North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

North Carolina reported 220 priced lines covering 3,577 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,161 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 756 head. replacement cattle receipts at 71 head. Counted as USDA files them — 29 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,161Last week 2,894Year ago 3,382

Slaughter CattleReceipts 756Last week 734Year ago 786

Replacement CattleReceipts 71Last week 68Year ago 108

Compared to last week; Feeder Steers under 500lbs sold 4.00-5.00 higher, with Steers over 500lbs selling 6.00-8.00 higher; Feeder Heifers under 500lbs sold 6.00-8.00 higher, with Heifers over 500lbs selling 8.00-10.00 higher, with instances of sharply higher; Feeder Bulls below 500lbs sold sharply higher, with Bulls over 500lbs selling 4.00-6.00 higher; Slaughter Cows sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher, with Slaughter Bulls selling steady to 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	200–250	227	270.00–435.00	339.08
31	250–300	274	290.00–400.00	342.45
67	300–350	328	285.00–415.00	361.16
117	350–400	375	295.00–425.00	369.13
118	400–450	423	280.00–410.00	342.36
136	450–500	473	250.00–370.00	323.96
111	500–550	521	220.00–347.50	298.96
85	550–600	570	225.00–347.00	294.50
53	600–650	618	215.00–315.00	283.34
33	650–700	670	200.00–287.00	261.25
27	700–750	718	190.00–267.50	233.53
19	750–800	773	177.00–247.00	218.24
7	800–850	817	170.00–222.50	197.67
6	850–900	868	170.00–220.00	187.32
5	900–950	934	187.50–230.00	201.63
2	950–1000	980	152.00–155.00	153.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	231	225.00–325.00	264.78
5	250–300	280	250.00–330.00	303.20
12	300–350	322	225.00–325.00	255.15
18	350–400	373	220.00–295.00	255.39
27	400–450	421	200.00–330.00	264.11
22	450–500	474	165.00–287.50	237.91
19	500–550	525	210.00–300.00	254.79
14	550–600	568	180.00–260.00	228.29
14	600–650	616	165.00–260.00	228.24
8	650–700	672	180.00–235.00	216.17
2	700–750	741	190.00–217.00	203.58
5	750–800	775	152.00–175.00	167.20
1	800–850	820	175.00	175.00
2	900–950	903	155.00–170.00	162.48
1	950–1000	960	155.00	155.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	300.00	300.00
1	250–300	282	315.00	315.00
1	300–350	305	270.00	270.00
3	350–400	383	255.00–280.00	263.26
2	400–450	423	290.00–320.00	304.56
6	450–500	478	227.50–300.00	272.29
4	500–550	539	287.50–292.50	289.99
5	550–600	581	260.00–290.00	278.61
4	600–650	623	200.00–273.00	243.26
2	650–700	670	235.00–250.00	242.28
1	700–750	715	229.00	229.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	235.00–270.00	252.64
1	350–400	360	230.00	230.00
2	500–550	543	187.50–200.00	193.78
1	650–700	685	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	710	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	405	222.50	222.50
1	650–700	666	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	418	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	185.00	185.00
2	300–350	338	190.00–200.00	194.96
3	350–400	370	150.00–200.00	168.60
1	400–450	430	190.00	190.00
3	450–500	475	175.00–200.00	190.26
1	550–600	565	150.00	150.00
1	600–650	630	190.00	190.00
2	650–700	680	170.00–195.00	182.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	330.00–345.00	339.21
2	450–500	475	307.50–310.00	308.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	318	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	352	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	452	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	405.00	405.00
1	400–450	405	389.00	389.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	602	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	200–250	231	260.00–365.00	298.50
38	250–300	276	265.00–370.00	319.41
86	300–350	326	235.00–375.00	320.57
101	350–400	373	245.00–355.00	316.71
147	400–450	422	225.00–350.00	300.58
159	450–500	473	230.00–345.00	292.59
134	500–550	522	225.00–330.00	285.00
80	550–600	572	227.50–312.00	264.04
57	600–650	618	205.00–277.00	248.06
49	650–700	669	215.00–275.00	242.88
37	700–750	719	195.00–240.00	223.09
20	750–800	769	170.00–230.00	205.96
6	800–850	818	172.00–222.50	203.80
12	850–900	875	160.00–208.00	184.30
11	900–950	930	140.00–225.00	193.64
9	950–1000	975	136.00–175.00	154.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	185.00	185.00
4	300–350	320	160.00–200.00	185.39
5	350–400	380	180.00–220.00	201.82
5	400–450	428	160.00–205.00	192.75
4	450–500	458	187.00–200.00	196.73
3	500–550	527	125.00–170.00	154.03
7	550–600	567	125.00–180.00	145.40
7	600–650	624	129.00–170.00	146.45
4	650–700	690	160.00–165.00	163.74
1	700–750	735	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	396	327.50	327.50
1	500–550	510	297.50	297.50
4	550–600	566	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	255.00	255.00
2	300–350	325	225.00–270.00	246.81
1	350–400	360	220.00	220.00
2	400–450	440	235.00–240.00	237.52
3	500–550	532	180.00–260.00	220.48
4	550–600	571	205.00–267.00	248.78
1	600–650	615	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	185	237.50	237.50
1	400–450	408	215.00	215.00
1	450–500	482	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	240.00	240.00
1	250–300	295	300.00	300.00
2	300–350	305	290.00–300.00	294.92
2	350–400	383	275.00–295.00	285.33
7	400–450	417	250.00–327.00	300.91
6	450–500	486	280.00–300.00	289.18
3	500–550	530	281.00–290.00	285.20
18	550–600	581	215.00–275.00	264.54
1	600–650	620	235.00	235.00
2	650–700	675	220.00–239.00	229.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	227	220.00–275.00	240.29
7	250–300	279	220.00–282.50	255.79
15	300–350	318	200.00–325.00	251.07
16	350–400	372	210.00–275.00	249.95
14	400–450	423	170.00–292.50	244.53
14	450–500	477	200.00–265.00	242.89
20	500–550	523	190.00–240.00	221.84
14	550–600	565	170.00–245.00	204.87
11	600–650	629	170.00–220.00	203.63
6	650–700	673	155.00–210.00	188.15
6	700–750	717	136.00–190.00	153.12
5	750–800	766	145.00–175.00	155.55
1	800–850	820	130.00	130.00
5	850–900	876	140.00–160.00	147.28
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	220.00	220.00
1	600–650	605	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	500–550	523	327.00–367.50	348.65
2	550–600	575	337.50	337.50
15	600–650	600	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	654	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	228	290.00–375.00	336.14
9	250–300	282	330.00–375.00	359.39
28	300–350	327	290.00–425.00	372.35
66	350–400	376	270.00–425.00	376.58
64	400–450	421	300.00–430.00	365.36
52	450–500	472	290.00–385.00	335.96
56	500–550	528	280.00–350.00	324.37
68	550–600	578	270.00–350.00	309.59
24	600–650	621	250.00–312.00	283.57
21	650–700	673	240.00–312.50	280.81
37	700–750	722	210.00–282.50	250.62
17	750–800	777	217.50–255.00	238.36
4	800–850	825	225.00–242.50	232.52
7	850–900	877	175.00–232.00	214.67
3	900–950	922	187.00–215.00	202.95
1	950–1000	990	185.00	185.00
3	1000–1050	1,035	150.00–199.00	182.67
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	400	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	568	230.00–285.00	258.11
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	155.00	155.00
2	400–450	415	200.00–210.00	205.12
3	450–500	462	200.00–210.00	203.25
1	500–550	515	165.00	165.00
1	650–700	695	149.00	149.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	544	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	220	260.00–300.00	283.56
1	250–300	275	280.00	280.00
1	300–350	305	300.00	300.00
4	350–400	378	200.00–310.00	268.34
8	400–450	423	205.00–267.00	235.32
7	450–500	473	225.00–280.00	266.28
9	500–550	525	220.00–272.50	251.91
7	550–600	569	200.00–270.00	242.07
1	600–650	640	247.00	247.00
8	650–700	691	175.00–235.00	217.04
1	750–800	770	157.00	157.00
1	800–850	815	150.00	150.00
1	900–950	930	168.00	168.00
1	950–1000	990	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	302.50	302.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	135.00	135.00
1	400–450	400	131.00	131.00
1	600–650	630	135.00	135.00
2	700–750	725	134.00–149.00	141.71
1	750–800	755	142.00	142.00
1	800–850	814	147.50	147.50
1	950–1000	980	156.00	156.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	557	160.00–170.00	164.97
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	175.00	175.00
1	350–400	385	170.00	170.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	1,450.00	1,450.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,500.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,080	1,735.00–2,575.00	2,246.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	2,850.00	2,850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	980	1,275.00–2,700.00	1,928.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,201	2,425.00–3,425.00	2,899.27
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	655	1,225.00–1,300.00	1,262.21
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	1,425.00	1,425.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,057	1,100.00–2,200.00	1,769.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,295	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,092	975.00–2,000.00	1,667.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	988	975.00–2,000.00	1,606.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,137	1,675.00–2,300.00	1,946.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	865	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,658.67
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	975	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,446.41

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	990	102.00–134.00	116.85
34	—	916	80.00–110.00	94.87
8	—	1,051	126.00–165.00	132.92
6	—	1,026	70.00–83.00	76.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,509	128.00–150.00	137.78
13	—	1,413	140.00–163.00	155.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
291	—	1,287	120.00–154.00	141.73
4	—	995	66.00–95.00	82.88
16	—	1,132	100.00–127.00	112.83
53	—	1,340	147.00–165.00	153.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,285	80.00–105.00	93.53
19	—	1,384	120.00–160.00	141.89
61	—	1,616	130.00–179.00	164.17
35	—	1,846	169.00–200.00	183.01

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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