Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle up 1.00 to 2.00. Feeder cattle steady to down 1.00 to 3.00. Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate .Offerings of cattle moderate with quality being average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $119.88/cwt on 181 head.

Average price

$119.88

181 head · 410 lb average

Value per head Derived

$491

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

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

$36.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.07

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	426	126.21	537	121
Medium 2	379	116.78	443	23
Medium 3	368	103.60	381	28
Small 3	404	93.77	379	8thin
Small 2	440	90.00	396	1thin

One grade step is worth $36.21/cwt here — about $141 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 sale181 hd

119.88

—

NC average7 barns · 620 hd

117.81

+2.07

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	—	Average	1,589	70.84	1,125	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,572	53.97	849	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,148	48.56	558	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	878	36.43	320	18

Every lot, as filed

102 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
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	705	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	501	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	740	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	563	110.49/cwt	110.00–111.00	622	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	658	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	592	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	607	95.36/cwt	90.00–106.00	579	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	472	113.50/cwt	110.00–116.00	536	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	511	109.35/cwt	100.00–114.00	559	12
Bulls	Medium 3	—	775	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	628	76.96/cwt	74.00–80.00	483	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	464	103.08/cwt	93.00–109.00	478	5
Bulls	Medium 3	—	577	101.48/cwt	90.00–108.00	586	11
Bulls	Medium 3	—	526	99.52/cwt	84.00–109.00	523	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	92.01/cwt	90.00–94.00	837	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	114.68/cwt	113.00–116.00	663	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	88.26/cwt	81.00–95.00	694	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	92.00/cwt	88.00–100.00	656	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	115.79/cwt	110.00–120.00	595	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	120.41/cwt	115.00–122.00	579	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	105.50/cwt	100.00–115.00	649	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	99.82/cwt	90.00–120.00	667	16
Bulls	Small 3	—	540	84.09/cwt	74.00–94.00	454	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	329	89.05/cwt	80.00–98.00	293	4
Heifers	Small 3	—	525	88.68/cwt	86.00–90.00	466	3
Heifers	Small 3	—	410	93.24/cwt	86.00–98.00	382	3
Heifers	Small 3	—	473	92.38/cwt	90.00–95.00	437	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	565	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	537	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	285	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	257	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	116.67/cwt	110.00–123.00	539	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	101.01/cwt	97.00–106.00	622	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	118.75/cwt	114.00–124.00	494	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	126.51/cwt	115.00–130.00	479	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	114.03/cwt	110.00–115.00	591	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	106.87/cwt	95.00–110.00	705	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	91.04/cwt	90.00–94.00	654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	112.51/cwt	110.00–116.00	640	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	123.02/cwt	120.00–126.00	410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	83.50/cwt	83.00–84.00	655	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	572	98.37/cwt	80.00–105.00	563	11
Heifers	Medium 3	—	524	100.68/cwt	90.00–108.00	528	9
Heifers	Medium 3	—	424	100.64/cwt	90.00–108.00	427	9
Heifers	Medium 3	—	324	108.21/cwt	100.00–111.00	351	7
Heifers	Medium 3	—	477	103.81/cwt	100.00–109.00	495	5
Heifers	Medium 3	—	369	101.63/cwt	92.00–108.00	375	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	268	99.57/cwt	90.00–104.00	267	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	700	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	532	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	245	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	270	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	861	35.25/cwt	30.00–39.00	304	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	42.32/cwt	42.00–43.00	408	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,568	52.01/cwt	48.00–60.00	816	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	62.58/cwt	56.00–68.00	988	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	43.82/cwt	43.00–44.00	691	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	50.64/cwt	46.00–57.00	600	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	42.53/cwt	40.00–44.00	459	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	60.31/cwt	58.00–64.00	733	6
Bulls	—	—	1,580	73.91/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,168	7
Bulls	—	—	1,548	62.89/cwt	50.00–69.00	974	6
Bulls	—	—	1,740	83.95/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	195	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	269	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	387	103.51/cwt	100.00–108.00	401	10
Steers	Medium 3	—	271	106.01/cwt	100.00–116.00	287	5
Steers	Medium 3	—	471	101.49/cwt	86.00–112.00	478	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	423	104.97/cwt	100.00–109.00	444	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	235	101.91/cwt	100.00–104.00	239	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	520	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	305	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	323	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	563	83.45/cwt	72.00–95.00	470	2
Bulls	Small 3	—	470	90.20/cwt	86.00–93.00	424	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	400	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	480	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	290	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	345	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	310	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	505	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	556	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	730	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	575	108.00/cwt	107.00–109.00	621	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	429	112.52/cwt	110.00–114.00	483	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	471	110.71/cwt	110.00–113.00	521	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,026	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	113.00/cwt	110.00–116.00	768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	132.31/cwt	130.00–134.00	278	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	123.98/cwt	120.00–129.00	709	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	117.88/cwt	111.00–122.00	749	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	274	136.72/cwt	130.00–140.00	375	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	125.60/cwt	120.00–133.00	662	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	130.88/cwt	122.00–140.00	418	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	128.51/cwt	120.00–140.00	479	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	123.64/cwt	110.00–134.00	516	35
Steers	Small 2	—	440	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	396	1
Steers	Small 3	—	335	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	295	1
Steers	Small 3	—	388	89.17/cwt	80.00–98.00	346	2
Steers	Small 3	—	424	96.77/cwt	92.00–99.00	410	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,350	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	365	116.00/cwt	114.00–118.00	423	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	230	125.30/cwt	125.00–126.00	288	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	342	120.70/cwt	116.00–128.00	413	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	578	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	636	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	265	122.06/cwt	116.00–128.00	323	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	421	112.52/cwt	100.00–118.00	474	7
Steers	Medium 3	—	195	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	195	1

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 892Last week 803Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 162Last week 203Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 2Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	71.00	71.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	80.00	80.00
2	—	563	110.00–111.00	110.49
2	—	658	90.00	90.00
3	—	607	90.00–106.00	95.36
10	—	472	110.00–116.00	113.50
12	—	511	100.00–114.00	109.35
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	78.00	78.00
2	—	628	74.00–80.00	76.96
5	—	464	93.00–109.00	103.08
11	—	577	90.00–108.00	101.48
15	—	526	84.00–109.00	99.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	90.00	90.00
2	—	910	90.00–94.00	92.01
3	—	578	113.00–116.00	114.68
4	—	786	81.00–95.00	88.26
6	—	713	88.00–100.00	92.00
15	—	514	110.00–120.00	115.79
16	—	481	115.00–122.00	120.41
16	—	615	100.00–115.00	105.50
16	—	668	90.00–120.00	99.82
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	74.00–94.00	84.09
2	—	563	72.00–95.00	83.45
5	—	470	86.00–93.00	90.20
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	110.00	110.00
2	—	365	114.00–118.00	116.00
3	—	230	125.00–126.00	125.30
3	—	342	116.00–128.00	120.70
3	—	578	110.00	110.00
4	—	265	116.00–128.00	122.06
7	—	421	100.00–118.00	112.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	105.00	105.00
1	—	450	120.00	120.00
1	—	195	138.00	138.00
1	—	755	118.00	118.00
1	—	950	108.00	108.00
2	—	680	110.00–116.00	113.00
3	—	210	130.00–134.00	132.31
6	—	572	120.00–129.00	123.98
6	—	635	111.00–122.00	117.88
7	—	274	130.00–140.00	136.72
16	—	527	120.00–133.00	125.60
19	—	319	122.00–140.00	130.88
22	—	373	120.00–140.00	128.51
35	—	417	110.00–134.00	123.64
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	387	100.00–108.00	103.51
5	—	271	100.00–116.00	106.01
4	—	471	86.00–112.00	101.49
4	—	423	100.00–109.00	104.97
2	—	235	100.00–104.00	101.91
1	—	520	100.00	100.00
1	—	305	106.00	106.00
1	—	195	100.00	100.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	90.00	90.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	88.00	88.00
2	—	388	80.00–98.00	89.17
5	—	424	92.00–99.00	96.77
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	329	80.00–98.00	89.05
3	—	525	86.00–90.00	88.68
3	—	410	86.00–98.00	93.24
2	—	473	90.00–95.00	92.38
1	—	565	95.00	95.00
1	—	285	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	462	110.00–123.00	116.67
12	—	616	97.00–106.00	101.01
12	—	416	114.00–124.00	118.75
9	—	379	115.00–130.00	126.51
6	—	518	110.00–115.00	114.03
5	—	660	95.00–110.00	106.87
4	—	718	90.00–94.00	91.04
4	—	569	110.00–116.00	112.51
4	—	333	120.00–126.00	123.02
2	—	785	83.00–84.00	83.50
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	572	80.00–105.00	98.37
9	—	524	90.00–108.00	100.68
9	—	424	90.00–108.00	100.64
7	—	324	100.00–111.00	108.21
5	—	477	100.00–109.00	103.81
4	—	369	92.00–108.00	101.63
3	—	268	90.00–104.00	99.57
1	—	700	76.00	76.00
1	—	245	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	119.00	119.00
1	—	310	116.00	116.00
1	—	505	110.00	110.00
1	—	730	77.00	77.00
3	—	575	107.00–109.00	108.00
4	—	429	110.00–114.00	112.52
7	—	471	110.00–113.00	110.71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	861	30.00–39.00	35.25
3	—	963	42.00–43.00	42.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,568	48.00–60.00	52.01
10	—	1,578	56.00–68.00	62.58
5	—	1,576	43.00–44.00	43.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,185	46.00–57.00	50.64
22	—	1,080	40.00–44.00	42.53
6	—	1,216	58.00–64.00	60.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,580	70.00–79.00	73.91
6	—	1,548	50.00–69.00	62.89
2	—	1,740	81.00–87.00	83.95

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	850.00	850.00

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.

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Steers · 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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