Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-26

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 14, 2025

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $373.48/cwt on 249 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −94.55 against this barn's trailing median of $468.03.

Average price

$373.48

249 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,068

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

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

$64.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.64

vs NC average

+3.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	374.52	2,075	243
Small 1	526	341.61	1,797	4thin
Medium and Large 2	550	310.00	1,705	2thin

One grade step is worth $64.52/cwt here — about $370 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 sale249 hd

373.48

—

NC average8 barns · 370 hd

359.84

+13.64

National average140 barns · 6,212 hd

369.58

+3.90

This barn, trailing median3 sales

468.03

−94.55

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

46 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	430	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,419	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,241	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	330.31/cwt	319.50–332.00	2,064	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	348.87/cwt	337.00–352.00	1,647	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	384.37/cwt	382.00–386.00	1,407	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,257	52
Steers	Small 1	500–550	526	341.61/cwt	339.00–350.00	1,797	4
Steers	Small 1	400–450	444	344.90/cwt	340.00–362.00	1,531	9
Steers	Small 1	350–400	350	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,173	1
Steers	Small 1	300–350	348	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,225	2
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	715	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,823	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	653	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,077	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	364	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,318	6
Steers	Small 1	650–700	670	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,178	1
Steers	Small 1	900–950	915	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,379	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	715	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,274	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,060	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,175	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	466	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,580	8
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	541	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,758	9
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	345	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,056	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	344.50/cwt	326.00–345.00	2,332	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	341.47/cwt	326.00–343.00	1,902	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	303.08/cwt	295.00–304.50	2,543	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,664	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	277.38/cwt	271.00–278.00	2,621	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	396.91/cwt	390.00–402.00	1,469	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	330.24/cwt	326.00–333.00	2,384	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,895	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,924	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	362.33/cwt	362.00–363.00	1,957	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	377.00/cwt	359.00–379.00	2,100	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	310.68/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,914	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,139	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,474	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	371.74/cwt	368.00–372.00	1,706	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	351.74/cwt	333.00–357.50	2,216	200
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,173	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,642	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	262.51/cwt	257.00–263.00	2,447	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	330.67/cwt	329.00–331.00	1,772	12

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 26, 2025

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

Receipts 1,270Last week 604Year ago 0

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 14, 2025

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	366	382.00–386.00	384.37
7	400–450	430	330.00	330.00
99	450–500	472	337.00–352.00	348.87
12	500–550	536	329.00–331.00	330.67
99	550–600	557	326.00–343.00	341.47
91	600–650	625	319.50–332.00	330.31
52	700–750	711	317.50	317.50
9	800–850	824	272.00	272.00
12	900–950	932	257.00–263.00	262.51
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	350.00	350.00
6	350–400	364	362.00	362.00
8	450–500	466	339.00	339.00
9	500–550	541	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	653	318.00	318.00
1	700–750	715	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	316.00	316.00
1	550–600	570	302.00	302.00
6	600–650	616	310.00–312.00	310.68
2	650–700	675	285.00	285.00
5	700–750	725	295.00	295.00
2	750–800	758	250.00	250.00
1	850–900	870	250.00	250.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	352.00	352.00
1	350–400	350	335.00	335.00
9	400–450	444	340.00–362.00	344.90
4	500–550	526	339.00–350.00	341.61
1	650–700	670	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	715	318.00	318.00
1	900–950	915	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	357.00	357.00
2	550–600	550	310.00	310.00
3	650–700	652	316.00	316.00
1	700–750	710	306.00	306.00
1	800–850	800	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	400.00	400.00
8	350–400	370	390.00–402.00	396.91
20	400–450	446	373.00	373.00
48	450–500	459	368.00–372.00	371.74
41	500–550	540	362.00–363.00	362.33
202	550–600	557	359.00–379.00	377.00
200	600–650	630	333.00–357.50	351.74
74	650–700	677	326.00–345.00	344.50
79	700–750	722	326.00–333.00	330.24
49	750–800	773	320.00	320.00
57	800–850	839	295.00–304.50	303.08
11	900–950	945	271.00–278.00	277.38

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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