North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

North Carolina reported 73 priced lines covering 213 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 188 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 67 head. replacement cattle receipts at 2 head.

Mon Jan 26, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 188Last week 1,927Year ago 3,668

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 626Year ago 797

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 83Year ago 75

Due to inclement weather, too few sales reported this week for a Livestock Auction Summary Report. Two snow storms at the beginning and end of the week severely limited sale schedules and offerings during the week across the state.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	243	430.00–477.50	459.64
2	250–300	265	400.00–450.00	424.01
5	300–350	322	360.00–450.00	414.57
4	350–400	373	410.00–456.00	442.12
5	400–450	423	400.00–464.00	447.22
4	450–500	463	370.00–489.00	423.62
5	500–550	522	320.00–421.00	374.64
6	550–600	569	250.00–371.00	335.92
4	600–650	613	370.00	370.00
6	750–800	774	271.00–332.50	322.23
1	800–850	836	250.00	250.00
1	850–900	885	240.00	240.00
1	900–950	910	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	240.00	240.00
1	450–500	490	230.00	230.00
2	500–550	517	220.00–350.00	287.14
1	550–600	558	347.50	347.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	416	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	484	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	438	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	340	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	484	401.00	401.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	310.00–440.00	376.59
6	250–300	256	320.00–455.00	367.18
3	300–350	327	405.00–455.00	422.24
6	350–400	362	325.00–415.00	383.50
6	400–450	418	345.00–405.00	381.06
4	450–500	465	370.00–390.00	378.08
4	500–550	521	340.00–375.00	357.02
1	550–600	575	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	615	210.00–220.00	215.04
10	650–700	667	255.00–356.00	343.05
2	700–750	722	250.00–280.00	265.14
2	750–800	763	210.00–300.00	255.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	600	374.00	374.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	250.00	250.00
1	250–300	250	230.00	230.00
1	300–350	310	225.00	225.00
1	450–500	460	205.00	205.00
3	550–600	568	195.00–215.00	205.15
1	700–750	710	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	428	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	644	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	226	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	350	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	130.00	130.00
2	450–500	475	190.00–197.00	193.61
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	496	381.00	381.00
1	850–900	870	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	405	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	480	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	510	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
5	600–650	631	320.00–381.00	350.47
2	650–700	683	362.50–375.00	368.86
2	700–750	708	280.00–342.00	311.11
1	850–900	895	270.00	270.00
1	950–1000	954	220.00	220.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	205.00	205.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	632	160.00	160.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	774	160.00–172.50	166.15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,155	162.00–178.00	173.46
26	—	1,378	180.00–205.00	189.13
5	—	1,087	130.00–158.00	148.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,020	128.00–130.00	129.03
7	—	964	132.00–165.00	152.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,674	171.00	171.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,574	186.00–213.00	198.54
4	—	1,438	204.00–218.00	210.49

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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