Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2025-10-13

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Oct 13
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 71▼ 45 vs year ago 73 · −61.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 9▼ 4 vs year ago 6 · −66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 10▲ 9 vs year ago 5 · +180.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There were too few slaughter and feeder cattle to trend compared to last week. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were light. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $270.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −93.78 against this barn's trailing median of $363.78.
Average price
$270.00
1 head · 585 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−27.30
vs NC average
−127.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2585270.001,5801thin
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
270.00
—
NC average5 barns · 144 hd
297.30
−27.30
National average180 barns · 19,448 hd
397.86
−127.86
This barn, trailing median3 sales
363.78
−93.78
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—Average1,390172.882,4032thin

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)730$1,6001thin
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)710$1,6501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)967$3,1333thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)826$2,9514thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)650$2,4001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)880$1,5252thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)715$1,4252thin

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium 1495320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5841
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Small 1325250.00/cwt250.00–250.008131
Heifers400–450Small 2433222.54/cwt220.00–225.009642
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4951
Heifers450–500Small 2460227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0471
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4101
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5801
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8731
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 2-3300200.00/cwt200.00–200.006001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523309.57/cwt300.00–320.001,6192
Bulls550–600Medium 1560260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4561
Bulls650–700Medium 1655250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6381
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,390172.88/cwt167.50–176.002,4032
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-26502,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-27902,852.85/head2,800.00–2,900.002,8532
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-28552,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-28703,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29553,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29733,024.04/head2,950.00–3,100.003,0242
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-27101,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1-26451,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 1-27851,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Stock Cows—Small 1-28351,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Stock Cows—Medium 1-29251,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-27301,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001

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.