Sale reports / North Carolina / Southeastern Livestock Auction / 2026-08-24

Southeastern Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Chadbourn, North Carolina · Mon, Aug 24
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3775
Feeder Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 54▲ 5 vs year ago 29 · +17.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1▼ 4 vs year ago 5 · −80.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 3▲ 7 vs year ago 3 · +233.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were no test. Feeder cattle were mixed. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were light. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $313.40/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$313.40
3 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,635
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−14.83
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522313.401,6353thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
313.40
—
NC average9 barns · 161 hd
328.23
−14.83
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—Average995200.001,9901thin

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 Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)910$2,3501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)945$1,9501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)777$1,7155
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)785$1,5501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)875$1,5251thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)725$9001thin

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
BullsSmall 1400–450420287.18/cwt250.00–310.001,2063
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—8751,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400393356.61/cwt350.00–370.001,4013
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500450340.00/cwt330.00–350.001,5302
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500460320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4721
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—7851,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—6651,593.75/head850.00–2,400.001,5944
Stock CowsSmall 1-2—725900.00/head900.00–900.009001
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550505310.10/cwt300.00–320.001,5662
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400368409.66/cwt400.00–420.001,5082
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450403374.84/cwt350.00–400.001,5112
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6681
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323361.72/cwt352.50–370.001,1682
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4812
BullsMedium 1350–400375350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2252,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9451,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9102,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600555320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7761
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700680275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8701
Bulls——995200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9901
BullsMedium 1250–300260385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0011

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.