Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2025-03-10

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Mar 10
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
36 head
12 vs last sale 48 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
4 vs last sale 6 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
4 vs last sale 8 4 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 active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

6 head baby calves; 400.00-800.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $258.63/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits 115.23 against this barn's trailing median of $373.86.
Average price
$258.63
4 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,393
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$226
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$51.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.53
vs NC average
56.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533271.511,4473thin
Medium and Large 2555220.001,2211thin
One grade step is worth $51.51/cwt here — about $226 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
419395372348median 373.8602/1603/2304/2707/2707/27
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 sale4 hd
258.63
NC average9 barns · 289 hd
260.17
−1.53
National average179 barns · 17,787 hd
314.96
−56.33
This barn, trailing median4 sales
373.86
−115.23
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
BullsAverage1,890150.002,8351thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,045125.001,3061thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)655$1,2622thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)975$1,4462thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 and Large 1700–750720222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,6021
BullsMedium 1450–500483252.11/cwt227.50–277.501,2182
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500450285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2831
BullsSmall 1400–450405222.50/cwt222.50–222.509011
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850805195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5701
BullsMedium 1600–650630200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2601
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350333287.84/cwt272.50–302.509592
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650645200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2901
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550533271.51/cwt257.50–280.001,4473
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330262.50/cwt262.50–262.508661
SteersLarge 3400–450425205.00/cwt205.00–205.008711
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700663202.49/cwt200.00–205.001,3432
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550510282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,4411
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450427288.52/cwt282.50–300.001,2323
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400363287.60/cwt272.50–302.501,0442
HeifersSmall 1150–200185237.50/cwt237.50–237.504391
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600555220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2211
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-26551,262.21/head1,225.00–1,300.001,2622
Stock CowsMedium 1-29751,446.41/head1,400.00–1,500.001,4462
Bulls1,890150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,8351
CowsBoner 80-85%1,045125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3061

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.