Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2024-06-03

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 3
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 175 vs last sale 227▲ 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 17▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 22▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder cattle were steady. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were light. Cattle quality was average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $221.47/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −142.31 against this barn's trailing median of $363.78.
Average price
$221.47
3 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,169
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−19.32
vs NC average
−51.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528221.471,1693thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
221.47
—
NC average8 barns · 158 hd
240.79
−19.32
National average170 barns · 13,742 hd
273.03
−51.56
This barn, trailing median3 sales
363.78
−142.31
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales
398381365348median 363.7803/2303/2304/2707/2707/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $383.95, low $362.11, median $363.78 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,560156.152,4362thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low90055.004951thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)830$1,1501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)989$2,0043thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)875$1,1632thin

Every lot

32 lots · USDA AMS · Southeastern Auction Co Inc – Chadbourn, NC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0472
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250240.00/cwt240.00–240.006001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270217.50/cwt217.50–217.505871
Heifers250–300Medium 2270187.50/cwt187.50–187.505061
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322216.94/cwt211.00–222.506993
Heifers350–400Medium 2385182.50/cwt182.50–182.507031
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2407203.15/cwt190.00–222.508273
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433225.97/cwt225.00–227.009782
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Full475220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0451
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528221.47/cwt215.00–232.501,1693
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3761
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1521
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220272.50/cwt272.50–272.506001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1255300.00/cwt300.00–300.007651
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333251.05/cwt242.50–260.008362
Bulls300–350Medium 3345152.50/cwt152.50–152.505261
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1395272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0761
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428262.19/cwt255.00–270.001,1222
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440246.25/cwt240.00–252.501,0842
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480271.76/cwt271.00–272.501,3042
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535237.75/cwt233.00–242.501,2722
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,1341
Bulls550–600Small 357592.50/cwt92.50–92.505321
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1810182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4741
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers300–350Large 3330152.50/cwt152.50–152.505031
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,560156.15/cwt146.00–162.002,4362
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90055.00/cwt55.00–55.004951
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28301,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-28751,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Stock Cows—Small 38751,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29882,068.16/head1,825.00–2,250.002,0682
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29901,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751

This sale against other markets

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.