Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2026-06-18

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Thu, Jun 18
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2083
Receipts
1,449 head
▲ 832 vs last sale 617▲ 1,449 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 date is August 13, 2026

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $468.03/cwt on 255 head, down $13.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 4 comparable sales and sits +34.16 against this barn's trailing median of $433.87.
Average price
$468.03
▼ 13.14 vs prior sale
255 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$580
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$105.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.81
vs NC average
+8.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552480.322,650186
Medium and Large 1-2544444.652,41923
Medium and Large 2547440.972,41437
Small 1562390.002,1926thin
Large 1552375.002,0703thin
One grade step is worth $105.32/cwt here — about $580 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 sale255 hd
468.03
—
NC average8 barns · 375 hd
450.22
+17.81
National average161 barns · 9,107 hd
459.05
+8.98
This barn, trailing median4 sales
433.87
+34.16
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

48 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added371506.22/cwt505.00–510.001,8788
Steers350–400Small 1Value Added383482.00/cwt482.00–482.001,8462
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added466433.93/cwt402.00–440.002,0229
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added467477.66/cwt467.00–480.002,23170
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added528490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,58796
Steers500–550Large 1Value Added543378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,0532
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added544444.65/cwt441.00–445.002,41923
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added545446.00/cwt446.00–446.002,43134
Steers550–600Small 1Value Added562390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,1926
Steers550–600Large 1Value Added570369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,1031
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added575384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,2083
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added577470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,71290
Steers600–650Small 1Value Added615398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,4481
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added628456.00/cwt456.00–456.002,864176
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,65617
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added666400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,6644
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added677413.84/cwt413.00–422.002,80285
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added716400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,86472
Steers700–750Small 1Value Added735334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,4554
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added740371.13/cwt370.00–372.002,7469
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added763344.12/cwt332.00–356.002,6262
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added764379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,89668
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2Value Added800346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,7681
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added845350.37/cwt348.00–354.002,96144
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added930330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,06912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Small 1Value Added357417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,4893
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added371456.62/cwt440.00–459.001,69422
Heifers400–450Small 1Value Added418389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,6263
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added444431.52/cwt426.00–434.001,91613
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added445420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8691
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added456445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,02984
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added478412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,9693
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added528428.73/cwt416.00–429.002,26498
Heifers500–550Small 1Value Added539408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,1994
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added549406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,22914
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added571415.34/cwt412.00–416.002,372107
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added620352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,1821
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added621380.29/cwt360.00–385.002,36297
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,24010
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added650317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,0612
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added665360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,39473
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added733314.55/cwt310.00–318.002,3067
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added735247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,8151
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added740335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,47935
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added753322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,4252
Heifers750–800Small 1Value Added765290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2191
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added831333.06/cwt328.00–334.002,76821
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added960317.00/cwt317.00–317.003,0434

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.