Sale reports / North Carolina / Norwood Livestock Auction / 2025-11-05

Norwood Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Norwood, North Carolina · Wed, Nov 5
● Final136 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2093
Feeder Cattle receipts
589 head
▲ 173 vs last sale 416▲ 61 vs year ago 528 · +11.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 96▼ 13 vs year ago 143 · −9.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 16▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were 1.00 to 2.00 higher, while feeder cattle were 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Trade and demand were moderate with moderate offerings. Quality of cattle was average.

18 head Goats: 30.00- 410.00; 5 head Sheep: 120.00 - 260.00; 2 head Baby Calves: 500.00 - 675.00: 7 head Hogs

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $279.96/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −76.13 against this barn's trailing median of $356.09.
Average price
$279.96
54 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,522
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$773
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3
$136.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.48
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551326.671,79921
Medium and Large 2534273.241,46020
Medium and Large 3548216.951,18812thin
Medium 3540190.001,0261thin
One grade step is worth $136.67/cwt here — about $773 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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
279.96
—
NC average9 barns · 267 hd
299.45
−19.48
This barn, trailing median33 sales
356.09
−76.13
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
443388334279median 356.0903/0404/2907/0809/0210/28
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $428.56, low $293.25, median $356.09 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—High1,887173.133,26714
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,303148.681,93840
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,245135.001,6811thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low990117.401,16247

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,200$2,3751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)893$1,4774thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)713$1,0653thin

Every lot

136 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 3200250.00/cwt250.00–250.005001
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2235332.23/cwt320.00–345.007812
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270328.89/cwt315.00–345.008882
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3290280.00/cwt280.00–280.008121
Steers300–350Medium 3300220.00/cwt220.00–220.006601
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2641
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320328.20/cwt305.00–350.001,0502
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323280.00/cwt280.00–280.009042
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3355230.00/cwt230.00–230.008171
Steers350–400Medium 3370220.00/cwt220.00–220.008141
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384395.02/cwt380.00–410.001,5174
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405367.35/cwt355.00–380.001,4882
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added449402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,80514
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3458215.25/cwt200.00–230.009862
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2469307.09/cwt285.00–325.001,4407
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472377.03/cwt360.00–390.001,7805
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528284.95/cwt260.00–310.001,5054
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530351.09/cwt330.00–363.001,86120
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3535165.00/cwt150.00–180.008832
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added551359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,97814
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3563190.04/cwt180.00–200.001,0702
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578324.86/cwt300.00–345.001,8786
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583248.10/cwt230.00–280.001,4465
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added608338.46/cwt335.00–342.502,05810
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2611226.58/cwt210.00–255.001,3844
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625306.85/cwt290.00–330.001,9186
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3630200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2601
Steers600–650Medium 3632164.65/cwt162.00–167.001,0413
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2653262.51/cwt260.00–265.001,7142
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3665177.56/cwt170.00–185.001,1812
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675297.61/cwt280.00–307.502,0093
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added685310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1241
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730275.03/cwt270.00–280.002,0082
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4601
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8241
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0381
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1841
Feeder Cattle · Heifers44 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3210275.00/cwt275.00–275.005781
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1228385.38/cwt380.00–390.008792
Heifers250–300Medium 3283170.53/cwt150.00–190.004832
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3284266.50/cwt250.00–280.007574
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285366.96/cwt340.00–390.001,0463
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285330.00/cwt330.00–330.009411
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320319.98/cwt310.00–325.001,0244
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320259.05/cwt240.00–280.008297
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326351.00/cwt335.00–370.001,1445
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370249.46/cwt230.00–270.009232
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374348.49/cwt330.00–380.001,3037
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381300.49/cwt280.00–325.001,14516
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added404365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4754
Heifers400–450Medium 3410150.00/cwt150.00–150.006151
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428326.52/cwt310.00–352.501,39817
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428287.43/cwt275.00–305.001,2306
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1131
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2464286.51/cwt265.00–300.001,3294
Heifers450–500Medium 3470168.44/cwt160.00–180.007923
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3473240.26/cwt230.00–250.001,1362
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477331.94/cwt310.00–355.001,58313
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517269.65/cwt250.00–280.001,3943
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525215.29/cwt200.00–230.001,1304
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added527342.17/cwt339.00–360.001,80321
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527311.04/cwt290.00–330.001,63910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3565200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1301
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575256.30/cwt240.00–279.001,4743
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577299.26/cwt280.00–320.001,72715
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added613310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9003
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619283.71/cwt275.00–302.501,7568
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623234.29/cwt210.00–255.001,4608
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3626186.96/cwt175.00–200.001,1705
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3650160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0401
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668255.08/cwt230.00–270.001,7044
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675205.04/cwt200.00–215.001,3843
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730190.21/cwt180.00–200.001,3893
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3740165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2211
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1762229.69/cwt210.00–245.001,7503
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2777177.50/cwt160.00–200.001,3795
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1818206.40/cwt180.00–220.001,6883
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1864216.76/cwt195.00–232.001,8734
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2880165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4521
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2975150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4631
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,035195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,0181
Feeder Cattle · Bulls40 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1223427.19/cwt400.00–455.009532
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250350.00/cwt350.00–350.008751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275407.44/cwt390.00–430.001,12012
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3278246.40/cwt230.00–265.006852
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3305300.00/cwt300.00–300.009151
Bulls300–350Medium 3320225.00/cwt225.00–225.007201
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1322392.08/cwt380.00–420.001,2629
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2329353.19/cwt350.00–370.001,1626
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373335.22/cwt310.00–350.001,2509
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383369.10/cwt359.00–390.001,41411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414361.93/cwt350.00–395.001,49816
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421314.91/cwt300.00–345.001,32615
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425271.32/cwt235.00–280.001,1535
Bulls400–450Medium 3428210.00/cwt210.00–210.008992
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2466289.51/cwt270.00–310.001,34917
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473354.35/cwt330.00–365.001,6769
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3477249.15/cwt225.00–260.001,1885
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2513282.71/cwt275.00–300.001,45013
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3524230.36/cwt210.00–250.001,2076
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530335.04/cwt310.00–350.001,77612
Bulls500–550Medium 3540190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0261
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3571203.53/cwt180.00–210.001,1626
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574255.64/cwt230.00–275.001,4677
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578315.50/cwt300.00–340.001,8249
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3610195.25/cwt180.00–210.001,1912
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1627294.01/cwt280.00–310.001,8436
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627231.72/cwt210.00–255.001,4536
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670176.67/cwt170.00–180.001,1843
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3678185.17/cwt170.00–200.001,2552
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1679245.24/cwt230.00–265.001,6654
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1361
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1713252.48/cwt247.50–260.001,8003
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2758211.01/cwt210.00–212.001,5992
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1766250.92/cwt230.00–268.001,9224
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2815160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3041
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9271
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1860216.05/cwt207.00–225.001,8582
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2880190.73/cwt175.00–207.001,6782
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2915167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,5281
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1928203.97/cwt187.00–215.001,8933
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3405150.00/cwt150.00–150.006081
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3450152.50/cwt152.50–152.506861
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3655165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0811
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,830142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,5991
Bulls——1,879173.35/cwt160.00–181.003,25711
Bulls——1,958187.50/cwt186.00–189.003,6712
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%909110.22/cwt100.00–115.001,00214
Cows—Lean 85-90%97184.19/cwt80.00–95.008177
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038130.21/cwt120.00–136.001,35226
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,183164.59/cwt162.00–167.001,9473
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,245135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,6811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,313147.39/cwt138.00–157.001,93537
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27131,064.78/head900.00–1,300.001,0653
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28931,477.14/head1,000.00–2,050.001,4774
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751

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.