Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-18

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 August 13, 2026

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $468.03/cwt on 255 head, down $13.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $468.03.

Average price

$468.03

▼ 13.14 vs prior sale

255 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$580

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$105.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.81

vs NC average

+8.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	480.32	2,650	186
Medium and Large 1-2	544	444.65	2,419	23
Medium and Large 2	547	440.97	2,414	37
Small 1	562	390.00	2,192	6thin
Large 1	552	375.00	2,070	3thin

One grade step is worth $105.32/cwt here — about $580 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 sale255 hd

468.03

—

NC average8 barns · 375 hd

450.22

+17.81

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

+8.98

This barn, trailing median3 sales

468.03

+0.00

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

48 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 2Value Added	750–800	763	344.12/cwt	332.00–356.00	2,626	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	800	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	445	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	478	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,969	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	665	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,394	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	740	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,479	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	640	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,240	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	733	314.55/cwt	310.00–318.00	2,306	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	650	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,061	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	735	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	620	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,182	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	575	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,208	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	677	413.84/cwt	413.00–422.00	2,802	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	716	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,864	72
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	545	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,431	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	466	433.93/cwt	402.00–440.00	2,022	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	549	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,229	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	444	431.52/cwt	426.00–434.00	1,916	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	577	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,712	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	571	415.34/cwt	412.00–416.00	2,372	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	666	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	544	444.65/cwt	441.00–445.00	2,419	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	640	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,656	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	740	371.13/cwt	370.00–372.00	2,746	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	621	380.29/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,362	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	456	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,029	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	930	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,069	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	371	506.22/cwt	505.00–510.00	1,878	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,864	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	528	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,587	96
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	400–450	418	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,626	3
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	350–400	357	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,489	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	467	477.66/cwt	467.00–480.00	2,231	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	764	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,896	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	845	350.37/cwt	348.00–354.00	2,961	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	528	428.73/cwt	416.00–429.00	2,264	98
Steers	Small 1Value Added	550–600	562	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,192	6
Steers	Small 1Value Added	700–750	735	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,455	4
Steers	Small 1Value Added	350–400	383	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	1,846	2
Steers	Small 1Value Added	600–650	615	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,448	1
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	750–800	765	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,219	1
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	500–550	539	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,199	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	371	456.62/cwt	440.00–459.00	1,694	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	831	333.06/cwt	328.00–334.00	2,768	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	960	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,043	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	753	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,425	2
Steers	Large 1Value Added	500–550	543	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,053	2
Steers	Large 1Value Added	550–600	570	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,103	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 Jun 18, 2026

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

Receipts 1,449Last week 617Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	466	402.00–440.00	433.93
34	500–550	545	446.00	446.00
3	550–600	575	384.00	384.00
2	750–800	763	332.00–356.00	344.12
1	800–850	800	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	371	505.00–510.00	506.22
70	450–500	467	467.00–480.00	477.66
96	500–550	528	490.00	490.00
90	550–600	577	470.00	470.00
176	600–650	628	456.00	456.00
85	650–700	677	413.00–422.00	413.84
72	700–750	716	400.00	400.00
68	750–800	764	379.00	379.00
44	800–850	845	348.00–354.00	350.37
12	900–950	930	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	544	441.00–445.00	444.65
17	600–650	640	415.00	415.00
4	650–700	666	400.00	400.00
9	700–750	740	370.00–372.00	371.13
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	482.00	482.00
6	550–600	562	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	615	398.00	398.00
4	700–750	735	334.00	334.00
Steers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	543	378.00	378.00
1	550–600	570	369.00	369.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	420.00	420.00
3	450–500	478	412.00	412.00
1	600–650	620	352.00	352.00
2	650–700	650	317.00	317.00
1	700–750	735	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	371	440.00–459.00	456.62
84	450–500	456	445.00	445.00
98	500–550	528	416.00–429.00	428.73
107	550–600	571	412.00–416.00	415.34
97	600–650	621	360.00–385.00	380.29
73	650–700	665	360.00	360.00
35	700–750	740	335.00	335.00
2	750–800	753	322.00	322.00
21	800–850	831	328.00–334.00	333.06
4	950–1000	960	317.00	317.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	444	426.00–434.00	431.52
14	500–550	549	406.00	406.00
10	600–650	640	350.00	350.00
7	700–750	733	310.00–318.00	314.55
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	417.00	417.00
3	400–450	418	389.00	389.00
4	500–550	539	408.00	408.00
1	750–800	765	290.00	290.00

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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