Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-13

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 September 24, 2026

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $390.26/cwt on 134 head, down $77.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −77.78 against this barn's trailing median of $468.03.

Average price

$390.26

▼ 77.78 vs prior sale

134 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,173

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

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

$23.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.71

vs NC average

−11.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	391.95	2,180	124
Small 1	561	370.00	2,076	6thin
Medium and Large 2	569	368.26	2,095	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.69/cwt here — about $84 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale134 hd

390.26

—

NC average9 barns · 308 hd

380.55

+9.71

National average152 barns · 6,242 hd

401.88

−11.62

This barn, trailing median3 sales

468.03

−77.78

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	808	306.93/cwt	300.00–314.00	2,480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	673	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,329	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	750	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	665	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,108	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	569	368.26/cwt	360.00–377.00	2,095	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	490	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	728	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,315	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	450	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,701	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	633	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,152	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	633	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,083	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	740	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,309	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	830	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,324	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	631	344.36/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,173	88
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	733	310.02/cwt	308.00–312.00	2,272	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	533	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,887	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	571	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,096	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	545	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	370	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	451	446.70/cwt	440.00–447.00	2,015	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	839	316.52/cwt	313.00–317.00	2,656	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	468	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,998	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	462	386.36/cwt	386.00–387.00	1,785	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	553	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,936	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	440	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	734	339.25/cwt	324.00–342.00	2,490	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	742	320.71/cwt	318.00–321.00	2,380	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	669	362.87/cwt	355.00–363.00	2,428	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	928	296.07/cwt	280.00–297.00	2,748	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	376	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,786	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,218	94
Steers	Small 1Value Added	700–750	740	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,294	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	784	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,556	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	544	379.24/cwt	379.00–380.00	2,063	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,013	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,938	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	629	370.02/cwt	360.00–374.00	2,327	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	675	334.93/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,261	68
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	350–400	388	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,668	2
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	550–600	555	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,898	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	350–400	380	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,539	1
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	500–550	523	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,841	2
Steers	Small 1Value Added	600–650	630	360.33/cwt	360.00–362.00	2,270	6
Steers	Small 1Value Added	550–600	561	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,076	6
Steers	Small 1Value Added	400–450	428	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,798	2
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	450–500	459	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,744	6
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	700–750	710	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	526	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,894	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	464	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,856	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	846	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,530	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	375	427.42/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	935	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	855	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,693	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 13, 2026

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

Receipts 1,260Last week 1,449Year ago 990

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	455.00	455.00
2	450–500	490	400.00	400.00
4	550–600	569	360.00–377.00	368.26
2	650–700	673	346.00	346.00
2	700–750	733	308.00–312.00	310.02
2	800–850	808	300.00–314.00	306.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	468	427.00	427.00
4	600–650	633	340.00	340.00
4	700–750	728	318.00	318.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	376	475.00	475.00
2	400–450	440	445.00	445.00
23	450–500	451	440.00–447.00	446.70
30	500–550	544	379.00–380.00	379.24
94	550–600	560	396.00	396.00
117	600–650	629	360.00–374.00	370.02
123	650–700	669	355.00–363.00	362.87
160	700–750	734	324.00–342.00	339.25
46	750–800	784	326.00	326.00
66	800–850	839	313.00–317.00	316.52
20	900–950	928	280.00–297.00	296.07
3	1000–1050	1,013	290.00	290.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	405.00	405.00
2	400–450	428	420.00	420.00
6	550–600	561	370.00	370.00
6	600–650	630	360.00–362.00	360.33
5	700–750	740	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	450	378.00	378.00
1	500–550	545	344.00	344.00
1	650–700	665	317.00	317.00
1	750–800	750	310.00	310.00
1	800–850	830	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	462	386.00–387.00	386.36
8	500–550	533	354.00	354.00
10	550–600	553	350.00	350.00
5	600–650	633	329.00	329.00
3	700–750	740	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	425.00–430.00	427.42
38	450–500	464	400.00	400.00
56	500–550	526	360.00	360.00
91	550–600	571	367.00	367.00
88	600–650	631	340.00–345.00	344.36
68	650–700	675	330.00–335.00	334.93
72	700–750	742	318.00–321.00	320.71
18	800–850	846	299.00	299.00
1	850–900	855	315.00	315.00
1	900–950	935	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	430.00	430.00
6	450–500	459	380.00	380.00
2	500–550	523	352.00	352.00
1	550–600	555	342.00	342.00
1	700–750	710	265.00	265.00

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