North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

North Carolina reported 223 priced lines covering 3,699 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,249 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 815 head. replacement cattle receipts at 104 head. Counted as USDA files them — 43 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,249Last week 2,366Year ago 3,496

Slaughter CattleReceipts 815Last week 599Year ago 875

Replacement CattleReceipts 104Last week 81Year ago 100

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold 8.00-10.00 higher, with Feeder Heifers selling 6.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter Cows sold 3.00-4.00

higher, with Slaughter Bulls selling steady to 3,00 higher.

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	912	1,200.00–2,300.00	1,687.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,077	1,700.00–2,325.00	2,108.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,042	1,300.00–2,100.00	1,801.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,046	2,200.00–2,460.00	2,350.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	999	2,100.00–2,300.00	2,213.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,160	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,083	2,025.00–2,200.00	2,101.79
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	738	600.00–1,050.00	798.19
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,215	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	965	1,400.00–1,625.00	1,526.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,088	1,050.00–1,400.00	1,210.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,163	1,100.00–1,950.00	1,524.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,209	750.00–2,000.00	1,654.18
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,032	900.00–1,075.00	1,012.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,051	1,025.00–1,475.00	1,344.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,104	250.00–1,750.00	1,299.13
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	910.00	910.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,038	925.00–1,310.00	1,189.78
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	830	800.00	800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,424	106.00–133.00	120.50
12	—	1,124	100.00–110.00	105.49
55	—	1,747	122.00–145.00	134.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,125	157.00–157.50	157.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,054	98.00–127.50	102.02
18	—	718	52.00–70.00	62.53
47	—	938	70.00–88.00	76.95
98	—	1,050	85.00–110.00	92.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,131	72.00–95.00	89.84
223	—	1,249	86.00–115.00	106.14
92	—	1,307	109.00–130.00	117.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	96.00	96.00
42	—	1,501	90.00–136.00	108.46
9	—	1,561	104.00–125.00	114.77

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	200–250	225	220.00–320.00	277.30
37	250–300	274	260.00–315.00	292.73
70	300–350	328	205.00–328.00	290.10
96	350–400	378	230.00–327.50	288.43
119	400–450	422	210.00–332.50	283.16
146	450–500	471	202.00–333.00	278.94
75	500–550	521	210.00–297.50	263.39
80	550–600	571	205.00–277.00	247.47
72	600–650	623	200.00–257.00	230.88
39	650–700	670	190.00–238.00	216.07
18	700–750	724	185.00–212.00	199.11
9	750–800	777	159.00–202.00	181.62
12	800–850	820	138.00–190.00	172.38
8	850–900	875	140.00–172.00	155.09
3	900–950	912	145.00–160.00	150.02
3	950–1000	960	140.00–146.00	143.67
4	1000–1050	1,023	125.00–146.00	136.26
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	240.00–266.00	256.70
1	400–450	410	260.00	260.00
3	450–500	468	225.00–234.00	228.91
3	500–550	513	210.00–220.00	213.31
2	550–600	575	200.00–206.00	202.95
1	600–650	625	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	224	140.00	140.00
2	250–300	286	147.50–165.00	156.56
4	400–450	414	140.00–160.00	152.42
1	500–550	544	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Small 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	464	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	190.00–200.00	195.02
5	250–300	280	175.00–202.50	192.33
5	300–350	323	160.00–205.00	188.79
3	350–400	379	175.00–203.00	192.85
4	400–450	410	180.00–220.00	195.81
3	450–500	466	160.00–170.00	165.92
1	500–550	540	180.00	180.00
1	550–600	568	160.00	160.00
1	900–950	930	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	221	190.00–247.50	219.30
4	250–300	262	225.00–285.00	242.17
8	300–350	323	200.00–298.00	242.03
19	350–400	375	200.00–297.50	240.77
25	400–450	423	150.00–278.00	227.50
39	450–500	476	167.00–268.00	223.18
36	500–550	524	150.00–273.00	218.76
27	550–600	569	162.00–240.00	209.79
8	600–650	625	150.00–202.00	176.47
11	650–700	668	152.50–222.00	179.87
5	700–750	719	135.00–180.00	157.70
7	750–800	766	125.00–180.00	147.94
1	850–900	860	130.00	130.00
1	950–1000	990	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	185.00	185.00
1	250–300	290	170.00	170.00
1	300–350	310	190.00	190.00
2	350–400	378	140.00–190.00	165.17
5	400–450	415	147.00–195.00	166.28
8	450–500	472	170.00–185.00	176.85
6	500–550	515	130.00–175.00	161.38
2	550–600	563	165.00–190.00	177.22
1	600–650	620	125.00	125.00
1	650–700	675	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	588	227.50	227.50
1	750–800	784	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	442	170.00	170.00
1	500–550	540	140.00	140.00
1	700–750	735	118.00	118.00
1	900–950	940	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	223	175.00–210.00	190.60
10	250–300	277	170.00–220.00	198.25
13	300–350	327	174.00–234.00	201.72
23	350–400	377	175.00–290.00	216.74
38	400–450	424	160.00–254.00	205.68
37	450–500	473	160.00–254.00	196.69
25	500–550	521	160.00–249.00	201.59
22	550–600	573	160.00–220.00	187.15
18	600–650	625	155.00–213.00	179.35
15	650–700	668	135.00–200.00	159.32
7	700–750	728	122.00–175.00	144.96
4	750–800	759	124.00–160.00	140.37
1	800–850	845	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	235	130.00–150.00	141.45
3	250–300	262	140.00–145.00	143.28
5	300–350	333	140.00–165.00	152.93
5	350–400	360	150.00–170.00	155.96
7	400–450	423	130.00–165.00	148.12
3	450–500	462	160.00–175.00	166.05
6	500–550	515	132.50–172.00	152.28
5	550–600	565	140.00–155.00	149.43
3	600–650	615	130.00–145.00	138.35
6	650–700	673	110.00–132.50	120.55
2	700–750	725	110.00–122.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	268	151.00–180.00	169.28
2	300–350	313	172.50–180.00	176.21
3	350–400	368	150.00–170.00	156.59
1	400–450	405	102.00	102.00
3	450–500	467	155.00–220.00	195.20
5	500–550	500	150.00–160.00	154.00
2	550–600	571	152.50–164.00	158.34
2	600–650	638	120.00–155.00	137.57
1	650–700	665	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	523	266.00–268.00	267.62
8	600–650	621	227.00	227.00
2	700–750	733	208.00	208.00
2	800–850	800	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	200–250	229	215.00–325.00	252.29
37	250–300	274	210.00–307.00	251.46
77	300–350	326	220.00–309.00	252.41
117	350–400	373	220.00–305.00	254.56
157	400–450	422	200.00–280.00	251.92
152	450–500	472	190.00–299.00	244.32
92	500–550	522	200.00–287.00	237.11
98	550–600	574	195.00–260.00	227.36
47	600–650	623	187.00–237.00	214.01
47	650–700	668	170.00–219.00	202.84
29	700–750	730	160.00–218.00	196.55
12	750–800	772	140.00–185.00	166.22
7	800–850	828	120.00–187.00	155.81
8	850–900	871	126.00–172.50	149.52
4	900–950	928	120.00–167.00	139.70
4	950–1000	978	122.00–152.00	134.63
3	1000–1050	1,035	138.00–145.00	141.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	564	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	180.00	180.00
2	350–400	370	270.00–275.00	272.50
4	400–450	435	205.00–229.00	218.37
8	450–500	475	200.00–240.00	224.98
4	500–550	530	210.00–238.00	224.00
1	550–600	590	188.00	188.00
2	600–650	640	140.00	140.00
1	650–700	660	187.50	187.50
1	700–750	710	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	224	160.00	160.00
2	250–300	288	140.00–150.00	145.14
1	350–400	376	140.00	140.00
1	400–450	444	135.00	135.00
1	450–500	464	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	662	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	237	270.00–345.00	297.43
8	250–300	273	280.00–320.00	302.57
19	300–350	332	265.00–345.00	302.25
42	350–400	375	260.00–342.50	306.31
43	400–450	417	220.00–332.50	294.05
60	450–500	477	220.00–324.00	287.54
81	500–550	522	220.00–310.00	284.71
42	550–600	573	242.50–295.00	266.49
40	600–650	620	215.00–285.00	253.99
19	650–700	669	207.50–261.00	242.70
36	700–750	729	207.50–239.00	232.05
18	750–800	764	175.00–235.00	216.83
11	800–850	828	200.00–220.50	212.39
6	850–900	866	180.00–206.00	191.13
4	900–950	923	175.00–210.00	192.34
1	950–1000	995	160.00	160.00
2	1000–1050	1,015	194.00	194.00
1	1050–1100	1,080	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	325.00–340.00	332.90
2	350–400	360	320.00–337.50	328.75
4	400–450	411	310.00–335.00	325.03
1	450–500	455	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	150.00	150.00
1	300–350	310	190.00	190.00
2	450–500	470	155.00–165.00	160.16
2	500–550	515	170.00–185.00	177.28
2	550–600	573	175.00	175.00
1	600–650	620	150.00	150.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	60.00	60.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	278	205.00–225.00	216.28
2	300–350	315	190.00–205.00	197.50
4	350–400	365	200.00–240.00	220.21
3	400–450	412	220.00–280.00	242.83
5	450–500	474	225.00–240.00	233.16
12	500–550	521	192.00–285.00	223.27
4	550–600	568	197.00–232.00	218.97
1	600–650	640	180.00	180.00
1	650–700	680	165.00	165.00
1	700–750	735	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	765	165.00	165.00
4	800–850	825	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	447	316.00	316.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	125.00	125.00
2	300–350	335	115.00–132.00	123.50
1	400–450	435	135.00	135.00
1	450–500	465	145.00	145.00
1	550–600	550	127.00	127.00
4	600–650	623	115.00–150.00	127.33
1	700–750	736	122.50	122.50
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	40.00	40.00

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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