Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-25

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 13, 2025

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $400.61/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −67.42 against this barn's trailing median of $468.03.

Average price

$400.61

145 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,199

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$53.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.13

vs NC average

−16.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	403.99	2,214	132
Medium and Large 1-2	558	371.18	2,071	10thin
Small 1	555	350.00	1,943	3thin

One grade step is worth $53.99/cwt here — about $271 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 sale145 hd

400.61

—

NC average8 barns · 271 hd

377.48

+23.13

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

−16.48

This barn, trailing median3 sales

468.03

−67.42

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
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	625	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,056	2
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	503	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,761	4
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	487	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,997	3
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	720	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,124	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,252	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	530	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,919	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	574	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,020	6
Steers	Small 1	350–400	388	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,474	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	460	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,702	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	555	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,943	3
Steers	Small 1	700–750	739	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,217	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,203	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,210	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,193	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,875	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	370	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,351	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	450	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	413.52/cwt	410.00–416.00	1,977	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	327.70/cwt	317.00–332.00	2,474	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	369.47/cwt	367.00–372.00	2,062	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	313.02/cwt	310.00–314.00	2,260	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,568	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,079	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,877	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	369.72/cwt	347.00–392.00	2,082	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,345	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	2,615	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,895	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,645	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,954	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	403.99/cwt	391.00–408.50	2,214	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	375.50/cwt	375.50–375.50	2,441	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	372.27/cwt	370.00–374.00	1,992	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	337.06/cwt	333.00–338.00	2,194	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,107	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	415.79/cwt	412.00–418.00	1,892	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	947	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,945	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	454.41/cwt	449.00–460.00	1,704	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,239	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	336.46/cwt	332.00–337.00	2,490	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,331	8

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 25, 2025

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

Receipts 924Last week 990Year ago 1,012

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	503	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	625	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	404.00	404.00
1	350–400	375	401.00	401.00
65	450–500	455	412.00–418.00	415.79
99	550–600	559	377.00	377.00
119	600–650	648	345.50	345.50
53	700–750	734	319.50	319.50
17	800–850	834	313.50	313.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	365.00	365.00
1	450–500	450	382.00	382.00
1	500–550	530	362.00	362.00
6	550–600	574	352.00	352.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	412.00	412.00
21	500–550	535	370.00–374.00	372.27
2	550–600	558	367.00–372.00	369.47
1	600–650	645	330.00	330.00
16	650–700	651	333.00–338.00	337.06
4	700–750	722	310.00–314.00	313.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	745	252.00	252.00
1	800–850	825	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	487	410.00	410.00
2	700–750	720	295.00	295.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	460	370.00	370.00
3	550–600	555	350.00	350.00
4	700–750	739	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	302.00	302.00
2	650–700	680	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	825	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	478	410.00–416.00	413.52
2	500–550	538	377.00	377.00
8	550–600	563	347.00–392.00	369.72
16	600–650	645	340.00	340.00
8	650–700	666	350.00	350.00
9	700–750	740	332.00–337.00	336.46
7	750–800	755	317.00–332.00	327.70
2	800–850	830	315.00	315.00
1	950–1000	955	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	375	449.00–460.00	454.41
19	400–450	444	440.00	440.00
36	450–500	457	455.00	455.00
132	500–550	548	391.00–408.50	403.99
124	650–700	650	375.50	375.50
68	700–750	739	347.50	347.50
28	800–850	833	317.50	317.50
12	900–950	947	311.00	311.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	265.00	265.00

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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