North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

North Carolina reported 333 priced lines covering 4,320 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,008 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 631 head. replacement cattle receipts at 97 head. Counted as USDA files them — 34 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,008Last week 3,399Year ago 3,592

Slaughter CattleReceipts 631Last week 617Year ago 563

Replacement CattleReceipts 97Last week 74Year ago 42

Compared to last week; Feeder Steers below 500lbs sold firm on a light test, with Steers over 500lbs selling 6.00-7.00 lower, with instances of steady; Feeder Heifers sold unevenly steady from steady to 15.00 higher; Feeder Bulls sold mostly 3.00-5.00 lower; Slaughter Cows sold steady to 5.00 lower, with Slaughter Bulls selling 5.00-6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	500.00	500.00
8	400–450	403	440.00–450.00	448.74
4	450–500	460	380.00–395.00	385.11
4	500–550	518	345.00–367.50	358.17
3	550–600	587	325.00–340.00	331.73
2	600–650	615	300.00–305.00	302.48
1	700–750	705	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	235	390.00–425.00	405.43
6	250–300	272	335.00–420.00	378.27
14	300–350	321	315.00–410.00	365.61
13	350–400	380	300.00–405.00	372.70
33	400–450	427	275.00–390.00	341.76
30	450–500	475	275.00–350.00	313.10
17	500–550	524	240.00–325.00	294.90
17	550–600	573	250.00–300.00	275.68
11	600–650	617	235.00–305.00	263.71
7	650–700	668	225.00–267.50	242.17
3	700–750	722	220.00–250.00	236.44
2	750–800	780	165.00–175.00	170.00
1	800–850	825	182.00	182.00
2	900–950	930	177.00	177.00
1	950–1000	965	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	315.00–325.00	320.36
7	300–350	329	250.00–285.00	262.35
1	350–400	380	285.00	285.00
7	400–450	426	200.00–300.00	264.56
6	450–500	483	180.00–290.00	248.97
1	500–550	505	225.00	225.00
5	550–600	571	160.00–245.00	201.97
2	600–650	605	170.00–179.00	174.46
1	650–700	690	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	334	230.00	230.00
1	350–400	390	225.00	225.00
1	400–450	430	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	660	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	180.00	180.00
1	450–500	465	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	224	275.00	275.00
3	400–450	428	295.00–320.00	305.82
1	500–550	532	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	806	167.50	167.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	150.00–200.00	175.79
1	500–550	500	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	670	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	172	300.00	300.00
1	200–250	230	340.00	340.00
2	300–350	330	320.00–420.00	369.24
3	350–400	377	300.00–349.00	331.62
13	400–450	427	300.00–379.00	346.41
23	450–500	466	330.00–387.00	361.12
8	500–550	525	300.00–340.00	329.56
5	550–600	568	275.00–295.00	283.44
9	600–650	632	259.00–295.00	282.81
10	650–700	672	250.00–305.00	294.56
1	750–800	775	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	360	335.00	335.00
3	400–450	427	300.00–332.50	311.04
4	450–500	484	235.00–300.00	264.88
3	500–550	519	250.00–270.00	260.89
1	550–600	550	232.00	232.00
1	600–650	610	250.00	250.00
11	650–700	680	237.00–280.00	255.34
1	700–750	720	200.00	200.00
2	750–800	768	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	215.00	215.00
1	300–350	345	220.00	220.00
2	350–400	370	185.00–200.00	192.30
1	400–450	425	155.00	155.00
1	500–550	540	165.00	165.00
2	550–600	595	130.00–150.00	140.00
1	600–650	610	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	145	365.00	365.00
1	150–200	180	372.50	372.50
23	200–250	227	450.00–565.00	499.42
31	250–300	276	350.00–510.00	450.50
43	300–350	323	350.00–495.00	449.50
77	350–400	374	380.00–470.00	424.82
86	400–450	421	365.00–435.00	401.12
112	450–500	472	320.00–485.00	368.12
84	500–550	520	295.00–377.00	339.79
87	550–600	572	275.00–360.00	322.50
53	600–650	621	250.00–337.00	309.01
35	650–700	674	250.00–365.00	290.48
25	700–750	719	245.00–300.00	272.62
14	750–800	763	190.00–295.00	252.44
10	800–850	816	200.00–270.00	226.55
11	850–900	871	195.00–267.00	232.45
5	900–950	920	205.00–235.00	224.26
9	950–1000	971	186.00–227.00	204.94
2	1000–1050	1,005	210.00–220.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	408	457.50	457.50
1	450–500	450	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	335.00–385.00	359.43
3	350–400	373	350.00–390.00	369.06
7	400–450	423	300.00–370.00	340.72
10	450–500	479	300.00–360.00	325.21
8	500–550	517	260.00–332.50	305.04
6	550–600	563	295.00–345.00	324.95
3	600–650	622	305.00–320.00	312.40
4	650–700	685	220.00–325.00	284.71
3	700–750	720	225.00–295.00	261.46
1	750–800	795	237.00	237.00
1	800–850	825	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	445	285.00	285.00
7	450–500	474	240.00–310.00	272.44
2	500–550	523	169.00–245.00	206.45
2	550–600	573	162.00–197.00	179.12
1	650–700	655	155.00	155.00
1	700–750	705	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	478	410.00–416.00	413.52
2	500–550	538	377.00	377.00
8	550–600	563	347.00–392.00	369.72
16	600–650	645	340.00	340.00
8	650–700	666	350.00	350.00
9	700–750	740	332.00–337.00	336.46
7	750–800	755	317.00–332.00	327.70
2	800–850	830	315.00	315.00
1	950–1000	955	301.00	301.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	308	270.00	270.00
3	350–400	385	320.00–380.00	360.28
1	400–450	446	320.00	320.00
3	450–500	470	285.00–370.00	340.46
3	550–600	555	350.00	350.00
4	700–750	739	300.00	300.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	544	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	360.00–385.00	369.72
2	350–400	356	350.00–387.50	369.07
9	400–450	441	350.00–360.00	351.57
4	450–500	479	315.00–410.00	387.44
4	500–550	529	345.00–350.00	348.74
3	550–600	597	318.00	318.00
2	600–650	608	315.00–337.50	326.30
2	650–700	675	222.00–280.00	250.79
4	700–750	723	270.00–295.00	282.46
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	520	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	620	275.00–290.00	282.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	525.00	525.00
5	250–300	264	420.00–515.00	470.53
16	300–350	318	400.00–500.00	435.74
30	350–400	372	380.00–485.00	445.03
82	400–450	425	350.00–440.00	414.67
75	450–500	467	350.00–455.00	412.58
177	500–550	543	300.00–408.50	394.91
37	550–600	568	300.00–385.00	350.83
49	600–650	627	317.50–370.00	340.96
142	650–700	653	300.00–375.50	369.87
105	700–750	733	300.00–347.50	339.64
10	750–800	772	275.00–337.50	307.43
32	800–850	831	305.00–325.00	317.34
2	850–900	878	305.00–320.00	312.35
16	900–950	942	260.00–311.00	303.27
4	950–1000	984	250.00–287.00	261.69
2	1000–1050	1,035	247.00–265.00	256.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	488	412.50	412.50
3	500–550	535	377.50	377.50
4	650–700	661	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	627	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	670	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	420.00–425.00	422.97
5	350–400	370	420.00	420.00
4	400–450	431	422.50	422.50
2	450–500	468	375.00–390.00	382.78
3	500–550	525	362.50–372.50	367.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	466	368.00	368.00
5	500–550	518	365.00–377.50	370.23
1	550–600	565	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	395.00	395.00
8	250–300	271	305.00–360.00	333.74
11	300–350	321	300.00–380.00	341.90
26	350–400	377	250.00–360.00	323.77
23	400–450	427	255.00–350.00	310.52
23	450–500	469	250.00–329.00	306.20
22	500–550	519	260.00–317.50	291.99
26	550–600	575	227.00–315.00	279.97
6	600–650	621	220.00–275.00	251.49
6	650–700	658	250.00–270.00	261.69
6	700–750	723	175.00–252.00	211.19
6	750–800	769	180.00–220.00	191.11
2	800–850	815	195.00–270.00	232.96
2	850–900	863	182.00–195.00	188.56
1	950–1000	985	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	275.00	275.00
5	250–300	280	275.00–300.00	289.11
8	300–350	318	250.00–305.00	284.68
10	350–400	381	250.00–300.00	268.44
8	400–450	424	220.00–279.00	240.67
9	450–500	478	200.00–275.00	236.23
3	500–550	537	200.00–250.00	225.08
4	550–600	566	230.00–250.00	240.72
4	600–650	629	200.00–250.00	223.42
5	650–700	667	160.00–240.00	192.50
1	700–750	745	147.00	147.00
1	750–800	780	200.00	200.00
2	800–850	815	197.00–215.00	205.89
1	850–900	880	230.00	230.00
1	900–950	910	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	412.00	412.00
21	500–550	535	370.00–374.00	372.27
2	550–600	558	367.00–372.00	369.47
1	600–650	645	330.00	330.00
16	650–700	651	333.00–338.00	337.06
4	700–750	722	310.00–314.00	313.02
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	365.00	365.00
1	450–500	450	382.00	382.00
1	500–550	530	362.00	362.00
6	550–600	574	352.00	352.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	321	200.00–265.00	239.46
1	350–400	365	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	415	200.00	200.00
1	650–700	654	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Small 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	434	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	220.00–225.00	222.38
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	290.00	290.00
2	250–300	263	385.00–395.00	389.76
8	300–350	323	300.00–335.00	321.29
6	350–400	377	320.00–404.00	376.22
7	400–450	425	310.00–345.00	327.40
5	450–500	470	285.00–335.00	303.22
5	500–550	510	300.00–350.00	339.42
3	550–600	555	275.00–295.00	285.03
6	600–650	616	250.00–329.00	283.31
2	650–700	685	260.00–275.00	267.55
1	750–800	785	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	652	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	564	207.50	207.50
1	600–650	638	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	125	285.00	285.00
1	200–250	224	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	345	300.00	300.00
3	350–400	380	275.00–307.50	294.54
1	400–450	440	265.00	265.00
1	450–500	468	282.50	282.50
4	500–550	517	225.00–267.50	242.15
4	550–600	558	220.00–240.00	230.10
3	600–650	615	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	670	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	208.00	208.00
3	300–350	332	150.00–200.00	184.42
5	350–400	370	185.00–222.00	211.76
1	400–450	405	145.00	145.00
5	450–500	474	150.00–175.00	164.95
6	550–600	568	150.00–170.00	158.93
1	600–650	615	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	180	330.00	330.00
13	200–250	219	340.00–540.00	422.77
31	250–300	275	340.00–440.00	414.72
67	300–350	323	330.00–430.00	384.58
80	350–400	377	320.00–435.00	380.29
157	400–450	426	330.00–407.00	371.36
165	450–500	467	310.00–418.00	373.87
130	500–550	525	290.00–369.00	330.23
197	550–600	566	290.00–377.00	347.31
178	600–650	639	277.50–345.50	331.44
50	650–700	669	250.00–315.00	289.53
73	700–750	731	225.00–319.50	305.98
14	750–800	769	235.00–290.00	266.67
28	800–850	825	202.00–313.50	287.22
5	850–900	871	235.00–275.00	251.99
1	900–950	935	227.00	227.00
6	950–1000	968	192.50–255.00	216.02
3	1000–1050	1,023	192.00–202.50	198.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	836	240.00	240.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	275.00	275.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	240.00–255.00	247.57
3	400–450	430	300.00–390.00	350.97
1	450–500	470	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	585	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	610	155.00	155.00
1	650–700	655	167.00	167.00
2	700–750	738	201.00–219.00	210.09
1	800–850	810	210.00	210.00
2	850–900	878	179.00–215.00	196.64
1	900–950	910	216.00	216.00
1	950–1000	975	185.00	185.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	200.00	200.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	150.00	150.00
2	600–650	620	150.00–180.00	165.24
1	750–800	765	175.00	175.00
1	850–900	880	182.00	182.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	786	212.50	212.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,018	220.00	220.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	1,600.00	1,600.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	848	170.00	170.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	192.50	192.50
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	767	175.00–207.50	191.82
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,140	3,075.00	3,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	964	1,550.00–3,350.00	2,552.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	957	2,525.00–3,425.00	3,082.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	975	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,141	1,950.00–3,225.00	2,552.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,950.00	1,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	856	1,900.00	1,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	825	2,800.00–2,850.00	2,825.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	786	2,250.00–2,750.00	2,484.42
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,015	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,048	1,000.00–2,750.00	2,083.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,033	925.00–2,600.00	1,930.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	976	1,525.00–2,700.00	2,024.03
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	975	2,000.00	2,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,063	1,625.00–1,725.00	1,670.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	910	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,178	1,800.00–2,550.00	2,142.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	960	1,425.00–2,325.00	1,889.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,130	1,600.00–2,425.00	2,132.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	984	2,050.00–2,450.00	2,173.37
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	785	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	855	1,750.00	1,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	840	1,575.00	1,575.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	725	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,545.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	690	1,725.00–1,775.00	1,749.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	811	1,250.00–2,100.00	1,772.61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	950	145.00–180.00	153.34
65	—	1,024	120.00–144.00	135.59
15	—	929	40.00–100.00	83.29
38	—	999	100.00–135.00	115.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,449	153.00–163.00	158.29
20	—	1,499	135.00–159.00	144.83
2	—	1,374	130.00–135.00	132.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
225	—	1,273	120.00–164.00	151.98
1	—	900	89.00	89.00
36	—	1,235	145.00–183.00	168.87
27	—	1,148	110.00–144.00	128.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,512	130.00–197.00	179.69
30	—	1,275	140.00–174.00	157.58
14	—	1,665	160.00–226.00	195.72

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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