Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2026-09-24

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Thu, Sep 24
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2083
← Aug 13Sep 24latest
Receipts
789 head
▼ 471 vs last sale 1,260▼ 135 vs year ago 924 · −14.6%
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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 November 12, 2026

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $399.71/cwt on 112 head, up $9.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −34.16 against this barn's trailing median of $433.87.
Average price
$399.71
▲ 9.46 vs prior sale
112 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,254
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$408
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$58.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.36
vs NC average
−5.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566406.002,29889
Large 1576382.002,2005thin
Medium and Large 1-2550380.002,09014thin
Medium and Large 2570360.002,0521thin
Medium 1543348.001,8903thin
One grade step is worth $58.00/cwt here — about $408 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale112 hd
399.71
—
NC average9 barns · 229 hd
381.35
+18.36
National average175 barns · 12,027 hd
405.41
−5.70
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

43 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added375447.00/cwt447.00–447.001,6763
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added434444.00/cwt444.00–444.001,92710
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added477434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,07017
Steers450–500Medium 1Value Added485300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4551
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added488407.02/cwt402.00–410.001,9864
Steers500–550Medium 1Value Added543348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,8903
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,09014
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added566406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,29889
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added570360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0521
Steers550–600Large 1Value Added576382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,2005
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added625336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,1003
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added645340.50/cwt340.50–340.502,1967
Steers650–700Medium 1Value Added657326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,1423
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added675355.50/cwt353.00–358.002,400144
Steers700–750Medium 1Value Added738301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,2212
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added740332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,4579
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added761333.78/cwt320.00–334.002,54066
Steers800–850Large 1Value Added830316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,6231
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added835321.91/cwt318.00–322.002,68846
Steers850–900Medium 1Value Added855312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,6681
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added910315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,86711
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Value Added1,025305.00/cwt304.00–306.003,1262
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added383385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4752
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added394420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6553
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added440408.90/cwt408.00–412.001,7999
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added458414.19/cwt414.00–416.001,89721
Heifers450–500Large 2Value Added460325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4952
Heifers450–500Medium 1Value Added475380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8052
Heifers500–550Medium 1Value Added530359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,9032
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added539370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,99410
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added540364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,9666
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added548364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,9952
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added569365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,07792
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added595350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0831
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added605345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0871
Heifers600–650Medium 1Value Added625322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,0133
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added640340.67/cwt340.00–341.002,1809
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added656328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,15283
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added663340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2543
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added741320.07/cwt314.00–323.502,37280
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added770322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,4791
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added829311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,57811
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added868300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,6042

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.