Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2026-02-23

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 23
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
55 vs last sale 85 19 vs year ago 49 · 38.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
2 vs last sale 6 3 vs year ago 7 · 42.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
7 vs last sale 8 3 vs year ago 4 · 75.0%
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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 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb bulls averaged $355.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$355.00
1 head · 660 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,343
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.23
vs NC average

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1660355.002,3431thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
355.00
NC average8 barns · 144 hd
353.77
+1.23
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
BullsAverage1,203167.892,0204thin

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
Stock CowsOpenAged (>8 yrs)905$6751thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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 and Large 2450–500480385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8481
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300265450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1931
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500453410.08/cwt395.00–425.001,8582
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700695280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9461
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350340435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4791
Stock CowsMedium 3905675.00/head675.00–675.006751
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500455460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0931
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550515400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0601
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400375486.81/cwt475.00–498.001,8262
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350328475.19/cwt450.00–500.001,5592
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300285501.21/cwt500.00–502.501,4282
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7851
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700660355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3431
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500485405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9641
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450410500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0501
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400380495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,8811
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650645340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1931
Bulls1,403190.08/cwt177.50–197.502,6672
Bulls1,003145.70/cwt142.50–150.001,4612

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.