Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2025-08-18

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Aug 18
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
60 head
37 vs last sale 97 3 vs year ago 63 · 4.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
2 vs last sale 3 18 vs year ago 19 · 94.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
6 vs last sale 12 2 vs year ago 4 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, there was not enough slaughter cattle to trend. Feeder cattle were 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Cattle quality was plain to average. Offerings of cattle were moderate.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $282.50/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$282.50
4 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$419
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$95.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
41.74
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550325.001,7882thin
Medium 2585250.001,4631thin
Medium and Large 3595230.001,3691thin
One grade step is worth $95.00/cwt here — about $419 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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
282.50
NC average9 barns · 214 hd
324.24
−41.74
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,235157.501,9451thin

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,042$2,3763thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)755$1,9001thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,030$1,6751thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)935$1,2501thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
BullsSmall 3400–450445150.00/cwt150.00–150.006681
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300270400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0801
HeifersMedium 2250–300265300.00/cwt300.00–300.007951
BullsMedium 2400–450415300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2451
HeifersMedium 3450–500465220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0231
BullsMedium 3600–650620167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,0391
SteersMedium 2300–350323363.76/cwt362.50–365.001,1752
CowsBoner 80-85%1,235157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,9451
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8801
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6631
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450400350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4001
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600595230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3691
BullsMedium 2550–600585250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4631
HeifersMedium 2500–550535260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3911
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600565320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8081
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400365380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3871
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350335340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1391
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550535360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9261
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29502,488.49/head2,425.00–2,550.002,4882
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2252,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550535330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7661
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300280350.00/cwt350.00–350.009801
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520338.79/cwt335.00–342.501,7622
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-27551,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0301,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500463340.07/cwt320.00–350.001,5753
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 29351,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
BullsSmall 1350–400365310.00/cwt300.00–320.001,1322
BullsSmall 2400–450432230.00/cwt230.00–230.009941

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.