North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

North Carolina reported 181 priced lines covering 2,781 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,435 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 621 head. replacement cattle receipts at 43 head. Counted as USDA files them — 12 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,435Last week 1,789Year ago 1,693

Slaughter CattleReceipts 621Last week 732Year ago 610

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 41Year ago 50

Compared to last week; Feeder Steers of all weights sold sharply higher; Feeder Heifers under 500lbs sold 4.00-6.00 higher, with Heifers over

500lbs selling 2.00-4.00 higher; Feeder Bulls under 500lbs sold sharply higher, with Bulls over 500lbs selling steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter

Cows sold 3.00-4.00 higher, with Slaughter Bulls selling 4.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,026	98.00–119.00	109.06
14	—	1,052	45.00–79.00	62.94
25	—	1,021	70.00–100.00	88.79
10	—	1,120	116.00–122.00	119.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,376	135.00–155.00	140.50
2	—	958	70.00–75.00	72.47
32	—	1,176	88.00–122.00	116.47
242	—	1,359	110.00–141.00	127.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,588	114.00	114.00
23	—	1,536	109.00–139.00	121.06
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,316	115.00–139.00	129.17
55	—	1,715	123.00–162.00	146.77
14	—	1,790	150.00–175.00	158.82

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,001	1,075.00–1,850.00	1,615.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,285	2,075.00	2,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	1,275.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	920	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	828	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,053.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	975	1,250.00–1,700.00	1,445.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,080	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	927	625.00–1,875.00	1,374.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	888	900.00–2,125.00	1,635.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	975.00	975.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,153	3,000.00–3,500.00	3,168.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,243	2,275.00–2,400.00	2,357.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	930	2,125.00–2,250.00	2,185.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	978	1,125.00–1,700.00	1,448.53
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	660	1,225.00	1,225.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	200–250	229	275.00–450.00	373.29
31	250–300	282	260.00–430.00	327.04
31	300–350	325	295.00–430.00	360.24
48	350–400	371	285.00–395.00	346.31
73	400–450	424	230.00–387.50	321.92
74	450–500	475	240.00–380.00	307.62
61	500–550	523	210.00–325.00	275.07
62	550–600	574	235.00–308.00	262.64
36	600–650	620	215.00–285.00	254.08
36	650–700	673	210.00–270.00	240.08
15	700–750	721	180.00–245.00	217.68
17	750–800	767	172.00–236.00	209.76
6	800–850	813	180.00–220.00	195.22
12	850–900	884	165.00–197.50	179.10
2	900–950	927	162.50–175.00	168.66
3	1000–1050	1,022	140.00–175.00	154.98
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	212	225.00	225.00
2	350–400	372	260.00–265.00	262.59
4	400–450	421	225.00–240.00	236.40
2	450–500	465	200.00–210.00	205.05
1	500–550	520	200.00	200.00
1	550–600	558	185.00	185.00
1	600–650	626	175.00	175.00
1	650–700	650	142.50	142.50
1	800–850	830	147.50	147.50
1	850–900	860	152.50	152.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	234	215.00	215.00
1	400–450	422	232.50	232.50
1	500–550	540	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	270.00	270.00
5	250–300	271	252.50–280.00	268.20
12	300–350	322	205.00–310.00	268.98
13	350–400	380	225.00–325.00	269.43
22	400–450	422	200.00–337.50	263.20
10	450–500	468	200.00–270.00	243.71
10	500–550	517	165.00–250.00	210.42
10	550–600	575	180.00–240.00	220.18
1	600–650	602	220.00	220.00
2	650–700	668	160.00–220.00	190.56
2	700–750	737	180.00–190.00	184.95
3	750–800	767	170.00–187.00	177.49
2	800–850	823	170.00	170.00
1	850–900	896	145.00	145.00
2	900–950	930	130.00–160.00	144.84
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	175.00	175.00
1	650–700	665	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	418	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	620	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	200.00	200.00
5	350–400	379	155.00–207.50	180.57
5	400–450	426	170.00–210.00	186.81
3	450–500	472	150.00–200.00	178.06
1	500–550	545	125.00	125.00
3	550–600	577	152.00–170.00	161.45
3	600–650	630	155.00–180.00	163.53
2	650–700	662	135.00–145.00	140.09
1	800–850	800	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	226	145.00	145.00
1	450–500	464	150.00	150.00
1	500–550	524	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	222	240.00–250.00	243.58
7	250–300	288	170.00–265.00	215.14
11	300–350	325	200.00–255.00	234.72
4	350–400	368	170.00–220.00	202.93
14	400–450	421	160.00–240.00	209.52
17	450–500	474	195.00–240.00	215.38
7	500–550	526	170.00–210.00	196.53
6	550–600	576	170.00–200.00	182.37
9	600–650	617	145.00–190.00	162.92
1	650–700	685	185.00	185.00
4	700–750	721	125.00–170.00	151.31
5	750–800	780	138.00–177.00	151.29
1	800–850	825	122.00	122.00
3	850–900	868	120.00–134.00	125.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	180.00	180.00
2	250–300	253	130.00–170.00	149.80
5	300–350	325	135.00–185.00	169.65
4	350–400	374	100.00–155.00	139.15
6	400–450	413	120.00–195.00	164.86
3	450–500	477	150.00–180.00	168.15
2	600–650	618	120.00–135.00	127.35
1	700–750	745	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	150.00–155.00	152.56
1	400–450	400	135.00	135.00
1	450–500	462	165.00	165.00
1	500–550	504	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	413	332.50–340.00	335.44
11	450–500	473	322.50–326.00	325.69
7	500–550	527	268.00–297.50	272.36
16	550–600	560	262.00–270.00	263.64
5	650–700	651	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	200.00–212.50	206.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	226	240.00–330.00	279.42
28	250–300	273	240.00–365.00	293.83
60	300–350	324	230.00–355.00	307.42
84	350–400	373	255.00–350.00	303.89
108	400–450	424	230.00–327.50	283.75
125	450–500	476	227.00–307.50	273.50
161	500–550	525	210.00–280.00	256.12
87	550–600	572	210.00–277.50	243.80
53	600–650	623	195.00–255.00	231.25
43	650–700	672	185.00–262.00	226.03
25	700–750	713	175.00–232.00	212.18
24	750–800	770	160.00–239.00	206.53
11	800–850	822	157.00–204.00	177.74
9	850–900	876	125.00–217.00	180.25
4	900–950	918	145.00–187.00	165.86
5	950–1000	974	123.00–167.00	145.53
1	1000–1050	1,000	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	481	190.00–212.50	201.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	766	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	222	300.00–445.00	380.60
10	250–300	281	295.00–395.00	342.87
24	300–350	320	280.00–450.00	370.33
49	350–400	377	270.00–420.00	344.17
51	400–450	420	270.00–397.50	341.17
78	450–500	476	275.00–385.00	331.52
66	500–550	525	259.00–365.00	310.33
64	550–600	575	245.00–330.00	290.81
44	600–650	623	252.50–309.00	281.69
26	650–700	668	222.00–277.00	255.50
19	700–750	715	220.00–256.00	237.27
11	750–800	771	231.00–252.50	239.17
6	800–850	831	206.00–237.50	223.67
3	850–900	863	214.00–220.00	218.03
2	900–950	935	200.00–221.00	210.44
4	1000–1050	1,011	160.00–200.00	189.05
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	200.00	200.00
1	400–450	425	170.00	170.00
1	450–500	475	145.00	145.00
4	550–600	570	115.00–180.00	150.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	438	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	302	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	422	385.00–386.00	385.81
7	450–500	457	388.00	388.00
9	500–550	522	337.50	337.50
11	650–700	672	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	270.00–275.00	272.56
7	350–400	377	220.00–322.50	259.88
5	400–450	426	205.00–270.00	231.53
3	450–500	470	200.00–255.00	232.70
4	500–550	528	220.00–245.00	231.39
3	550–600	570	192.00–225.00	210.96
1	600–650	600	215.00	215.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	478	150.00	150.00
1	500–550	525	145.00	145.00
4	750–800	791	150.00–160.00	157.52
Dairy Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	147.50	147.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	140.00	140.00
1	950–1000	985	133.00	133.00

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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