Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-20

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 August 8th, 2024

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $293.56/cwt on 221 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −174.48 against this barn's trailing median of $468.03.

Average price

$293.56

221 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$635

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

$102.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.16

vs NC average

−7.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	302.36	1,675	154
Medium and Large 1-2	544	282.29	1,534	57
Small 1-2	553	230.00	1,273	6thin
Medium 1-2	510	221.00	1,127	2thin
Large 1-2	580	200.00	1,160	1thin
Medium and Large 2	520	200.00	1,040	1thin

One grade step is worth $102.36/cwt here — about $635 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 sale221 hd

293.56

—

NC average9 barns · 371 hd

282.40

+11.16

National average144 barns · 7,865 hd

300.66

−7.10

This barn, trailing median3 sales

468.03

−174.48

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

57 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	225.47/cwt	219.00–238.00	1,181	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,201	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	1,607	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,929	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,781	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,725	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,567	75
Steers	Small 1-2	500–550	500	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,150	1
Steers	Small 1-2	800–850	835	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,587	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	800–850	800	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,090	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	317.88/cwt	316.00–322.00	1,148	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	696	264.60/cwt	251.50–265.50	1,842	232
Steers	Small 1-2	450–500	459	246.20/cwt	234.00–251.00	1,130	7
Steers	Small 1-2	550–600	564	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,297	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	400–450	449	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,033	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	350–400	358	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	859	2
Steers	Small 1-2	700–750	721	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,449	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	650–700	665	215.01/cwt	212.00–217.00	1,430	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	500–550	541	212.61/cwt	200.00–224.00	1,150	22
Heifers	Small 1-2	700–750	723	183.07/cwt	178.00–184.00	1,324	13
Steers	Small 1-2	600–650	638	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,518	15
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	510	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,127	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	490	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,029	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	580	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,160	1
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	460	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,320	7
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	705	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,622	1
Steers	Large 1-2	350–400	390	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,197	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	218.64/cwt	211.00–220.00	1,795	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,779	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	258.20/cwt	254.00–258.50	1,459	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	229.21/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,685	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	270.66/cwt	266.00–272.00	988	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,671	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	712	168.71/cwt	165.00–181.00	1,201	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,303	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,174	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	195.62/cwt	190.00–201.00	1,236	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,420	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,873	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,305	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,582	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	985	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	189.49/cwt	188.00–191.00	1,205	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,617	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	280.13/cwt	249.00–284.00	1,507	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	237.93/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,109	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	214.82/cwt	214.00–221.00	1,807	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,999	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,491	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	245.88/cwt	237.50–248.50	1,547	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	196.14/cwt	196.00–197.00	1,844	7

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 Jun 20, 2024

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

Receipts 1,429Last week 748Year ago 1,431

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	466	234.00–240.00	237.93
3	500–550	524	219.00–238.00	225.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	365	266.00–272.00	270.66
50	450–500	462	260.00	260.00
179	550–600	565	254.00–258.50	258.20
75	650–700	664	236.00	236.00
95	700–750	735	225.00–230.00	229.21
20	800–850	821	211.00–220.00	218.64
3	900–950	918	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	240.00	240.00
5	400–450	449	230.00	230.00
22	500–550	541	200.00–224.00	212.61
5	650–700	665	212.00–217.00	215.01
13	700–750	723	178.00–184.00	183.07
1	800–850	800	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	218.00	218.00
1	500–550	500	197.00	197.00
8	600–650	636	188.00–191.00	189.49
1	650–700	665	196.00	196.00
7	700–750	712	165.00–181.00	168.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	361	316.00–322.00	317.88
46	450–500	466	320.00	320.00
66	500–550	526	305.50	305.50
88	550–600	575	300.00	300.00
91	600–650	625	285.00	285.00
232	650–700	696	251.50–265.50	264.60
14	700–750	735	242.00	242.00
65	750–800	773	249.50	249.50
62	800–850	833	240.00	240.00
22	950–1000	950	220.00	220.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	459	234.00–251.00	246.20
1	500–550	500	230.00	230.00
5	550–600	564	230.00	230.00
15	600–650	638	238.00	238.00
4	700–750	721	201.00	201.00
1	800–850	835	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	221.00	221.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	307.00	307.00
7	450–500	460	287.00	287.00
1	550–600	580	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	705	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	438	268.00	268.00
1	450–500	460	242.00	242.00
1	500–550	520	200.00	200.00
4	600–650	632	190.00–201.00	195.62
2	700–750	710	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	805	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	450	290.00	290.00
36	500–550	538	249.00–284.00	280.13
21	550–600	553	286.00	286.00
17	600–650	629	237.50–248.50	245.88
3	650–700	668	242.00	242.00
2	700–750	718	227.00	227.00
19	800–850	841	214.00–221.00	214.82
1	850–900	875	214.00	214.00
7	900–950	940	196.00–197.00	196.14

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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