Name: Southeastern Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, there were too few to trend. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. Demand was good; market activity and buyer were active. Offerings of cattle were heavy. Cattle quality was average to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $358.09/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −15.77 against this barn's trailing median of $373.86.

Average price

$358.09

28 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$648

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 2

$122.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+28.94

vs NC average

−10.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	509	377.81	1,923	22
Medium and Large 2	548	293.27	1,608	3thin
Medium 1	545	290.00	1,581	2thin
Small 2	500	255.00	1,275	1thin

One grade step is worth $122.81/cwt here — about $648 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale28 hd

358.09

—

NC average9 barns · 305 hd

329.15

+28.94

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

−10.25

This barn, trailing median4 sales

373.86

−15.77

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	1,755	175.66	3,083	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,025	150.00	1,538	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,160	140.00	1,624	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,160	137.50	1,595	1thin

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	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,425	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,165	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,093	$2,325	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	720	$1,950	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	905	$1,925	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	923	$1,838	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	640	$1,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	915	$2,575	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,033	$1,425	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	700	$1,075	1thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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	—	—	1,755	175.66/cwt	170.00–181.00	3,083	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,595	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,538	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	830	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	720	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	420	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	515	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,288	1
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	840	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,554	1
Stock Cows	Small 2-3	—	700	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Heifers	Small 2	500–550	500	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,275	1
Bulls	Small 2	600–650	620	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,364	1
Bulls	Small 2	450–500	460	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Small 2	650–700	660	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Small 2	450–500	470	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,316	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,584	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	630	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,181	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	435	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	505	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,263	1
Steers	Medium 2	550–600	570	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,596	1
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	585	242.44/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,418	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,160	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,624	1
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	480	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,668	1
Bulls	Medium 1	700–750	715	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,645	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	520	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,456	1
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	370	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,295	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	425	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,350	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	970	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	570	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	565	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,921	1
Bulls	Medium 1	850–900	860	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	274.15/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,966	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,823	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	289.91/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,172	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	276.58/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,723	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	340.51/cwt	320.00–362.50	1,464	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	334.17/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,688	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	353.35/cwt	347.50–362.50	1,855	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,135	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	389.05/cwt	377.50–400.00	1,821	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	502	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,963	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	331.15/cwt	320.00–342.50	1,904	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	384.77/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,281	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	629	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,334	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	865	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	333.81/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	391.90/cwt	382.50–402.50	1,462	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,287	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	295.06/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	391.90/cwt	388.00–396.00	2,461	60
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	2,324.94/head	2,125.00–2,500.00	2,325	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	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 Sep 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 204Last week 99Year ago 57

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 4Year ago 7

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 15Year ago 12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,755	170.00–181.00	175.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	137.50	137.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	150.00	150.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	140.00	140.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	830	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	720	1,950.00	1,950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,165	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	905	1,925.00	1,925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,093	2,125.00–2,500.00	2,324.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,425	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	2,275.00	2,275.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	185.00	185.00
Stock Cows — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	1,075.00	1,075.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	1,650.00	1,650.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	915	2,575.00	2,575.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	640	1,350.00	1,350.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	357.50	357.50
1	400–450	400	337.50	337.50
1	650–700	695	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	347.50	347.50
1	550–600	565	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	440.00	440.00
1	400–450	430	396.00	396.00
2	450–500	468	377.50–400.00	389.05
3	500–550	525	347.50–362.50	353.35
1	550–600	585	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	600–650	628	388.00–396.00	391.90
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	620	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	660	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	585	235.00–250.00	242.44
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	350.00	350.00
1	700–750	715	230.00	230.00
1	850–900	860	197.50	197.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	402.50	402.50
1	250–300	250	400.00	400.00
2	300–350	333	375.00–395.00	384.77
2	350–400	373	382.50–402.50	391.90
1	400–450	425	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	540	337.50	337.50
2	650–700	678	290.00–300.00	295.06
3	700–750	717	270.00–280.00	274.15
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	500	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	560	280.00–300.00	289.91
3	600–650	623	270.00–280.00	276.58
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	630	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	317.50	317.50
1	500–550	520	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	570	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	600	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	340.00	340.00
1	350–400	390	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	430	320.00–362.50	340.51
2	450–500	478	330.00–337.50	333.81
3	500–550	505	320.00–350.00	334.17
2	550–600	575	320.00–342.50	331.15
1	700–750	715	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	502	391.00	391.00
51	600–650	629	371.00	371.00

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

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

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