North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

North Carolina reported 335 priced lines covering 3,587 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,385 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 548 head. replacement cattle receipts at 73 head. Counted as USDA files them — 10 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,385Last week 3,154Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 548Last week 650Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 73Last week 137Year ago 0

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 lower and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Four and five weight feeder steers were mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower, while six weights were 1.00 to 2.00 higher; four weight feeder bulls were steady to 2.00 lower, while five and six weights were steady to 3.00 higher; and heifers were mostly 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were mostly moderate. Offerings of cattle were light to moderate. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves ranged 20.00 to 70.00 per head.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	90.00	90.00
1	—	435	90.00	90.00
1	—	585	95.00	95.00
1	—	645	92.50	92.50
1	—	545	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	90.00	90.00
1	—	735	90.00	90.00
2	—	423	90.00–95.00	92.40
1	—	540	97.50	97.50
2	—	455	90.00–95.00	92.50
1	—	580	100.00	100.00
3	—	632	90.00–100.00	95.04
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	91.00	91.00
3	—	315	105.00–112.50	109.15
4	—	381	105.00–111.00	106.55
44	—	521	84.00–113.00	106.36
3	—	862	93.00	93.00
5	—	226	100.00–110.00	105.09
8	—	422	100.00–113.00	107.06
13	—	667	95.00–107.00	100.72
21	—	470	95.00–112.50	107.35
28	—	616	95.00–112.50	103.73
37	—	575	95.00–112.50	106.43
2	—	715	91.00–96.00	93.52
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	63.00	63.00
1	—	650	88.00	88.00
3	—	423	97.00–108.00	101.66
4	—	473	100.00–105.00	102.59
5	—	561	79.00–104.00	95.87
6	—	523	95.00–105.00	100.43
1	—	305	108.00	108.00
5	—	380	105.00–108.00	106.57
1	—	250	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	64.00	64.00
1	—	545	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	379	115.00–129.00	121.68
1	—	735	110.00	110.00
6	—	217	117.50–125.00	121.95
25	—	328	112.50–127.50	121.01
49	—	520	111.00–125.00	114.67
84	—	423	111.00–132.50	118.98
97	—	472	111.00–126.00	117.25
6	—	620	90.00–116.00	101.10
6	—	661	110.00–113.00	110.50
19	—	278	112.50–127.50	123.02
24	—	567	107.00–124.00	114.58
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	493	90.00	90.00
1	—	350	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	114.00	114.00
1	—	865	73.00	73.00
4	—	570	96.00–110.00	104.49
6	—	380	97.00–118.00	109.65
9	—	469	101.00–124.00	114.52
11	—	670	84.00–88.00	85.82
16	—	529	80.00–115.00	107.71
19	—	423	87.50–122.00	105.29
1	—	195	127.00	127.00
2	—	615	80.00–82.00	80.98
4	—	279	110.00–126.00	117.92
1	—	725	78.00	78.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	100.00	100.00
1	—	410	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	78.00	78.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	573	93.00–122.00	110.36
49	—	521	99.00–132.50	115.60
62	—	321	97.50–149.00	132.77
65	—	424	106.00–140.00	123.84
67	—	470	100.00–136.00	121.22
73	—	377	108.00–147.00	128.79
28	—	276	118.00–159.00	134.05
15	—	718	86.00–97.00	90.03
17	—	621	90.00–109.00	100.91
1	—	782	94.00	94.00
1	—	844	110.00	110.00
1	—	894	81.00	81.00
2	—	173	134.00–160.00	148.32
6	—	228	126.00–145.00	132.56
13	—	667	91.00–103.00	96.60
1	—	945	74.00	74.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	471	92.50–112.00	105.81
7	—	724	91.00–99.00	94.39
1	—	295	107.50	107.50
1	—	335	107.50	107.50
2	—	370	97.50–110.00	103.50
4	—	619	92.50–104.00	97.93
8	—	426	92.50–112.50	103.05
17	—	521	90.00–112.00	103.35
17	—	689	93.00–105.00	102.67
30	—	573	92.50–111.00	106.65
1	—	870	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	95.00	95.00
1	—	675	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	107.00	107.00
1	—	320	125.00	125.00
1	—	520	115.00	115.00
1	—	440	115.00	115.00
7	—	477	112.00–119.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	80.00	80.00
1	—	635	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	60.00	60.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	128.00	128.00
1	—	565	128.00	128.00
1	—	360	130.00	130.00
1	—	650	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	145.00	145.00
1	—	375	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	581	122.00–129.00	125.13
1	—	670	118.00	118.00
2	—	768	111.00–113.00	112.02
14	—	520	119.00–131.00	125.70
19	—	328	120.00–151.00	132.03
19	—	476	120.00–145.00	131.21
5	—	278	122.50–137.50	132.73
3	—	717	109.00–114.00	110.72
8	—	423	115.00–132.50	123.46
23	—	623	115.00–126.00	121.04
41	—	380	120.00–145.00	129.94
4	—	180	120.00–132.50	128.61
4	—	221	120.00–137.50	130.04
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	110.00	110.00
2	—	570	108.00–112.50	110.27
1	—	265	110.00	110.00
1	—	800	100.00	100.00
2	—	625	92.50–95.00	93.73
4	—	786	104.00–106.00	105.52
8	—	731	94.00–111.00	103.54
1	—	210	115.00	115.00
1	—	440	92.50	92.50
3	—	455	90.00–107.50	98.33
3	—	505	107.50–110.00	109.16
5	—	669	97.00–112.00	105.19
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	90.00	90.00
3	—	707	90.00–106.00	99.32
6	—	369	97.50–115.00	106.68
8	—	672	100.00–112.00	104.78
4	—	276	87.00–110.00	102.92
2	—	220	112.50–120.00	115.91
2	—	575	100.00–102.00	101.03
3	—	617	100.00–107.00	103.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	166	137.50–165.00	145.79
21	—	715	104.00–120.00	110.72
33	—	619	110.00–136.00	125.52
36	—	278	126.00–167.50	151.73
47	—	570	123.00–143.00	133.53
49	—	660	112.00–132.50	126.48
1	—	800	105.00	105.00
77	—	471	130.00–156.00	139.31
83	—	328	133.00–167.50	150.61
85	—	427	130.00–158.00	141.65
101	—	375	117.50–162.50	142.92
103	—	519	100.00–155.00	138.13
7	—	235	131.00–147.00	140.21
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	175	126.00	126.00
3	—	321	121.00–125.00	123.06
5	—	428	113.00–126.00	119.20
8	—	381	112.00–127.00	119.46
4	—	477	115.00–123.00	118.96
1	—	535	117.00	117.00
1	—	640	97.00	97.00
1	—	250	122.00	122.00
2	—	840	84.00–90.00	87.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	384	130.00	130.00
1	—	436	123.00	123.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	426	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	101.00	101.00
2	—	783	64.00	64.00
1	—	465	112.00	112.00
2	—	520	110.00–113.00	111.44
1	—	275	110.00	110.00
1	—	395	108.00	108.00
2	—	438	101.00–109.00	104.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	152.50–165.00	158.96
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	90.00	90.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	612	104.00–130.00	119.63
74	—	571	108.00–139.00	126.83
84	—	520	117.00–143.00	131.29
132	—	472	120.00–149.00	136.04
1	—	260	140.00	140.00
2	—	383	137.50–154.00	146.02
1	—	958	85.00	85.00
6	—	814	80.00–103.00	91.00
11	—	767	84.00–98.00	91.96
13	—	723	90.00–106.00	97.52
85	—	420	132.50–152.50	141.07
1	—	855	84.00	84.00
2	—	928	89.00–93.00	91.02
18	—	671	94.00–119.00	108.85
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	620	95.00–110.00	103.59
1	—	830	95.00	95.00
2	—	563	100.00–105.00	102.44
2	—	760	90.00–103.00	96.41
4	—	425	92.50–115.00	99.63
6	—	472	95.00–110.00	103.37
10	—	718	92.00–108.00	101.77
11	—	520	95.00–110.00	103.98
17	—	678	99.00–111.00	106.73
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	82.00	82.00
4	—	721	80.00–81.00	80.25
7	—	437	122.00–129.00	126.57
6	—	584	97.00–114.00	106.44
5	—	518	92.00–116.00	106.28
4	—	464	112.00–119.00	116.69
2	—	765	85.00–89.00	86.97
1	—	645	90.00	90.00
1	—	665	90.00	90.00
1	—	860	79.00	79.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	116.00	116.00
1	—	630	70.00	70.00
3	—	523	86.00–104.00	97.12
1	—	450	100.00	100.00
4	—	568	105.00–109.00	106.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	120.00	120.00
4	—	511	120.00–130.00	125.99
1	—	425	120.00	120.00
1	—	700	109.00	109.00
1	—	825	93.00	93.00
2	—	458	127.00–130.00	128.52
3	—	563	118.00–126.00	120.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	125.00–130.00	127.41
1	—	515	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	67.00	67.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	130.00	130.00
1	—	620	100.00	100.00
1	—	760	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	95.00	95.00
1	—	500	129.00	129.00
1	—	555	115.00	115.00
1	—	615	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	92.00	92.00
1	—	890	93.00	93.00
3	—	432	102.50–110.00	106.60
5	—	576	105.00–112.50	107.23
5	—	663	95.00–111.00	105.20
11	—	719	95.00–106.00	101.13
2	—	618	106.00–110.00	107.98
3	—	770	90.00–101.00	95.27
3	—	527	97.50–105.00	101.57
2	—	463	100.00–105.00	102.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	92.00	92.00
1	—	705	90.00	90.00
1	—	840	95.00	95.00
1	—	475	95.00	95.00
1	—	520	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	90.00	90.00
1	—	745	94.00	94.00
2	—	630	90.00	90.00
3	—	668	91.00–95.00	93.64
2	—	526	66.00–90.00	78.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	658	112.00–117.00	114.79
26	—	621	113.00–126.00	117.19
28	—	423	115.00–135.00	126.07
40	—	526	112.00–130.00	122.38
41	—	574	115.00–128.00	122.52
45	—	470	114.00–133.00	125.67
2	—	365	117.50–127.50	122.71
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	586	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	102.50–110.00	106.12
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	195	90.00	90.00
1	—	300	97.50	97.50
1	—	1,225	71.00	71.00
2	—	655	84.00–88.00	85.98
2	—	725	85.00–87.50	86.25
4	—	268	95.00–105.00	99.88
4	—	478	87.50–98.00	94.59
3	—	415	67.50–100.00	86.56
4	—	524	71.00–112.00	90.32
7	—	573	71.00–94.00	86.98
5	—	372	55.00–97.50	84.53
6	—	639	84.00–88.00	84.65
3	—	779	82.00–82.50	82.17
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	58.00–64.00	60.86
1	—	425	70.00	70.00
Dairy Steers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	41.00	41.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	43.00	43.00
1	—	420	62.50	62.50
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	50.00	50.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	33.00	33.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	35.00	35.00
1	—	485	35.00	35.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	38.00	38.00
1	—	500	36.00	36.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,215	700.00–850.00	798.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	1,172	500.00–890.00	746.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	500.00	500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	945	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	943	610.00–775.00	690.97
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,065	390.00	390.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,098	670.00–800.00	736.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	920	610.00	610.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	730.00	730.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	740	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	686	275.00–458.00	403.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	729	575.00–675.00	624.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	753	399.00–600.00	503.17
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	890	680.00	680.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	855	500.00	500.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	955	595.00–650.00	622.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	945	500.00–572.00	543.68
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	457.00–543.00	500.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	530.00	530.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	771	408.00–702.00	551.95
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	865	800.00–875.00	837.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,013	810.00–1,010.00	950.62
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	800.00	800.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	935	1,005.00	1,005.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,506	57.00–80.00	72.36
11	—	1,821	90.00–105.00	95.67
58	—	1,660	80.00–98.00	88.08
5	—	1,247	77.00–79.00	77.83
3	—	1,512	71.00–89.00	82.71
3	—	1,613	90.00–93.00	91.61
1	—	1,635	78.00	78.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,485	45.00–53.00	49.76
13	—	1,525	60.00–73.00	68.00
47	—	1,434	52.00–65.00	58.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	958	26.00–35.00	30.72
21	—	1,095	42.00–54.00	50.32
31	—	1,181	60.00–77.00	69.28
176	—	1,180	47.50–67.00	58.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	69.00	69.00
5	—	738	25.00–34.00	29.48
40	—	893	31.00–48.00	38.53
65	—	1,046	45.00–59.00	49.90

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

The state in one line