North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

North Carolina reported 209 priced lines covering 3,900 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,390 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 805 head. replacement cattle receipts at 83 head. Counted as USDA files them — 39 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,390Last week 3,095Year ago 2,372

Slaughter CattleReceipts 805Last week 820Year ago 736

Replacement CattleReceipts 83Last week 80Year ago 51

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold steady to 3.00 lower, with Feeder Heifers selling 8.00 lower. Slaughter Cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower,

with Slaughter Bulls selling steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	150.00	150.00
3	300–350	323	160.00–175.00	164.79
2	450–500	482	150.00–167.50	158.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	200–250	228	270.00–330.00	298.18
37	250–300	276	250.00–335.00	298.50
92	300–350	322	240.00–332.50	296.20
127	350–400	375	230.00–330.00	294.85
153	400–450	421	220.00–332.00	291.04
146	450–500	473	200.00–325.00	280.94
120	500–550	521	200.00–312.00	270.58
82	550–600	570	205.00–295.00	256.47
70	600–650	624	192.00–287.00	237.65
36	650–700	673	195.00–262.50	225.41
22	700–750	719	180.00–230.00	207.45
28	750–800	774	170.00–222.00	196.57
18	800–850	823	165.00–208.00	188.34
7	850–900	876	140.00–215.00	180.91
5	900–950	914	160.00–175.00	167.39
5	950–1000	982	140.00–175.00	159.35
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	250.00	250.00
1	350–400	375	260.00	260.00
4	400–450	419	280.00–290.00	283.62
3	450–500	482	270.00–272.00	271.34
2	550–600	588	230.00–240.00	234.94
2	600–650	630	225.00–227.50	226.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	231	155.00–260.00	229.94
4	250–300	273	220.00–265.00	237.96
18	300–350	328	205.00–275.00	243.03
44	350–400	377	165.00–290.00	239.36
31	400–450	425	165.00–312.50	231.07
46	450–500	476	200.00–285.00	229.99
36	500–550	523	180.00–252.00	223.97
15	550–600	580	170.00–250.00	217.08
10	600–650	606	160.00–265.00	196.85
4	650–700	684	165.00–237.50	186.69
5	700–750	715	130.00–192.50	154.33
5	750–800	784	130.00–160.00	142.50
1	800–850	810	167.50	167.50
2	850–900	863	122.00–165.00	143.31
1	950–1000	960	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	226	200.00	200.00
3	350–400	360	212.50	212.50
3	450–500	469	172.50–180.00	175.76
1	500–550	530	205.00	205.00
1	550–600	560	210.00	210.00
2	600–650	613	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	160.00–175.00	167.70
4	300–350	331	140.00–175.00	158.85
4	350–400	375	170.00–200.00	180.13
6	400–450	423	135.00–205.00	167.60
16	450–500	474	130.00–200.00	170.12
5	500–550	522	150.00–190.00	169.95
1	600–650	605	125.00	125.00
1	650–700	660	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	350.00	350.00
4	350–400	394	342.50	342.50
1	500–550	534	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	444	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	544	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	594	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	284	155.00	155.00
1	350–400	364	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	546	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	582	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	240.00	240.00
3	350–400	392	240.00–245.00	241.68
2	400–450	420	245.00–246.00	245.51
3	450–500	479	240.00–245.00	243.40
2	500–550	532	239.00	239.00
1	550–600	550	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	645	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	730	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	688	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	200–250	224	230.00–317.00	276.88
49	250–300	277	220.00–300.00	265.02
65	300–350	325	230.00–300.00	261.25
131	350–400	373	220.00–300.00	260.43
166	400–450	422	215.00–286.00	254.14
142	450–500	471	210.00–277.00	241.98
125	500–550	520	200.00–260.00	231.51
95	550–600	572	195.00–257.50	229.03
54	600–650	622	180.00–237.00	212.44
35	650–700	678	152.50–226.00	189.49
21	700–750	721	165.00–222.00	188.68
14	750–800	762	150.00–200.00	165.57
8	800–850	815	132.00–182.00	157.15
5	850–900	863	137.00–185.00	156.20
4	900–950	910	133.00–156.00	145.27
3	950–1000	975	165.00–192.00	175.64
5	1000–1050	1,025	138.00–168.00	155.39
1	1050–1100	1,060	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	140.00–170.00	156.18
1	250–300	290	185.00	185.00
3	300–350	315	140.00–175.00	155.29
11	350–400	373	150.00–195.00	175.86
9	400–450	428	145.00–195.00	163.07
10	450–500	479	140.00–169.00	156.29
8	500–550	516	115.00–150.00	138.78
6	550–600	571	120.00–150.00	136.69
4	600–650	626	115.00–125.00	119.95
1	650–700	685	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	320.00	320.00
4	350–400	373	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	456	287.50	287.50
6	500–550	539	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	230	210.00–240.00	230.07
24	250–300	279	180.00–245.00	222.70
41	300–350	324	175.00–267.50	220.06
57	350–400	373	167.50–235.00	210.56
50	400–450	426	150.00–237.00	203.28
57	450–500	475	160.00–256.00	201.24
40	500–550	521	150.00–215.00	188.80
18	550–600	575	150.00–220.00	183.91
15	600–650	631	150.00–187.00	170.64
9	650–700	681	120.00–167.50	143.76
9	700–750	728	122.00–165.00	142.23
1	750–800	770	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	120.00	120.00
1	400–450	424	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	180.00	180.00
10	400–450	436	167.50–225.00	205.47
4	450–500	460	220.00–230.00	223.99
4	500–550	534	162.50–222.50	191.44
3	550–600	593	202.50–204.00	203.50
1	600–650	615	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	239	250.00–355.00	298.64
14	250–300	274	260.00–352.50	311.52
22	300–350	323	250.00–350.00	302.41
33	350–400	368	275.00–340.00	309.17
71	400–450	427	245.00–357.50	298.83
67	450–500	474	240.00–342.50	294.71
37	500–550	523	250.00–325.00	291.81
42	550–600	569	215.00–302.00	277.08
20	600–650	617	218.00–280.00	253.86
15	650–700	671	200.00–267.00	238.52
7	700–750	717	205.00–242.00	227.38
2	750–800	770	217.00–227.50	222.11
9	800–850	830	128.00–217.00	194.00
2	850–900	858	187.50–195.00	191.22
2	950–1000	983	135.00–176.00	155.76
2	1050–1100	1,068	169.00–170.00	169.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	205.00–245.00	226.04
7	350–400	375	182.50–255.00	224.03
14	400–450	424	205.00–260.00	226.30
14	450–500	468	200.00–290.00	231.53
7	500–550	524	200.00–255.00	226.38
13	550–600	567	187.50–250.00	226.16
2	600–650	635	235.00	235.00
4	650–700	679	200.00–210.00	204.26
1	700–750	715	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	476	295.00–315.00	302.38
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	180.00	180.00
5	350–400	380	150.00–195.00	170.67
2	400–450	408	165.00–190.00	177.42
5	450–500	481	130.00–190.00	163.31
2	600–650	623	160.00–170.00	165.02
1	650–700	655	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	245.00	245.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	220.00	220.00
2	400–450	415	220.00–235.00	227.41
6	450–500	483	120.00–200.00	187.29
3	500–550	523	150.00–225.00	192.66
2	550–600	585	125.00–150.00	137.61
2	600–650	633	170.00–182.00	175.98
1	650–700	685	145.00	145.00
1	700–750	715	130.00	130.00
1	750–800	770	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	245.00	245.00
1	350–400	350	135.00	135.00
6	550–600	556	147.50–150.00	149.58
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	145.00	145.00
1	400–450	435	140.00	140.00
2	550–600	578	115.00–125.00	119.94
2	600–650	615	115.00–130.00	122.44
1	650–700	660	150.00	150.00
1	850–900	865	130.00	130.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	195.00	195.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	190.00	190.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	668	825.00–850.00	838.48
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	817	900.00–2,000.00	1,454.80
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	840	1,425.00–1,950.00	1,763.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	843	1,425.00–1,900.00	1,611.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	1,575.00	1,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	2,000.00	2,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,306	1,275.00–2,075.00	1,670.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,051	825.00–1,850.00	1,503.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	991	1,050.00–1,750.00	1,363.06
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	1,575.00	1,575.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,063	1,100.00–1,750.00	1,402.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	804	900.00–1,575.00	1,217.26
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	810	850.00	850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,810	151.00–175.00	161.10
79	—	1,507	125.00–159.00	143.93
15	—	1,221	110.00–135.00	122.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	992	85.00–115.00	104.87
22	—	829	48.00–72.00	60.24
39	—	913	62.00–97.00	83.26
12	—	1,040	105.00–118.00	115.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,501	100.00–140.00	118.69
13	—	1,337	127.00–143.00	134.43
4	—	1,380	110.00–113.00	112.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,291	121.00–150.00	136.82
1	—	1,070	40.00	40.00
17	—	1,130	92.00–122.00	113.73
256	—	1,197	110.00–137.00	124.43
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	162.50	162.50

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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