Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-14

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 September 25, 2025

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $394.48/cwt on 100 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −73.55 against this barn's trailing median of $468.03.

Average price

$394.48

100 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,177

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$384

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$59.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.38

vs NC average

+6.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	401.00	2,214	64
Medium and Large 2	563	385.32	2,169	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	543	383.00	2,080	19thin
Small 1	535	342.00	1,830	1thin

One grade step is worth $59.00/cwt here — about $384 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale100 hd

394.48

—

NC average9 barns · 258 hd

368.10

+26.38

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+6.99

This barn, trailing median3 sales

468.03

−73.55

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

47 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	800–850	839	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,702	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,290	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,724	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	2,469	155
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,075	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,746	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	347.75/cwt	347.75–347.75	2,243	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	323.18/cwt	311.00–324.50	2,395	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	363.81/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,012	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	393.09/cwt	393.00–394.00	1,836	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	2,642	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,033	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,042	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	343.80/cwt	342.00–345.00	1,812	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,059	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	333.49/cwt	332.00–334.00	2,471	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,214	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	285.87/cwt	285.00–286.00	2,673	15
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	410	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,353	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	942	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,591	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,499	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,645	20
Steers	Small 1	1000–1050	1,000	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,720	1
Heifers	Small 1	800–850	825	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,203	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	565	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,893	4
Steers	Small 1	650–700	658	322.60/cwt	322.00–325.00	2,123	5
Steers	Small 1	500–550	535	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,621	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,260	15
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	440	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,571	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	690	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,105	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	465	370.65/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,724	2
Steers	Small 1	800–850	833	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,566	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,127	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	416.04/cwt	410.00–418.00	1,972	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	385.32/cwt	360.00–389.00	2,169	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,027	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	350.28/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,874	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,997	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,080	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,627	2

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 14, 2025

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

Receipts 990Last week 1,270Year ago 1,256

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	442.00	442.00
30	450–500	461	441.00	441.00
64	550–600	552	401.00	401.00
18	600–650	638	359.00	359.00
155	650–700	661	373.50	373.50
72	750–800	758	348.50	348.50
52	800–850	839	322.00	322.00
15	900–950	935	285.00–286.00	285.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	474	410.00–418.00	416.04
16	550–600	563	360.00–389.00	385.32
3	600–650	620	327.00	327.00
1	750–800	785	270.00	270.00
1	800–850	830	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	371	437.00	437.00
18	450–500	459	435.00	435.00
19	500–550	543	383.00	383.00
15	600–650	642	352.00	352.00
23	700–750	741	332.00–334.00	333.49
2	850–900	870	302.00	302.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	350.00–390.00	370.65
1	500–550	535	342.00	342.00
5	650–700	658	322.00–325.00	322.60
6	800–850	833	308.00	308.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	362	414.00	414.00
37	400–450	441	396.00	396.00
43	450–500	467	393.00–394.00	393.09
34	500–550	535	350.00–360.00	350.28
100	550–600	553	350.00–365.00	363.81
99	600–650	645	347.75	347.75
5	650–700	660	330.00	330.00
70	700–750	741	311.00–324.50	323.18
20	800–850	845	313.00	313.00
1	850–900	870	297.00	297.00
5	900–950	942	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	390.00	390.00
3	400–450	442	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	527	342.00–345.00	343.80
10	600–650	638	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	675	305.00	305.00
6	700–750	741	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	480	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	357.00	357.00
4	550–600	565	335.00	335.00
1	650–700	690	305.00	305.00
1	800–850	825	267.00	267.00

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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