North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

North Carolina reported 233 priced lines covering 1,718 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,432 head. replacement cattle receipts at 139 head. Counted as USDA files them — 20 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 28, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,432Last week 3,419Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 139Last week 108Year ago 0

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher, while boning type were steady to 1.00 lower; bulls were 1.00

to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher; heifers mostly 5.00 to 7.00 higher; and bulls were unevenly steady. Demand

was moderate to good; market activity and buyer interest were mostly moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate to fairly heavy.

Cattle quality was plain to attractive.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	90.00	90.00
2	—	340	90.00–92.50	91.27
1	—	885	90.00	90.00
2	—	400	95.00–97.50	96.25
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	95.00	95.00
1	—	690	90.00	90.00
1	—	635	95.00	95.00
1	—	260	90.00	90.00
1	—	485	97.50	97.50
Steers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	122.50–128.00	125.08
1	—	810	110.00	110.00
1	—	520	121.00	121.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	109.00	109.00
3	—	182	107.50	107.50
4	—	379	100.00–110.00	106.29
6	—	228	100.00–110.00	104.52
4	—	422	74.00–100.00	82.33
7	—	325	62.00–110.00	98.02
8	—	271	63.00–110.00	100.19
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	95.00	95.00
1	—	240	97.50	97.50
1	—	174	62.00	62.00
1	—	446	60.00	60.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	106.00–110.00	108.08
6	—	268	100.00–116.00	105.08
6	—	423	100.00–109.00	104.35
7	—	472	86.00–112.00	102.57
17	—	385	72.50–108.00	99.77
3	—	507	79.00–100.00	87.50
1	—	195	100.00	100.00
2	—	235	100.00–104.00	101.91
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	99.00	99.00
2	—	320	88.00–90.00	88.95
6	—	427	92.00–99.00	96.47
2	—	388	80.00–98.00	89.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	226	120.00–167.50	139.50
23	—	466	120.00–138.00	129.93
10	—	671	105.00–130.00	118.95
16	—	730	100.00–135.00	118.96
22	—	278	121.00–155.00	140.76
37	—	574	112.00–137.50	127.57
50	—	522	119.00–140.00	129.21
3	—	830	115.00–136.00	121.79
1	—	950	108.00	108.00
2	—	1,074	76.00–77.00	76.50
4	—	195	111.00–170.00	139.44
51	—	624	110.00–134.50	125.66
88	—	327	118.00–153.00	134.95
Steers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	669	114.00–126.00	120.88
2	—	172	106.00–115.00	110.59
9	—	483	100.00–125.00	114.26
10	—	619	84.00–125.00	112.09
14	—	523	90.00–125.00	120.16
20	—	273	98.00–128.00	115.96
20	—	375	90.00–126.00	115.19
23	—	419	87.00–125.00	112.99
27	—	327	90.00–128.00	116.60
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	308	100.00–107.50	103.66
1	—	750	102.50	102.50
2	—	473	100.00–107.50	103.77
1	—	385	105.00	105.00
1	—	515	100.00	100.00
1	—	585	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	139.00–150.00	144.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	116.00	116.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	78.00	78.00
1	—	440	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	194	74.00	74.00
1	—	416	76.00	76.00
2	—	376	73.00–80.00	76.65
3	—	236	75.00–83.00	77.69
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	780	81.00–97.00	88.35
5	—	919	70.00–94.00	80.11
4	—	813	85.00–94.00	89.98
1	—	872	78.00	78.00
17	—	574	98.00–121.00	107.50
17	—	716	84.00–107.00	91.76
33	—	616	90.00–117.00	104.29
36	—	671	89.00–120.00	97.59
40	—	518	100.00–129.00	114.68
88	—	471	105.00–146.00	126.56
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	722	100.00–111.00	106.16
1	—	210	107.50	107.50
11	—	566	58.00–112.00	102.84
17	—	629	54.00–110.00	100.04
25	—	475	66.00–112.50	103.56
3	—	770	102.00–108.00	103.97
1	—	395	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	90.00–92.50	91.23
1	—	610	92.50	92.50
2	—	480	90.00–95.00	92.42
2	—	558	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	86.00	86.00
16	—	576	87.50–109.00	100.32
1	—	775	78.00	78.00
2	—	628	74.00–80.00	76.96
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	122.00	122.00
1	—	705	71.00	71.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	120.00	120.00
2	—	375	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	783	90.00–95.00	92.48
1	—	525	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	99.00	99.00
7	—	470	99.00–110.00	105.43
6	—	518	102.50–105.00	104.43
5	—	621	98.00–109.00	103.10
5	—	671	100.00–110.00	105.45
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	471	70.00–77.00	73.58
2	—	527	60.00–71.00	65.49
Bulls — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	712	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	470	86.00–93.00	90.20
2	—	540	74.00–94.00	84.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	92.50	92.50
1	—	720	93.00	93.00
1	—	770	95.00	95.00
2	—	620	92.50–96.00	94.28
2	—	668	96.00–99.00	97.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	92.50	92.50
Bulls — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	54.00	54.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	110.00	110.00
1	—	370	116.00	116.00
2	—	455	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	114.00–115.00	114.48
1	—	660	82.00	82.00
1	—	400	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	55.00	55.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	96.00	96.00
2	—	625	90.00–92.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	95.00	95.00
1	—	325	97.50	97.50
3	—	378	90.00–97.50	94.89
1	—	175	90.00	90.00
1	—	670	90.00	90.00
2	—	455	90.00–95.00	92.53
2	—	623	90.00–95.00	92.45
3	—	425	90.00–100.00	95.14
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	90.00	90.00
1	—	540	97.00	97.00
2	—	428	90.00–95.00	92.46
3	—	605	91.00–97.50	94.17
3	—	675	90.00–94.00	91.34
4	—	331	90.00–92.50	90.85
6	—	471	90.00–96.00	91.81
1	—	215	95.00	95.00
1	—	155	90.00	90.00
2	—	783	93.00–95.00	94.02
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	90.00	90.00
2	—	320	90.00	90.00
1	—	180	92.50	92.50
1	—	440	90.00	90.00
1	—	455	90.00	90.00
2	—	380	90.00–92.50	91.27
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	828	101.00–104.00	102.47
6	—	727	97.00–109.00	106.04
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	573	80.00–105.00	96.61
2	—	713	60.00–76.00	67.86
1	—	650	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	94.00	94.00
2	—	273	90.00–92.00	90.95
8	—	410	80.00–98.00	90.97
1	—	565	95.00	95.00
2	—	473	90.00–95.00	92.38
3	—	525	86.00–90.00	88.68
4	—	329	80.00–98.00	89.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	620	89.00–123.00	105.52
59	—	522	93.00–130.00	112.06
1	—	808	78.00	78.00
3	—	186	105.00–137.50	115.68
5	—	219	95.00–151.00	110.31
9	—	774	81.00–118.00	91.74
13	—	726	86.00–121.00	95.17
16	—	280	100.00–120.00	112.16
27	—	666	84.00–120.00	103.75
31	—	326	103.00–140.00	120.55
42	—	565	90.00–128.00	108.83
91	—	375	103.00–130.00	119.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	115.00	115.00
2	—	470	114.00–115.00	114.51
2	—	570	112.00–114.00	112.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	865	55.00–60.00	58.36
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	757	100.00–107.00	102.31
3	—	713	98.00–109.00	104.96
1	—	345	100.00	100.00
3	—	655	103.00–111.00	106.37
8	—	376	100.00–110.00	106.82
8	—	618	100.00–110.00	104.30
9	—	583	99.00–109.00	104.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	618	80.00–120.00	107.62
18	—	372	90.00–122.00	110.61
29	—	428	80.00–122.00	109.82
29	—	571	74.00–115.00	102.10
46	—	477	76.00–125.00	107.24
57	—	524	74.00–125.00	107.43
1	—	755	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	228	74.00	74.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	49.00	49.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	34.00	34.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	50.00	50.00
1	—	730	55.00	55.00
1	—	895	50.00	50.00
2	—	458	72.00–73.00	72.49
3	—	670	49.00–65.00	57.42

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	700	625.00–925.00	796.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	525.00	525.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	715	300.00	300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	868	400.00	400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	798	270.00–425.00	356.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,168	975.00–1,010.00	992.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,034	740.00–1,025.00	889.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,008	660.00	660.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	660	475.00	475.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	350.00	350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,218	460.00–820.00	598.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	910	600.00–610.00	605.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	1,270	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,020	600.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	775	170.00–310.00	247.23
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	435.00	435.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	340.00	340.00

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.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the North Carolina barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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