North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

North Carolina reported 66 priced lines covering 198 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 154 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 75 head. replacement cattle receipts at 2 head. Counted as USDA files them — 2 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 154Last week 188Year ago 3,453

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 67Year ago 869

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 2Year ago 97

Too few sales for a price comparison this week. Limited sale coverage/schedule was due to severe winter storm at the beginning of the week, limiting ability for travel and transportation.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,261	175.00–192.00	182.41
9	—	1,260	196.00–214.00	203.72
16	—	1,139	131.00–174.00	162.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	984	169.00	169.00
1	—	855	149.00	149.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	177.50	177.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,516	210.00–230.00	216.60
9	—	1,762	180.00–200.00	193.86

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	220.00	220.00
1	400–450	440	215.00	215.00
1	500–550	520	205.00	205.00
1	550–600	565	215.00	215.00
1	600–650	600	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	234	480.00–495.00	487.56
2	250–300	275	460.00–500.00	479.35
2	300–350	318	405.00–435.00	420.59
2	350–400	371	340.00–440.00	388.79
6	400–450	421	350.00–460.00	393.73
8	450–500	473	380.00–435.00	413.15
6	500–550	519	370.00–440.00	415.04
5	550–600	575	325.00–390.00	364.44
1	600–650	625	355.00	355.00
1	700–750	728	324.00	324.00
1	750–800	790	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	475	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	540	325.00	325.00
2	550–600	570	290.00–300.00	295.09
1	600–650	600	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	260.00	260.00
2	400–450	408	210.00–220.00	215.03
1	450–500	490	205.00	205.00
1	550–600	585	220.00	220.00
1	600–650	645	200.00	200.00
2	650–700	673	210.00–230.00	219.74
1	750–800	790	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	300.00–310.00	304.97
1	450–500	485	275.00	275.00
2	500–550	510	320.00–325.00	322.48
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	558	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	410.00–450.00	429.57
1	250–300	285	455.00	455.00
1	300–350	320	350.00	350.00
5	350–400	374	335.00–385.00	368.73
4	400–450	419	370.00–400.00	386.51
8	450–500	470	367.50–415.00	390.53
6	500–550	527	350.00–405.00	380.11
7	550–600	561	345.00–395.00	372.15
2	600–650	614	327.50–335.00	331.29
3	650–700	662	305.00–325.00	313.39
2	700–750	711	295.00–327.50	311.38
1	750–800	790	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	542	382.50	382.50
1	600–650	640	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	327	450.00–480.00	458.11
3	350–400	390	375.00–455.00	429.02
1	400–450	425	450.00	450.00
3	450–500	487	415.00–450.00	431.43
1	500–550	500	435.00	435.00
2	550–600	580	392.50–410.00	401.25
4	600–650	609	375.00–376.00	375.75
2	650–700	678	345.00–350.00	347.53

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	1,925.00	1,925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,250.00	2,250.00

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.

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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North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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