Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-20

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 date is June 26, 2025

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $345.29/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −122.74 against this barn's trailing median of $468.03.

Average price

$345.29

103 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,876

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$306

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

$62.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.34

vs NC average

−11.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	355.22	1,879	20
Medium and Large 1	547	346.55	1,895	77
Medium and Large 2	585	315.00	1,843	1thin
Small 1	538	292.37	1,573	5thin

One grade step is worth $62.85/cwt here — about $306 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 sale103 hd

345.29

—

NC average9 barns · 258 hd

327.96

+17.34

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

−11.87

This barn, trailing median3 sales

468.03

−122.74

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

42 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	Small 1	400–450	430	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	450	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,499	1
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	700	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,743	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	533	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	242.34/cwt	242.00–243.00	1,515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,249	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	291.06/cwt	282.00–292.50	2,139	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,847	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,900	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	400.97/cwt	391.00–410.00	1,824	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	417.73/cwt	416.00–418.00	1,500	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	254.95/cwt	254.00–255.00	2,134	19
Steers	Small 1	400–450	420	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,512	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	648	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,873	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	355.22/cwt	340.00–358.00	1,879	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	287.45/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,657	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,113	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,478	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,376	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	261.54/cwt	259.00–262.00	1,930	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	281.61/cwt	281.00–287.00	1,814	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	327.15/cwt	322.00–328.00	1,806	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	317.63/cwt	314.00–328.00	2,042	71
Steers	Small 1	500–550	538	292.37/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,573	5
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	350	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,102	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,305	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,221	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,537	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,736	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,298	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,063	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	349.70/cwt	342.00–352.00	1,591	22

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 20, 2025

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

Receipts 604Last week 711Year ago 748

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	342.00	342.00
1	400–450	430	332.00	332.00
1	450–500	450	333.00	333.00
3	500–550	533	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	700	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	346.00	346.00
1	500–550	540	308.00	308.00
3	600–650	625	242.00–243.00	242.34
1	700–750	745	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	375.00	375.00
12	350–400	369	373.00	373.00
7	400–450	433	355.00	355.00
22	450–500	455	342.00–352.00	349.70
8	500–550	539	322.00	322.00
71	550–600	552	322.00–328.00	327.15
59	600–650	644	281.00–287.00	281.61
32	700–750	738	259.00–262.00	261.54
14	800–850	842	245.00	245.00
1	900–950	930	226.00	226.00
6	950–1000	970	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	638	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	359	416.00–418.00	417.73
59	450–500	455	391.00–410.00	400.97
69	500–550	546	348.00	348.00
8	550–600	553	334.00	334.00
71	600–650	643	314.00–328.00	317.63
54	700–750	735	282.00–292.50	291.06
19	800–850	837	254.00–255.00	254.95
6	900–950	945	238.00	238.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	226.00	226.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	360.00	360.00
5	500–550	538	290.00–296.00	292.37
2	600–650	648	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	377	392.00	392.00
6	400–450	436	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	463	375.00	375.00
20	500–550	529	340.00–358.00	355.22
2	650–700	673	285.00–290.00	287.45
3	750–800	777	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	379.00	379.00
1	550–600	585	315.00	315.00

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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