Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-21

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 will be held on June 20th

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $299.55/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −168.48 against this barn's trailing median of $468.03.

Average price

$299.55

82 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$484

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$91.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.53

vs NC average

−18.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	309.12	1,701	56
Medium and Large 1-2	548	292.91	1,606	18thin
Small 1	524	267.45	1,401	4thin
Medium 1	520	258.00	1,342	1thin
Medium and Large 2	559	217.61	1,216	3thin

One grade step is worth $91.51/cwt here — about $484 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.17, low $390.26, median $468.03 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale82 hd

299.55

—

NC average9 barns · 278 hd

288.03

+11.53

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−18.74

This barn, trailing median3 sales

468.03

−168.48

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

58 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,773	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,843	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	286.58/cwt	272.00–287.00	1,324	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,986	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,068	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,029	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	335.49/cwt	334.00–337.00	1,278	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,865	11
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	438	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,305	9
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	654	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,354	7
Heifers	Small 1	800–850	810	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,312	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	369	250.39/cwt	240.00–254.00	924	4
Heifers	Small 1	950–1000	980	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,686	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	284.68/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,623	3
Heifers	Small 1	850–900	866	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,438	4
Steers	Small 1	450–500	458	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,333	8
Steers	Small 1	350–400	380	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,174	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	524	267.45/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,401	4
Steers	Small 1	400–450	435	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,088	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	639	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,470	7
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	540	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,350	12
Steers	Small 1	750–800	768	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,567	3
Steers	Small 1	700–750	728	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,514	3
Steers	Small 1	650–700	653	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	295.02/cwt	292.00–297.00	1,062	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,555	7
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	485	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,373	2
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	520	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,342	1
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	610	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,354	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	525	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	227.25/cwt	225.00–227.50	1,695	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,532	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,884	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,412	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,851	87
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	269.03/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,663	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	846	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,853	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	291.19/cwt	290.00–299.00	1,570	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	1,705	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	248.69/cwt	242.00–249.00	1,855	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,357	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,157	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,448	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,377	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	223.49/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,415	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	213.68/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,406	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	217.61/cwt	214.00–225.00	1,216	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,629	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,727	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,771	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,741	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,623	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,496	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	813	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,475	4

How this sale compares

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

North Carolina Graded Cattle Auction

Thu Mar 21, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	539	290.00–299.00	291.19
11	550–600	554	294.00	294.00
3	600–650	618	267.00–270.00	269.03
1	750–800	785	220.00	220.00
6	800–850	846	219.00	219.00
1	850–900	865	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	334.00–337.00	335.49
2	400–450	440	321.00	321.00
23	450–500	452	339.00	339.00
53	500–550	549	310.50	310.50
3	550–600	570	281.00–290.00	284.68
87	600–650	645	287.00	287.00
68	700–750	746	242.00–249.00	248.69
52	800–850	843	223.50	223.50
11	900–950	928	201.00	201.00
2	950–1000	950	194.00	194.00
1	1000–1050	1,045	190.00	190.00
6	1050–1100	1,068	190.00	190.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	309.00	309.00
1	400–450	435	250.00	250.00
8	450–500	458	291.00	291.00
4	500–550	524	260.00–270.00	267.45
7	600–650	639	230.00	230.00
2	650–700	653	227.00	227.00
3	700–750	728	208.00	208.00
3	750–800	768	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	283.00	283.00
1	500–550	520	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	559	214.00–225.00	217.61
1	650–700	650	241.00	241.00
2	750–800	773	206.00	206.00
1	800–850	840	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	360	292.00–297.00	295.02
37	450–500	462	272.00–287.00	286.58
71	550–600	556	269.00	269.00
64	600–650	644	252.00	252.00
7	650–700	656	237.00	237.00
70	700–750	746	225.00–227.50	227.25
24	800–850	833	209.00	209.00
12	900–950	937	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	369	240.00–254.00	250.39
9	400–450	438	298.00	298.00
12	500–550	540	250.00	250.00
7	650–700	654	207.00	207.00
1	800–850	810	162.00	162.00
4	850–900	866	166.00	166.00
1	950–1000	980	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	220.00	220.00
1	600–650	610	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	230.00	230.00
2	800–850	813	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	435	266.00	266.00
1	450–500	490	268.00	268.00
4	500–550	540	255.00	255.00
7	550–600	568	255.00	255.00
2	600–650	633	220.00–227.00	223.49
5	650–700	658	212.00–220.00	213.68
4	700–750	734	201.00	201.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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