Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2024-06-10

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 10
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
59 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 52▲ 59 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 3▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 5▲ 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 mostly steady. Feeder cattle were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $207.54/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −156.24 against this barn's trailing median of $363.78.
Average price
$207.54
8 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,159
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$56.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−38.62
vs NC average
−57.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500240.001,2001thin
Medium and Large 2563210.511,1865thin
Medium 2575183.881,0572thin
One grade step is worth $56.12/cwt here — about $143 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale8 hd
207.54
—
NC average9 barns · 362 hd
246.16
−38.62
National average154 barns · 8,969 hd
265.37
−57.83
This barn, trailing median3 sales
363.78
−156.24
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—Average1,005175.001,7591thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,090135.001,4721thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,570134.002,1041thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94193.808823thin

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
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)945$1,2132thin
Stock CowsOpenAged (>8 yrs)955$1,1501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)710$1,0751thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)975$1,0251thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium 2420200.00/cwt200.00–200.008401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,2211
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,2902
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2613231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4163
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6881
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2195220.00/cwt220.00–220.004291
Heifers250–300Medium 2295200.00/cwt200.00–200.005901
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340242.50/cwt242.50–242.508251
Heifers350–400Small 1350167.50/cwt167.50–167.505861
Heifers350–400Medium 2383192.70/cwt182.50–202.507382
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385240.00/cwt240.00–240.009241
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420249.79/cwt240.00–260.001,0495
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430224.75/cwt212.00–237.509662
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465246.21/cwt245.00–247.501,1452
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2488228.62/cwt220.00–237.501,1162
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0401
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574213.14/cwt207.50–215.001,2234
Heifers550–600Medium 2575183.88/cwt180.00–187.501,0572
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4041
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,0551
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,1031
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1180302.50/cwt302.50–302.505451
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2180262.50/cwt262.50–262.504731
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290287.50/cwt287.50–287.508341
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345281.00/cwt281.00–281.009691
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0901
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405242.50/cwt242.50–242.509821
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475260.89/cwt250.00–272.501,2392
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478238.93/cwt227.50–250.001,1422
Bulls500–550Medium 2525185.00/cwt185.00–185.009711
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1545245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3351
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580240.09/cwt235.00–250.001,3933
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4061
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3681
Bulls700–750Small 3735160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1761
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2745160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1921
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers550–600Small 355589.00/cwt89.00–89.004941
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,005175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,7591
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%900110.00/cwt110.00–110.009901
Cows—Lean 85-90%96185.70/cwt80.00–92.508242
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,090135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4721
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,570134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,1041
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 1-27101,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
Stock Cows—Small 1-2770825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29551,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29751,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1201,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001

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.