North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

North Carolina reported 250 priced lines covering 4,099 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,496 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 875 head. replacement cattle receipts at 100 head. Counted as USDA files them — 19 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 20, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,496Last week 1,902Year ago 3,229

Slaughter CattleReceipts 875Last week 596Year ago 813

Replacement CattleReceipts 100Last week 49Year ago 84

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder classes mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade moderate with moderate to good demand, moderate offerings and average quality.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	363	100.00–144.00	119.77
5	—	265	80.00–150.00	109.99
1	—	660	84.00	84.00
1	—	590	80.00	80.00
4	—	481	100.00–145.00	116.45
2	—	420	114.00–185.00	149.08
2	—	515	114.00–165.00	140.00
3	—	222	115.00–160.00	139.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	398	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	559	200.00–206.00	204.35
13	—	623	180.00–200.00	191.24
2	—	718	169.00–170.00	169.50
23	—	671	180.00–182.50	182.39
14	—	517	209.00–215.00	212.26
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	770	110.00–118.00	114.68
1	—	935	116.00	116.00
6	—	575	120.00–175.00	143.98
1	—	685	160.00	160.00
13	—	478	120.00–195.00	151.62
30	—	424	115.00–202.50	145.24
2	—	820	112.50–116.00	114.25
3	—	730	159.00–160.00	159.34
32	—	367	123.00–197.50	155.37
11	—	273	121.00–190.00	153.78
4	—	221	110.00–185.00	140.77
18	—	324	120.00–185.00	150.22
9	—	526	120.00–168.00	147.97
3	—	627	111.00–125.00	116.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	326	160.00–235.00	200.23
25	—	275	157.50–228.00	201.16
79	—	373	154.00–230.00	199.07
93	—	471	168.00–220.00	197.62
1	—	1,505	122.00	122.00
1	—	945	142.00	142.00
1	—	1,110	141.00	141.00
22	—	675	140.00–189.00	169.35
21	—	714	125.00–180.00	159.57
2	—	1,035	136.00–137.00	136.50
47	—	621	140.00–202.00	183.12
11	—	226	170.00–220.00	198.32
95	—	425	162.00–229.00	197.41
54	—	570	160.00–215.00	195.06
1	—	1,200	142.00	142.00
4	—	872	130.00–147.00	140.42
1	—	1,275	144.00	144.00
73	—	526	164.00–213.00	197.35
10	—	822	130.00–158.00	148.05
2	—	1,085	130.00–140.00	134.98
10	—	765	130.00–165.00	152.07
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	109.00–110.00	109.49
1	—	346	109.00	109.00
2	—	270	130.00–131.00	130.51
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	163.00	163.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	157.00	157.00
1	—	545	122.50	122.50
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	115.00	115.00
62	—	621	123.00–162.50	145.31
79	—	324	130.00–182.50	156.84
1	—	1,050	113.00	113.00
4	—	1,209	97.00–124.00	110.32
47	—	278	132.50–197.50	159.54
143	—	375	130.00–190.00	165.13
129	—	569	125.00–175.00	151.93
177	—	424	130.00–187.00	162.37
181	—	526	120.00–174.00	154.88
8	—	768	105.00–136.00	122.93
6	—	870	96.00–122.00	108.86
1	—	1,295	121.00	121.00
13	—	228	135.00–185.00	160.23
19	—	723	115.00–141.00	127.68
3	—	918	100.00–104.00	102.34
13	—	809	102.00–141.00	123.67
40	—	669	110.00–161.00	136.19
170	—	475	130.00–191.00	158.02
3	—	1,152	103.00–107.00	105.00
2	—	970	100.00–123.00	111.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	125.00	125.00
1	—	520	120.00	120.00
1	—	310	125.00	125.00
1	—	555	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	236	110.00	110.00
4	—	479	94.00–103.00	98.51
1	—	340	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	569	155.00–179.00	166.03
9	—	666	143.00–162.00	151.34
3	—	762	133.00	133.00
13	—	466	177.00–185.00	179.62
14	—	433	179.00–183.00	179.90
5	—	519	174.00–178.00	177.23
3	—	637	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	519	100.00–150.00	115.35
1	—	925	92.50	92.50
10	—	612	90.00–125.00	109.75
4	—	714	80.00–102.00	89.42
23	—	469	110.00–150.00	128.14
3	—	815	89.00–120.00	102.96
3	—	768	90.00–104.00	97.85
37	—	424	105.00–170.00	132.93
10	—	224	100.00–140.00	120.83
10	—	561	100.00–119.00	109.29
10	—	668	106.00–143.00	120.24
25	—	324	105.00–142.50	122.49
1	—	975	90.00	90.00
23	—	270	105.00–160.00	125.03
31	—	376	106.00–150.00	127.38
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	77.00–90.00	83.52
9	—	468	79.00–147.50	96.88
3	—	670	92.50–97.00	94.87
10	—	276	75.00–112.00	94.61
12	—	523	85.00–137.00	112.37
11	—	427	85.00–150.00	103.20
4	—	576	85.00–135.00	110.30
1	—	750	90.00	90.00
10	—	374	80.00–107.00	97.87
11	—	321	75.00–110.00	92.28
4	—	618	80.00–120.00	100.61
2	—	210	102.00–115.00	108.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	812	96.00	96.00
1	—	724	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	456	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	646	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	722	130.00–171.00	154.15
47	—	671	120.00–183.00	156.02
92	—	573	126.00–194.00	171.67
1	—	1,190	134.00	134.00
7	—	818	119.00–146.00	131.28
9	—	926	105.00–148.00	119.52
58	—	428	160.00–212.50	190.09
105	—	474	150.00–217.00	184.08
14	—	764	112.00–157.00	139.67
4	—	1,074	110.00–142.00	120.39
5	—	870	115.00–128.00	121.99
35	—	324	167.00–228.00	198.69
19	—	270	152.50–225.00	182.35
4	—	960	111.00–117.00	113.76
113	—	521	145.00–205.00	177.14
68	—	622	120.00–189.00	165.11
56	—	370	157.50–225.00	197.89
9	—	219	142.00–202.50	175.29
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	145.00	145.00
1	—	425	135.00	135.00
5	—	385	150.00–170.00	161.45
1	—	550	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	482	166.00	166.00
3	—	716	99.00–100.00	99.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	730	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	120.00	120.00
3	—	514	90.00–101.00	96.03
1	—	630	81.00	81.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	115.00	115.00
4	—	264	110.00–137.50	127.50
3	—	320	120.00–135.00	125.16
8	—	229	110.00–157.50	139.37
9	—	622	105.00–160.00	125.58
1	—	730	110.00	110.00
31	—	478	110.00–188.00	143.12
21	—	523	109.00–170.00	130.71
13	—	373	110.00–165.00	137.04
8	—	667	100.00–168.00	130.93
24	—	578	110.00–145.00	131.40
15	—	419	115.00–160.00	138.71
1	—	795	107.00	107.00
1	—	995	81.00	81.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	705	75.00–110.00	89.78
1	—	890	88.00	88.00
1	—	1,000	88.00	88.00
3	—	227	104.00–115.00	109.49
3	—	523	75.00–150.00	100.45
7	—	273	79.00–96.00	83.54
1	—	940	84.00	84.00
6	—	469	77.50–125.00	104.73
4	—	433	90.00–144.00	107.87
2	—	623	130.00–140.00	135.18
3	—	333	80.00–95.00	88.33
5	—	365	80.00–113.00	99.48
4	—	588	80.00–167.00	138.94
1	—	690	144.00	144.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	75.00–91.00	83.00
1	—	645	90.00	90.00
1	—	900	85.00	85.00
1	—	315	87.50	87.50
1	—	665	72.00	72.00
1	—	765	88.00	88.00
1	—	1,260	86.00	86.00
1	—	550	75.00	75.00
1	—	1,365	95.00	95.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	74.00	74.00
1	—	750	66.00	66.00
1	—	980	81.00	81.00
1	—	835	50.00	50.00
1	—	415	47.50	47.50
1	—	900	75.00	75.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	96.00	96.00
1	—	1,000	97.00	97.00
4	—	721	86.00	86.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	53.00	53.00
1	—	590	50.00	50.00
8	—	216	47.50–75.00	55.55
1	—	390	63.00	63.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	110.00	110.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,240	930.00–1,500.00	1,353.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	995	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	943	885.00–960.00	920.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,158	1,250.00–1,500.00	1,366.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	1,725.00	1,725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,075	1,075.00	1,075.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	525.00	525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	665	730.00	730.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	978	660.00–930.00	810.54
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	928	730.00–1,030.00	897.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	992	750.00–1,150.00	1,004.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,022	700.00–1,200.00	948.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	961	500.00–1,275.00	845.97
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	978	675.00–1,050.00	901.28
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,110	750.00–1,075.00	906.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,074	910.00–1,425.00	1,193.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,148	800.00–1,150.00	987.43
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	740	450.00	450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	450.00	450.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	640	530.00	530.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	855	700.00–1,150.00	1,000.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	856	550.00–975.00	719.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	878	570.00–620.00	598.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	590.00	590.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,816	100.00–126.00	115.67
48	—	1,515	88.00–112.00	103.20
13	—	1,327	70.00–91.00	82.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,063	30.00–58.00	43.99
256	—	1,209	70.00–92.00	83.13
142	—	1,437	80.00–104.00	91.22
35	—	1,058	59.00–75.00	67.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	934	50.00–81.00	67.70
49	—	831	33.00–65.00	48.15
1	—	635	40.00	40.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	70.00	70.00
24	—	1,501	77.00–97.00	86.31
10	—	1,528	80.00–96.00	88.77

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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