Name: Southeastern Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

no trend this week

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $204.88/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −168.99 against this barn's trailing median of $373.86.

Average price

$204.88

5 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,094

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$478

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$87.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.87

vs NC average

−71.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	224.96	1,193	3thin
Medium and Large 2	560	212.00	1,187	1thin
Small 1	520	137.50	715	1thin

One grade step is worth $87.46/cwt here — about $478 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $404.84, low $362.11, median $373.86 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

204.88

—

NC average9 barns · 241 hd

233.74

−28.87

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−71.58

This barn, trailing median4 sales

373.86

−168.99

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,575	137.50	2,166	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,127	98.30	1,108	3thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium 2	250–300	265	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	517	1
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	410	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	810	1
Heifers	Medium 2	250–300	280	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	588	1
Bulls	Large 2	350–400	380	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	798	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	380	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	675	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	790	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,045	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,187	1
Bulls	Medium 2	300–350	330	200.87/cwt	200.00–202.50	663	3
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	350	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	805	1
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	540	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	355	226.20/cwt	222.50–230.00	803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	265.05/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,365	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	228.70/cwt	227.50–230.00	979	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	380	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,017	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	222.44/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,141	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	248.65/cwt	237.50–260.00	1,405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,245	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	238	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	571	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	350–400	390	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,140	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,023	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	239.04/cwt	230.00–247.50	904	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	520	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	715	1
Bulls	Small 2	300–350	310	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	543	1
Bulls	—	—	1,575	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	2,166	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	98.30/cwt	92.50–105.00	1,108	3

How this sale compares

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Southeastern Auction Co Inc – Chadbourn, NC

Mon May 20, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 59Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 0Year ago 0

no trend this week

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	195.00	195.00
1	400–450	410	197.50	197.50
1	500–550	540	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	280.00	280.00
1	250–300	280	290.00	290.00
2	500–550	515	260.00–270.00	265.05
1	700–750	735	217.50	217.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	247.50	247.50
2	350–400	378	230.00–247.50	239.04
1	400–450	440	262.50	262.50
1	450–500	470	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	222.50	222.50
1	250–300	275	225.00	225.00
1	300–350	310	230.00	230.00
2	400–450	428	227.50–230.00	228.70
2	450–500	475	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	560	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	222.50–230.00	226.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	240.00	240.00
2	500–550	513	220.00–225.00	222.44
1	550–600	565	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	655	190.00	190.00
1	800–850	810	177.50	177.50
1	950–1000	980	192.50	192.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	137.50	137.50
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	200.00–202.50	200.87
1	350–400	350	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	565	237.50–260.00	248.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	240.00	240.00
1	250–300	290	255.00	255.00
1	400–450	405	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	175.00	175.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	177.50	177.50
1	750–800	790	165.00	165.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	137.50	137.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,127	92.50–105.00	98.30

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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