Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2025-10-29

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Oct 29
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
416 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 506▼ 11 vs year ago 427 · −2.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 107▼ 29 vs year ago 125 · −23.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 9▲ 12 vs year ago 4 · +300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 3.00 lower, while feeder cattle were 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

5 head Goats: 45.00- 100.00; 1 head Baby Calves: 400.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.93/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 10 of 33 comparable sales and sits −21.72 against this barn's trailing median of $350.65.
Average price
$328.93
50 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,786
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$552
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$98.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+26.74
vs NC average
−45.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544340.741,85344
Medium and Large 2537242.381,3016thin
One grade step is worth $98.35/cwt here — about $552 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 sale50 hd
328.93
—
NC average9 barns · 288 hd
302.20
+26.74
National average184 barns · 21,753 hd
374.89
−45.96
This barn, trailing median33 sales
350.65
−21.72
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—Low1,525164.162,50311
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,336145.441,94425
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,510134.772,0353thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,048120.921,26719

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)1,065$1,49312
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)935$1,2251thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)895$2,3751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,005$2,1393thin

Every lot

109 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1200470.00/cwt470.00–470.009401
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,1401
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323416.34/cwt415.00–417.501,3452
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0721
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373357.05/cwt350.00–365.001,3322
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381397.51/cwt380.00–410.001,5154
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419409.99/cwt395.00–425.001,7185
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6061
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3951
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3450200.00/cwt200.00–200.009001
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added458414.00/cwt414.00–414.001,8963
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477383.15/cwt370.00–390.001,8283
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512350.00/cwt330.00–360.001,7925
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added517373.15/cwt372.00–375.001,92911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545165.00/cwt165.00–165.008991
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added570373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,1265
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2081
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631328.65/cwt315.00–335.002,0747
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1695320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2241
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712234.36/cwt230.00–255.001,6697
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added740285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1091
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7271
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1731
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7851
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230330.00/cwt330.00–330.007592
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235359.93/cwt345.00–385.008466
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265313.96/cwt300.00–325.008324
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1267336.78/cwt330.00–345.008993
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3270280.00/cwt280.00–280.007561
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1314349.19/cwt335.00–365.001,0966
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323328.35/cwt325.00–330.001,0613
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377300.00/cwt280.00–320.001,1313
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378360.83/cwt340.00–380.001,36410
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3385200.00/cwt200.00–200.007701
Heifers400–450Medium 3405151.65/cwt150.00–155.006143
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417341.03/cwt327.50–360.001,42211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420230.00/cwt230.00–230.009661
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425270.35/cwt250.00–280.001,1493
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468336.10/cwt320.00–350.001,57311
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3468182.43/cwt180.00–185.008542
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added472360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6998
Heifers450–500Medium 3475145.00/cwt145.00–145.006891
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482280.52/cwt250.00–300.001,3525
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513324.84/cwt310.00–340.001,66612
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520253.75/cwt240.00–275.001,3204
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added537358.94/cwt355.00–365.001,92819
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570219.65/cwt210.00–230.001,2522
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added575342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,9693
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1584324.70/cwt290.00–335.001,89610
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3610188.52/cwt165.00–200.001,1503
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added615360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,21452
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620298.15/cwt280.00–310.001,8493
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added660326.71/cwt315.00–328.002,15610
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670259.70/cwt250.00–280.001,7403
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673221.18/cwt210.00–235.001,4894
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8721
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2783160.02/cwt150.00–180.001,2533
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2800165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3201
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7011
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,4951
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1985180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7732
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000171.00/cwt160.00–182.001,7102
Feeder Cattle · Bulls33 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220485.31/cwt460.00–525.001,0684
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265330.00/cwt330.00–330.008751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270386.23/cwt375.00–400.001,0434
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3315178.21/cwt155.00–200.005612
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1322391.13/cwt370.00–405.001,2597
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330334.32/cwt305.00–350.001,1033
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373394.21/cwt385.00–410.001,4708
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2387336.55/cwt310.00–350.001,3023
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3410282.47/cwt280.00–285.001,1582
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430325.12/cwt320.00–330.001,3982
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1441410.66/cwt395.00–415.001,8119
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3463199.64/cwt175.00–225.009243
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478379.32/cwt350.00–405.001,81314
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2513298.13/cwt270.00–315.001,5293
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523349.92/cwt340.00–365.001,8306
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3545245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3351
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573332.01/cwt320.00–345.001,9022
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585249.96/cwt245.00–255.001,4622
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3595207.50/cwt205.00–210.001,2352
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2608236.18/cwt220.00–250.001,4368
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615299.92/cwt280.00–305.001,8455
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3620155.00/cwt155.00–155.009611
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1668219.96/cwt210.00–230.001,4692
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2672180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2103
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2708181.53/cwt170.00–195.001,2853
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1728222.68/cwt215.00–230.001,6212
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1766230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7627
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2782180.99/cwt180.00–185.001,4155
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1822189.31/cwt175.00–210.001,5567
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2828162.46/cwt160.00–165.001,3452
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1920175.01/cwt170.00–180.001,6103
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2930146.69/cwt145.00–150.001,3643
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1985185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,8221
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,040140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4561
Bulls——1,567162.04/cwt150.00–174.002,5398
Bulls——1,598184.70/cwt181.00–192.002,9522
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%927104.05/cwt100.00–110.009653
Cows—Lean 85-90%94085.00/cwt85.00–85.007991
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,079126.69/cwt112.00–135.001,36715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,328144.88/cwt139.00–155.001,92424
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510134.77/cwt130.00–140.002,0353
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,540159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,4491
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28351,833.53/head1,350.00–2,200.001,8342
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28952,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3452,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29351,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0651,493.35/head1,075.00–2,150.001,49312

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.