Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2025-04-14

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Apr 14
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
25 head
26 vs last sale 51 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 2 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
5 vs last sale 7 2 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 too few to trend. Feeder cattle were 3 to 6 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were light. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.50/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits 106.36 against this barn's trailing median of $373.86.
Average price
$267.50
1 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,431
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
24.45
vs NC average
53.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535267.501,4311thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale1 hd
267.50
NC average9 barns · 250 hd
291.95
−24.45
National average175 barns · 12,815 hd
321.18
−53.68
This barn, trailing median4 sales
373.86
−106.36
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average880117.501,0341thin

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
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,058$1,3382thin

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
CowsLean 85-90%880117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,0341
Stock CowsMedium 1-29201,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1951,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,1791
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750745237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,7691
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600550292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,6091
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550533302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6122
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550535267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,4311
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350335287.50/cwt287.50–287.509631
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800790237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,8761
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1831
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400355275.00/cwt275.00–275.009761
HeifersMedium 1400–450405262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,0631
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475279.01/cwt272.50–285.001,3252
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650625239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4941
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400375352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,3221
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600560290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6241
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300295315.00/cwt315.00–315.009291
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550505282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,4271
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450430338.44/cwt330.00–347.501,4552

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.