North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

North Carolina reported 257 priced lines covering 4,450 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,859 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 834 head. replacement cattle receipts at 83 head. Counted as USDA files them — 54 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,859Last week 1,695Year ago 2,694

Slaughter CattleReceipts 834Last week 526Year ago 766

Replacement CattleReceipts 83Last week 64Year ago 33

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers under 500lbs sold 10.00-12.00 higher, with Steers over 500lbs selling 2.00-5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers

under 500lbs sold sharply higher, with Heifers over 500lbs selling 10.00-12.00 higher; Feeder Bulls under 500lbs sold 12.00-15.00 higher,

with Bulls over 500lbs selling 10.00-13.00 higher; Slaughter Cows sold 3.00-7.00 higher, with Slaughter Bulls selling steady to 3.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,030	100.00–133.00	123.84
293	—	1,184	124.00–159.00	142.47
137	—	1,268	138.00–175.00	156.49
1	—	915	30.00	30.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,046	129.00–147.00	133.30
27	—	936	80.00–120.00	97.97
84	—	944	97.50–139.00	122.30
4	—	1,027	50.00–70.00	57.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,411	125.00–159.00	142.60
8	—	1,483	110.00–133.00	124.46
8	—	1,518	139.00–150.00	145.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,183	120.00–155.00	143.05
33	—	1,656	169.00–188.00	178.60
62	—	1,548	140.00–178.00	163.99

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,087	1,275.00–1,975.00	1,765.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,064	1,350.00–2,150.00	1,711.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,035	1,450.00–2,250.00	1,760.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,105	1,100.00–2,200.00	1,768.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	500	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,013	1,200.00–1,800.00	1,536.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,205	1,800.00	1,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,185	1,575.00	1,575.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	865	1,075.00–1,325.00	1,218.06
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	850	1,125.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	773	1,700.00–1,850.00	1,780.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	740	1,125.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	985	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	898	1,400.00–2,800.00	1,941.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	915	1,100.00–2,300.00	1,794.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	715	1,560.00	1,560.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	965	1,700.00–3,500.00	2,346.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,325.00	1,325.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	705	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	740	945.00	945.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	200.00	200.00
3	250–300	285	140.00–185.00	160.26
2	300–350	313	175.00–185.00	180.04
5	350–400	390	140.00–200.00	174.94
4	400–450	430	155.00–200.00	168.94
5	450–500	477	165.00–190.00	181.16
8	500–550	517	150.00–200.00	177.46
2	550–600	555	160.00–200.00	180.00
Bulls — Small 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	162.50	162.50
1	500–550	520	142.50	142.50
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	230.00	230.00
2	300–350	320	245.00–260.00	252.27
1	350–400	355	252.50	252.50
3	400–450	427	250.00–262.00	256.50
11	450–500	474	247.00–260.00	252.78
1	500–550	545	245.00	245.00
2	550–600	575	220.00–225.00	222.54
5	600–650	609	219.00–230.00	221.77
2	650–700	665	204.00–210.00	206.95
2	700–750	713	192.50–200.00	196.29
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	202.50–227.50	214.92
1	350–400	366	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	200–250	224	245.00–340.00	287.39
23	250–300	275	245.00–325.00	284.96
26	300–350	325	225.00–320.00	281.38
57	350–400	376	230.00–300.00	275.03
64	400–450	421	230.00–312.50	272.93
108	450–500	472	220.00–295.00	260.08
85	500–550	521	210.00–280.00	245.68
70	550–600	570	210.00–275.00	234.48
61	600–650	624	200.00–257.00	227.75
55	650–700	669	195.00–260.00	219.72
28	700–750	717	170.00–242.00	215.99
19	750–800	776	160.00–210.00	187.41
14	800–850	824	160.00–225.00	190.59
9	850–900	874	165.00–207.00	189.60
7	900–950	929	160.00–197.00	172.90
3	950–1000	967	150.00–177.50	165.07
1	1000–1050	1,048	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	542	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	546	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	296	155.00	155.00
1	500–550	540	165.00	165.00
1	550–600	590	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	417	186.00–197.50	191.10
2	500–550	530	145.00–150.00	147.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	230.00	230.00
3	250–300	272	210.00–245.00	230.71
11	300–350	327	170.00–270.00	234.04
19	350–400	370	200.00–267.50	234.02
10	400–450	427	225.00–252.50	238.57
19	450–500	471	175.00–257.50	219.20
13	500–550	527	190.00–237.00	217.88
8	550–600	568	170.00–220.00	198.68
4	600–650	609	160.00–210.00	193.11
7	650–700	672	160.00–197.50	184.12
4	700–750	711	150.00–162.50	154.45
2	750–800	768	150.00	150.00
3	950–1000	972	153.00–165.00	159.40
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	210.00	210.00
3	350–400	373	217.50–237.50	225.28
2	400–450	443	230.00	230.00
4	500–550	518	170.00–220.00	200.29
1	550–600	575	177.50	177.50
1	600–650	612	140.00	140.00
1	700–750	715	182.50	182.50
1	800–850	828	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	446	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	145.00	145.00
1	300–350	315	145.00	145.00
1	450–500	480	180.00	180.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	852	125.00	125.00
Dairy Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	567	118.00	118.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	187.00	187.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	175.00	175.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	185.00	185.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	187.50	187.50
1	700–750	710	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	321	327.50–335.00	332.66
4	350–400	368	339.00	339.00
6	400–450	432	320.00–330.00	325.69
14	450–500	475	292.00–297.00	294.92
17	500–550	530	274.00–283.00	278.76
12	550–600	587	297.50	297.50
28	600–650	630	266.00–270.50	269.91
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	190.00	190.00
4	400–450	423	175.00–180.00	178.82
2	450–500	478	195.00–200.00	197.54
1	500–550	525	160.00	160.00
3	550–600	568	175.00–190.00	181.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	190.00–255.00	221.98
6	350–400	379	225.00–267.50	244.64
7	400–450	416	235.00–270.00	255.62
8	450–500	472	200.00–252.00	235.16
11	500–550	530	200.00–255.00	227.23
11	550–600	568	175.00–253.00	221.04
4	600–650	626	210.00–240.00	224.53
6	650–700	680	175.00–254.00	203.18
1	700–750	705	238.00	238.00
1	750–800	755	237.00	237.00
1	800–850	805	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	280.00	280.00
56	500–550	541	267.00–274.00	272.73
46	600–650	645	254.00–256.25	255.17
105	650–700	672	255.00	255.00
3	700–750	728	233.00	233.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
8	450–500	465	260.00	260.00
13	550–600	550	235.00–238.00	235.23
5	600–650	646	220.00	220.00
2	700–750	745	206.00	206.00
2	850–900	863	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	320.00	320.00
16	250–300	277	225.00–325.00	283.97
15	300–350	322	255.00–347.50	311.99
31	350–400	373	270.00–335.00	301.68
31	400–450	423	232.50–322.50	291.29
116	450–500	474	222.50–312.50	289.17
41	500–550	524	215.00–300.00	265.06
129	550–600	568	210.00–285.00	276.12
125	600–650	624	217.00–269.50	264.38
50	650–700	671	218.00–270.00	242.82
95	700–750	721	212.50–258.25	252.99
72	750–800	774	211.00–246.75	243.98
49	800–850	831	195.00–235.00	229.78
4	850–900	874	208.00–230.00	223.04
4	900–950	918	215.00–231.00	220.69
12	950–1000	958	165.00–222.00	212.93
10	1000–1050	1,024	183.00–212.00	205.81
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	230.00	230.00
1	450–500	485	213.00	213.00
2	550–600	580	230.00	230.00
2	650–700	683	229.00–239.00	233.98
1	750–800	765	219.00	219.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	227.50	227.50
1	300–350	340	220.00	220.00
7	400–450	418	220.00–235.00	223.88
5	450–500	471	192.00–229.00	211.74
6	550–600	581	219.00–230.00	226.20
1	600–650	610	212.50	212.50
1	650–700	660	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	700	195.00	195.00
2	750–800	790	170.00	170.00
1	800–850	810	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	180	190.00	190.00
2	250–300	266	195.00–217.50	206.25
2	300–350	347	196.00–197.50	196.75
2	350–400	388	187.50–200.00	193.87
3	400–450	430	200.00–215.00	210.17
2	450–500	480	200.00	200.00
1	500–550	530	142.00	142.00
3	550–600	582	210.00–215.00	212.51
1	600–650	600	154.00	154.00
1	700–750	710	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	240.00	240.00
17	500–550	548	252.00	252.00
3	550–600	558	242.00	242.00
5	600–650	625	211.00	211.00
2	700–750	725	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	223	225.00–245.00	234.77
7	250–300	283	200.00–225.00	210.00
2	300–350	338	235.00	235.00
14	350–400	380	190.00–235.00	215.11
25	400–450	428	187.00–235.00	217.79
11	450–500	478	190.00–235.00	211.72
10	500–550	519	175.00–215.00	197.39
10	550–600	571	150.00–200.00	181.66
9	600–650	620	175.00–205.00	190.49
11	650–700	669	145.00–190.00	168.20
6	700–750	728	136.00–167.00	148.64
2	750–800	785	162.00–165.00	163.48
2	800–850	828	137.00–140.00	138.52
3	850–900	865	140.00–157.00	149.95
3	900–950	923	136.00–175.00	154.42
1	950–1000	960	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	170.00	170.00
2	300–350	340	175.00–195.00	184.85
5	350–400	368	150.00–195.00	176.96
3	400–450	418	165.00–170.00	168.33
4	450–500	466	135.00–195.00	167.41
3	500–550	510	140.00–180.00	156.93
2	550–600	583	140.00–160.00	149.96
1	650–700	670	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	546	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	328	300.00–308.00	306.96
3	400–450	418	258.00–260.00	258.66
16	450–500	478	251.00–270.00	258.37
22	500–550	516	247.00–262.00	255.93
28	550–600	565	246.00–266.00	255.92
10	600–650	614	235.00–255.00	247.04
5	650–700	666	222.00–231.00	226.21
1	1000–1050	1,015	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	200–250	221	200.00–300.00	252.72
23	250–300	272	220.00–310.00	268.22
44	300–350	326	220.00–295.00	263.54
62	350–400	373	220.00–290.00	263.36
155	400–450	428	215.00–275.00	253.09
154	450–500	469	220.00–275.00	250.17
83	500–550	521	210.00–270.00	236.73
250	550–600	560	210.00–260.00	248.67
218	600–650	635	180.00–241.25	237.15
46	650–700	667	182.00–240.00	216.43
92	700–750	734	169.00–228.00	220.45
17	750–800	772	160.00–225.00	195.61
19	800–850	830	185.00–227.00	218.50
10	850–900	869	150.00–211.00	179.63
6	900–950	925	163.00–215.00	188.49
6	950–1000	978	155.00–182.00	165.45
5	1000–1050	1,029	164.00–182.00	173.10
1	1050–1100	1,070	192.50	192.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	421	167.50–215.00	192.32
9	450–500	450	150.00–230.00	221.11
7	500–550	543	150.00–214.00	204.77
3	650–700	657	180.00	180.00
5	700–750	741	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	632	160.00	160.00
1	700–750	732	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	536	190.00	190.00
1	600–650	608	190.00	190.00

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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