Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2024-08-26

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Aug 26
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 63▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 19▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 4▲ 17 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 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle were sharply higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. 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 $225.40/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −138.37 against this barn's trailing median of $363.78.
Average price
$225.40
6 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,247
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.80
vs NC average
−16.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549227.981,2515thin
Medium and Large 2575212.501,2221thin
One grade step is worth $15.48/cwt here — about $29 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale6 hd
225.40
—
NC average9 barns · 344 hd
213.60
+11.80
National average160 barns · 7,566 hd
241.88
−16.48
This barn, trailing median3 sales
363.78
−138.37
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—Average1,235144.611,7863thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,122136.741,5346thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average983120.451,18412

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)1,028$1,4213thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)985$1,3324thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)865$1,1251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)740$8251thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,005$2,5001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,028$2,1315
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)800$1,8502thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1991
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,2751
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630263.43/cwt242.50–300.001,6603
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,5361
Steers750–800Large 2795167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,3321
Steers800–850Large 2805170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3691
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,4381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1110350.00/cwt350.00–350.003851
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235300.00/cwt300.00–300.007051
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250300.00/cwt300.00–300.007501
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390230.00/cwt230.00–230.008971
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Full425220.00/cwt220.00–220.009351
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473231.26/cwt230.00–232.501,0942
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495200.00/cwt200.00–200.009901
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1501
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561227.48/cwt220.00–230.001,2764
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2221
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621212.62/cwt190.00–230.001,3204
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4411
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1245300.00/cwt300.00–300.007351
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483201.23/cwt200.00–202.509722
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,2371
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2510190.00/cwt190.00–190.009691
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,0261
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2901
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,075124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,3331
Bulls——1,315154.91/cwt147.50–160.002,0372
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%983120.45/cwt105.00–130.001,18412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,122136.74/cwt130.00–140.001,5346
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2740825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Bred Cows—Small 1-2785975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28651,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0281,421.23/head1,350.00–1,500.001,4213
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0521,451.66/head1,225.00–1,700.001,4523
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-27501,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28502,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-28751,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-28802,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0052,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1052,315.05/head2,250.00–2,375.002,3152
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1752,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251

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.