Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2024-11-18

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Nov 18
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
43 head
5 vs last sale 38 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
2 vs last sale 7 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
1 vs last sale 7 8 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 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle moderate. Cattle quality was average.

1 head baby calves; 325.00

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $200.41/cwt on 5 head.
Average price
$200.41
5 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,085
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
19.62
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538203.641,0964thin
Medium and Large 2555187.501,0411thin
One grade step is worth $16.13/cwt here — about $55 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 sale5 hd
200.41
NC average9 barns · 248 hd
220.02
−19.62
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
BullsAverage1,381134.141,8524thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,465110.001,6121thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,125$1,2251thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)963$1,5252thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)800$9501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)800$9142thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)735$8751thin
Stock CowsOpenAged (>8 yrs)860$8251thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,465110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6121
Bulls1,381134.14/cwt130.00–140.001,8524
Stock CowsSmall 1-2860825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1-2735875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1-2800913.75/head850.00–970.009142
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1251,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29631,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5252
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2800950.00/head950.00–950.009501
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600568191.00/cwt180.00–202.501,0852
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400395187.50/cwt187.50–187.507411
BullsSmall 1350–400360160.00/cwt160.00–160.005761
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550508216.27/cwt212.50–220.001,0992
BullsSmall 1700–750715102.50/cwt102.50–102.507331
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400378224.16/cwt210.00–232.508473
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500465207.50/cwt207.50–207.509651
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523187.50/cwt187.50–187.509812
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423210.23/cwt202.50–225.008894
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700655162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,0641
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700650180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1701
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650635180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1431
HeifersMedium 2600–650625147.50/cwt147.50–147.509221
HeifersMedium 2400–450400172.50/cwt172.50–172.506901
HeifersMedium 2450–500470170.00/cwt170.00–170.007991
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600573192.57/cwt187.50–197.501,1032
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550510167.50/cwt167.50–167.508541
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373208.71/cwt207.50–210.007782
HeifersMedium 2350–400380175.00/cwt175.00–175.006651
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600555187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,0411
BullsSmall 3350–400360142.50/cwt142.50–142.505131
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350305200.00/cwt200.00–200.006101
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250240225.00/cwt225.00–225.005401
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450440242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0671
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400380252.50/cwt252.50–252.509601

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.