Name: Norwood Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

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 June 18, 2026

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $481.17/cwt on 100 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +13.14 against this barn's trailing median of $468.03.

Average price

$481.17

100 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$43.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+29.33

vs NC average

+9.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	483.17	2,727	94
Small 1	549	458.33	2,515	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	553	442.00	2,444	2thin
Medium 1	560	440.00	2,464	1thin

One grade step is worth $43.17/cwt here — about $263 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 sale100 hd

481.17

—

NC average10 barns · 189 hd

451.84

+29.33

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+9.05

This barn, trailing median3 sales

468.03

+13.14

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

44 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 1Value Added	900–950	944	315.45/cwt	313.00–316.00	2,978	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	446	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,364	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	645	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	741	327.87/cwt	327.00–328.00	2,430	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	369.84/cwt	362.00–370.00	2,404	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	542	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,304	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	323	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,712	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	748	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,857	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	837	340.89/cwt	332.00–342.00	2,853	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1100–1150	1,138	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,982	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,078	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	3,094	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	567	482.93/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,738	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	654	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,773	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	361	493.27/cwt	490.00–495.00	1,781	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	635	420.66/cwt	420.00–422.00	2,671	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	462	531.72/cwt	530.00–532.00	2,457	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	549	484.57/cwt	479.00–492.00	2,660	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	752	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,767	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	850	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	383	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,011	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	900	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	557	423.54/cwt	422.00–426.00	2,359	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	643	373.91/cwt	372.00–377.00	2,404	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	470	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	345	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,294	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	725	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,661	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	473	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,341	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	553	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	545	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,224	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	664	402.49/cwt	399.00–406.00	2,673	4
Steers	Small 1Value Added	650–700	653	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,527	2
Steers	Small 1Value Added	550–600	568	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,584	2
Steers	Small 1Value Added	400–450	415	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,034	1
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	500–550	505	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,879	1
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	650–700	660	343.28/cwt	342.00–347.00	2,266	4
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	400–450	433	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,949	2
Steers	Small 1Value Added	450–500	463	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,246	2
Steers	Small 1Value Added	500–550	510	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	828	304.63/cwt	304.00–311.00	2,522	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	471	476.34/cwt	472.00–485.00	2,244	21
Steers	Medium 1Value Added	600–650	625	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,513	1
Steers	Medium 1Value Added	400–450	420	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,108	1
Steers	Medium 1Value Added	350–400	380	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,786	1
Steers	Medium 1Value Added	550–600	560	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,464	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 Mar 19, 2026

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

Receipts 617Last week 885Year ago 604

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	530.00	530.00
2	350–400	383	525.00	525.00
7	400–450	446	530.00	530.00
15	450–500	462	530.00–532.00	531.72
14	500–550	549	479.00–492.00	484.57
80	550–600	567	470.00–485.00	482.93
27	600–650	635	420.00–422.00	420.66
76	650–700	654	424.00	424.00
66	700–750	748	382.00	382.00
12	750–800	752	368.00	368.00
36	800–850	837	332.00–342.00	340.89
2	850–900	850	331.00	331.00
11	900–950	944	313.00–316.00	315.45
3	1050–1100	1,078	287.00	287.00
4	1100–1150	1,138	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	408.00	408.00
4	650–700	664	399.00–406.00	402.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	495.00	495.00
2	550–600	553	442.00	442.00
3	700–750	725	367.00	367.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	490.00	490.00
2	450–500	463	485.00	485.00
1	500–550	510	465.00	465.00
2	550–600	568	455.00	455.00
2	650–700	653	387.00	387.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	470.00	470.00
1	400–450	420	502.00	502.00
1	550–600	560	440.00	440.00
1	600–650	625	402.00	402.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	361	490.00–495.00	493.27
21	450–500	471	472.00–485.00	476.34
40	500–550	542	425.00	425.00
13	550–600	557	422.00–426.00	423.54
12	600–650	643	372.00–377.00	373.91
53	650–700	650	362.00–370.00	369.84
55	700–750	741	327.00–328.00	327.87
22	800–850	828	304.00–311.00	304.63
1	900–950	900	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	470	457.00	457.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	545	408.00	408.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	505	372.00	372.00
4	650–700	660	342.00–347.00	343.28

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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