Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2025-09-29

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Sep 29
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
27 head
31 vs last sale 58 32 vs year ago 59 · 54.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
1 vs last sale 6 5 vs year ago 10 · 50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
10 vs last sale 14 1 vs year ago 5 · 20.0%
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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 light. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $322.99/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$322.99
6 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,786
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$25.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.34
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543331.381,7994thin
Medium 1573306.221,7552thin
One grade step is worth $25.16/cwt here — about $45 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 sale6 hd
322.99
NC average9 barns · 209 hd
318.66
+4.34
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
BullsLow1,411166.962,3564thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low895107.509621thin

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,035$2,1001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,055$1,7001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)815$2,4501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,340$2,0451thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
BullsMedium 1400–450435342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,4901
BullsMedium 1550–600573306.22/cwt300.00–312.501,7552
HeifersMedium 2600–650625200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2501
Bulls1,030147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,5191
Bulls1,538173.45/cwt165.00–182.502,6683
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500470340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5982
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500470330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5511
BullsMedium and Large 2900–950930157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,4601
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250210315.00/cwt315.00–315.006623
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0352,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3402,045.00/head2,045.00–2,045.002,0451
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350325400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0551,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600568326.30/cwt322.50–330.001,8532
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550518336.46/cwt330.00–342.501,7432
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250235335.00/cwt335.00–335.007871
BullsMedium and Large 1950–1000965185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7851
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-28152,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
BullsSmall 1400–450410297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,2201
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750710250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7751
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650610322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,9671
CowsLean 85-90%895107.50/cwt107.50–107.509621

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.