North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

North Carolina reported 126 priced lines covering 813 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 616 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 219 head. replacement cattle receipts at 19 head. Counted as USDA files them — 8 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 616Last week 2,351Year ago 3,249

Slaughter CattleReceipts 219Last week 572Year ago 815

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 78Year ago 104

No price comparison this week due to winter weather Tuesday night until Thursday afternoon limiting sales across the state for the reporting period. Demand for cattle was moderate overall, with strong demand for packaged cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	226	192.00–220.00	210.40
1	250–300	285	200.00	200.00
4	350–400	380	195.00–216.00	206.54
6	400–450	415	195.00–230.00	205.98
2	450–500	475	200.00–210.00	204.79
1	500–550	545	160.00	160.00
1	550–600	555	190.00	190.00
1	600–650	635	175.00	175.00
2	650–700	683	165.00–170.00	167.45
2	700–750	723	140.00–165.00	152.54
1	850–900	865	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	226	225.00–305.00	274.46
6	250–300	270	210.00–300.00	244.71
12	300–350	327	218.00–265.00	234.90
18	350–400	381	210.00–280.00	240.36
22	400–450	423	220.00–297.50	256.55
24	450–500	471	215.00–265.00	244.33
34	500–550	520	210.00–252.00	227.35
32	550–600	569	197.50–259.00	235.84
7	600–650	621	200.00–240.00	216.07
7	650–700	660	195.00–225.00	210.39
6	700–750	719	187.00–225.00	211.70
2	750–800	765	190.00–202.00	195.88
1	850–900	860	175.00	175.00
2	900–950	935	160.00–175.00	167.42
3	950–1000	965	160.00–200.00	178.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	125.00–150.00	138.08
2	400–450	435	170.00–175.00	172.53
1	500–550	505	150.00	150.00
1	550–600	590	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	568	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	240.00	240.00
1	350–400	365	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	205.00–215.00	209.72
2	300–350	310	200.00–245.00	221.77
4	350–400	375	200.00–230.00	207.90
4	400–450	414	212.00–235.00	227.96
5	450–500	478	170.00–225.00	199.57
9	500–550	528	160.00–222.50	205.64
4	550–600	570	170.00–220.00	205.91
1	600–650	625	160.00	160.00
3	650–700	673	168.00–200.00	188.69
2	750–800	768	150.00	150.00
2	800–850	830	150.00–165.00	157.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	150.00	150.00
3	500–550	517	150.00–175.00	164.90
3	550–600	582	130.00–157.00	145.66
1	600–650	605	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	232	300.00–365.00	333.75
8	250–300	271	265.00–385.00	345.51
6	300–350	323	235.00–355.00	294.60
11	350–400	377	235.00–362.50	302.14
13	400–450	419	245.00–335.00	277.86
28	450–500	475	225.00–302.50	265.50
24	500–550	521	230.00–282.50	258.45
25	550–600	571	230.00–287.50	258.53
11	600–650	622	227.00–275.00	244.54
10	650–700	677	208.00–257.50	228.80
6	700–750	713	185.00–235.00	217.30
6	750–800	778	190.00–227.50	203.29
4	800–850	813	160.00–237.50	204.69
2	850–900	870	163.00–185.00	174.00
2	900–950	925	165.00–170.00	167.54
3	950–1000	963	162.50–165.00	164.17
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	610	235.00	235.00
1	850–900	875	184.00	184.00
1	900–950	905	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	225.00	225.00
3	500–550	527	216.00–250.00	235.38
1	600–650	625	227.00	227.00
1	650–700	650	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	155	375.00	375.00
2	200–250	215	330.00–450.00	385.81
4	250–300	283	270.00–320.00	285.04
3	300–350	330	265.00–332.50	297.18
3	350–400	370	249.00–280.00	267.70
10	400–450	428	240.00–300.00	269.60
11	450–500	477	242.00–302.50	273.65
10	500–550	524	250.00–302.00	270.76
6	550–600	568	245.00–287.00	267.48
4	600–650	624	240.00–275.00	258.06
5	650–700	670	240.00–267.50	260.90
2	700–750	723	230.00–240.00	235.09
1	750–800	795	208.00	208.00
1	800–850	800	227.00	227.00
1	850–900	895	220.00	220.00
1	900–950	915	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	152.00	152.00
1	600–650	640	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	235.00	235.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	602	275.00	275.00
66	750–800	778	263.25	263.25
Dairy Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	975	152.50	152.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	909	57.50–84.00	70.45
2	—	773	127.50–137.50	131.67
8	—	895	78.00–100.00	89.32
11	—	1,084	110.00–131.00	123.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,481	121.00–139.00	129.98
3	—	1,398	144.00–153.00	149.56
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	180.00	180.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	156.00	156.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,402	131.00–165.00	149.29
4	—	1,301	113.00–116.00	114.72
105	—	1,475	116.00–152.00	142.58
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,851	160.00–189.00	169.98
1	—	1,730	144.00	144.00
24	—	1,607	134.00–180.00	162.80

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	975	1,650.00–2,675.00	2,238.72
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	940	1,500.00–2,700.00	2,101.99
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	2,575.00	2,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	775	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	870	1,650.00	1,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	770	1,375.00–1,550.00	1,462.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,285	1,925.00	1,925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	1,125.00	1,125.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	1,225.00	1,225.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	795	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	900.00	900.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	1,200.00	1,200.00

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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