Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2024-07-15

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Jul 15
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
133 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 86▲ 133 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 21▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 10▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle mostly steady. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality 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 $228.48/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −135.29 against this barn's trailing median of $363.78.
Average price
$228.48
19 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,212
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$272
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$51.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.92
vs NC average
−29.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530231.181,22618thin
Medium and Large 2530180.009541thin
One grade step is worth $51.18/cwt here — about $272 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale19 hd
228.48
—
NC average8 barns · 306 hd
210.56
+17.92
National average156 barns · 7,883 hd
257.80
−29.32
This barn, trailing median3 sales
363.78
−135.29
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—High1,438155.002,2282thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,105134.571,4874thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,400130.001,8201thin
CowsLean 85-90%High883117.661,03918

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
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)650$7001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,060$1,3751thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0691
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1761
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1961
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531242.40/cwt240.00–250.001,2874
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,3061
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600233.75/cwt230.00–237.501,4032
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added627252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5809
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5841
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670180.34/cwt170.00–191.001,2082
Steers650–700Large 3690137.50/cwt137.50–137.509491
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,4341
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Small 3220133.92/cwt130.00–137.502952
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2240200.00/cwt200.00–200.004801
Heifers250–300Small 1275150.13/cwt148.00–152.504132
Heifers250–300Small 3280140.00/cwt140.00–140.003921
Heifers350–400Medium 2365180.00/cwt180.00–180.006571
Heifers400–450Small 1415150.00/cwt150.00–150.006231
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435200.00/cwt200.00–200.008701
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440233.79/cwt230.00–237.501,0292
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1281
Heifers450–500Small 1Full475137.50/cwt137.50–137.506531
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added527242.25/cwt242.25–242.251,27711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529213.57/cwt200.00–232.501,1306
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530180.00/cwt180.00–180.009541
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2361
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613210.04/cwt200.00–220.001,2882
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added624241.50/cwt241.50–241.501,50735
Heifers650–700Large 3680145.00/cwt145.00–145.009861
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4761
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1860180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5481
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Small 3240142.50/cwt142.50–142.503422
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2313224.80/cwt220.00–230.007042
Bulls350–400Medium 2385207.50/cwt207.50–207.507991
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1395260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0271
Bulls400–450Large 3400155.00/cwt155.00–155.006201
Bulls450–500Large 3470137.50/cwt137.50–137.506461
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1495242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy537200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0742
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2553185.02/cwt180.00–190.001,0232
Bulls550–600Small 3570117.50/cwt117.50–117.506701
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3341
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3531
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705156.75/cwt152.50–161.001,1052
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,4061
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2845149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,2591
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1895152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,3651
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3445150.00/cwt150.00–150.006681
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,045140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4631
Bulls——1,830170.00/cwt170.00–170.003,1111
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%75087.50/cwt87.50–87.506561
Cows—Lean 85-90%788130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0242
Cows—Lean 85-90%905118.02/cwt108.00–125.001,06815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,105134.57/cwt125.00–145.001,4874
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,400130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,8201
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0601,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2650700.00/head700.00–700.007001

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.