Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2026-01-19

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Jan 19
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
23 head
234 vs last sale 257 22 vs year ago 45 · 48.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
6 vs last sale 9 1 vs year ago 4 · 25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
6 vs last sale 13 2 vs year ago 5 · +40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder cattle were sharply higher. 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 $380.95/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$380.95
4 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,172
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$295
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$21.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.30
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1582386.262,2483thin
Medium 1535365.001,9531thin
One grade step is worth $21.26/cwt here — about $295 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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
380.95
NC average9 barns · 240 hd
365.65
+15.30
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
BullsLow1,045155.001,6201thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,230172.502,1221thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low790115.009091thin

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 Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)910$2,4002thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)970$1,9251thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)953$2,1262thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)640$1,3001thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1350–400370380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4061
HeifersMedium 1150–200180375.00/cwt375.00–375.006751
HeifersMedium 1550–600555337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,8731
Bred CowsMedium 1-29352,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
HeifersMedium 2650–700675250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6881
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400380402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,5301
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750720300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1601
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650635315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-29532,125.72/head2,100.00–2,150.002,1262
BullsMedium 1500–550535365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9531
BullsMedium 1400–450430402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,7311
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600582386.26/cwt355.00–405.002,2483
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650600355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1301
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350315502.50/cwt502.50–502.501,5831
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300260487.50/cwt487.50–487.501,2681
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29701,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700655365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3911
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-28852,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 1-2890190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6911
Stock CowsSmall 1-26401,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550500375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8751
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650620335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0771
Bulls1,045155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,6201
CowsLean 85-90%790115.00/cwt115.00–115.009091
CowsBoner 80-85%1,230172.50/cwt172.50–172.502,1221

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.