Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2024-08-12

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Aug 12
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
19 head
18 vs last sale 37 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 4 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
1 vs last sale 4 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 light. Cattle quality was average to plain.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $186.25/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$186.25
2 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$964
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$444
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$87.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
29.08
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515230.001,1851thin
Small 1520142.507411thin
One grade step is worth $87.50/cwt here — about $444 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 sale2 hd
186.25
NC average8 barns · 115 hd
215.33
−29.08
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,050130.001,3651thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average890122.501,0901thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)850$1,1251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)870$1,0501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)705$1,1501thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsSmall 1Full500–550520142.50/cwt142.50–142.507411
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800785150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1781
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250200295.00/cwt295.00–295.005901
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500455210.00/cwt210.00–210.009561
BullsMedium 2300–350325210.00/cwt210.00–210.006831
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500480240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1521
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650640180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1521
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750730162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,1861
HeifersSmall 1450–500450150.00/cwt150.00–150.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400388198.87/cwt192.50–205.007722
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300295212.50/cwt212.50–212.506271
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800760211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,6041
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550515230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1851
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-27051,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-28701,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-28501,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,050130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3651
CowsLean 85-90%890122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,0901

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.