Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week, a heavy supply of feeder cattle sold 1.00-2.00 higher with moderate demand. Slaughter cattle sold steady with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.73/cwt on 382 head.

Average price

$107.73

382 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 3

$22.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.17

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	521	113.56	592	190
Medium 2	505	108.45	547	42
Medium 3	485	103.75	503	109
Small 3	450	90.61	408	41

One grade step is worth $22.95/cwt here — about $183 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale382 hd

107.73

—

NC average8 barns · 1,477 hd

102.57

+5.17

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,606	72.73	1,168	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,523	50.75	773	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,141	50.18	573	111
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	918	39.70	364	31

Every lot, as filed

110 lots · USDA AMS · Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) - Siler City, NC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Small 3	—	526	91.56/cwt	90.00–97.00	482	7
Heifers	Small 3	—	476	91.02/cwt	90.00–95.00	433	7
Heifers	Small 3	—	562	89.47/cwt	85.00–92.00	503	6
Heifers	Small 3	—	360	97.05/cwt	95.00–100.00	349	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	140.93/cwt	130.00–146.00	397	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	126.33/cwt	125.00–130.00	658	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	136.82/cwt	132.00–142.00	445	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	117.24/cwt	117.00–118.00	925	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	104.02/cwt	98.00–110.00	903	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	309	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	175	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	242	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	425	106.76/cwt	100.00–111.00	454	18
Steers	Medium 3	—	358	100.88/cwt	100.00–102.00	361	8
Steers	Medium 3	—	271	106.80/cwt	106.00–108.00	289	5
Steers	Medium 3	—	321	110.60/cwt	102.00–124.00	355	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	205	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	205	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	431	119.90/cwt	115.00–125.00	517	21
Steers	Medium 2	—	318	118.90/cwt	115.00–125.00	378	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	368	115.98/cwt	114.00–120.00	427	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	270	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	329	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	175	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	242	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	423	86.82/cwt	70.00–99.00	367	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	376	115.21/cwt	114.00–117.00	433	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	621	92.36/cwt	90.00–95.00	574	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	665	91.02/cwt	90.00–92.00	605	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	424	114.28/cwt	113.00–117.00	485	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	536	110.77/cwt	110.00–113.00	594	13
Heifers	Medium 3	—	755	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	228	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	251	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	280	112.84/cwt	110.00–116.00	316	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	635	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	690	81.49/cwt	80.00–84.00	562	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	376	107.67/cwt	100.00–114.00	405	8
Heifers	Medium 3	—	575	101.89/cwt	98.00–109.00	586	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	717	2
Bulls	Small 3	—	517	87.70/cwt	84.00–91.00	453	6
Bulls	Small 3	—	475	82.70/cwt	74.00–94.00	393	4
Bulls	Small 3	—	660	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	462	1
Steers	Small 3	—	232	90.76/cwt	88.00–94.00	211	3
Steers	Small 3	—	332	95.63/cwt	94.00–99.00	317	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	464	102.75/cwt	100.00–109.00	477	6
Bulls	Medium 3	—	519	102.10/cwt	100.00–105.00	530	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	95.86/cwt	90.00–100.00	684	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	116.86/cwt	116.00–120.00	610	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	126.05/cwt	125.00–129.00	413	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	111.41/cwt	104.00–118.00	749	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	115.08/cwt	104.00–126.00	705	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	122.75/cwt	117.00–133.00	712	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	128.29/cwt	123.00–131.00	602	18
Heifers	Medium 2	—	335	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	402	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	470	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	526	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	285	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	353	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	573	110.33/cwt	110.00–111.00	632	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	427	105.50/cwt	100.00–110.00	450	9
Heifers	Medium 3	—	326	108.84/cwt	100.00–115.00	355	15
Heifers	Medium 3	—	476	106.24/cwt	100.00–110.00	506	16
Heifers	Medium 3	—	527	104.66/cwt	100.00–109.00	552	22
Heifers	Medium 2	—	240	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	302	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	38.24/cwt	30.00–44.00	355	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	863	47.31/cwt	45.00–50.00	408	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,547	53.75/cwt	50.00–59.00	832	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	45.83/cwt	42.00–49.00	681	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,021	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	51.83/cwt	47.00–60.00	600	75
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,091	43.88/cwt	40.00–46.00	479	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	55.39/cwt	44.00–62.00	638	9
Bulls	—	—	1,648	66.76/cwt	60.00–72.00	1,100	12
Bulls	—	—	1,553	78.54/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,220	9
Bulls	—	—	1,570	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,444	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	577	90.77/cwt	85.00–96.00	524	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	120.82/cwt	114.00–130.00	631	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	116.59/cwt	114.00–120.00	663	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	123.56/cwt	120.00–134.00	584	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	99.71/cwt	90.00–105.00	673	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	105.36/cwt	100.00–110.00	647	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	98.65/cwt	91.00–109.00	766	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	86.45/cwt	82.00–92.00	716	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	93.79/cwt	85.00–100.00	679	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	94.64/cwt	91.00–100.00	819	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	881	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	801	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	580	104.00/cwt	100.00–108.00	603	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	125.99/cwt	120.00–129.00	481	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	100.31/cwt	96.00–103.00	675	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	114.47/cwt	112.00–117.00	643	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	117.24/cwt	115.00–125.00	556	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	102.72/cwt	100.00–108.00	640	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	122.08/cwt	116.00–129.00	518	45
Heifers	Small 3	—	281	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	259	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	130.18/cwt	120.00–141.00	549	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	136.49/cwt	127.00–145.00	509	47
Steers	Small 3	—	285	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	257	1
Steers	Small 3	—	355	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	320	1
Steers	Small 3	—	403	85.01/cwt	84.00–86.00	343	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,300	880.13/cwt	800.00–925.00	11,442	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,017	642.62/cwt	500.00–725.00	6,535	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	590	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	649	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	464	113.52/cwt	111.00–115.00	527	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	536	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	590	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	720	80.76/cwt	80.00–83.00	581	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	682	88.77/cwt	87.00–91.00	605	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	619	88.50/cwt	84.00–90.00	548	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	788	82.68/cwt	81.00–83.00	652	6
Bulls	Medium 3	—	900	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	715	72.48/cwt	70.00–75.00	518	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	672	81.38/cwt	80.00–84.00	547	3

How this sale compares

North Carolina weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,288Last week 770Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 228Last week 171Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 2Year ago 0

Compared to the previous week, a heavy supply of feeder cattle sold 1.00-2.00 higher with moderate demand. Slaughter cattle sold steady with moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	526	90.00–97.00	91.56
7	—	476	90.00–95.00	91.02
6	—	562	85.00–92.00	89.47
6	—	360	95.00–100.00	97.05
12	—	423	70.00–99.00	86.82
3	—	281	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	376	114.00–117.00	115.21
5	—	621	90.00–95.00	92.36
5	—	665	90.00–92.00	91.02
7	—	424	113.00–117.00	114.28
13	—	536	110.00–113.00	110.77
1	—	335	120.00	120.00
1	—	470	112.00	112.00
2	—	285	124.00	124.00
3	—	573	110.00–111.00	110.33
1	—	240	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	78.00	78.00
2	—	228	110.00	110.00
2	—	280	110.00–116.00	112.84
2	—	635	80.00	80.00
4	—	690	80.00–84.00	81.49
8	—	376	100.00–114.00	107.67
28	—	575	98.00–109.00	101.89
9	—	427	100.00–110.00	105.50
15	—	326	100.00–115.00	108.84
16	—	476	100.00–110.00	106.24
22	—	527	100.00–109.00	104.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	90.00	90.00
1	—	820	84.00	84.00
2	—	853	84.00	84.00
8	—	714	90.00–100.00	95.86
9	—	522	116.00–120.00	116.86
11	—	328	125.00–129.00	126.05
17	—	382	120.00–129.00	125.99
20	—	673	96.00–103.00	100.31
21	—	562	112.00–117.00	114.47
23	—	474	115.00–125.00	117.24
32	—	623	100.00–108.00	102.72
45	—	424	116.00–129.00	122.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	282	130.00–146.00	140.93
17	—	521	125.00–130.00	126.33
13	—	325	132.00–142.00	136.82
4	—	789	117.00–118.00	117.24
2	—	868	98.00–110.00	104.02
2	—	703	116.00	116.00
2	—	238	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,045	81.00	81.00
1	—	175	138.00	138.00
21	—	672	104.00–118.00	111.41
21	—	613	104.00–126.00	115.08
20	—	580	117.00–133.00	122.75
18	—	469	123.00–131.00	128.29
24	—	422	120.00–141.00	130.18
47	—	373	127.00–145.00	136.49
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	425	100.00–111.00	106.76
8	—	358	100.00–102.00	100.88
5	—	271	106.00–108.00	106.80
4	—	321	102.00–124.00	110.60
1	—	205	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	431	115.00–125.00	119.90
6	—	318	115.00–125.00	118.90
4	—	368	114.00–120.00	115.98
1	—	270	122.00	122.00
1	—	175	138.00	138.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	232	88.00–94.00	90.76
3	—	332	94.00–99.00	95.63
1	—	285	90.00	90.00
1	—	355	90.00	90.00
2	—	403	84.00–86.00	85.01
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	517	84.00–91.00	87.70
4	—	475	74.00–94.00	82.70
1	—	660	70.00	70.00
9	—	577	85.00–96.00	90.77
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	464	100.00–109.00	102.75
10	—	519	100.00–105.00	102.10
19	—	580	100.00–108.00	104.00
1	—	900	70.00	70.00
2	—	715	70.00–75.00	72.48
3	—	672	80.00–84.00	81.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	522	114.00–130.00	120.82
19	—	569	114.00–120.00	116.59
18	—	473	120.00–134.00	123.56
16	—	675	90.00–105.00	99.71
15	—	614	100.00–110.00	105.36
8	—	776	91.00–109.00	98.65
6	—	828	82.00–92.00	86.45
6	—	724	85.00–100.00	93.79
3	—	865	91.00–100.00	94.64
1	—	990	89.00	89.00
1	—	900	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	110.00	110.00
4	—	464	111.00–115.00	113.52
4	—	536	110.00	110.00
4	—	720	80.00–83.00	80.76
5	—	682	87.00–91.00	88.77
6	—	619	84.00–90.00	88.50
6	—	788	81.00–83.00	82.68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	928	30.00–44.00	38.24
5	—	863	45.00–50.00	47.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,547	50.00–59.00	53.75
10	—	1,486	42.00–49.00	45.83
1	—	1,595	64.00	64.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,158	47.00–60.00	51.83
27	—	1,091	40.00–46.00	43.88
9	—	1,152	44.00–62.00	55.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,648	60.00–72.00	66.76
9	—	1,553	75.00–82.00	78.54
1	—	1,570	92.00	92.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,300	800.00–925.00	880.13
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,017	500.00–725.00	642.62

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.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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