Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were down 5.00 to 6.00 . Feeder cattle steady . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings of cattle were moderate with quality of cattle average

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $122.89/cwt on 189 head.

Average price

$122.89

189 head · 422 lb average

Value per head Derived

$519

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$37.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.78

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	451	129.15	582	131
Medium 2	355	118.46	421	25
Medium 3	372	104.37	389	25
Small 3	328	92.13	302	8thin

One grade step is worth $37.02/cwt here — about $280 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 sale189 hd

122.89

—

NC average8 barns · 855 hd

124.67

−1.78

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	—	High	1,518	65.24	990	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,552	48.71	756	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,146	45.91	526	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	974	35.44	345	15

Every lot, as filed

89 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 2	—	238	121.42/cwt	114.00–124.00	289	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	368	120.90/cwt	113.00–126.00	445	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	432	117.42/cwt	114.00–120.00	507	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	460	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	131.80/cwt	129.00–134.00	629	9
Steers	Medium 3	—	260	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	260	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	238	109.52/cwt	109.00–110.00	261	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	429	105.95/cwt	101.00–110.00	455	7
Steers	Medium 3	—	374	104.37/cwt	90.00–113.00	390	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	520	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	572	1
Steers	Small 3	—	230	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	132.67/cwt	130.00–138.00	371	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	284	124.52/cwt	124.00–126.00	354	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	330	111.31/cwt	109.00–116.00	367	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	121.46/cwt	117.00–132.00	633	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	134.61/cwt	122.00–148.00	502	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	123.24/cwt	121.00–126.00	718	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	848	10
Steers	Medium 3	—	473	104.43/cwt	100.00–109.00	494	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	327	100.97/cwt	100.00–104.00	330	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	130.42/cwt	120.00–137.00	535	36
Heifers	Medium 3	—	418	102.46/cwt	100.00–109.00	428	7
Steers	Small 3	—	358	89.67/cwt	89.00–90.00	321	3
Steers	Small 3	—	330	92.26/cwt	90.00–95.00	304	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	625	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	338	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	625	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	524	112.48/cwt	110.00–118.00	589	13
Bulls	Medium 2	—	474	116.45/cwt	113.00–121.00	552	11
Bulls	Medium 2	—	573	112.76/cwt	110.00–116.00	646	8
Bulls	Medium 2	—	673	95.33/cwt	94.00–98.00	642	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	635	101.00/cwt	95.00–107.00	641	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	485	104.35/cwt	100.00–109.00	506	3
Bulls	Small 3	—	500	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	430	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	570	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	564	1
Bulls	—	—	2,005	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,664	1
Bulls	—	—	1,398	58.69/cwt	54.00–66.00	820	6
Bulls	—	—	1,564	69.54/cwt	67.00–72.00	1,088	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	98.50/cwt	90.00–108.00	715	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	91.55/cwt	86.00–97.00	758	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	128.93/cwt	120.00–135.00	607	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	108.09/cwt	103.00–114.00	683	12
Bulls	Medium 3	—	563	104.97/cwt	100.00–108.00	591	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,566	49.27/cwt	47.00–54.00	772	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	47.99/cwt	45.00–54.00	559	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,106	41.64/cwt	30.00–44.00	461	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	104.55/cwt	100.00–114.00	702	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	117.65/cwt	115.00–125.00	669	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	120.98/cwt	117.00–125.00	624	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	303	115.45/cwt	110.00–121.00	350	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	425	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	485	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	41.09/cwt	37.00–44.00	616	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	911	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	34.05/cwt	28.00–38.00	342	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	775	44.50/cwt	41.00–48.00	345	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	323	92.89/cwt	90.00–96.00	300	4
Heifers	Small 3	—	467	90.32/cwt	90.00–91.00	422	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	235	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	114.36/cwt	104.00–120.00	707	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	825	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	135.14/cwt	125.00–150.00	438	18
Heifers	Medium 3	—	365	100.96/cwt	100.00–104.00	369	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	593	107.01/cwt	105.00–109.00	635	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	282	103.84/cwt	100.00–111.00	293	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	285	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	359	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	528	108.07/cwt	104.00–110.00	571	4
Heifers	Small 3	—	370	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	333	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	470	112.93/cwt	110.00–118.00	531	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	514	110.48/cwt	109.00–114.00	568	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	487	105.53/cwt	102.00–110.00	514	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	335	102.67/cwt	100.00–108.00	344	3
Heifers	Small 3	—	552	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	519	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	128.68/cwt	128.00–129.00	408	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	125.39/cwt	120.00–137.00	525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	92.41/cwt	80.00–98.00	705	6
Heifers	Small 2	—	438	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	420	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	125.64/cwt	124.00–127.00	475	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	106.32/cwt	90.00–113.00	656	18
Heifers	Small 3	—	420	97.00/cwt	96.00–98.00	407	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	528	84.88/cwt	80.00–90.00	448	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	123.52/cwt	120.00–127.00	584	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	97.50/cwt	90.00–105.00	634	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	380	116.41/cwt	113.00–120.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	583	108.03/cwt	105.00–112.00	630	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	195	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	197	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 →

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

Fri Dec 13, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 763Last week 937Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 145Last week 243Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	238	114.00–124.00	121.42
4	—	368	113.00–126.00	120.90
7	—	432	114.00–120.00	117.42
1	—	460	117.00	117.00
1	—	520	110.00	110.00
4	—	284	124.00–126.00	124.52
4	—	330	109.00–116.00	111.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	477	129.00–134.00	131.80
1	—	815	109.00	109.00
3	—	280	130.00–138.00	132.67
7	—	521	117.00–132.00	121.46
31	—	373	122.00–148.00	134.61
9	—	583	121.00–126.00	123.24
10	—	737	115.00	115.00
36	—	410	120.00–137.00	130.42
3	—	618	104.00–120.00	114.36
4	—	699	118.00	118.00
18	—	324	125.00–150.00	135.14
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	100.00	100.00
2	—	238	109.00–110.00	109.52
7	—	429	101.00–110.00	105.95
8	—	374	90.00–113.00	104.37
2	—	473	100.00–109.00	104.43
5	—	327	100.00–104.00	100.97
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	99.00	99.00
3	—	358	89.00–90.00	89.67
4	—	330	90.00–95.00	92.26
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	418	100.00–109.00	102.46
1	—	235	100.00	100.00
4	—	365	100.00–104.00	100.96
2	—	593	105.00–109.00	107.01
3	—	282	100.00–111.00	103.84
4	—	528	104.00–110.00	108.07
10	—	487	102.00–110.00	105.53
3	—	335	100.00–108.00	102.67
1	—	195	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	303	110.00–121.00	115.45
1	—	425	114.00	114.00
1	—	285	126.00	126.00
4	—	470	110.00–118.00	112.93
6	—	514	109.00–114.00	110.48
2	—	380	113.00–120.00	116.41
3	—	583	105.00–112.00	108.03
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	323	90.00–96.00	92.89
3	—	467	90.00–91.00	90.32
1	—	370	90.00	90.00
5	—	552	94.00	94.00
2	—	420	96.00–98.00	97.00
2	—	528	80.00–90.00	84.88
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	113.00	113.00
2	—	710	90.00	90.00
3	—	317	128.00–129.00	128.68
4	—	419	120.00–137.00	125.39
6	—	763	80.00–98.00	92.41
10	—	378	124.00–127.00	125.64
18	—	617	90.00–113.00	106.32
2	—	473	120.00–127.00	123.52
2	—	650	90.00–105.00	97.50
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	96.00	96.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	54.00	54.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	80.00	80.00
3	—	485	100.00–109.00	104.35
11	—	563	100.00–108.00	104.97
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	524	110.00–118.00	112.48
11	—	474	113.00–121.00	116.45
8	—	573	110.00–116.00	112.76
3	—	673	94.00–98.00	95.33
2	—	635	95.00–107.00	101.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	86.00	86.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	726	90.00–108.00	98.50
2	—	828	86.00–97.00	91.55
1	—	435	130.00	130.00
13	—	471	120.00–135.00	128.93
12	—	632	103.00–114.00	108.09
13	—	671	100.00–114.00	104.55
13	—	569	115.00–125.00	117.65
7	—	516	117.00–125.00	120.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,005	83.00	83.00
6	—	1,398	54.00–66.00	58.69
5	—	1,564	67.00–72.00	69.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,566	47.00–54.00	49.27
3	—	1,500	37.00–44.00	41.09
1	—	1,470	62.00	62.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,165	45.00–54.00	47.99
19	—	1,106	30.00–44.00	41.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,005	28.00–38.00	34.05
2	—	775	41.00–48.00	44.50

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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