Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2024-12-09

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Dec 9
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
27 head
37 vs last sale 64 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
7 vs last sale 12 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
6 vs last sale 0 6 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 sharply higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were light. Cattle quality was average.

1 head baby calves; 225.00

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $231.25/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$231.25
2 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,266
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium 1
$12.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.69
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2560237.501,3301thin
Medium 1535225.001,2041thin
One grade step is worth $12.50/cwt here — about $126 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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
231.25
NC average9 barns · 248 hd
248.94
−17.69
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
BullsLow1,105122.871,3583thin
CowsLean 85-90%High780123.259612thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)840$9751thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)880$1,7752thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)700$1,7251thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
BullsMedium 1500–550535225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2041
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350315350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1031
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450420272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,1451
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300278342.03/cwt335.00–350.009512
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650605212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2861
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600560237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,3301
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323258.56/cwt252.50–265.008353
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250240241.28/cwt240.00–242.505792
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500453274.99/cwt272.50–277.501,2462
HeifersSmall 1400–450415180.00/cwt180.00–180.007471
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450432351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,5162
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450430233.75/cwt220.00–247.501,0052
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300270242.50/cwt242.50–242.506551
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700685180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2331
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-27001,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2840975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-28801,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7752
Bulls1,158105.56/cwt102.50–110.001,2222
Bulls1,000157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,5751
CowsLean 85-90%780123.25/cwt121.50–125.009612

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.