Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-13

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 tentatively March 19, 2026

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $379.60/cwt on 146 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −88.43 against this barn's trailing median of $468.03.

Average price

$379.60

146 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,148

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$624

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$86.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.68

vs NC average

−45.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	402.00	2,328	88
Medium and Large 1-2	547	358.58	1,963	40
Medium and Large 2	560	329.50	1,845	2thin
Small 1	540	315.26	1,703	16thin

One grade step is worth $86.74/cwt here — about $624 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale146 hd

379.60

—

NC average8 barns · 254 hd

353.93

+25.68

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−45.27

This barn, trailing median3 sales

468.03

−88.43

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

51 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	400–450	405	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,193	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	367.57/cwt	362.00–372.00	1,694	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	305.22/cwt	305.00–306.50	2,256	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	347.36/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,945	100
Heifers	Small 1	800–850	815	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,046	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	575	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,938	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	660	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,046	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	385	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,344	2
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	718	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,025	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	537	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,804	3
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	432	337.97/cwt	335.00–339.00	1,460	4
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	629	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,856	5
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	560	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,842	14
Steers	Small 1	600–650	645	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,000	9
Steers	Small 1	500–550	538	313.81/cwt	312.00–339.00	1,688	15
Steers	Small 1	900–950	920	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,484	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	480	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,594	2
Steers	Small 1	350–400	368	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,472	3
Steers	Small 1	850–900	890	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,359	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,974	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	292.82/cwt	280.00–302.00	2,149	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,328	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	335.05/cwt	330.00–342.00	1,809	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	288.55/cwt	279.00–290.00	2,389	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	356.33/cwt	355.00–359.00	1,251	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,661	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,752	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	319.52/cwt	314.00–320.00	2,080	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	330.08/cwt	324.00–331.00	2,436	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	438.68/cwt	420.00–443.00	2,044	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	334.81/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,220	110
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,309	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,162	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	360.23/cwt	342.00–364.00	1,960	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,609	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,981	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	310.16/cwt	310.00–311.00	1,979	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	709	279.43/cwt	271.00–288.00	1,981	4
Steers	Small 1	700–750	720	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,102	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,497	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 Nov 13, 2025

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

Receipts 885Last week 924Year ago 711

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	351	355.00–359.00	356.33
1	400–450	405	360.00	360.00
42	450–500	461	362.00–372.00	367.57
31	500–550	540	330.00–342.00	335.05
100	550–600	560	340.00–348.00	347.36
115	650–700	651	314.00–320.00	319.52
54	700–750	739	305.00–306.50	305.22
15	800–850	828	279.00–290.00	288.55
1	850–900	860	255.00	255.00
2	900–950	918	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	349.00	349.00
4	400–450	432	335.00–339.00	337.97
3	500–550	537	336.00	336.00
14	550–600	560	329.00	329.00
5	600–650	629	295.00	295.00
2	700–750	718	282.00	282.00
1	800–850	815	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	470	345.00	345.00
19	600–650	638	310.00–311.00	310.16
4	700–750	709	271.00–288.00	279.43
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	480	332.00	332.00
15	500–550	538	312.00–339.00	313.81
1	550–600	575	337.00	337.00
9	600–650	645	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	660	310.00	310.00
3	700–750	720	292.00	292.00
1	850–900	890	265.00	265.00
1	900–950	920	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	410.00	410.00
2	400–450	445	357.00	357.00
1	500–550	535	339.00	339.00
1	550–600	585	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	643	307.00	307.00
5	700–750	734	280.00–302.00	292.82
1	800–850	825	262.00	262.00
1	850–900	855	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	430.00	430.00
4	350–400	371	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	445	417.00	417.00
40	450–500	466	420.00–443.00	438.68
88	550–600	579	402.00	402.00
110	650–700	663	320.00–340.00	334.81
69	700–750	738	324.00–331.00	330.08
31	800–850	842	316.00	316.00
2	850–900	853	310.00	310.00
14	900–950	936	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	356	452.00	452.00
35	500–550	544	342.00–364.00	360.23
5	550–600	571	347.00	347.00

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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