Name: Southeastern Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, there were no slaughter this week to compare to. 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 attractive.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $262.50/cwt on 1 head.

Average price

$262.50

1 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,536

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−24.52

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	262.50	1,536	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

262.50

—

NC average9 barns · 228 hd

287.02

−24.52

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	790	$1,573	2thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	334.36/cwt	302.50–380.00	1,615	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,353	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,404	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	1,572.78/head	1,400.00–1,725.00	1,573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	346.77/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,144	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	355.79/cwt	345.00–367.50	1,316	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,003	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,057	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,377	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	311.96/cwt	290.00–332.50	1,164	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	323.74/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	360.27/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,315	2
Bulls	Small 1Fleshy	400–450	435	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	287.41/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,230	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	309.89/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	997	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	272.59/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,199	2
Bulls	Medium 1	200–250	240	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	702	1

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 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 38Last week 36Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 4Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
2	350–400	370	345.00–367.50	355.79
1	400–450	410	330.00	330.00
5	450–500	483	302.50–380.00	334.36
2	500–550	508	322.50–325.00	323.74
1	650–700	655	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	290.00–332.50	311.96
2	400–450	440	265.00–280.00	272.59
1	750–800	780	180.00	180.00
1	800–850	810	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	340.00	340.00
3	300–350	330	340.00–350.00	346.77
2	350–400	365	350.00–370.00	360.27
2	450–500	475	300.00–320.00	309.89
1	550–600	585	262.50	262.50
1	600–650	645	247.50	247.50
Bulls — Small 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	202.50	202.50
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	260.00	260.00
2	400–450	428	282.50–292.50	287.41
1	700–750	700	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	790	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	252.50	252.50
1	400–450	445	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	180.00	180.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	790	1,400.00–1,725.00	1,572.78

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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