Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2026-09-28

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Sep 28
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
← Sep 21Sep 28latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 57▲ 23 vs year ago 27 · +85.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 6▲ 8 vs year ago 5 · +160.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 2▲ 2 vs year ago 4 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder cattle heifers were 5.00 to 10.00 higher, while steers and bulls were mixed. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle moderate. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $310.05/cwt on 5 head.
Average price
$310.05
5 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,662
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$531
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3
$112.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.67
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530332.571,7634thin
Large 3560220.001,2321thin
One grade step is worth $112.57/cwt here — about $531 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale5 hd
310.05
—
NC average9 barns · 253 hd
331.72
−21.67
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
Bulls—Average1,790169.003,0251thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,530130.001,9891thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,315128.761,6943thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,092112.911,2326thin

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)900$1,9751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,025$1,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)885$1,3501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,145$1,9082thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)840$1,5001thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
CowsLean 85-90%—1,115103.94/cwt100.00–112.501,1593
BullsSmall 1250–300288293.43/cwt257.50–330.008452
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—8851,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450430370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5912
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550517343.42/cwt330.00–350.001,7753
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250220452.50/cwt452.50–452.509961
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600572350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0026
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,530130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,9891
Bulls——1,790169.00/cwt169.00–169.003,0251
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,278125.64/cwt120.00–131.001,6062
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,390135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,8771
BullsMedium 1400–450420320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3441
BullsMedium 1350–400390340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3261
BullsLarge 3550–600560220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2321
CowsLean 85-90%—1,068121.87/cwt120.00–125.001,3023
SteersMedium 1350–400370348.72/cwt347.50–350.001,2902
HeifersMedium 1Value Added500–550540330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7821
BullsMedium 1600–650605250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5131
SteersMedium 1Value Added500–550538320.02/cwt315.00–330.001,7223
SteersMedium 1Value Added400–450420345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4491
HeifersMedium 1450–500480320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5361
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600568365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0737
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600570300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7101
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1451,908.41/head1,850.00–1,975.001,9082
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—8401,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0251,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9001,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4911
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300273438.16/cwt430.00–442.501,1963
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450425345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4661
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400383362.35/cwt355.00–370.001,3882
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400390352.47/cwt350.00–355.001,3752
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450415370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5361
SteersSmall 1Value Added550–600575300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7251
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350340370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2581

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.