Large 2563385.322,16916thin
Medium and Large 1-2543383.002,08019thin
Small 1535342.001,8301thin
One grade step is worth $59.00/cwt here — about $384 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale100 hd
394.48
—
NC average9 barns · 258 hd
368.10
+26.38
National average151 barns · 7,160 hd
387.49
+6.99
This barn, trailing median4 sales
433.87
−39.39
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

47 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371437.00/cwt437.00–437.001,6216
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390442.00/cwt442.00–442.001,7242
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2459435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,99718
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461441.00/cwt441.00–441.002,03330
Steers450–500Small 1465370.65/cwt350.00–390.001,7242
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474416.04/cwt410.00–418.001,9724
Steers500–550Small 1535342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,8301
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,08019
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,21464
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2563385.32/cwt360.00–389.002,16916
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,0273
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,29018
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,26015
Steers650–700Small 1658322.60/cwt322.00–325.002,1235
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661373.50/cwt373.50–373.502,469155
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741333.49/cwt332.00–334.002,47123
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758348.50/cwt348.50–348.502,64272
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2785270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1201
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2830250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0751
Steers800–850Small 1833308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,5666
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1839322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,70252
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,6272
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1935285.87/cwt285.00–286.002,67315
Steers1000–1050Small 11,000272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,7201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2350390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3651
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362414.00/cwt414.00–414.001,4997
Heifers400–450Medium 1410330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3531
Heifers400–450Small 1440357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,5711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1441396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,74637
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6803
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467393.09/cwt393.00–394.001,83643
Heifers450–500Medium 1480325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5601
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527343.80/cwt342.00–345.001,8125
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535350.28/cwt350.00–360.001,87434
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553363.81/cwt350.00–365.002,012100
Heifers550–600Small 1565335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8934
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,04210
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645347.75/cwt347.75–347.752,24399
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1785
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0591
Heifers650–700Small 1690305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1051
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1741323.18/cwt311.00–324.502,39570
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,1276
Heifers800–850Small 1825267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,2031
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1845313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,64520
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1870297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,5841
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1942275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,5915

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.