Name: Southeastern Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-12

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 heavy. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $331.79/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −39.98 against this barn's trailing median of $371.77.

Average price

$331.79

11 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,811

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$477

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$72.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.25

vs NC average

−52.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	345.00	1,901	9thin
Medium and Large 2	523	272.32	1,424	2thin

One grade step is worth $72.68/cwt here — about $477 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 sale11 hd

331.79

—

NC average8 barns · 283 hd

355.03

−23.25

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

−52.81

This barn, trailing median2 sales

371.77

−39.98

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,893	161.00	3,048	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,605	151.29	2,428	2thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,045	$1,900	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	970	$2,000	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	900	$805	3thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Bulls	—	—	2,045	175.25/cwt	166.00–187.50	3,584	2
Bulls	—	—	1,590	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	2,107	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	151.29/cwt	150.00–152.50	2,428	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,050	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	272.32/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,424	2
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	560	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	423	337.81/cwt	322.50–347.50	1,429	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	273.76/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,766	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,843	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	480	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	551	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,901	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	261.25/cwt	260.00–262.50	1,915	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	614	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	1,974	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	527	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,692	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	630	293.66/cwt	290.00–301.00	1,850	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,106	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,335	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	795	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,127	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	273.78/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	281.28/cwt	280.00–282.50	1,584	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	435	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,055	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	825	657.02/head	110.00–1,225.00	657	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,963	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 May 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 119Last week 31Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 3Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 7Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,045	166.00–187.50	175.25
1	—	1,590	132.50	132.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,605	150.00–152.50	151.29

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,100.00	1,100.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	2,000.00	2,000.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	825	110.00–1,225.00	657.02
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,900.00	1,900.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	310.00	310.00
1	750–800	760	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	331.00	331.00
5	500–550	527	321.00	321.00
12	600–650	630	290.00–301.00	293.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	322.50	322.50
2	500–550	523	272.50–275.00	273.78
2	550–600	563	280.00–282.50	281.28
1	600–650	625	252.50	252.50
2	650–700	660	250.00	250.00
2	700–750	733	260.00–262.50	261.25
1	750–800	785	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	825	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	265.00–280.00	272.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	625	280.00	280.00
19	650–700	658	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	551	345.00	345.00
16	600–650	614	321.50	321.50
7	750–800	795	267.50	267.50
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	322.50–347.50	337.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	395.00	395.00
1	500–550	535	277.50	277.50
4	600–650	645	270.00–275.00	273.76
1	650–700	680	271.00	271.00
1	800–850	800	222.50	222.50
1	900–950	910	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	222.50	222.50
1	850–900	850	167.50	167.50

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Southeastern Auction Co Inc – Chadbourn, NC

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Replacement Cattle

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