North Carolina Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 4, 2022

1,587 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $157.87/cwt +0.27 vs last sale · ≈ $601/hd at 381 lb · 27 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.29/cwt +7.12 vs last sale · ≈ $709/hd at 478 lb · 26 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $160.22/cwt -2.26 vs last sale · ≈ $689/hd at 430 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,587	4,801	1,819
Feeder cattle	704	3,392	603
Slaughter cattle	198	1,197	166
Replacement cattle	8	85	3

Market comments — USDA reporter

Current hog receipts 14. Due to holiday closures, there were too few head to establish an adequate market comparison. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light to mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves ranged 15.00-95.00 per head.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
173	173	2	143.00	$143.00	$247	-32.00
230	230	1	140.00	$140.00	$322	—
240 value added	240	10	161.00	$161.00	$386	—
225–249	244	10	140.00–144.00	$143.26	$350	—
250–288	269	2	130.00–153.00	$142.31	$383	-18.41
276–298	284	3	138.00–140.00	$139.35	$396	-21.37
304–312 value added	310	4	160.00–161.00	$160.75	$498	—
300–340	324	11	130.00–156.00	$143.80	$466	-20.10
316–342	330	4	138.00–141.00	$139.53	$460	-24.37
364–394	379	2	136.00–139.00	$137.56	$521	-22.40
355–396	381	25	140.00–179.00	$159.50	$608	-0.46
408	408	1	130.00	$130.00	$530	-32.48
400–448	431	24	147.00–188.00	$161.48	$696	-1.00
450–465	457	11	141.00–185.00	$157.27	$719	-0.50
460–465 fancy	463	2	160.00–191.00	$175.58	$813	—
500 fancy	500	1	154.00	$154.00	$770	—
526	526	1	128.00	$128.00	$673	-40.65
505–540	528	8	140.00–183.00	$162.98	$861	-5.67
550–598	567	10	130.00–173.00	$155.15	$880	+8.17
594	594	1	124.00	$124.00	$737	-41.53
620–625	621	4	150.00–167.00	$162.72	$1,010	+11.51
650–680	665	8	120.00–166.00	$151.24	$1,006	+1.42
700	700	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,078	+3.93
1015–1045	1030	2	123.00–126.00	$124.48	$1,282	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	216	4	120.00–130.00	$126.20	$273	-7.53
255–285	268	6	123.00–130.00	$126.99	$340	-24.14
305–340	322	10	111.00–130.00	$119.35	$384	-37.17
350–390	369	14	112.00–132.00	$122.27	$451	-23.55
415–445	430	2	114.00	$114.00	$490	-29.37

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
212–244	226	5	118.00–124.00	$120.13	$271	—
254–288	271	5	120.00–128.00	$124.88	$338	-19.16
320–344	333	4	124.00–128.00	$126.01	$420	-8.43
362	362	1	121.00	$121.00	$438	-5.98
428	428	1	120.00	$120.00	$514	-17.28
470–476	473	2	120.00	$120.00	$568	+29.51

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160	160	1	110.00	$110.00	$176	—
224–234	229	3	100.00–114.00	$106.43	$244	—
308	308	1	106.00	$106.00	$326	+5.48
376	376	1	86.00	$86.00	$323	-32.78
372–388	379	4	100.00–110.00	$106.70	$404	-12.08
408–436	421	3	93.00–111.00	$99.21	$418	-18.47
428	428	1	80.00	$80.00	$342	-37.68

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	110.00	$110.00	$330	-9.03
365	365	1	108.00	$108.00	$394	-23.72
595	595	1	112.00	$112.00	$666	-45.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
274	274	1	126.00	$126.00	$345	-10.89
293–298	294	5	139.00–140.00	$139.80	$411	+2.91
310–340	324	8	128.00–150.00	$136.76	$443	-5.59
362–395	379	11	130.00–163.00	$147.38	$559	+7.96
400–447	426	23	126.00–165.00	$139.28	$593	+10.29
450–499	478	26	121.00–167.00	$148.29	$709	+8.99
500–545	526	19	120.00–150.00	$141.24	$743	+3.58
532 fancy	532	1	137.00	$137.00	$729	-2.83
555–595	572	8	120.00–155.00	$137.03	$784	+1.20
576 fancy	576	1	146.00	$146.00	$841	+6.70
600–635	619	7	107.00–135.00	$119.33	$739	-9.04
685	685	1	132.00	$132.00	$904	+6.49
720–740	730	2	110.00–126.00	$117.89	$861	-0.35
865	865	1	111.00	$111.00	$960	+10.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	239	6	113.00–119.00	$117.37	$281	-17.63
255–290	273	8	112.00–124.00	$120.14	$328	-0.94
320–340	325	5	113.00–120.00	$116.17	$378	-16.41
355–395	381	4	116.00–124.00	$119.52	$455	-15.75
420	420	1	117.00	$117.00	$491	-16.08
450–480	461	6	115.00–127.00	$118.89	$548	-12.22
520–540	530	2	106.00–110.00	$108.04	$573	-25.56
560–585	573	4	110.00–118.00	$114.80	$658	-9.69
600–615	608	2	92.00–100.00	$96.05	$584	-20.24

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	273	3	100.00–110.00	$106.95	$292	+2.95
315–340	329	4	100.00	$100.00	$329	-8.30
355–395	374	6	100.00–108.00	$102.71	$384	-2.91
405–435	421	6	105.00–110.00	$108.00	$455	-0.60
460–470	465	2	110.00	$110.00	$512	-3.63
545	545	1	100.00	$100.00	$545	-11.16
560–580	569	4	100.00–110.00	$102.80	$585	+0.46

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
246–248	247	2	116.00–125.00	$120.48	$298	-1.46
266–288	278	3	111.00–115.00	$113.30	$315	+29.90
300–348	332	4	115.00–124.00	$119.83	$398	+1.26
410	410	1	119.00	$119.00	$488	+3.00
450–464	457	2	116.00–120.00	$118.03	$539	-0.34
564	564	1	121.00	$121.00	$682	+11.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–246	233	3	100.00–108.00	$104.59	$244	+14.59
280	280	1	101.00	$101.00	$283	-5.64
300–346	323	2	100.00–103.00	$101.61	$328	+2.84
442	442	1	99.00	$99.00	$438	+9.00
452	452	1	107.00	$107.00	$484	+9.40
498	498	1	91.00	$91.00	$453	-6.60
548	548	1	101.00	$101.00	$553	-9.13
606	606	1	99.00	$99.00	$600	—
608	608	1	85.00	$85.00	$517	-40.63
806	806	1	86.00	$86.00	$693	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	6	89.00	$89.00	$390	+11.49

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–495	473	17	130.00–164.00	$145.74	$689	-0.70
500–548	530	13	120.00–150.00	$132.02	$700	-16.75
550–595	576	11	121.00–156.00	$138.76	$799	-7.08
606–612	609	2	120.00	$120.00	$731	-19.96
600–646	619	14	114.00–142.00	$132.89	$823	-7.07
654	654	1	115.00	$115.00	$752	-17.03
680–690	686	7	110.00–139.00	$128.83	$884	-3.20
705–745	725	6	117.00–132.00	$127.30	$923	+4.90
750–790	779	11	118.00–129.00	$123.47	$962	+3.85
810–840	822	3	126.00–128.00	$127.00	$1,044	+6.45
864–890	877	2	122.00–140.00	$131.13	$1,150	—
960–970	965	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,197	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	1	115.00	$115.00	$550	+9.66
572–590	582	3	110.00–116.00	$113.97	$663	+6.31
576–590	583	2	78.00–80.00	$78.99	$461	-28.67
666–674	670	2	87.00–97.00	$91.97	$616	—
790–798	794	2	93.00–100.00	$96.48	$766	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	2	126.00–130.00	$128.00	$608	-20.11
528	528	4	111.00	$111.00	$586	-21.54
680	680	1	102.00	$102.00	$694	-21.17

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492–496	494	2	125.00–129.00	$126.99	$627	+29.54
514–546	522	4	120.00–123.00	$122.22	$638	-7.34

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	102.00	$102.00	$464	-28.94
520	520	1	110.00	$110.00	$572	-24.50
570	570	1	100.00	$100.00	$570	-34.30

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1320	1066	80-85%	34	60.00–79.00	$71.93	$767	-0.11
850–1455	1136	80-85%	51	80.00–90.00	$85.18	$968	+1.75
958–1855	1350	80-85%	26	90.00–100.00	$95.31	$1,287	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–990	862	85-90%	6	61.00–69.00	$64.82	$559	-21.18
876	876	85-90%	1	49.00	$49.00	$429	-37.00
732–1125	890	85-90%	7	55.00–71.00	$60.59	$539	-25.41

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1322–1408	1358	75-80%	3	86.00–87.00	$86.68	$1,177	—
1446	1446	75-80%	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,084	—
1460–1646	1553	75-80%	2	90.00–97.00	$93.29	$1,449	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1070	1037	3	85.00–92.00	$88.67	$920	—
980–2355	1488	22	96.00–113.00	$104.04	$1,548	+8.10
1000–2064	1597	5	110.00–120.00	$116.56	$1,861	—
2545	2545	1	84.00	$84.00	$2,138	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110–140	125	3	130.00–320.00	$220.00	—
160	160	1	330.00	$330.00	+55.00
200–225	208	3	420.00–470.00	$446.67	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	1	227.50	$227.50	—
75	75	1	222.50	$222.50	—
75	75	1	157.50	$157.50	—
80–85	83	2	240.00–260.00	$250.00	—
100	100	1	120.00	$120.00	±0.00
110–145	131	8	155.00–390.00	$280.63	+160.63
150–165	157	9	200.00–490.00	$312.78	+37.78
200–225	215	3	340.00–410.00	$380.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
922–974	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00–1,050.00	$977.06	-242.94

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	575.00	$575.00	—
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
912	912	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	625.00	$625.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	84.00	$84.00	$223	-11.00
495	495	1	80.00	$80.00	$396	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	78.00	$78.00	$328	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	120.00	$120.00	-32.50
100–140	112	16	105.00–270.00	$180.31	+27.81

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10–15	14	7	30.00–70.00	$47.14	-15.36
20–25	22	20	40.00–100.00	$61.00	-1.50
30–35	32	27	50.00–140.00	$92.96	+23.79
40–45	43	39	70.00–180.00	$130.51	+26.94
50–55	52	22	100.00–220.00	$153.18	+25.18
60–65	63	31	120.00–260.00	$175.48	+32.48
70–75	72	37	130.00–272.50	$203.65	+25.32
80–85	81	14	165.00–305.00	$211.43	+16.43
90–95	91	7	180.00–285.00	$222.86	+27.86
100	100	1	255.00	$255.00	—

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	3	110.00	$110.00	—
90	90	3	110.00–150.00	$126.67	—
100–140	113	15	130.00–210.00	$172.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
5	5	3	15.00–30.00	$25.00	-10.56
5	5	2	40.00–50.00	$45.00	+9.44
10	10	3	30.00–37.50	$35.00	-0.56
10–15	12	44	15.00–75.00	$46.99	+11.43
10–15	12	3	40.00–50.00	$46.67	+11.11
20	20	1	40.00	$40.00	-16.88
20–25	24	16	40.00–110.00	$81.56	+24.68
25	25	3	70.00	$70.00	+13.12
30	30	1	35.00	$35.00	-48.00
30–35	33	6	90.00–110.00	$103.33	+20.33
30–35	33	32	60.00–140.00	$106.41	+23.41
40	40	6	110.00–120.00	$111.67	+15.42
40–45	42	48	75.00–190.00	$144.32	+48.07
50	50	2	140.00–160.00	$150.00	+35.00
50–55	53	32	100.00–230.00	$172.34	+57.34
60–65	63	22	120.00–270.00	$186.82	+59.32
65	65	1	172.50	$172.50	+45.00
70	70	1	200.00	$200.00	+32.50
70–75	71	12	140.00–300.00	$222.71	+55.21
80–85	81	6	170.00–390.00	$249.17	+42.50
90	90	1	310.00	$310.00	+55.00
90–95	93	2	240.00–340.00	$290.00	+60.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50	50	1	80.00	$80.00	-70.00
50–55	53	3	190.00–410.00	$263.33	+113.33
50–55	53	5	90.00–120.00	$114.00	-36.00
60	60	1	90.00	$90.00	-60.00
60	60	1	190.00	$190.00	+40.00
65	65	2	120.00–140.00	$130.00	-20.00
70	70	1	140.00	$140.00	-10.00
70–75	72	5	220.00–230.00	$224.00	+74.00
80	80	3	160.00	$160.00	+10.00
90	90	3	170.00	$170.00	+46.67
90–95	92	3	100.00–135.00	$113.33	-10.00
100–130	109	21	100.00–300.00	$180.24	-9.76

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Shorn

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
45	45	2	180.00	$180.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	350.00	$350.00	+125.00
90	90	2	380.00–445.00	$412.50	+171.25

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Wooled

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	240.00	$240.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.