North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

North Carolina reported 127 priced lines covering 1,029 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,021 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 234 head. replacement cattle receipts at 7 head. Counted as USDA files them — 2 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,021Last week 3,592Year ago 3,478

Slaughter CattleReceipts 234Last week 563Year ago 726

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 42Year ago 50

Due to weather impacts to sale schedules and coverage availability last week, too few comparable lots for a price trend this week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,458	117.00–125.00	120.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,198	107.50–131.00	120.65
14	—	1,110	100.00–116.00	108.42
40	—	1,285	126.00–147.50	130.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,043	95.00–115.00	105.23
11	—	996	60.00–95.00	82.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,628	130.00–154.00	140.74
1	—	1,290	158.00	158.00
2	—	1,038	104.00–125.00	116.20

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	765	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	1,225.00	1,225.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	740	875.00	875.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	800.00	800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	820	1,125.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	696	1,325.00	1,325.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,300.00	1,300.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	142.50	142.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	228	220.00–262.50	243.92
10	250–300	280	210.00–280.00	254.60
20	300–350	327	210.00–275.00	250.36
32	350–400	371	202.00–285.00	253.94
34	400–450	427	210.00–290.00	251.11
58	450–500	472	200.00–255.00	227.90
54	500–550	526	195.00–242.00	215.01
25	550–600	567	190.00–230.00	211.49
18	600–650	622	165.00–223.00	192.38
5	650–700	673	175.00–200.00	186.10
1	700–750	734	165.00	165.00
2	750–800	780	155.00–190.00	172.28
1	850–900	880	132.50	132.50
1	950–1000	960	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	200.00	200.00
3	250–300	283	185.00–200.00	195.06
7	300–350	317	180.00–220.00	203.66
11	350–400	380	150.00–240.00	196.93
10	400–450	421	150.00–230.00	185.12
9	450–500	468	157.00–200.00	184.84
16	500–550	524	155.00–217.50	183.58
10	550–600	570	150.00–200.00	181.00
9	600–650	616	150.00–180.00	164.99
12	650–700	678	145.00–185.00	170.55
6	700–750	708	140.00–165.00	156.63
7	750–800	756	160.00–165.00	164.29
1	800–850	825	130.00	130.00
1	850–900	880	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	848	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	262	185.00	185.00
1	350–400	385	182.50	182.50
2	400–450	414	182.50–185.00	183.73
1	450–500	455	170.00	170.00
1	550–600	555	145.00	145.00
1	600–650	610	145.00	145.00
1	700–750	725	117.50	117.50
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	704	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	150.00	150.00
2	300–350	325	115.00–125.00	120.31
2	350–400	375	120.00	120.00
1	450–500	480	105.00	105.00
1	500–550	545	135.00	135.00
2	550–600	570	120.00	120.00
2	600–650	603	110.00–120.00	114.98
1	650–700	660	125.00	125.00
1	700–750	705	112.00	112.00
1	800–850	810	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	402	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	125.00–145.00	135.00
2	250–300	263	125.00–140.00	132.14
4	350–400	370	120.00–235.00	155.07
5	400–450	429	100.00–140.00	126.97
5	500–550	536	115.00–150.00	127.13
5	550–600	577	100.00–130.00	110.04
4	600–650	618	100.00–120.00	108.79
1	650–700	680	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	278	170.00–200.00	181.73
5	300–350	329	150.00–225.00	180.49
4	350–400	374	150.00–197.00	173.75
11	400–450	430	150.00–212.50	186.70
7	450–500	475	150.00–185.00	169.74
4	500–550	516	155.00–181.00	169.07
5	550–600	579	150.00–185.00	171.08
3	600–650	623	140.00–180.00	165.47
2	650–700	688	140.00–160.00	150.11
1	700–750	730	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	228	217.00–262.50	242.72
7	250–300	278	215.00–255.00	237.89
18	300–350	324	213.00–257.50	232.57
38	350–400	378	200.00–275.00	234.31
20	400–450	423	220.00–275.00	238.43
37	450–500	473	195.00–255.00	226.38
41	500–550	528	187.00–247.00	217.24
17	550–600	572	200.00–227.00	214.08
21	600–650	615	175.00–220.00	204.62
12	650–700	673	190.00–220.00	209.83
3	700–750	711	170.00–195.00	186.53
2	750–800	756	175.00–180.00	177.49
1	850–900	870	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	264	172.50	172.50
1	300–350	320	170.00	170.00
1	450–500	470	150.00	150.00
1	550–600	560	143.00	143.00
1	600–650	620	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	356	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	170.00	170.00
4	300–350	320	195.00–200.00	197.54
1	350–400	355	200.00	200.00
1	400–450	410	190.00	190.00
2	450–500	473	150.00–180.00	165.24
2	500–550	523	150.00	150.00
3	550–600	595	200.00	200.00
1	600–650	600	200.00	200.00
2	700–750	733	175.00–185.00	180.09
1	750–800	785	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	265.00	265.00
1	250–300	275	270.00	270.00
6	300–350	328	245.00–265.00	253.38
5	350–400	371	225.00–280.00	243.31
5	400–450	413	205.00–270.00	242.56
15	450–500	486	220.00–270.00	240.60
19	500–550	530	230.00–260.00	249.53
14	550–600	578	220.00–270.00	225.79
14	600–650	618	205.00–235.00	225.33
4	650–700	658	207.00–232.00	215.02
5	750–800	758	180.00–190.00	184.06
4	800–850	828	187.50–192.00	190.89
1	850–900	855	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	280.00	280.00

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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