Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-15

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 September 26th, 2024

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $275.19/cwt on 162 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −192.84 against this barn's trailing median of $468.03.

Average price

$275.19

162 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,531

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$317

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$48.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.71

vs NC average

−5.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	284.00	1,610	89
Medium and Large 1-2	541	272.73	1,475	56
Medium and Large 2	559	243.40	1,361	4thin
Small 1	550	235.23	1,294	13thin

One grade step is worth $48.77/cwt here — about $317 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale162 hd

275.19

—

NC average7 barns · 271 hd

268.47

+6.71

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

−5.15

This barn, trailing median3 sales

468.03

−192.84

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

53 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 2	550–600	559	243.40/cwt	234.00–253.00	1,361	4
Steers	Small 1	600–650	646	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,421	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	208.28/cwt	200.00–210.00	2,139	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,366	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	255.17/cwt	254.00–256.25	1,646	46
Steers	Small 1	700–750	745	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,535	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	272.73/cwt	267.00–274.00	1,475	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,091	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	256.71/cwt	241.00–258.25	1,846	80
Steers	Small 1	350–400	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	300.68/cwt	300.00–301.00	1,082	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,111	9
Steers	Small 1	850–900	863	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,319	5
Steers	Small 1	450–500	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	269.19/cwt	259.50–269.50	1,677	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	232.33/cwt	231.00–232.50	1,935	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	298.60/cwt	295.00–299.50	1,418	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,610	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,145	3
Steers	Small 1	550–600	550	235.23/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,294	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,206	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,687	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,619	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	440	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,350	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,381	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	241.25/cwt	241.25–241.25	1,544	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	224.66/cwt	224.50–227.00	1,871	15
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	542	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,160	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,804	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	450	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,035	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,497	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	264.44/cwt	262.00–264.50	1,219	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	257.63/cwt	246.00–258.26	1,427	158
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	741	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,460	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,678	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,029	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	246.75/cwt	246.75–246.75	1,907	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,714	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,696	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,789	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,651	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	657	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,183	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,074	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,699	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,946	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	465	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	893	2
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	590	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,298	1

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 Aug 15, 2024

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

Receipts 1,256Last week 1,429Year ago 1,120

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	559	234.00–253.00	243.40
1	650–700	650	254.00	254.00
1	700–750	705	238.00	238.00
1	750–800	755	237.00	237.00
1	800–850	805	236.00	236.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
8	450–500	465	260.00	260.00
13	550–600	550	235.00–238.00	235.23
5	600–650	646	220.00	220.00
2	700–750	745	206.00	206.00
2	850–900	863	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	300.00–301.00	300.68
63	450–500	475	295.00–299.50	298.60
89	550–600	567	284.00	284.00
96	600–650	623	259.50–269.50	269.19
80	700–750	719	241.00–258.25	256.71
61	750–800	773	246.75	246.75
43	800–850	833	231.00–232.50	232.33
1	850–900	890	228.00	228.00
1	900–950	905	231.00	231.00
9	950–1000	951	222.00	222.00
7	1000–1050	1,027	200.00–210.00	208.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	280.00	280.00
56	500–550	541	267.00–274.00	272.73
46	600–650	645	254.00–256.25	255.17
105	650–700	672	255.00	255.00
3	700–750	728	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	240.00	240.00
17	500–550	548	252.00	252.00
3	550–600	558	242.00	242.00
5	600–650	625	211.00	211.00
2	700–750	725	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	373	288.00	288.00
28	400–450	446	270.50	270.50
43	450–500	461	262.00–264.50	264.44
158	550–600	554	246.00–258.26	257.63
164	600–650	640	241.25	241.25
8	650–700	651	230.00	230.00
64	700–750	740	228.00	228.00
3	750–800	755	225.00	225.00
15	800–850	833	224.50–227.00	224.66
1	850–900	855	211.00	211.00
1	900–950	905	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	190.00	190.00
1	500–550	515	200.00	200.00
1	900–950	925	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	215.00	215.00
8	450–500	450	230.00	230.00
6	500–550	542	214.00	214.00
3	650–700	657	180.00	180.00
5	700–750	741	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	220.00	220.00

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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