North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

North Carolina reported 307 priced lines covering 3,934 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,592 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 563 head. replacement cattle receipts at 42 head. Counted as USDA files them — 22 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,592Last week 2,648Year ago 4,434

Slaughter CattleReceipts 563Last week 580Year ago 840

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 92Year ago 59

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers under 500lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, with Steers over 500lbs selling 4.00 to 8.00 higher; Feeder Heifers under 500lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, with Heifers over 500lbs selling 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder Bulls under 500lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00higher, with Bulls over 500lbs selling unevenly steady. Slaughter Cows sold unevenly steady, with Slaughter Bulls selling mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	231	240.00–295.00	267.68
19	250–300	271	200.00–300.00	257.29
43	300–350	325	220.00–312.50	264.64
58	350–400	376	200.00–295.00	257.99
59	400–450	424	200.00–280.00	245.61
80	450–500	474	190.00–270.00	240.39
73	500–550	524	190.00–267.50	221.90
68	550–600	573	185.00–245.00	221.90
55	600–650	624	182.50–233.00	205.30
29	650–700	668	177.00–232.00	201.06
22	700–750	717	160.00–212.00	189.16
21	750–800	777	135.00–195.00	168.43
12	800–850	822	140.00–188.00	162.24
5	850–900	871	139.00–169.00	157.42
5	900–950	918	120.00–162.00	141.02
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	284	230.00–235.00	233.88
2	300–350	333	227.50–240.00	233.80
2	350–400	380	197.00–229.00	213.00
8	400–450	424	175.00–227.50	207.50
4	450–500	463	160.00–215.00	196.24
6	500–550	529	187.00–215.00	204.66
2	550–600	585	200.00–217.50	208.82
3	600–650	632	200.00–212.50	207.47
2	650–700	685	195.00–200.00	197.50
3	750–800	773	133.00–170.00	145.28
2	800–850	823	140.00–145.00	142.52
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	150.00	150.00
3	450–500	470	150.00–160.00	153.37
1	500–550	510	165.00	165.00
1	600–650	630	127.50	127.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	95.00	95.00
1	550–600	580	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	240	185.00–220.00	201.91
1	250–300	295	210.00	210.00
6	300–350	325	205.00–235.00	220.10
13	350–400	371	200.00–230.00	213.69
29	400–450	427	170.00–230.00	210.63
35	450–500	477	155.00–245.00	203.48
18	500–550	524	150.00–215.00	179.51
18	550–600	570	152.50–200.00	182.27
11	600–650	621	145.00–189.00	168.70
9	650–700	677	155.00–182.00	165.48
8	700–750	720	120.00–150.00	135.95
2	750–800	762	135.00–137.00	135.99
3	850–900	875	100.00–128.00	115.77
1	900–950	920	140.00	140.00
1	950–1000	965	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	225.00	225.00
1	200–250	240	195.00	195.00
3	250–300	272	177.50–202.50	185.99
3	300–350	338	170.00–180.00	175.02
10	350–400	376	162.00–220.00	185.70
6	400–450	418	130.00–200.00	181.62
4	450–500	472	155.00–229.00	196.10
7	500–550	525	135.00–215.00	169.35
1	550–600	570	170.00	170.00
2	600–650	640	137.50–190.00	163.75
3	650–700	675	105.00–170.00	144.91
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	695	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	155.00	155.00
2	250–300	270	160.00–170.00	165.00
4	300–350	329	145.00–175.00	158.69
6	350–400	378	140.00–190.00	167.32
9	400–450	424	120.00–187.00	164.77
8	450–500	480	122.50–190.00	159.42
3	500–550	517	125.00–165.00	146.21
8	550–600	571	137.00–165.00	148.08
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	130.00	130.00
2	300–350	330	110.00–135.00	122.88
2	350–400	392	140.00	140.00
4	400–450	413	129.00–175.00	150.99
1	450–500	465	125.00	125.00
1	500–550	530	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	382	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	885	87.50	87.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	155	230.00	230.00
5	200–250	230	205.00–245.00	229.62
20	250–300	271	185.00–275.00	233.45
31	300–350	327	200.00–275.00	236.33
55	350–400	374	200.00–290.00	238.46
72	400–450	421	180.00–257.00	226.52
121	450–500	471	195.00–247.50	228.74
75	500–550	523	180.00–239.00	208.81
217	550–600	565	177.00–240.50	226.72
172	600–650	638	155.00–229.00	214.24
40	650–700	671	165.00–219.00	192.21
72	700–750	736	172.00–221.00	212.74
13	750–800	759	160.00–219.00	194.37
30	800–850	831	127.50–207.00	188.01
13	850–900	871	130.00–186.00	147.77
16	900–950	927	134.00–190.00	161.53
6	950–1000	970	145.00–175.00	157.45
5	1000–1050	1,025	150.00–185.00	165.97
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	130.00–140.00	135.10
2	400–450	420	130.00–140.00	134.94
2	450–500	460	100.00–135.00	117.69
1	600–650	605	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	110	125.00	125.00
4	250–300	271	190.00–205.00	200.14
2	300–350	315	210.00–215.00	212.50
5	350–400	361	210.00–220.00	215.13
7	400–450	439	210.00–220.00	216.38
4	450–500	479	200.00–215.00	208.81
5	500–550	520	197.50–210.00	202.95
3	550–600	568	200.00–210.00	204.22
6	600–650	623	175.00–208.00	197.74
4	650–700	686	150.00–170.00	162.40
3	700–750	705	140.00–155.00	148.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	200.00–220.00	209.67
4	250–300	283	205.00–215.00	209.82
18	300–350	328	170.00–216.00	192.53
16	350–400	377	170.00–220.00	196.71
34	400–450	427	150.00–220.00	187.85
11	450–500	470	170.00–200.00	183.20
20	500–550	527	155.00–190.00	173.85
16	550–600	573	140.00–189.00	169.41
13	600–650	619	155.00–192.00	173.95
7	650–700	674	135.00–165.00	146.90
3	700–750	715	137.00–152.00	143.15
4	750–800	765	122.00–152.00	137.85
1	850–900	875	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	231.00	231.00
5	600–650	634	210.00–214.00	210.81
5	700–750	734	212.00	212.00
1	800–850	800	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	150.00	150.00
4	300–350	318	155.00–185.00	165.00
4	350–400	390	165.00–180.00	174.97
2	400–450	430	135.00–165.00	149.65
7	450–500	479	137.00–180.00	161.85
7	500–550	514	125.00–190.00	164.63
4	550–600	569	160.00–170.00	162.42
10	600–650	624	120.00–190.00	170.55
1	650–700	695	150.00	150.00
1	700–750	710	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	230	145.00–175.00	163.33
1	250–300	280	150.00	150.00
3	300–350	335	120.00–175.00	140.22
8	350–400	378	105.00–185.00	150.53
10	400–450	427	105.00–185.00	151.35
4	450–500	475	100.00–175.00	136.88
4	500–550	541	110.00–150.00	130.49
7	550–600	574	120.00–150.00	135.52
3	600–650	625	120.00–135.00	125.16
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	125.00–135.00	130.27
2	350–400	363	105.00–115.00	110.17
1	400–450	430	125.00	125.00
4	450–500	474	120.00–162.50	150.91
1	550–600	555	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	433	248.00–265.00	257.82
6	450–500	472	248.00–251.00	249.35
8	500–550	536	222.00–235.00	223.53
1	550–600	570	249.00	249.00
6	600–650	634	215.00	215.00
39	650–700	691	226.75	226.75
3	700–750	727	200.00–207.00	204.33
1	800–850	805	195.00	195.00
2	850–900	895	182.00–187.00	184.50
1	900–950	910	185.00	185.00
2	950–1000	975	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	448	207.50	207.50
1	500–550	520	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	602	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	366	160.00–248.00	204.12
10	400–450	445	246.50	246.50
1	450–500	450	245.00	245.00
8	500–550	546	240.50	240.50
5	650–700	660	208.00	208.00
2	700–750	740	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	95.00	95.00
1	650–700	675	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	215.00–230.00	222.70
2	300–350	328	225.00–260.00	243.44
6	350–400	385	170.00–240.00	208.25
12	400–450	422	200.00–235.00	219.82
12	450–500	473	160.00–229.00	203.40
14	500–550	528	135.00–225.00	187.35
9	550–600	576	170.00–225.00	195.68
7	600–650	620	160.00–195.00	178.72
3	650–700	677	150.00–200.00	170.54
7	700–750	726	135.00–193.00	171.34
1	800–850	845	147.50	147.50
3	850–900	870	134.00–149.00	139.47
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	165.00	165.00
1	500–550	500	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	415	277.00–290.00	281.28
8	450–500	462	268.00–295.00	282.25
19	500–550	523	254.00–275.00	257.96
13	550–600	573	244.00–247.00	245.72
19	600–650	619	238.00–252.00	244.25
3	650–700	678	240.00–243.00	240.96
23	700–750	707	234.00	234.00
5	750–800	762	219.00–220.00	219.20
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	175.00	175.00
2	300–350	335	125.00–135.00	130.07
2	350–400	388	160.00–185.00	172.74
1	400–450	430	195.00	195.00
2	450–500	465	145.00–150.00	147.55
2	550–600	573	120.00–125.00	122.58
2	600–650	610	137.00–145.00	140.97
1	650–700	670	137.00	137.00
1	700–750	715	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	150	180.00	180.00
1	400–450	440	175.00	175.00
2	500–550	530	170.00–175.00	172.57
1	550–600	595	182.50	182.50
1	750–800	770	160.00	160.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	245.00	245.00
5	450–500	462	240.00	240.00
14	550–600	553	225.00	225.00
5	650–700	654	220.00–221.00	220.60
1	700–750	735	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	248	292.00	292.00
10	250–300	280	255.00–337.50	283.04
20	300–350	324	280.00–327.50	303.54
19	350–400	376	250.00–312.50	288.22
17	400–450	423	230.00–305.00	266.51
57	450–500	470	220.00–277.00	257.76
45	500–550	520	200.00–267.00	238.91
120	550–600	564	217.00–264.00	250.39
32	600–650	616	205.00–240.00	223.55
160	650–700	658	200.00–245.00	238.98
121	700–750	737	190.00–236.50	231.55
18	750–800	774	175.00–225.00	198.56
86	800–850	833	175.00–225.50	221.96
9	850–900	862	180.00–206.00	190.66
17	900–950	932	202.00–219.00	217.56
1	950–1000	955	160.00	160.00
1	1000–1050	1,035	146.00	146.00
1	1050–1100	1,062	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	200–250	237	237.00	237.00
2	400–450	423	253.00	253.00
7	450–500	468	227.00	227.00
13	500–550	548	220.00	220.00
23	550–600	561	210.00–239.00	232.90
28	600–650	635	228.50	228.50
4	650–700	655	225.00	225.00
16	700–750	730	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	130.00	130.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	70.00	70.00
1	300–350	345	107.00	107.00
4	350–400	373	88.00–91.00	89.26
2	400–450	425	80.00–85.00	82.53
1	450–500	465	70.00	70.00
1	500–550	520	100.00	100.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	85.00	85.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	116.00	116.00
1	500–550	515	150.00	150.00
1	700–750	735	165.00	165.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	167.00	167.00
1	450–500	475	155.00	155.00
1	550–600	552	117.50	117.50
1	650–700	665	180.00	180.00
1	700–750	740	176.00	176.00
1	750–800	780	177.00	177.00
1	800–850	815	176.00	176.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	190.00	190.00
5	250–300	286	245.00	245.00
1	300–350	310	190.00	190.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	115.00	115.00
1	300–350	300	130.00	130.00
1	550–600	595	130.00	130.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	700	112.50	112.50

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,013	1,600.00–1,725.00	1,668.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	1,575.00	1,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,090	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,350	2,275.00	2,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	1,775.00	1,775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	827	1,200.00–2,250.00	1,701.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,118	1,550.00–2,100.00	1,830.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	770	1,375.00	1,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	575	750.00	750.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,325.00	1,325.00
Stock Cows — Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,258	1,525.00–1,950.00	1,798.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	938	925.00–1,475.00	1,265.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,045	1,400.00–1,425.00	1,411.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,185	1,550.00–1,725.00	1,627.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	733	700.00–1,125.00	961.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	236.00	236.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,681	140.00–173.00	161.67
17	—	1,244	110.00–142.00	127.00
44	—	1,539	125.00–165.00	150.46
1	—	1,385	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	1,254	100.00–141.00	125.59
17	—	1,162	91.00–112.00	99.44
5	—	1,126	50.00–84.00	71.76
25	—	1,233	122.00–150.00	137.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	140.00	140.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	766	50.00–79.00	64.67
14	—	975	117.00–135.00	120.56
43	—	874	60.00–100.00	87.77
81	—	1,015	90.00–117.00	108.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,580	91.00–101.00	96.43
4	—	1,399	125.00–137.00	128.91
37	—	1,519	103.00–130.00	117.44

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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