Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2025-03-17

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Mar 17
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 36▲ 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 4▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, there were no slaughter this week to compare to. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were light. Cattle quality was average to attractive.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $262.50/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −61.52 against this barn's trailing median of $324.02.
Average price
$262.50
1 head · 585 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,536
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−24.52
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1585262.501,5361thin
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 sale1 hd
262.50
—
NC average9 barns · 228 hd
287.02
−24.52
This barn, trailing median1 sales
324.02
−61.52
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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 CowsOpen(<2 yrs)790$1,5732thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3401
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370355.79/cwt345.00–367.501,3162
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3531
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483334.36/cwt302.50–380.001,6155
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508323.74/cwt322.50–325.001,6452
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,7191
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0011
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395252.50/cwt252.50–252.509971
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428287.41/cwt282.50–292.501,2302
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0571
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3455180.00/cwt180.00–180.008191
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6101
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6591
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium 1240292.50/cwt292.50–292.507021
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1295340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0031
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330346.77/cwt340.00–350.001,1443
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365360.27/cwt350.00–370.001,3152
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373311.96/cwt290.00–332.501,1642
Bulls400–450Small 1Fleshy435202.50/cwt202.50–202.508811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440272.59/cwt265.00–280.001,1992
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475309.89/cwt300.00–320.001,4722
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,5361
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,5961
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2780180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4041
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2810170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3771
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-27901,572.78/head1,400.00–1,725.001,5732

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.