Name: Southeastern Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-03

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 moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $235.36/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$235.36

8 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,271

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$753

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 3

$123.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.44

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	260.79	1,441	4thin
Medium and Large 2	537	234.06	1,257	3thin
Small 3	500	137.50	688	1thin

One grade step is worth $123.29/cwt here — about $753 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale8 hd

235.36

—

NC average8 barns · 244 hd

270.80

−35.44

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,613	133.97	2,161	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	935	131.00	1,225	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	835	87.50	731	3thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,215	$2,050	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	843	$828	6
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	745	$825	1thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls	Small 3	450–500	475	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	260.82/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,369	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,311	2
Bulls	Large 3	350–400	375	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	967	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,392	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	495	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	936	1
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	850–900	870	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,349	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 3	800–850	835	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,127	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,355	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,613	133.97/cwt	130.00–137.50	2,161	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	935	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,225	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	735	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	753	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	708	2
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	745	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	1,238.03/head	1,225.00–1,250.00	1,238	2
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	810	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	820	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	715	546.15/head	500.00–600.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium 2	950–1000	960	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,176	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,209	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	279.17/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,307	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,104	1
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	300	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	872	1
Bulls	Medium 2	800–850	825	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,073	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,322	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,337	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	236.09/cwt	225.00–247.50	1,211	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,298	1
Bulls	Small 3	600–650	605	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	847	1
Bulls	Small 3	500–550	500	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	688	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	445	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	846	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	260.77/cwt	242.50–280.00	1,512	2

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 Mar 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 48Last week 49Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 7Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 4Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	155.00	155.00
1	500–550	500	137.50	137.50
1	600–650	605	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	207.50	207.50
1	750–800	760	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	468	277.50–280.00	279.17
2	500–550	525	250.00–272.50	260.82
2	550–600	580	242.50–280.00	260.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	255.00	255.00
1	400–450	405	272.50	272.50
2	500–550	513	225.00–247.50	236.09
1	550–600	585	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	645	210.00	210.00
3	650–700	661	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	700	180.00	180.00
1	750–800	780	155.00	155.00
1	850–900	895	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	835	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	825	130.00	130.00
1	950–1000	960	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	272.50	272.50
2	550–600	570	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	605	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	870	155.00	155.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,613	130.00–137.50	133.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	131.00	131.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	102.50	102.50
2	—	885	80.00	80.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	715	500.00–600.00	546.15
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	998	1,225.00–1,250.00	1,238.03
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	700.00	700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,215	2,050.00	2,050.00

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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Southeastern Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Southeastern Auction Co Inc – Chadbourn, NC

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Slaughter Cattle

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