Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2025-06-09

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 9
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 65▼ 14 vs year ago 59 · −23.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 15▼ 6 vs year ago 8 · −75.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 29▲ 0 vs year ago 5 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. 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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $322.50/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −32.98 against this barn's trailing median of $355.48.
Average price
$322.50
1 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,774
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−20.30
vs NC average
−58.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550322.501,7741thin
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
322.50
—
NC average8 barns · 226 hd
342.80
−20.30
National average158 barns · 9,089 hd
381.01
−58.51
This barn, trailing median3 sales
355.48
−32.98
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
402379356333median 355.4804/2704/2707/2709/2809/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $388.06, low $346.82, median $355.48 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—Low2,060145.002,9871thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,400137.501,9251thin

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)1,440$2,1751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,117$1,7103thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)995$1,2501thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Small 1375272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0221
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,3551
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,5092
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4521
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485339.98/cwt332.50–345.001,6493
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,7741
Steers600–650Small 1610200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2201
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1738259.92/cwt252.50–267.501,9182
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium 1430274.65/cwt265.00–285.001,1812
Heifers450–500Medium 1453255.03/cwt250.00–260.001,1552
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473297.63/cwt292.50–302.501,4082
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530278.75/cwt275.00–282.501,4772
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,7241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium 1300330.00/cwt330.00–330.009901
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2131
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523301.66/cwt297.50–305.001,5783
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5431
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7041
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1875200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7501
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers450–500Small 3465132.50/cwt132.50–132.506161
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,060145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,9871
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,400137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,9251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 1-29951,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1171,710.07/head1,475.00–1,975.001,7103
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4402,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1751

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.