Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2026-07-06

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Jul 6
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 36▲ 37 vs year ago 48 · +77.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 5▼ 4 vs year ago 9 · −44.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 5▼ 9 vs year ago 11 · −81.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week because of the 4th. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. 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 $337.15/cwt on 7 head, down $46.80 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −26.63 against this barn's trailing median of $363.78.
Average price
$337.15
▼ 46.80 vs prior sale
7 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,860
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$390
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$90.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−36.68
vs NC average
−78.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546350.011,9116thin
Small 1585260.001,5211thin
One grade step is worth $90.01/cwt here — about $390 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale7 hd
337.15
—
NC average3 barns · 69 hd
373.83
−36.68
National average149 barns · 8,242 hd
416.11
−78.96
This barn, trailing median3 sales
363.78
−26.63
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—Low1,490172.892,5763thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,045$3,0001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)710$2,7001thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,3201
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7501
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465453.26/cwt450.00–460.002,1083
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6201
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563401.43/cwt350.00–420.002,2604
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3871
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1845252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,1341
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873251.25/cwt250.00–252.502,1932
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2631
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2910200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8201
Steers900–950Medium 1935200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Small 1260375.00/cwt375.00–375.009751
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3051
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,3281
Heifers300–350Small 1325310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0081
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added395402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,5901
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471385.12/cwt370.00–400.001,8144
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518361.12/cwt352.50–370.001,8712
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560344.45/cwt320.00–352.501,9294
Heifers550–600Small 1585260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5211
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6031
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8752
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1693251.25/cwt250.00–252.501,7412
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,7681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1218492.90/cwt470.00–510.001,0753
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1276497.86/cwt492.50–505.001,3744
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315451.06/cwt430.00–480.001,4213
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6021
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added460475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,1851
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added500437.50/cwt435.00–440.002,1882
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1545390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,1261
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added560420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,3521
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added600380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2801
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618352.57/cwt350.00–355.002,1792
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1718251.26/cwt250.00–252.501,8042
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9891
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers550–600Small 3575170.00/cwt170.00–170.009781
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers200–250Small 3228240.33/cwt230.00–250.005482
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,200142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,7101
Bulls——1,635188.09/cwt185.00–190.003,0752
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-27102,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0453,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001

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.