North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

North Carolina reported 323 priced lines covering 3,331 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,371 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 907 head. replacement cattle receipts at 116 head. Counted as USDA files them — 23 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,371Last week 3,220Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 907Last week 1,124Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 116Last week 128Year ago 0

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly steady to 4.00 higher; bulls mostly steady to 2.00 higher; while heifers were unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good; market activity and buyer interest were mostly moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly light to moderate. Cattle quality was mostly plain to average. Baby calves ranged 1.00 to 40.00 per head.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	100.00	100.00
2	—	483	90.00	90.00
2	—	765	91.00–95.00	93.01
1	—	310	95.00	95.00
3	—	623	93.00–99.00	95.65
1	—	410	90.00	90.00
1	—	225	90.00	90.00
1	—	535	95.00	95.00
1	—	725	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	96.00	96.00
1	—	700	90.00	90.00
1	—	290	92.50	92.50
1	—	510	95.00	95.00
1	—	555	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	476	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	116.00–118.00	117.01
4	—	519	104.00–116.00	111.67
2	—	583	112.50–114.00	113.26
2	—	715	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	92.50	92.50
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	431	110.00–120.00	114.55
11	—	323	110.00–120.00	115.45
5	—	522	99.00–117.00	111.70
4	—	566	101.00–116.00	109.23
16	—	374	112.50–120.00	115.77
13	—	469	112.50–119.00	115.23
6	—	274	115.00–120.00	117.14
3	—	242	117.50–120.00	118.34
1	—	625	115.00	115.00
2	—	673	95.00	95.00
1	—	170	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	281	100.00–128.00	110.06
18	—	475	102.00–124.00	113.32
17	—	518	102.00–120.00	111.97
25	—	567	85.00–116.00	109.92
13	—	327	95.00–116.00	106.34
18	—	419	96.00–121.00	108.86
18	—	377	93.00–126.00	113.01
1	—	690	85.00	85.00
3	—	632	87.00–110.00	95.69
2	—	245	116.00–120.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	683	90.00–111.00	107.67
8	—	757	90.00–110.00	97.03
76	—	376	120.00–167.00	128.96
58	—	325	116.00–144.00	129.19
44	—	624	90.00–126.00	109.55
42	—	570	105.00–129.00	117.69
2	—	178	150.00–162.50	156.51
1	—	1,028	80.00	80.00
1	—	806	85.00	85.00
87	—	467	115.00–136.00	124.58
81	—	525	109.00–131.00	119.12
4	—	733	90.00–104.00	99.34
1	—	885	78.00	78.00
14	—	269	120.00–140.00	127.38
111	—	424	116.00–138.00	126.99
6	—	229	120.00–138.00	130.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	103.00–110.00	106.41
1	—	195	110.00	110.00
1	—	680	102.00	102.00
1	—	475	110.00	110.00
1	—	700	98.00	98.00
1	—	250	112.50	112.50
3	—	625	100.00–105.00	101.65
3	—	568	102.50–107.50	105.01
6	—	380	100.00–110.00	104.52
4	—	323	100.00–110.00	103.10
2	—	413	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	80.00–89.00	84.62
2	—	365	90.00–98.00	93.84
3	—	530	85.00–90.00	86.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	655	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	506	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	314	95.00	95.00
1	—	292	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	90.00	90.00
1	—	470	90.00	90.00
1	—	525	92.50	92.50
3	—	383	95.00	95.00
1	—	315	90.00	90.00
1	—	445	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	95.00	95.00
1	—	400	90.00	90.00
1	—	150	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	426	100.00–110.00	104.46
6	—	456	100.00–110.00	104.31
6	—	263	100.00–112.00	104.95
3	—	373	104.00–108.00	105.65
1	—	575	108.00	108.00
1	—	215	101.00	101.00
10	—	524	104.00–109.00	106.23
4	—	334	108.00	108.00
1	—	195	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	372	83.00–110.00	101.53
12	—	323	90.00–110.00	102.14
9	—	232	81.00–110.00	96.84
8	—	469	73.00–110.00	98.45
6	—	571	80.00–111.00	104.29
6	—	169	78.00–115.00	100.33
1	—	820	100.00	100.00
4	—	763	96.00–106.00	101.78
3	—	680	104.00–105.00	104.33
14	—	271	87.00–110.00	102.86
11	—	529	103.00–110.00	107.56
9	—	712	101.00–110.00	105.76
14	—	424	88.00–110.00	104.75
12	—	614	100.00–111.00	106.49
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	546	67.00	67.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	458	95.00–110.00	104.35
2	—	526	90.00–105.00	97.41
4	—	431	105.00–112.50	109.37
2	—	708	105.00–107.00	106.01
1	—	946	63.00	63.00
5	—	673	76.00–108.00	100.20
4	—	574	100.00–112.50	108.10
1	—	966	56.00	56.00
2	—	630	100.00–110.00	105.12
1	—	765	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	471	113.00–128.00	119.15
1	—	765	90.00	90.00
7	—	519	105.00–120.00	114.06
10	—	569	110.00–121.00	115.29
1	—	628	90.00	90.00
1	—	665	83.00	83.00
1	—	440	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	90.00	90.00
1	—	870	91.00	91.00
1	—	740	90.00	90.00
1	—	810	95.00	95.00
2	—	665	90.00–95.00	92.54
2	—	423	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	120.00	120.00
3	—	658	116.00–122.00	119.65
1	—	420	130.00	130.00
1	—	575	123.00	123.00
1	—	475	137.50	137.50
4	—	634	115.00–126.00	122.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	528	115.00–135.00	124.41
6	—	669	102.00–126.00	120.17
2	—	728	100.00–117.00	108.41
15	—	419	120.00–136.00	128.04
10	—	469	115.00–135.00	125.88
9	—	621	117.50–126.00	122.02
12	—	571	117.50–132.50	125.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	423	143.00–177.00	155.42
2	—	885	84.00–91.00	87.50
81	—	519	119.00–156.00	137.45
26	—	626	104.00–141.00	123.41
20	—	673	100.00–129.00	114.94
76	—	472	118.00–166.00	144.26
15	—	710	90.00–131.00	117.48
4	—	757	101.00–130.00	110.53
61	—	569	120.00–149.00	132.88
2	—	807	80.00–88.00	84.00
1	—	950	80.00	80.00
1	—	295	157.50	157.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	137.50	137.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	80.00	80.00
4	—	483	100.00–106.00	102.72
7	—	521	94.00–119.00	105.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	105.00	105.00
3	—	687	105.00–110.00	107.33
3	—	815	93.00–101.00	97.69
2	—	623	100.00–110.00	104.94
2	—	573	100.00–110.00	105.20
2	—	425	110.00	110.00
1	—	890	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	90.00	90.00
1	—	735	96.00	96.00
1	—	450	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	96.00	96.00
2	—	502	101.00–120.00	110.54
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	92.00–110.00	104.29
2	—	578	100.00–104.00	101.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	726	72.00–75.00	73.48
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	67.00	67.00
4	—	286	45.00–75.00	61.44
4	—	326	68.00–81.00	76.46
2	—	658	71.00–75.00	72.99
1	—	230	80.00	80.00
2	—	468	50.00–71.00	60.11
12	—	571	48.00–69.00	49.91
1	—	885	70.00	70.00
1	—	620	68.00	68.00
2	—	385	64.00–70.00	66.96
1	—	975	65.00	65.00
1	—	945	64.00	64.00
1	—	785	68.00	68.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	224	135.00–192.50	160.95
2	—	918	101.00–103.00	102.00
94	—	324	122.00–186.00	153.90
40	—	280	130.00–197.00	156.39
82	—	423	118.00–170.00	146.68
75	—	475	135.00–165.00	147.67
51	—	620	113.00–136.00	131.43
45	—	522	130.00–160.00	143.44
140	—	372	130.00–177.50	152.70
8	—	822	88.00–121.00	93.51
3	—	187	160.00–172.50	167.63
37	—	571	129.00–153.00	139.21
20	—	666	112.00–139.00	125.84
1	—	116	102.00	102.00
13	—	731	107.00–133.00	122.37
6	—	777	115.00–127.00	119.12
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	120.00–130.00	123.28
12	—	272	122.00–140.00	132.34
3	—	173	130.00–137.50	132.24
1	—	695	120.00	120.00
2	—	628	120.00–124.00	122.01
1	—	855	115.00	115.00
1	—	730	119.00	119.00
6	—	428	120.00–137.50	130.83
3	—	512	115.00–130.00	122.43
3	—	465	125.00–130.00	126.68
11	—	329	115.00–140.00	129.07
10	—	229	118.00–135.00	126.29
12	—	370	117.50–143.00	130.02
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	104.00–105.00	104.50
1	—	195	112.50	112.50
1	—	630	110.00	110.00
1	—	590	100.00	100.00
1	—	270	100.00	100.00
1	—	365	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	482	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	130.00–145.00	135.09
1	—	335	130.00	130.00
1	—	280	120.00	120.00
1	—	735	115.00	115.00
2	—	634	110.00–125.00	117.64
1	—	205	145.00	145.00
1	—	655	124.00	124.00
2	—	575	124.00–125.00	124.48
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	95.00	95.00
3	—	212	90.00–95.00	91.69
1	—	590	100.00	100.00
2	—	431	80.00–82.00	80.96
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	90.00	90.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	185	92.50	92.50
1	—	270	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	770	119.00	119.00
5	—	882	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	111.00–115.00	112.72
2	—	278	116.00–118.00	117.06
4	—	337	110.00–116.00	113.47
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	428	86.00	86.00
1	—	265	97.50	97.50
1	—	205	95.00	95.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	95.00	95.00
1	—	210	70.00	70.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	345	100.00–108.00	104.00
5	—	372	106.00–120.00	110.42
3	—	423	101.00–110.00	106.92
1	—	185	110.00	110.00
2	—	488	100.00–101.00	100.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	177	98.00–122.50	107.46
10	—	268	90.00–115.00	104.77
10	—	223	88.00–112.50	106.96
9	—	371	100.00–108.00	102.56
5	—	424	100.00–107.00	103.09
13	—	330	91.00–117.50	105.18
2	—	530	104.00–110.00	107.08
1	—	480	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	80.00	80.00
14	—	318	107.50–128.00	120.60
5	—	262	118.00–124.00	121.48
4	—	473	112.00–129.00	120.58
3	—	223	116.00–130.00	124.99
22	—	422	113.00–127.00	120.77
1	—	175	124.00	124.00
14	—	372	113.00–134.00	123.75
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	41.00	41.00
1	—	248	37.00	37.00
1	—	740	43.00	43.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	675	193.00–472.00	364.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	702	214.00–372.00	287.28
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	888	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,123	500.00–810.00	648.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	500.00	500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	450.00	450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	930	500.00	500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,011	520.00–675.00	591.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,072	550.00–850.00	706.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	983	525.00–840.00	707.16
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	714	350.00–510.00	417.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	754	375.00–550.00	492.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	833	332.00–425.00	378.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	853	350.00–550.00	447.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	732	400.00–450.00	431.78
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	690.00	690.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	760	580.00–625.00	603.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	525.00	525.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	510.00–640.00	567.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	500.00	500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,035	650.00–750.00	702.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,008	675.00–900.00	802.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,034	650.00–975.00	804.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,113	900.00–1,000.00	946.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	961	525.00–575.00	548.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,530	64.00	64.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,895	52.00	52.00
63	—	1,514	70.00–88.00	77.45
30	—	1,234	51.00–70.00	62.31
10	—	1,739	79.00–94.00	86.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,376	40.00–47.00	44.40
50	—	1,468	55.00–69.00	60.53
58	—	1,428	47.00–59.00	53.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	788	20.00–23.00	21.41
88	—	926	25.00–41.00	34.52
74	—	986	40.00–48.00	44.18
3	—	857	50.00–59.00	55.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
255	—	1,191	45.00–60.00	53.23
2	—	928	20.00–25.00	22.53
81	—	1,289	56.00–74.00	62.15
50	—	1,079	29.00–49.00	44.43

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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