Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2025-07-30

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Jul 30
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
274 head
▼ 241 vs last sale 515▼ 74 vs year ago 348 · −21.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 141▼ 14 vs year ago 122 · −11.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 12▼ 5 vs year ago 10 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were 4.00 to 6.00 higher, while feeder cattle were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

19 head Goats: 15.00-250.00; 2 head Sheep: 130.00 - 240.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $298.06/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −52.59 against this barn's trailing median of $350.65.
Average price
$298.06
26 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$340
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$67.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.74
vs NC average
−49.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545318.851,73718thin
Medium and Large 2556251.291,3978thin
One grade step is worth $67.56/cwt here — about $340 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 sale26 hd
298.06
—
NC average7 barns · 220 hd
309.80
−11.74
National average149 barns · 6,369 hd
347.50
−49.44
This barn, trailing median33 sales
350.65
−52.59
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—Low1,532186.742,86112
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,152170.161,96038
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,623153.412,4903thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low992141.771,40630

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)954$2,7805

Every lot

92 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,1611
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1338410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3863
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371363.50/cwt340.00–380.001,3494
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2381
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426375.87/cwt350.00–395.001,6017
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468371.02/cwt350.00–380.001,7364
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475185.00/cwt185.00–185.008791
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478310.05/cwt280.00–330.001,4825
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511361.11/cwt335.00–390.001,8454
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533295.66/cwt272.50–320.001,5764
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559327.04/cwt310.00–345.001,8284
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6241
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added591367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,1727
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2623244.85/cwt230.00–265.001,5253
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625317.30/cwt285.00–337.501,9834
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added633364.15/cwt360.00–365.002,3056
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673325.56/cwt300.00–337.502,1916
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723321.26/cwt317.50–325.002,3232
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8001
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1855260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,2231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1200435.00/cwt435.00–435.008701
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265325.00/cwt325.00–325.008611
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273413.72/cwt410.00–417.501,1292
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318356.57/cwt355.00–360.001,1343
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328307.21/cwt280.00–320.001,0083
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345235.00/cwt235.00–235.008111
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372300.17/cwt277.50–320.001,1175
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378353.66/cwt330.00–365.001,3378
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415190.00/cwt190.00–190.007891
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430330.85/cwt315.00–350.001,42311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430296.36/cwt270.00–310.001,2743
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3455230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0471
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470290.98/cwt280.00–310.001,3684
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478340.61/cwt332.50–370.001,62815
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511321.68/cwt302.50–345.001,6448
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523261.30/cwt250.00–290.001,3674
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572316.58/cwt290.00–337.501,81110
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2589241.27/cwt230.00–255.001,4214
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618292.35/cwt280.00–310.001,80710
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3620160.00/cwt160.00–160.009921
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,2971
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3650182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,1861
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675274.78/cwt267.50–282.501,8552
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2677213.00/cwt195.00–235.001,4423
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,1211
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3781
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1762255.96/cwt230.00–270.001,9503
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3861
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1835237.62/cwt227.50–247.501,9842
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2885170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5051
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1908181.25/cwt180.00–182.501,6462
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2945165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,5591
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2953168.99/cwt166.00–172.001,6102
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1995231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,2981
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,8161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,1281
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1279402.65/cwt370.00–430.001,1234
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300330.00/cwt330.00–330.009901
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,3491
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1381
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1364391.57/cwt365.00–410.001,42514
Bulls400–450Medium 3405160.00/cwt160.00–160.006481
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420325.36/cwt310.00–340.001,3672
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421362.89/cwt350.00–390.001,5289
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470312.60/cwt307.50–320.001,4693
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474351.58/cwt332.50–370.001,66611
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475210.00/cwt210.00–210.009981
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2506302.31/cwt275.00–315.001,5304
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3510180.00/cwt180.00–180.009181
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519349.15/cwt335.00–365.001,8126
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5951
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1576346.33/cwt325.00–360.001,9955
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1616321.42/cwt300.00–335.001,9806
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660330.19/cwt305.00–345.002,1793
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1718282.49/cwt280.00–285.002,0282
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1771272.53/cwt260.00–292.502,1014
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805252.58/cwt240.00–265.002,0332
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2830183.73/cwt180.00–187.501,5252
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1885235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0801
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,217169.49/cwt160.00–174.002,0633
Bulls——1,604185.80/cwt180.00–191.002,9805
Bulls——1,678200.86/cwt199.00–204.003,3704
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%854119.53/cwt110.00–129.001,0216
Cows—Lean 85-90%920106.00/cwt106.00–106.009751
Cows—Lean 85-90%990143.44/cwt133.00–152.001,42014
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,094157.96/cwt157.00–159.001,7289
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,127168.31/cwt158.00–174.001,89730
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,246177.12/cwt175.00–182.002,2078
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,623153.41/cwt150.00–159.002,4903
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28901,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29653,218.91/head2,800.00–3,500.003,2192
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29752,955.77/head2,425.00–3,325.002,9562

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.