Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter cattle down 1.00 to 3.00 . Feeder cattle up 2.00-5.00. Demand was moderate ;market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings of cattle were moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 10.00 to 30.00

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $129.01/cwt on 259 head.

Average price

$129.01

259 head · 442 lb average

Value per head Derived

$570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$295

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

$40.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.23

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	465	134.17	624	199
Medium 1-2	370	122.00	451	1thin
Medium 2	375	117.36	440	39
Medium 3	340	103.22	351	15thin
Small 3	351	93.64	329	5thin

One grade step is worth $40.53/cwt here — about $295 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 sale259 hd

129.01

—

NC average8 barns · 942 hd

128.78

+0.23

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	1,285	54.00	694	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,565	52.09	815	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,121	50.29	564	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	851	37.00	315	14

Every lot, as filed

105 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	117.13/cwt	110.00–123.00	780	6
Steers	Medium 3	—	312	102.40/cwt	100.00–107.00	319	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	266	102.58/cwt	100.00–111.00	273	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	421	103.58/cwt	100.00–108.00	436	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	336	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	136.64/cwt	120.00–150.00	510	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	91.34/cwt	91.00–92.00	1,023	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	271	137.94/cwt	130.00–145.00	374	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	121.20/cwt	115.00–125.00	756	6
Steers	Small 3	—	335	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	315	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	108.33/cwt	100.00–120.00	772	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	132.19/cwt	130.00–138.00	629	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	128.22/cwt	120.00–136.00	667	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	144.42/cwt	129.00–153.00	472	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	137.16/cwt	120.00–149.00	575	44
Steers	Medium 2	—	483	112.52/cwt	111.00–114.00	543	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	320	116.72/cwt	110.00–120.00	374	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	519	112.10/cwt	110.00–118.00	582	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	278	120.74/cwt	114.00–125.00	336	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	370	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	451	1
Steers	Small 3	—	255	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	232	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	365	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	365	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	265	100.19/cwt	90.00–110.00	266	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	425	103.07/cwt	100.00–106.00	438	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	372	119.35/cwt	111.00–126.00	444	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	175	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	207	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	240	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	278	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	507	102.95/cwt	96.00–107.00	522	5
Heifers	Medium 3	—	569	100.91/cwt	96.00–107.00	574	7
Steers	Small 3	—	430	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	417	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	383	106.45/cwt	105.00–108.00	408	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	225	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	225	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	427	115.99/cwt	113.00–120.00	495	10
Steers	Small 3	—	368	93.10/cwt	90.00–96.00	343	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	7,969	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	391	47.98/cwt	40.00–50.00	188	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	1,000	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	940	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	724	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	474	90.00/cwt	84.00–96.00	427	6
Bulls	Small 3	—	537	91.65/cwt	90.00–93.00	492	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	105.56/cwt	94.00–114.00	653	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	125.77/cwt	120.00–136.00	599	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	732	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	561	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	763	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	896	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	854	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	122.56/cwt	117.00–129.00	632	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	104.19/cwt	94.00–118.00	701	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	97.03/cwt	90.00–106.00	697	6
Bulls	—	—	1,285	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	508	102.98/cwt	98.00–108.00	523	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	945	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	118.30/cwt	113.00–125.00	668	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	96.44/cwt	90.00–104.00	738	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	85.50/cwt	84.00–87.00	812	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	83.04/cwt	80.00–86.00	677	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	873	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	742	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	1,055	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	801	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	581	101.58/cwt	98.00–106.00	590	7
Bulls	Medium 3	—	469	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	507	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	53.96/cwt	50.00–59.00	632	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	62.65/cwt	60.00–67.00	782	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	477	115.12/cwt	110.00–118.00	549	12
Bulls	Medium 2	—	574	115.27/cwt	114.00–118.00	662	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	526	112.58/cwt	110.00–114.00	592	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	634	105.54/cwt	91.00–113.00	669	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	852	34.83/cwt	30.00–38.00	297	12
Heifers	Medium 3	—	464	104.19/cwt	100.00–110.00	483	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	427	116.34/cwt	112.00–120.00	497	14
Heifers	Medium 2	—	575	110.59/cwt	106.00–114.00	636	14
Heifers	Medium 2	—	478	113.57/cwt	112.00–115.00	543	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	128.24/cwt	124.00–140.00	531	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	286	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	219	111.48/cwt	110.00–114.00	244	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	623	83.83/cwt	74.00–101.00	522	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	105.50/cwt	95.00–110.00	653	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	126.03/cwt	122.00–135.00	429	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	125.27/cwt	121.00–129.00	466	15
Heifers	Small 3	—	295	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	266	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	585	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	105.99/cwt	101.00–109.00	715	4
Heifers	Small 3	—	238	92.97/cwt	92.00–94.00	221	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	343	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	309	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	412	90.90/cwt	85.00–96.00	375	3
Heifers	Small 3	—	381	93.75/cwt	91.00–95.00	357	4
Heifers	Small 3	—	525	90.27/cwt	88.00–93.00	474	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	115.31/cwt	115.00–117.00	618	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	290	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	300	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	342	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	628	90.49/cwt	89.00–92.00	568	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	371	115.38/cwt	110.00–120.00	428	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	690	86.00/cwt	84.00–88.00	593	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	513	113.52/cwt	110.00–115.00	582	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,064	45.65/cwt	39.00–49.00	486	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	846	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,677	46.44/cwt	45.00–48.00	779	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	52.91/cwt	50.00–59.00	819	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	423	2

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 Dec 6, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 937Last week 949Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 243Last week 254Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Baby calves 10.00 to 30.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	666	110.00–123.00	117.13
1	—	240	140.00	140.00
1	—	570	120.00	120.00
46	—	373	120.00–150.00	136.64
1	—	760	119.00	119.00
1	—	820	93.00	93.00
3	—	1,120	91.00–92.00	91.34
4	—	271	130.00–145.00	137.94
6	—	624	115.00–125.00	121.20
8	—	713	100.00–120.00	108.33
9	—	476	130.00–138.00	132.19
11	—	520	120.00–136.00	128.22
20	—	327	129.00–153.00	144.42
44	—	419	120.00–149.00	137.16
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	312	100.00–107.00	102.40
4	—	266	100.00–111.00	102.58
5	—	421	100.00–108.00	103.58
2	—	383	105.00–108.00	106.45
1	—	225	100.00	100.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	94.00	94.00
1	—	255	91.00	91.00
1	—	430	97.00	97.00
2	—	368	90.00–96.00	93.10
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	111.00–114.00	112.52
3	—	320	110.00–120.00	116.72
4	—	519	110.00–118.00	112.10
8	—	278	114.00–125.00	120.74
10	—	372	111.00–126.00	119.35
1	—	175	118.00	118.00
1	—	240	116.00	116.00
10	—	427	113.00–120.00	115.99
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	523	140.00	140.00
6	—	561	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	100.00	100.00
2	—	265	90.00–110.00	100.19
3	—	425	100.00–106.00	103.07
5	—	507	96.00–107.00	102.95
7	—	569	96.00–107.00	100.91
8	—	464	100.00–110.00	104.19
4	—	219	110.00–114.00	111.48
4	—	623	74.00–101.00	83.83
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	427	112.00–120.00	116.34
14	—	575	106.00–114.00	110.59
18	—	478	112.00–115.00	113.57
1	—	290	124.00	124.00
1	—	300	114.00	114.00
2	—	628	89.00–92.00	90.49
4	—	371	110.00–120.00	115.38
4	—	690	84.00–88.00	86.00
9	—	513	110.00–115.00	113.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	414	124.00–140.00	128.24
1	—	740	103.00	103.00
1	—	215	133.00	133.00
1	—	465	118.00	118.00
6	—	619	95.00–110.00	105.50
14	—	340	122.00–135.00	126.03
15	—	372	121.00–129.00	125.27
4	—	675	101.00–109.00	105.99
6	—	536	115.00–117.00	115.31
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	90.00	90.00
1	—	585	80.00	80.00
2	—	238	92.00–94.00	92.97
2	—	343	90.00	90.00
3	—	412	85.00–96.00	90.90
4	—	381	91.00–95.00	93.75
4	—	525	88.00–93.00	90.27
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	391	40.00–50.00	47.98
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	70.00	70.00
1	—	940	77.00	77.00
2	—	873	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,055	74.00	74.00
12	—	477	110.00–118.00	115.12
7	—	574	114.00–118.00	115.27
7	—	526	110.00–114.00	112.58
3	—	634	91.00–113.00	105.54
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	474	84.00–96.00	90.00
3	—	537	90.00–93.00	91.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	619	94.00–114.00	105.56
17	—	476	120.00–136.00	125.77
1	—	1,120	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,005	85.00	85.00
11	—	516	117.00–129.00	122.56
10	—	673	94.00–118.00	104.19
6	—	718	90.00–106.00	97.03
5	—	565	113.00–125.00	118.30
4	—	765	90.00–104.00	96.44
2	—	950	84.00–87.00	85.50
2	—	815	80.00–86.00	83.04
1	—	910	80.00	80.00
1	—	890	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	98.00–108.00	102.98
1	—	945	76.00	76.00
7	—	581	98.00–106.00	101.58
4	—	469	108.00	108.00

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	—	1,275	625.00	625.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	54.00	54.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,171	50.00–59.00	53.96
6	—	1,248	60.00–67.00	62.65
39	—	1,064	39.00–49.00	45.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	852	30.00–38.00	34.83
2	—	845	50.00	50.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	60.00	60.00
3	—	1,677	45.00–48.00	46.44
11	—	1,548	50.00–59.00	52.91

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

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

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Replacement Cattle

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