Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-24

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 November 12, 2026

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $399.71/cwt on 112 head, up $9.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −34.16 against this barn's trailing median of $433.87.

Average price

$399.71

▲ 9.46 vs prior sale

112 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$408

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$58.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.36

vs NC average

−6.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	406.00	2,298	89
Large 1	576	382.00	2,200	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	550	380.00	2,090	14thin
Medium and Large 2	570	360.00	2,052	1thin
Medium 1	543	348.00	1,890	3thin

One grade step is worth $58.00/cwt here — about $408 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

4 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.17, low $390.26, median $433.87 across 4 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 sale112 hd

399.71

—

NC average9 barns · 229 hd

381.35

+18.36

National average172 barns · 11,871 hd

405.75

−6.04

This barn, trailing median4 sales

433.87

−34.16

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

43 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 1Value Added	750–800	770	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,479	1
Steers	Medium 1Value Added	500–550	543	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,890	3
Steers	Medium 1Value Added	850–900	855	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,668	1
Steers	Medium 1Value Added	450–500	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	1
Steers	Medium 1Value Added	700–750	738	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,221	2
Steers	Medium 1Value Added	650–700	657	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,142	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	761	333.78/cwt	320.00–334.00	2,540	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	548	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,995	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	605	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,087	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	570	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,052	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	656	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,152	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	868	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	434	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,927	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	740	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,457	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	675	355.50/cwt	353.00–358.00	2,400	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	569	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,077	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	741	320.07/cwt	314.00–323.50	2,372	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,025	305.00/cwt	304.00–306.00	3,126	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	440	408.90/cwt	408.00–412.00	1,799	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	910	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,867	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	394	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	458	414.19/cwt	414.00–416.00	1,897	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	340.67/cwt	340.00–341.00	2,180	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	477	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,070	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,298	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	829	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,578	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	595	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,083	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	645	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,196	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	550	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,090	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	835	321.91/cwt	318.00–322.00	2,688	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	539	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,994	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	663	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,254	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	383	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,475	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	488	407.02/cwt	402.00–410.00	1,986	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	625	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,100	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	540	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,966	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	375	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,676	3
Heifers	Medium 1Value Added	600–650	625	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,013	3
Heifers	Medium 1Value Added	500–550	530	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,903	2
Heifers	Medium 1Value Added	450–500	475	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,805	2
Steers	Large 1Value Added	550–600	576	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,200	5
Steers	Large 1Value Added	800–850	830	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,623	1
Heifers	Large 2Value Added	450–500	460	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,495	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 Sep 24, 2026

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

Receipts 789Last week 1,260Year ago 924

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	394	420.00	420.00
9	400–450	440	408.00–412.00	408.90
21	450–500	458	414.00–416.00	414.19
6	500–550	540	364.00	364.00
92	550–600	569	365.00	365.00
9	600–650	640	340.00–341.00	340.67
83	650–700	656	328.00	328.00
80	700–750	741	314.00–323.50	320.07
1	750–800	770	322.00	322.00
11	800–850	829	311.00	311.00
2	850–900	868	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	385.00	385.00
2	500–550	548	364.00	364.00
1	550–600	595	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	605	345.00	345.00
3	650–700	663	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	539	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	380.00	380.00
2	500–550	530	359.00	359.00
3	600–650	625	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	300.00	300.00
3	500–550	543	348.00	348.00
3	650–700	657	326.00	326.00
2	700–750	738	301.00	301.00
1	850–900	855	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	434	444.00	444.00
17	450–500	477	434.00	434.00
89	550–600	566	406.00	406.00
144	650–700	675	353.00–358.00	355.50
9	700–750	740	332.00	332.00
66	750–800	761	320.00–334.00	333.78
46	800–850	835	318.00–322.00	321.91
11	900–950	910	315.00	315.00
2	1000–1050	1,025	304.00–306.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	488	402.00–410.00	407.02
1	550–600	570	360.00	360.00
3	600–650	625	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	447.00	447.00
14	550–600	550	380.00	380.00
7	600–650	645	340.50	340.50
Steers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	576	382.00	382.00
1	800–850	830	316.00	316.00

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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