North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

North Carolina reported 257 priced lines covering 3,709 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,155 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 963 head. replacement cattle receipts at 63 head. Counted as USDA files them — 30 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 6, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,155Last week 2,107Year ago 2,220

Slaughter CattleReceipts 963Last week 605Year ago 831

Replacement CattleReceipts 63Last week 38Year ago 40

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower; slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes uneven, mostly 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Moderate to good demand with moderate offerings, average quality and moderate to active buyer interest and activity.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	422	102.00–148.00	124.31
9	—	621	100.00–115.00	105.90
8	—	221	110.00–128.00	121.06
1	—	815	84.00	84.00
1	—	890	85.00	85.00
13	—	275	110.00–140.00	127.13
1	—	775	105.00	105.00
20	—	526	100.00–145.00	120.69
20	—	319	101.00–144.00	122.88
29	—	373	104.00–160.00	125.22
32	—	476	105.00–149.00	123.64
7	—	668	100.00–118.00	105.04
2	—	725	89.00–107.00	98.06
17	—	572	100.00–130.00	116.19
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	109.00	109.00
1	—	390	110.00	110.00
1	—	515	107.50	107.50
3	—	452	110.00–118.00	112.66
1	—	445	100.00	100.00
2	—	278	118.00–120.00	118.94
1	—	780	84.00	84.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	928	90.00–104.00	94.96
128	—	524	120.00–167.50	149.87
136	—	423	130.00–178.00	156.34
3	—	973	85.00–111.00	98.56
41	—	669	115.00–144.00	134.02
1	—	1,025	90.00	90.00
21	—	723	100.00–140.00	125.02
129	—	373	130.00–178.00	155.81
1	—	1,345	96.00	96.00
81	—	570	123.00–167.00	143.07
4	—	1,135	90.00–103.00	93.19
22	—	227	121.00–177.00	142.40
153	—	472	130.00–179.00	156.41
1	—	1,235	102.00	102.00
1	—	1,445	99.00	99.00
2	—	870	104.00–123.00	113.34
5	—	817	80.00–114.00	103.17
46	—	277	125.00–171.00	148.09
71	—	328	122.50–177.00	150.48
8	—	772	104.00–134.00	113.77
48	—	620	110.00–148.00	135.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	581	156.00–168.00	163.31
4	—	850	133.00	133.00
2	—	725	120.00	120.00
2	—	933	110.00–115.00	112.51
5	—	505	165.00	165.00
5	—	491	177.00	177.00
2	—	965	122.00–125.00	123.48
19	—	665	137.00–150.00	143.92
2	—	603	145.00	145.00
1	—	1,005	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	383	90.00–110.00	97.56
4	—	220	90.00–110.00	95.99
3	—	422	90.00–105.00	99.19
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	752	80.00	80.00
1	—	656	87.50	87.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	127.50	127.50
1	—	410	125.00	125.00
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
1	—	595	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	180.00	180.00
2	—	315	168.00–170.00	169.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	70.00–100.00	84.94
2	—	578	70.00–97.50	83.45
2	—	735	67.50–90.00	78.75
1	—	520	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Small 3 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	40.00	40.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	530	70.00–130.00	107.77
5	—	383	77.50–125.00	104.87
3	—	725	80.00–104.00	89.67
1	—	810	95.00	95.00
2	—	783	82.00–84.00	83.00
7	—	484	80.00–130.00	104.59
6	—	223	95.00–118.00	105.80
7	—	266	90.00–120.00	97.07
7	—	609	78.00–115.00	92.22
17	—	421	78.00–130.00	102.42
4	—	671	82.50–94.00	86.31
11	—	577	81.00–126.00	106.16
7	—	323	78.00–123.00	94.97
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	402	71.00	71.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	398	164.00	164.00
1	—	336	163.00	163.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	296	110.00	110.00
5	—	419	100.00–126.00	108.62
1	—	388	130.00	130.00
3	—	333	104.00–133.00	115.08
1	—	206	104.00	104.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	521	162.00–200.00	186.59
5	—	823	130.00–150.00	140.72
27	—	721	132.00–163.00	155.97
1	—	925	135.00	135.00
29	—	666	129.00–178.00	160.91
6	—	873	130.00–160.00	153.44
12	—	773	139.00–163.00	156.26
65	—	374	154.00–227.00	201.23
58	—	473	161.00–214.00	189.99
107	—	426	167.00–221.00	198.69
6	—	230	160.00–219.00	190.51
41	—	572	157.00–191.00	177.60
53	—	613	140.00–191.00	171.06
1	—	1,520	88.00	88.00
42	—	322	155.00–226.00	197.83
27	—	276	164.00–220.00	191.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	773	139.00	139.00
1	—	1,080	132.00	132.00
3	—	1,143	128.00	128.00
1	—	1,030	127.00	127.00
8	—	910	144.50	144.50
8	—	709	148.00–151.00	149.50
6	—	556	195.00	195.00
11	—	650	189.00	189.00
7	—	621	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	522	100.00–145.00	118.32
5	—	385	100.00–160.00	123.10
3	—	433	102.50–149.00	130.97
1	—	470	100.00	100.00
1	—	660	100.00	100.00
5	—	325	100.00–164.00	121.62
2	—	280	100.00–110.00	105.09
1	—	595	142.50	142.50
3	—	215	100.00–111.00	103.92
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	110.00	110.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	84.00	84.00
1	—	575	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	220	122.00–147.00	137.32
3	—	522	127.50–150.00	141.52
10	—	421	120.00–175.00	143.72
11	—	323	112.00–170.00	145.27
17	—	370	122.00–180.00	148.02
3	—	587	135.00–163.00	149.14
13	—	274	127.00–170.00	147.85
3	—	665	135.00–144.00	138.79
3	—	617	140.00–146.00	143.37
4	—	476	131.00–150.00	142.82
Steers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	423	140.00–194.00	177.26
93	—	523	132.00–196.00	168.87
13	—	767	109.00–143.00	123.83
47	—	373	140.00–217.50	180.76
34	—	327	140.00–210.00	173.50
5	—	969	92.00–101.00	97.18
5	—	884	96.00–115.00	103.59
4	—	919	89.00–109.00	96.71
1	—	1,005	117.00	117.00
86	—	572	140.00–188.00	161.95
1	—	1,075	93.00	93.00
16	—	817	96.00–132.50	109.60
28	—	722	109.00–150.00	133.45
88	—	474	148.00–210.00	181.58
12	—	223	136.00–220.00	169.96
35	—	670	120.00–166.00	142.62
30	—	274	131.00–215.00	165.08
83	—	625	120.00–176.00	152.67
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	768	70.00	70.00
1	—	484	103.00	103.00
1	—	734	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	626	175.50–179.00	176.49
1	—	710	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	70.00	70.00
4	—	718	74.00–90.00	82.00
1	—	405	126.00	126.00
7	—	559	70.00–110.00	94.84
1	—	230	95.00	95.00
1	—	655	90.00	90.00
4	—	315	74.00–102.00	87.80
4	—	383	80.00–105.00	96.70
1	—	840	82.00	82.00
8	—	523	75.00–135.00	107.84
1	—	970	80.00	80.00
8	—	463	70.00–157.50	121.91
4	—	265	70.00–100.00	90.19
2	—	765	75.00–91.00	83.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	758	100.00	100.00
2	—	613	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	320	120.00–130.00	125.48
5	—	676	102.50–125.00	113.21
3	—	728	100.00–118.00	109.91
2	—	870	80.00–90.00	84.94
14	—	569	110.00–147.50	126.98
18	—	475	112.50–162.50	131.67
2	—	830	86.00–90.00	87.99
1	—	1,025	83.00	83.00
5	—	384	115.00–140.00	127.43
12	—	619	100.00–140.00	125.26
2	—	225	120.00–130.00	125.00
1	—	920	85.00	85.00
12	—	428	111.00–155.00	131.68
3	—	283	117.50–130.00	123.27
14	—	520	110.00–158.00	125.47
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	100.00	100.00
1	—	825	83.00	83.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	826	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	546	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Small 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	53.00	53.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	59.00	59.00
1	—	295	40.00	40.00
2	—	370	58.00–60.00	58.95
2	—	333	53.00–55.00	53.99
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	60.00	60.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	57.50	57.50
1	—	840	86.00	86.00
1	—	900	72.00	72.00
1	—	885	67.00	67.00
1	—	1,070	99.00	99.00
1	—	765	66.00	66.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	80.00–120.00	99.91
2	—	723	100.00–113.00	106.70
4	—	621	102.50–129.00	120.49
1	—	650	109.00	109.00
3	—	565	82.50–129.00	111.47
1	—	1,570	102.00	102.00
1	—	490	115.00	115.00
1	—	355	115.00	115.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	87.50	87.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	49.00	49.00
137	—	968	50.00–79.00	69.36
55	—	822	30.00–65.00	47.51
1	—	825	81.00	81.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,500	70.00–94.00	82.61
10	—	1,382	84.00–109.00	95.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,402	81.00–106.00	93.13
30	—	1,082	52.00–78.00	68.51
336	—	1,230	70.00–94.00	83.40
4	—	1,115	40.00–58.00	51.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,118	80.00–96.00	88.60
36	—	1,705	102.00–127.00	115.51
87	—	1,519	86.00–116.00	104.30

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,065	700.00–1,350.00	1,096.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,117	625.00–1,600.00	1,280.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	833	775.00–1,425.00	1,134.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	955	1,200.00–1,275.00	1,237.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,183	900.00–1,275.00	1,152.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	985	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	1,625.00	1,625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	1,225.00	1,225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	515	530.00–580.00	552.09
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	860	925.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	890	625.00–800.00	716.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	525.00	525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	698	825.00–875.00	851.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	963	650.00–775.00	713.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,155	735.00–1,200.00	996.69
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,172	825.00–1,350.00	1,174.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	955	600.00–1,525.00	1,039.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	730	440.00	440.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,215	950.00–1,025.00	987.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,081	570.00–1,525.00	1,091.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,355	1,275.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	685.00	685.00

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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