North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

North Carolina reported 322 priced lines covering 3,088 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,484 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 690 head. replacement cattle receipts at 60 head. Counted as USDA files them — 16 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,484Last week 3,362Year ago 2,751

Slaughter CattleReceipts 690Last week 830Year ago 616

Replacement CattleReceipts 60Last week 75Year ago 41

Current hog receipts 5.

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 higher, while boning type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly 4.00 to 7.00 higher; heifers mostly 3.00 to 8.00 higher; and feeder bulls were mostly 1.00 to 9.00 higher. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were mostly moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was mostly average. Baby calves ranged 5.00 to 95.00 per head; "by the head" calves were 100.00 to 110.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	424	100.00–112.50	108.20
2	—	785	100.00–105.00	102.47
3	—	229	89.00–96.00	93.07
8	—	272	98.00–107.50	102.68
20	—	622	100.00–111.00	108.00
10	—	670	97.50–106.00	103.13
23	—	479	76.00–110.00	101.99
13	—	378	100.00–112.50	106.78
1	—	725	100.00	100.00
3	—	815	100.00–105.00	102.49
11	—	322	100.00–112.50	107.66
18	—	574	100.00–111.00	105.55
20	—	524	78.00–112.50	101.22
1	—	930	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	421	100.00–123.00	113.21
11	—	276	106.00–129.00	112.68
13	—	328	104.00–120.00	109.93
14	—	377	100.00–125.00	114.54
8	—	229	107.00–120.00	114.43
10	—	581	108.00–113.00	109.99
21	—	479	100.00–120.00	110.58
1	—	620	90.00	90.00
2	—	665	81.00–92.00	86.62
14	—	519	100.00–122.00	110.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	109.00	109.00
2	—	375	100.00–102.50	101.20
1	—	295	110.00	110.00
6	—	529	100.00–110.00	105.84
11	—	629	100.00–112.50	106.64
1	—	185	102.50	102.50
7	—	471	100.00–112.50	107.30
8	—	439	100.00–111.00	107.93
2	—	793	97.50–100.00	98.75
2	—	673	100.00–110.00	105.02
6	—	580	100.00–111.00	105.08
4	—	328	105.00–107.50	105.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	428	111.00–123.00	118.91
8	—	668	111.00–115.00	113.11
12	—	325	112.50–127.50	119.67
10	—	281	115.00–125.00	120.03
1	—	800	105.00	105.00
32	—	566	110.00–117.50	114.48
2	—	718	108.00–115.00	111.44
2	—	243	117.50–125.00	121.21
25	—	522	110.00–117.00	114.08
21	—	374	112.50–127.00	121.26
60	—	472	112.50–123.00	119.12
6	—	618	110.00–115.00	112.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	425	115.00–138.00	127.40
59	—	567	115.00–130.00	123.04
45	—	625	110.00–128.00	121.98
55	—	377	120.00–144.00	131.10
33	—	329	117.00–142.00	131.12
53	—	466	117.00–134.00	126.15
6	—	726	100.00–120.00	113.98
7	—	778	90.00–99.00	95.28
1	—	805	88.00	88.00
3	—	921	85.00	85.00
80	—	521	116.00–131.00	123.18
14	—	660	100.00–120.00	116.00
7	—	288	117.00–135.00	126.62
3	—	188	140.00–155.00	146.55
2	—	213	130.00–142.50	136.47
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	735	80.00–85.00	82.52
1	—	560	82.50	82.50
1	—	280	85.00	85.00
1	—	165	82.50	82.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	80.00	80.00
2	—	430	85.00–95.00	89.83
3	—	373	87.00–97.50	91.67
2	—	628	82.50–87.50	85.05
1	—	515	85.00	85.00
4	—	470	90.00–97.50	93.72
1	—	325	95.00	95.00
3	—	578	85.00–95.00	90.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	115.00	115.00
2	—	588	112.00–115.00	113.51
1	—	600	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	104.00–106.00	105.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	114.00–115.00	114.49
1	—	295	120.00	120.00
4	—	480	115.00–119.00	116.91
2	—	385	125.00–126.00	125.49
1	—	760	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	120.00	120.00
1	—	440	117.50	117.50
1	—	515	117.50	117.50
1	—	395	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	94.00	94.00
1	—	790	88.00	88.00
1	—	470	95.00	95.00
1	—	370	80.00	80.00
1	—	610	92.40	92.40
1	—	695	95.00	95.00
1	—	805	85.00	85.00
1	—	855	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	82.50–92.00	86.51
1	—	595	90.00	90.00
1	—	465	90.00	90.00
2	—	673	85.00–90.00	87.43
1	—	540	80.00	80.00
2	—	813	90.00–96.00	92.99
2	—	770	80.00–85.00	82.45
5	—	872	81.00–90.00	85.51
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	82.50–95.00	88.71
1	—	315	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	423	100.00–108.00	104.27
7	—	576	94.00–104.00	98.03
11	—	529	94.00–110.00	101.64
2	—	383	108.00–110.00	109.03
1	—	690	87.00	87.00
14	—	469	100.00–110.00	106.03
4	—	319	100.00–108.00	104.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	427	120.00–122.00	121.05
1	—	815	120.00	120.00
1	—	650	115.00	115.00
1	—	505	128.00	128.00
1	—	375	140.00	140.00
1	—	485	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	114.00	114.00
5	—	671	119.00–127.00	122.41
4	—	863	113.00–117.00	114.52
4	—	218	127.50–142.50	134.34
5	—	622	115.00–127.00	123.52
2	—	178	127.50–135.00	130.99
9	—	276	127.50–147.50	137.17
11	—	579	120.00–133.00	127.99
11	—	475	120.00–143.00	132.55
11	—	425	120.00–143.00	134.70
9	—	329	120.00–136.00	132.04
8	—	528	120.00–133.00	127.74
22	—	373	125.00–145.00	135.25
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	100.00–110.00	105.05
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
2	—	565	100.00–113.00	106.56
1	—	410	115.00	115.00
1	—	725	100.00	100.00
1	—	880	110.00	110.00
1	—	770	112.50	112.50
2	—	338	102.50–117.50	110.17
1	—	255	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	373	110.00–126.00	118.64
1	—	585	113.00	113.00
5	—	242	114.00–124.00	119.18
2	—	473	117.00–120.00	118.46
4	—	187	110.00–136.00	118.39
19	—	323	110.00–137.50	119.15
3	—	524	109.00–114.00	111.40
24	—	427	109.00–126.00	115.40
15	—	274	112.00–137.00	123.30
3	—	637	115.00–120.00	118.36
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	105.00	105.00
1	—	195	117.50	117.50
1	—	835	103.00	103.00
7	—	374	94.00–115.00	104.14
3	—	337	102.50–110.00	107.44
1	—	680	106.00	106.00
1	—	610	100.00	100.00
1	—	270	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	516	125.00–147.50	139.07
39	—	624	120.00–140.00	132.77
1	—	235	150.00	150.00
39	—	327	128.00–167.00	146.26
52	—	425	129.00–163.00	141.48
4	—	832	119.00–121.00	119.50
2	—	918	121.00	121.00
18	—	716	118.00–134.00	125.13
17	—	664	120.00–137.00	131.00
52	—	376	128.00–171.00	146.40
47	—	574	124.00–145.00	136.04
4	—	774	125.00–129.00	127.73
56	—	473	126.00–156.00	145.25
22	—	282	128.00–160.00	143.60
3	—	872	125.00–126.00	125.67
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	90.00	90.00
1	—	340	90.00	90.00
1	—	730	92.50	92.50
1	—	260	85.00	85.00
1	—	360	92.50	92.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	160	125.00	125.00
1	—	345	122.50	122.50
1	—	265	125.00	125.00
1	—	510	115.00	115.00
2	—	360	115.00–122.50	118.75
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	100.00–107.00	105.39
2	—	354	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	695	128.50–136.50	133.35
9	—	584	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	115.00	115.00
1	—	485	114.00	114.00
2	—	385	120.00	120.00
1	—	525	115.00	115.00
2	—	440	115.00–120.00	117.50
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	195	92.50	92.50
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	263	120.00	120.00
9	—	322	100.00–122.00	113.99
1	—	225	106.00	106.00
6	—	423	100.00–110.00	104.37
4	—	474	100.00–110.00	105.04
5	—	380	105.00–120.00	110.33
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	50.00	50.00
1	—	530	94.00	94.00
1	—	305	77.50	77.50
2	—	558	80.00–85.00	82.47
1	—	685	72.50	72.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	80.00	80.00
3	—	630	92.50–97.50	95.05
1	—	795	92.50	92.50
1	—	475	90.00	90.00
1	—	420	95.00	95.00
1	—	875	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	115.00–117.50	116.24
1	—	630	115.00	115.00
2	—	468	115.00–120.00	117.54
1	—	525	115.00	115.00
2	—	578	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	403	80.00–95.00	88.33
5	—	575	80.00–95.00	87.54
1	—	800	92.50	92.50
2	—	473	90.00	90.00
1	—	650	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	80.00	80.00
1	—	775	89.00	89.00
1	—	565	85.00	85.00
1	—	825	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	105.00	105.00
1	—	820	98.00	98.00
4	—	673	97.50–110.00	104.62
3	—	422	100.00–115.00	107.48
3	—	528	105.00–112.50	109.19
5	—	629	102.50–112.50	108.29
4	—	485	100.00–110.00	107.58
2	—	578	107.50–115.00	111.14
3	—	737	101.00–110.00	105.36
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	523	100.00–117.50	109.25
22	—	573	100.00–118.00	112.59
6	—	680	90.00–105.00	97.95
3	—	618	97.00–98.00	97.32
8	—	730	86.00–92.00	90.15
10	—	474	100.00–120.00	112.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	615	115.00–127.00	121.42
35	—	423	120.00–142.50	134.12
24	—	523	120.00–133.00	127.61
9	—	715	114.00–120.00	117.44
6	—	672	117.50–125.00	121.75
37	—	471	120.00–142.50	132.77
61	—	566	117.50–134.00	126.67
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	100.00–105.00	101.62
6	—	474	100.00–110.00	104.91
14	—	674	100.00–112.50	107.27
9	—	617	105.00–115.00	110.30
2	—	813	100.00–107.00	103.53
1	—	895	100.00	100.00
3	—	765	100.00–105.00	101.67
2	—	425	100.00–110.00	105.06
4	—	720	100.00–106.00	102.75
3	—	570	110.00–112.50	110.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	469	120.00–156.00	134.24
1	—	905	94.00	94.00
3	—	816	90.00–101.00	94.01
27	—	572	114.00–136.00	123.23
40	—	625	102.00–132.00	112.79
21	—	671	106.00–134.00	112.53
52	—	522	116.00–146.00	129.04
13	—	715	93.00–126.00	102.26
19	—	422	124.00–158.00	145.31
9	—	776	92.00–104.00	99.74
1	—	855	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	80.00	80.00
2	—	470	80.00–95.00	87.18
1	—	625	87.50	87.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	612	101.00–104.00	102.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	474	115.00–117.50	116.22
4	—	675	114.00–119.00	116.63
4	—	575	115.00–119.00	117.28
4	—	531	113.00–117.50	115.11
3	—	617	114.00–117.50	116.36
1	—	435	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	483	115.00–117.50	115.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	125.00	125.00
1	—	450	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	87.00	87.00
7	—	526	101.00–109.00	106.27
1	—	620	80.00	80.00
6	—	474	82.50–110.00	98.45
8	—	568	100.00–110.00	104.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	115.00	115.00
1	—	585	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	1,046	45.00–57.50	51.62
16	—	799	14.00–35.00	27.12
71	—	924	30.00–49.00	41.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,386	48.00–56.00	53.20
41	—	1,428	55.00–66.00	60.43
4	—	1,390	60.00–64.00	61.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,354	66.00–73.00	68.63
16	—	1,036	46.00–54.00	51.21
198	—	1,215	52.00–65.00	59.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,656	74.00–95.00	87.20
24	—	1,468	50.00–84.00	73.67
2	—	1,553	100.00–104.00	102.62

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	670	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	935	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,083	875.00–925.00	889.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	1,020.00	1,020.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,190	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,056	800.00–1,050.00	917.42
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	775.00	775.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	826	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	525.00	525.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	845	600.00–700.00	656.30
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,044	700.00–800.00	762.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,065	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,141	750.00–800.00	774.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,025	510.00–775.00	652.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,195	600.00–800.00	704.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	992	700.00–880.00	779.34
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	951	610.00–800.00	676.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,365	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,366.76

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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