Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2025-04-28

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Apr 28
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
48 head
10 vs last sale 38 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
1 vs last sale 1 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
2 vs last sale 5 3 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 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 $287.51/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$287.51
4 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,538
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$30.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
29.45
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540295.011,5933thin
Medium 1520265.001,3781thin
One grade step is worth $30.01/cwt here — about $215 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale4 hd
287.51
NC average8 barns · 292 hd
316.95
−29.45
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
BullsHigh2,005175.753,5242thin

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 CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)860$1,6001thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)990$1,5001thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)700$1,0001thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 2300–350325280.00/cwt280.00–280.009101
Stock CowsMedium 1-29901,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Stock CowsLarge 37001,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bulls1,890184.00/cwt184.00–184.003,4781
Bulls2,120167.50/cwt167.50–167.503,5511
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400365322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,1771
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600560250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4001
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350345305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0521
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350340330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1221
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425263.71/cwt260.00–267.501,1212
BullsMedium 1500–550520265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3781
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700650270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7551
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650615287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,7681
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600560292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,6381
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300290357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,0371
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400388377.47/cwt372.50–382.501,4652
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300270320.00/cwt320.00–320.008641
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500468304.97/cwt300.00–310.001,4272
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450435308.55/cwt300.00–317.501,3422
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550510305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5561
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400380282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,0741
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650614257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,5811
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750733234.95/cwt220.00–250.001,7222
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550537278.31/cwt277.50–280.001,4953
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450413377.55/cwt375.00–380.001,5592
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350327386.07/cwt375.00–400.001,2623
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550530296.26/cwt295.00–297.501,5702
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500460305.91/cwt300.00–312.501,4073
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300270302.50/cwt300.00–305.008172
Stock CowsSmall 1-28601,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001

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.