Name: Southeastern Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady. Feeder cattle were sharply higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $290.83/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −83.03 against this barn's trailing median of $373.86.

Average price

$290.83

3 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$42.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.21

vs NC average

−59.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	317.50	1,667	1thin
Medium and Large 2	580	280.00	1,624	1thin
Medium 1	540	275.00	1,485	1thin

One grade step is worth $42.50/cwt here — about $182 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

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 sale3 hd

290.83

—

NC average8 barns · 204 hd

316.04

−25.21

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

−59.74

This barn, trailing median4 sales

373.86

−83.03

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	1,515	177.50	2,689	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	154.35	2,315	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,145	145.00	1,660	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,096	129.16	1,416	4thin

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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	850	$1,925	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,090	$1,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,133	$1,795	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,108	$1,675	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	840	$1,675	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,035	$1,575	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	550	$1,000	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	649	$1,026	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	595	$850	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	960	$850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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	Small 1	450–500	485	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,358	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	550	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	663	1,114.15/head	1,050.00–1,175.00	1,114	2
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	595	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	620	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	850	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	129.16/cwt	117.50–135.00	1,416	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,660	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	980	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Stock Cows	Medium 3	—	960	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Bulls	—	—	1,515	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	2,689	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	154.35/cwt	152.50–157.50	2,315	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,911	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,165	1
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	310	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	540	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,485	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	525	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	324.98/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,093	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,047	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	330.02/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,561	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	276.34/cwt	270.00–282.50	2,003	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,786	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	304.97/cwt	280.00–322.50	1,860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	284.82/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	327.63/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,396	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	354.17/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,303	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	403.66/cwt	400.00–407.50	1,736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	409.87/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,529	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	401.08/cwt	377.50–415.00	1,299	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	1,795.09/head	1,725.00–1,850.00	1,795	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	840	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	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 Aug 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 55Last week 12Year ago 37

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 6Year ago 4

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 2Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	342.50	342.50
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	525	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	615	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	412.50	412.50
5	300–350	324	377.50–415.00	401.08
2	350–400	373	390.00–430.00	409.87
2	400–450	430	400.00–407.50	403.66
1	450–500	470	380.00	380.00
2	500–550	503	320.00–330.00	324.98
3	600–650	610	280.00–322.50	304.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	695	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	332.50	332.50
1	600–650	610	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	695	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	350.00–360.00	354.17
6	400–450	426	320.00–350.00	327.63
6	450–500	473	320.00–340.00	330.02
1	500–550	525	317.50	317.50
2	600–650	638	270.00–300.00	284.82
2	700–750	725	270.00–282.50	276.34
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	222.50	222.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	550	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	1,925.00	1,925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	840	1,675.00	1,675.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	980	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,235	1,650.00	1,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	1,850.00	1,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,133	1,725.00–1,850.00	1,795.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,035	1,575.00	1,575.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	663	1,050.00–1,175.00	1,114.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	595	850.00	850.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	620	850.00	850.00
Stock Cows — Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	850.00	850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,096	117.50–135.00	129.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	145.00	145.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,500	152.50–157.50	154.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	177.50	177.50

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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Southeastern Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle