Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

baby calves 15.00 to 25.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.10/cwt on 151 head.

Average price

$105.10

151 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$506

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$21.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.14

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	548	111.47	611	64
Medium 2	476	109.03	519	31
Medium 3	433	100.78	437	30
Small 3	382	89.71	342	26

One grade step is worth $21.75/cwt here — about $268 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 sale151 hd

105.10

—

NC average8 barns · 1,250 hd

106.24

−1.14

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	1,652	79.06	1,306	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,540	54.73	843	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,194	51.63	617	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	914	39.21	358	12

Every lot, as filed

99 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	—	595	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	476	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	330	94.42/cwt	90.00–100.00	312	4
Heifers	Small 3	—	468	90.13/cwt	82.00–100.00	422	3
Heifers	Small 3	—	220	83.73/cwt	80.00–88.00	184	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	505	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	419	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	255	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	122.95/cwt	117.00–126.00	509	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	114.71/cwt	114.00–118.00	599	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	105.16/cwt	90.00–111.00	650	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	92.28/cwt	80.00–97.00	661	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	118.28/cwt	115.00–121.00	568	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	112.19/cwt	109.00–113.00	639	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	130.56/cwt	124.00–143.00	479	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	776	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	128.68/cwt	122.00–136.00	418	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	639	1
Heifers	Medium 3Value Added	—	250	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	313	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	519	95.20/cwt	80.00–104.00	494	8
Heifers	Medium 3	—	560	97.85/cwt	86.00–108.00	548	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	460	104.54/cwt	100.00–110.00	481	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	377	104.85/cwt	100.00–110.00	395	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	430	104.48/cwt	104.00–105.00	449	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	320	105.41/cwt	104.00–107.00	337	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	273	109.06/cwt	108.00–110.00	298	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	230	102.45/cwt	100.00–105.00	236	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	695	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	487	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	180	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	180	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	481	114.49/cwt	112.00–117.00	551	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	529	108.21/cwt	102.00–110.00	572	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	334	113.76/cwt	112.00–119.00	380	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	638	86.49/cwt	85.00–88.00	552	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	425	115.48/cwt	114.00–117.00	491	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	365	113.05/cwt	111.00–115.00	413	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	715	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	650	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	595	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	285	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	331	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	459	88.65/cwt	80.00–99.00	407	4
Bulls	Small 3	—	535	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	514	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	375	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	311	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	122.01/cwt	114.00–128.00	576	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	120.37/cwt	114.00–124.00	675	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	103.58/cwt	95.00–114.00	638	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	115.66/cwt	113.00–120.00	592	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	99.26/cwt	95.00–107.00	658	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	648	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	521	100.67/cwt	90.00–108.00	524	9
Bulls	Medium 3	—	467	101.34/cwt	98.00–105.00	473	6
Bulls	Medium 3	—	581	95.27/cwt	80.00–106.00	554	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	673	76.92/cwt	74.00–80.00	518	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	755	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	491	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	700	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	434	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	570	110.00/cwt	108.00–112.00	627	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	465	112.80/cwt	110.00–116.00	525	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	518	107.42/cwt	105.00–110.00	556	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	750	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	705	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	564	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	665	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	572	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	600	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	498	1
Bulls	—	—	1,040	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	645	1
Bulls	—	—	1,678	84.35/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,415	4
Bulls	—	—	1,725	78.47/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,354	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	60.44/cwt	57.00–65.00	735	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	43.43/cwt	36.00–47.00	519	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	53.38/cwt	48.00–74.00	633	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	43.03/cwt	41.00–45.00	645	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,608	61.03/cwt	59.00–64.00	981	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	53.05/cwt	47.00–56.00	802	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	810	45.79/cwt	44.00–48.00	371	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	37.01/cwt	30.00–45.00	351	9
Heifers	Small 3	—	424	90.20/cwt	85.00–98.00	382	4
Heifers	Small 3	—	371	90.32/cwt	84.00–98.00	335	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	335	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	392	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	370	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	433	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	429	115.59/cwt	114.00–118.00	496	5
Steers	Medium 3	—	210	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	210	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	500	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	500	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	273	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	273	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	568	105.99/cwt	104.00–108.00	602	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	429	102.57/cwt	100.00–110.00	440	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	368	103.80/cwt	100.00–110.00	382	6
Steers	Medium 3	—	321	100.58/cwt	100.00–104.00	323	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	170	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	204	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	223	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	290	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	117.93/cwt	114.00–122.00	864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	125.32/cwt	121.00–130.00	566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	119.58/cwt	113.00–125.00	670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	135.50/cwt	130.00–140.00	374	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	113.46/cwt	111.00–118.00	755	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	113.78/cwt	100.00–121.00	717	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	123.90/cwt	114.00–128.00	648	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	136.76/cwt	121.00–144.00	447	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	134.85/cwt	121.00–144.00	512	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	131.25/cwt	120.00–140.00	551	27
Steers	Small 1-2	—	505	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	621	1
Steers	Small 3	—	377	92.12/cwt	88.00–97.00	347	3
Steers	Small 3	—	327	94.81/cwt	92.00–97.00	310	4
Steers	Small 3	—	433	90.09/cwt	85.00–100.00	390	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	573	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	287	6

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 →

Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) - Siler City, NC

Fri Nov 1, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 661Last week 892Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 131Last week 162Year ago 0

baby calves 15.00 to 25.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	80.00	80.00
4	—	330	90.00–100.00	94.42
3	—	468	82.00–100.00	90.13
2	—	220	80.00–88.00	83.73
1	—	505	83.00	83.00
1	—	255	90.00	90.00
4	—	424	85.00–98.00	90.20
10	—	371	84.00–98.00	90.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	414	117.00–126.00	122.95
11	—	522	114.00–118.00	114.71
10	—	618	90.00–111.00	105.16
9	—	716	80.00–97.00	92.28
9	—	480	115.00–121.00	118.28
5	—	570	109.00–113.00	112.19
3	—	367	124.00–143.00	130.56
2	—	1,063	73.00	73.00
2	—	325	122.00–136.00	128.68
1	—	680	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	519	80.00–104.00	95.20
4	—	560	86.00–108.00	97.85
4	—	460	100.00–110.00	104.54
3	—	377	100.00–110.00	104.85
2	—	430	104.00–105.00	104.48
2	—	320	104.00–107.00	105.41
2	—	273	108.00–110.00	109.06
2	—	230	100.00–105.00	102.45
1	—	695	70.00	70.00
1	—	180	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	481	112.00–117.00	114.49
6	—	529	102.00–110.00	108.21
5	—	334	112.00–119.00	113.76
2	—	638	85.00–88.00	86.49
2	—	425	114.00–117.00	115.48
2	—	365	111.00–115.00	113.05
1	—	715	80.00	80.00
1	—	650	84.00	84.00
1	—	595	107.00	107.00
1	—	285	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	459	80.00–99.00	88.65
1	—	535	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	83.00	83.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	472	114.00–128.00	122.01
9	—	561	114.00–124.00	120.37
6	—	616	95.00–114.00	103.58
6	—	512	113.00–120.00	115.66
3	—	663	95.00–107.00	99.26
2	—	720	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	521	90.00–108.00	100.67
6	—	467	98.00–105.00	101.34
4	—	581	80.00–106.00	95.27
2	—	673	74.00–80.00	76.92
1	—	755	65.00	65.00
1	—	700	62.00	62.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	570	108.00–112.00	110.00
5	—	465	110.00–116.00	112.80
2	—	518	105.00–110.00	107.42
1	—	750	72.00	72.00
1	—	705	80.00	80.00
1	—	665	86.00	86.00
1	—	600	83.00	83.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	117.00	117.00
1	—	370	117.00	117.00
5	—	429	114.00–118.00	115.59
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	100.00	100.00
1	—	500	100.00	100.00
2	—	273	100.00	100.00
2	—	568	104.00–108.00	105.99
4	—	429	100.00–110.00	102.57
6	—	368	100.00–110.00	103.80
7	—	321	100.00–104.00	100.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	170	120.00	120.00
2	—	223	130.00	130.00
2	—	733	114.00–122.00	117.93
3	—	452	121.00–130.00	125.32
3	—	560	113.00–125.00	119.58
4	—	276	130.00–140.00	135.50
4	—	665	111.00–118.00	113.46
6	—	630	100.00–121.00	113.78
7	—	523	114.00–128.00	123.90
18	—	327	121.00–144.00	136.76
22	—	380	121.00–144.00	134.85
27	—	420	120.00–140.00	131.25
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	123.00	123.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	88.00–97.00	92.12
4	—	327	92.00–97.00	94.81
4	—	433	85.00–100.00	90.09
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	573	50.00	50.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	62.00	62.00
4	—	1,678	82.00–86.00	84.35
7	—	1,725	75.00–80.00	78.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,216	57.00–65.00	60.44
15	—	1,195	36.00–47.00	43.43
25	—	1,186	48.00–74.00	53.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,498	41.00–45.00	43.03
8	—	1,608	59.00–64.00	61.03
16	—	1,512	47.00–56.00	53.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	810	44.00–48.00	45.79
9	—	949	30.00–45.00	37.01

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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