Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2025-07-14

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Jul 14
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
15 head
33 vs last sale 48 118 vs year ago 133 · 88.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
5 vs last sale 9 21 vs year ago 25 · 84.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
3 vs last sale 11 12 vs year ago 2 · +600.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to light receipts, no price comparison is available this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits 108.86 against this barn's trailing median of $373.86.
Average price
$265.00
2 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,352
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
35.30
vs NC average
73.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515280.001,4421thin
Medium and Large 2505250.001,2631thin
One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $180 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 sale2 hd
265.00
NC average9 barns · 264 hd
300.30
−35.30
National average151 barns · 8,478 hd
338.74
−73.74
This barn, trailing median4 sales
373.86
−108.86
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
BullsAverage1,660177.502,9471thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,105154.251,7042thin

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
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)965$2,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,035$1,9501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,090$1,8251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,025$1,8001thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)865$1,8001thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,130$1,6001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)885$1,2751thin
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)825$1,7251thin
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)790$1,7062thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,055$1,6001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)590$9001thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bulls1,660177.50/cwt177.50–177.502,9471
CowsBoner 80-85%1,105154.25/cwt151.00–157.501,7042
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450440245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0781
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550505250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2631
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0551,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0901,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0251,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred CowsMedium 1-29652,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950900247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,2281
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450445337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,5021
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900870252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,1971
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850800252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,0201
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750735265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9481
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400390300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1301,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0351,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700660282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,8651
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400370357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,3231
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650640272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,7441
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550515280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4421
Bred CowsSmall 2-38851,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Stock CowsSmall 2590900.00/head900.00–900.009001
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250235362.50/cwt362.50–362.508521
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4491
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-27901,705.54/head1,575.00–1,825.001,7062
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28251,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-28651,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001

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.