Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2025-06-23

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 23
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 100▼ 26 vs year ago 54 · −48.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 3▼ 6 vs year ago 13 · −46.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparison this week, due to limited comparable records. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were light. 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 $251.88/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −111.90 against this barn's trailing median of $363.78.
Average price
$251.88
4 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,301
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$634
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$121.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−38.57
vs NC average
−84.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518312.501,6192thin
Small 1515191.259852thin
One grade step is worth $121.25/cwt here — about $634 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale4 hd
251.88
—
NC average9 barns · 221 hd
290.45
−38.57
National average145 barns · 7,340 hd
335.91
−84.04
This barn, trailing median3 sales
363.78
−111.90
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—Average1,740170.002,9581thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,345140.001,8831thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,022120.881,2365thin

Every lot

21 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 1465352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,6392
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513344.93/cwt340.00–352.501,7693
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium 1310262.50/cwt262.50–262.508141
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345202.50/cwt202.50–202.506991
Heifers350–400Small 1375245.00/cwt245.00–245.009191
Heifers400–450Small 2400235.00/cwt235.00–235.009401
Heifers400–450Small 1410252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0351
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,5482
Heifers500–550Small 1Full500177.50/cwt177.50–177.508881
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,6192
Heifers500–550Small 1530205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0871
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium 1270292.50/cwt292.50–292.507901
Bulls250–300Small 2285260.00/cwt260.00–260.007411
Bulls300–350Medium 1330312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,0311
Bulls300–350Small 2340262.50/cwt262.50–262.508931
Bulls350–400Small 2355252.50/cwt252.50–252.508961
Bulls450–500Small 1480245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1761
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,740170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,9581
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86097.50/cwt97.50–97.508391
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063126.73/cwt125.00–130.001,3474
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,345140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,8831

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.