Name: Southeastern Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-23

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 heavy. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $363.78/cwt on 20 head, down $41.06 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 4 comparable sales and sits −10.09 against this barn's trailing median of $373.86.

Average price

$363.78

▼ 41.06 vs prior sale

20 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$464

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$56.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.07

vs NC average

−61.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	366.61	2,045	19thin
Medium 1	510	310.00	1,581	1thin

One grade step is worth $56.61/cwt here — about $464 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.

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 sale20 hd

363.78

—

NC average10 barns · 340 hd

374.85

−11.07

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

−61.41

This barn, trailing median4 sales

373.86

−10.09

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	—	High	1,405	172.12	2,418	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	158.76	2,127	2thin

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 Heifers	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	923	$2,449	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	808	$1,775	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	855	$3,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	830	$2,600	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	905	$2,050	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	868	$1,575	2thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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
Stock Cows	Small 2	—	690	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	897	1
Stock Cows	Small 3	—	990	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	657	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,283	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	905	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	545	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,499	1
Bulls	Small 1	250–300	290	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	928	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	830	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	830	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	158.76/cwt	157.50–160.00	2,127	2
Bulls	—	—	1,885	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	3,789	1
Bulls	—	—	1,330	174.87/cwt	167.50–188.00	2,326	3
Bulls	—	—	1,150	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,553	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	433	385.26/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,668	2
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	390	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,658	1
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	345	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,363	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	545	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	280.00/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,176	2
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	645	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,935	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	475	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,781	1
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	340	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	415	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	398.46/cwt	375.00–401.00	1,964	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,051	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,156	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	350.06/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,820	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	419.98/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,428	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	434.82/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,839	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,151	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,149	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	465.15/cwt	446.00–495.00	1,675	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,906	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	412.33/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,505	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,115	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	434.68/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,882	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	347.07/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,951	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	727	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,468	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	328.54/cwt	315.00–342.50	2,168	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	615	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,291	23
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	2,448.78/head	2,100.00–2,750.00	2,449	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,241	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	385.62/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,836	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,365	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2	—	685	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	745	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	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 Mar 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 228Last week 30Year ago 66

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 4Year ago 4

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 1Year ago 2

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	130.00	130.00
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	1,600.00	1,600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	207.50	207.50
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	1,550.00	1,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	905	2,050.00	2,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	2,900.00	2,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	2,300.00	2,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	3,100.00	3,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	923	2,100.00–2,750.00	2,448.78
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	930	2,050.00	2,050.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	685	1,500.00	1,500.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	566	380.00	380.00
23	600–650	615	372.50	372.50
16	650–700	657	347.50	347.50
70	700–750	727	339.50	339.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	395.00	395.00
1	400–450	415	395.00	395.00
1	500–550	510	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	645	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	345.00	345.00
1	450–500	485	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	720	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	415.00–425.00	419.98
2	350–400	365	400.00–425.00	412.33
9	400–450	433	400.00–450.00	434.68
5	450–500	476	365.00–405.00	385.62
3	500–550	520	345.00–355.00	350.06
5	550–600	562	340.00–355.00	347.07
2	600–650	623	345.00	345.00
2	650–700	660	315.00–342.50	328.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	540	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	555	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	545	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	435.00	435.00
1	350–400	390	425.00	425.00
2	400–450	433	370.00–400.00	385.26
1	450–500	475	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	545	312.50	312.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	290.00	290.00
2	400–450	420	265.00–295.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	515.00	515.00
3	350–400	360	446.00–495.00	465.15
1	400–450	425	420.00	420.00
11	450–500	493	375.00–401.00	398.46
1	500–550	515	370.00	370.00
3	550–600	586	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	655	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	425.00–445.00	434.82
1	450–500	470	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	565	385.00	385.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,340	157.50–160.00	158.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,885	201.00	201.00
3	—	1,330	167.50–188.00	174.87
1	—	1,150	135.00	135.00

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

Southeastern Auction Co Inc – Chadbourn, NC

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle