Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2025-05-19

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, May 19
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
37 head
82 vs last sale 119 22 vs year ago 59 · 37.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
2 vs last sale 6 6 vs year ago 10 · 60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
3 vs last sale 5 8 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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $292.32/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits 81.54 against this barn's trailing median of $373.86.
Average price
$292.32
6 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,515
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$365
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$62.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.58
vs NC average
41.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521302.781,5775thin
Medium and Large 2505240.001,2121thin
One grade step is worth $62.78/cwt here — about $365 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.

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 sale6 hd
292.32
NC average9 barns · 325 hd
303.89
−11.58
National average158 barns · 12,726 hd
334.26
−41.94
This barn, trailing median4 sales
373.86
−81.54
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
BullsHigh1,883181.253,4122thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,415147.002,0801thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,010145.001,4651thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)738$2,5132thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)805$1,6251thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,090$1,8001thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,103$1,7632thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)818$1,5882thin

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
Bulls1,870192.50/cwt192.50–192.503,6001
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,415147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,0801
Stock CowsMedium 1-27201,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
SteersMedium 3500–550535187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,0031
CowsBoner 80-85%1,010145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,4651
Bulls1,895170.00/cwt170.00–170.003,2221
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-29151,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550505240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2121
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750745217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6201
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400370255.00/cwt255.00–255.009441
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500485240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1641
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-27402,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5751
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650600250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5001
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450405307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,2451
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600580262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,5231
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550521302.78/cwt280.00–320.001,5775
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550507338.76/cwt335.00–340.001,7184
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400390300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1701
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600558309.19/cwt302.50–322.501,7253
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-28051,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-27352,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800750250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8751
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800795230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8291
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450405400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6201
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470360.81/cwt347.50–375.001,6962
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1031,762.93/head1,650.00–1,850.001,7632
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500452295.85/cwt280.00–307.501,3373
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0901,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400390350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3651
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500485320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5521

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.