Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2025-01-27

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Jan 27
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Receipts
18 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 45▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

To few receipts to trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $232.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −91.52 against this barn's trailing median of $324.02.
Average price
$232.50
2 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,302
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$312
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−38.01
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1585250.001,4631thin
Medium and Large 2535215.001,1501thin
One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $312 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale2 hd
232.50
—
NC average8 barns · 177 hd
270.51
−38.01
This barn, trailing median1 sales
324.02
−91.52
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

15 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4651
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 3185175.00/cwt175.00–175.003241
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300270.00/cwt270.00–270.008101
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385257.50/cwt257.50–257.509911
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0551
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275312.50/cwt312.50–312.508591
Bulls250–300Medium 2290250.39/cwt227.50–272.507262
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,0971
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0441
Bulls400–450Medium 2435240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0441
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1501
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4631
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1695180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2511
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1821

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.