Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2025-04-21

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Apr 21
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
38 head
13 vs last sale 25 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
0 vs last sale 1 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
3 vs last sale 2 5 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 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $212.50/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$212.50
2 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,174
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$559
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 3
$130.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
101.08
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2515277.501,4291thin
Small 3590147.508701thin
One grade step is worth $130.00/cwt here — about $559 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
212.50
NC average9 barns · 236 hd
313.58
−101.08
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
BullsAverage1,525166.002,5321thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,515$3,2003thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,470$1,9751thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,195$1,7501thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,525166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,5321
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4701,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1951,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4683,150.26/head3,000.00–3,300.003,1502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6103,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300273322.43/cwt320.00–325.008802
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650640230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4721
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350335372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,2481
BullsSmall 3550–600590147.50/cwt147.50–147.508701
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350305385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1741
HeifersSmall 1400–450405195.00/cwt195.00–195.007901
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400360350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2601
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450445365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6241
SteersMedium 2500–550505250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2631
SteersMedium 1350–400390302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,1801
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350315352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,1101
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250240367.50/cwt367.50–367.508821
Dairy SteersLarge 3450–500460162.50/cwt162.50–162.507481
Dairy SteersSmall 3250–300273170.00/cwt170.00–170.004642
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300260382.50/cwt382.50–382.509951
BullsMedium 2750–800780167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,3071
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400355400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4201
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250210320.00/cwt320.00–320.006722
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300285387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,1041
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550515277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,4291
BullsMedium 1350–400355300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0651

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.