Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2026-08-13

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Thu, Aug 13
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2083
Receipts
1,260 head
▼ 189 vs last sale 1,449▲ 270 vs year ago 990 · +27.3%
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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 24, 2026

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $390.26/cwt on 134 head, down $77.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −43.62 against this barn's trailing median of $433.87.
Average price
$390.26
▼ 77.78 vs prior sale
134 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,173
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.71
vs NC average
−11.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556391.952,180124
Small 1561370.002,0766thin
Medium and Large 2569368.262,0954thin
One grade step is worth $23.69/cwt here — about $84 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale134 hd
390.26
—
NC average9 barns · 308 hd
380.55
+9.71
National average153 barns · 6,255 hd
401.83
−11.57
This barn, trailing median4 sales
433.87
−43.62
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

51 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added370455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6841
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added376475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,7867
Steers350–400Small 1Value Added380405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5391
Steers400–450Small 1Value Added428420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7982
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added440445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9582
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added451446.70/cwt440.00–447.002,01523
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added468427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,99824
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added490400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9602
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added544379.24/cwt379.00–380.002,06330
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added560396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,21894
Steers550–600Small 1Value Added561370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0766
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added569368.26/cwt360.00–377.002,0954
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added629370.02/cwt360.00–374.002,327117
Steers600–650Small 1Value Added630360.33/cwt360.00–362.002,2706
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1524
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added669362.87/cwt355.00–363.002,428123
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added673346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,3292
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added728318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,3154
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added733310.02/cwt308.00–312.002,2722
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added734339.25/cwt324.00–342.002,490160
Steers700–750Small 1Value Added740310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2945
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added784326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,55646
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2Value Added808306.93/cwt300.00–314.002,4802
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added839316.52/cwt313.00–317.002,65666
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added928296.07/cwt280.00–297.002,74820
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Value Added1,013290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,9383
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added375427.42/cwt425.00–430.001,6034
Heifers350–400Small 1Value Added388430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6682
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added450378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,7013
Heifers450–500Small 1Value Added459380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7446
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added462386.36/cwt386.00–387.001,78514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added464400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,85638
Heifers500–550Small 1Value Added523352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,8412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added526360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,89456
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,8878
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added545344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,8751
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added553350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,93610
Heifers550–600Small 1Value Added555342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,8981
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added571367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,09691
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added631344.36/cwt340.00–345.002,17388
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,0835
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added665317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,1081
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added675334.93/cwt330.00–335.002,26168
Heifers700–750Small 1Value Added710265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8821
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added740312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,3093
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added742320.71/cwt318.00–321.002,38072
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added750310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3251
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2Value Added830280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3241
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added846299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,53018
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added855315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,6931
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added935250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,3381

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.