Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2025-07-23

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Jul 23
● Final115 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
515 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 416▲ 78 vs year ago 437 · +17.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
141 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 122▼ 3 vs year ago 144 · −2.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 10▲ 8 vs year ago 4 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were mostly steady to 1.00 lower, while feeder cattle were 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

31 head Goats: 15.00-335.00; 1 head Baby calves: 420.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $321.89/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 7 of 33 comparable sales and sits −28.77 against this barn's trailing median of $350.65.
Average price
$321.89
54 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$527
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$109.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.09
vs NC average
−18.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547334.681,83243
Medium and Large 2529276.551,46410thin
Medium and Large 3580225.001,3051thin
One grade step is worth $109.68/cwt here — about $527 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale54 hd
321.89
—
NC average9 barns · 240 hd
321.98
−0.09
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
−18.29
This barn, trailing median33 sales
350.65
−28.77
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

33 sales
396358320282median 350.6503/0404/2907/0809/0210/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $381.88, low $296.26, median $350.65 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,499178.552,67615
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,233162.001,99844
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,645150.652,4783thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,001133.191,33340

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,183$2,1493thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)730$1,1823thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,080$3,0251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)891$1,9224thin

Every lot

115 lots · USDA AMS · Stanly County Livestock Market - Norwood, NC
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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2541
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1941
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1482
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381397.84/cwt370.00–412.501,51617
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,3571
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3395210.00/cwt210.00–210.008301
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415316.54/cwt282.50–335.001,3144
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422353.74/cwt330.00–385.001,4937
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3435250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0881
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474376.12/cwt337.50–397.501,78314
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3490170.00/cwt170.00–170.008331
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513346.31/cwt320.00–370.001,77710
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523301.34/cwt297.50–305.001,5762
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564330.61/cwt317.50–340.001,8657
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6681
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added588365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1468
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6201
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625339.48/cwt320.00–358.002,12212
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8341
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673321.14/cwt300.00–335.002,16110
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3675180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2151
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added681336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,2889
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712276.97/cwt255.00–295.001,9723
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3730142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0401
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added785320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,51218
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1913205.17/cwt192.50–217.501,8732
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,010222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,2471
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225415.00/cwt415.00–415.009341
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278279.88/cwt270.00–285.007783
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290372.41/cwt350.00–395.001,0804
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3290255.00/cwt255.00–255.007401
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315310.00/cwt310.00–310.009771
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324360.44/cwt332.50–379.001,16812
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376364.82/cwt340.00–385.001,37221
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378301.74/cwt280.00–315.001,1414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390233.33/cwt230.00–240.009103
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426348.68/cwt322.50–367.501,48521
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428298.10/cwt280.00–315.001,2766
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added467367.74/cwt365.00–370.001,7179
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472335.66/cwt310.00–360.001,58437
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483284.09/cwt260.00–300.001,3723
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3490240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1761
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522276.17/cwt240.00–295.001,4429
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524337.90/cwt300.00–355.001,77124
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577330.62/cwt310.00–347.501,90819
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3580225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3051
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2595280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6661
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added608330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0063
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608300.74/cwt280.00–325.001,82810
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620245.24/cwt230.00–260.001,5202
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3670167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,1221
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678277.18/cwt260.00–295.001,8792
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5641
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715249.09/cwt232.50–265.001,7812
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5861
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4131
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1845190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6061
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2850168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,4281
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1890216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,9221
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1940197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,8571
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1978208.73/cwt200.00–217.502,0412
Feeder Cattle · Bulls36 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1228430.84/cwt417.50–445.009823
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278393.08/cwt380.00–405.001,0933
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290280.00/cwt280.00–280.008121
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3300250.00/cwt250.00–250.007501
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320332.73/cwt325.00–340.001,0652
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323382.13/cwt365.00–395.001,2344
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373384.01/cwt360.00–400.001,4329
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375266.35/cwt245.00–290.009994
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2382333.80/cwt317.50–360.001,2757
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425329.76/cwt325.00–335.001,4012
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1429365.43/cwt350.00–380.001,56812
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3445250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1131
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469356.07/cwt330.00–387.501,67019
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3472263.39/cwt260.00–265.001,2433
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2484313.43/cwt297.50–327.501,5174
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3521221.08/cwt210.00–230.001,1525
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525335.17/cwt325.00–350.001,76012
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533293.18/cwt270.00–310.001,5636
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563283.61/cwt270.00–300.001,5973
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3565240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3561
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569324.74/cwt310.00–345.001,84811
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1621317.83/cwt300.00–332.501,97411
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8241
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1664299.98/cwt282.50–322.501,99210
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3670150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0051
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1737263.84/cwt240.00–277.501,9457
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2745217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6201
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2760197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,5011
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1766265.63/cwt260.00–270.002,0354
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2825173.50/cwt170.00–177.001,4312
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1835212.38/cwt202.50–222.501,7732
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2850177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,5091
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1876213.07/cwt195.00–225.001,8664
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2930180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6741
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1940200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8801
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,7541
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers550–600Large 3590197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,1651
Dairy Heifers700–750Large 3718177.44/cwt175.00–180.001,2742
Dairy Heifers750–800Large 3760177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,3491
Dairy Heifers850–900Large 3860162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,3931
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,338145.63/cwt120.00–165.001,9493
Bulls——1,459182.72/cwt176.00–188.002,6668
Bulls——1,699194.91/cwt193.00–198.003,3124
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%888155.29/cwt152.00–158.001,3795
Cows—Lean 85-90%92276.41/cwt74.00–80.007053
Cows—Lean 85-90%943118.22/cwt105.00–125.001,11510
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063142.72/cwt130.00–151.001,51722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,227161.60/cwt154.00–168.001,98343
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,495179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,6761
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,645150.65/cwt150.00–152.002,4783
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28911,922.27/head1,575.00–2,425.001,9224
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0803,025.00/head3,025.00–3,025.003,0251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27301,182.02/head850.00–1,525.001,1823
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1832,149.37/head1,625.00–2,575.002,1493

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.