Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle steady to up 2.00 . Feeder cattle were up 2.00 to 5.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

baby calves 10.00 to 35.00

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.03/cwt on 107 head.

Average price

$131.03

107 head · 416 lb average

Value per head Derived

$545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

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

$44.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.58

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	436	134.43	586	83
Medium 2	349	122.76	429	19thin
Medium 3	326	109.98	359	4thin
Small 3	355	90.00	320	1thin

One grade step is worth $44.43/cwt here — about $267 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 sale107 hd

131.03

—

NC average7 barns · 491 hd

127.45

+3.58

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	1,536	74.65	1,147	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,515	51.81	785	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,098	46.91	515	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	918	38.68	355	15

Every lot, as filed

69 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	—	229	123.85/cwt	120.00–128.00	284	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	290	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	348	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	476	116.21/cwt	110.00–118.00	553	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	880	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	415	105.95/cwt	102.00–110.00	440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	135.80/cwt	125.00–158.00	430	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	135.88/cwt	128.00–144.00	633	18
Steers	Small 3	—	355	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	320	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	270	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	316	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	120.77/cwt	113.00–126.00	807	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	130.49/cwt	130.00–131.00	369	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	883	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	122.60/cwt	118.00–126.00	750	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	136.64/cwt	130.00–145.00	724	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	139.85/cwt	126.00–149.00	529	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	137.16/cwt	129.00–147.00	579	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	225	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	142	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	715	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	558	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	565	114.97/cwt	114.00–116.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	780	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	624	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	735	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	603	1
Bulls	—	—	1,589	75.66/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,202	6
Bulls	—	—	1,378	71.60/cwt	70.00–73.00	987	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	131.92/cwt	122.00–146.00	625	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	118.23/cwt	115.00–120.00	720	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	124.42/cwt	119.00–130.00	724	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	111.23/cwt	107.00–115.00	746	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	124.02/cwt	116.00–135.00	649	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	103.28/cwt	90.00–108.00	739	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,860	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	1,079	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,096	49.59/cwt	45.00–55.00	544	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	42.06/cwt	36.00–44.00	463	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	790	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	473	103.24/cwt	100.00–110.00	488	3
Heifers	Small 3	—	405	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	385	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	390	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	382	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	315	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	252	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	36.05/cwt	30.00–46.00	342	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	829	45.93/cwt	44.00–48.00	381	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	51.37/cwt	45.00–55.00	765	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	122.98/cwt	120.00–124.00	448	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	117.24/cwt	114.00–120.00	662	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	99.75/cwt	90.00–105.00	670	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	109.95/cwt	105.00–115.00	684	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	119.00/cwt	117.00–121.00	624	4
Heifers	Small 3	—	575	93.41/cwt	91.00–98.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	125.23/cwt	120.00–129.00	412	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	372	115.94/cwt	112.00–120.00	431	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	437	110.17/cwt	108.00–113.00	481	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	85.02/cwt	80.00–90.00	674	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	400	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	119.33/cwt	119.00–120.00	492	9
Heifers	Medium 3	—	370	103.19/cwt	100.00–110.00	382	11
Heifers	Medium 3	—	330	103.06/cwt	100.00–105.00	340	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	555	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	500	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	535	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	468	106.09/cwt	101.00–110.00	497	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	412	107.31/cwt	106.00–110.00	442	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	278	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	322	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	321	115.20/cwt	111.00–118.00	370	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	508	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	561	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	650	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	102.11/cwt	94.00–110.00	725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	603	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	205	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	228	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	377	124.49/cwt	114.00–129.00	469	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	414	118.05/cwt	110.00–122.00	489	4

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 20, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 425Last week 763Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 142Last week 145Year ago 0

baby calves 10.00 to 35.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	229	120.00–128.00	123.85
1	—	290	120.00	120.00
10	—	377	114.00–129.00	124.49
4	—	414	110.00–122.00	118.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	124.00	124.00
20	—	317	125.00–158.00	135.80
18	—	466	128.00–144.00	135.88
3	—	668	113.00–126.00	120.77
2	—	555	130.00	130.00
2	—	283	130.00–131.00	130.49
1	—	755	117.00	117.00
7	—	612	118.00–126.00	122.60
4	—	530	130.00–145.00	136.64
14	—	378	126.00–149.00	139.85
11	—	422	129.00–147.00	137.16
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	102.00–110.00	105.95
1	—	270	117.00	117.00
1	—	205	111.00	111.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	476	110.00–118.00	116.21
6	—	372	112.00–120.00	115.94
5	—	437	108.00–113.00	110.17
5	—	278	116.00	116.00
4	—	321	111.00–118.00	115.20
2	—	508	110.00–111.00	110.50
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	95.00	95.00
1	—	390	98.00	98.00
1	—	315	80.00	80.00
3	—	575	91.00–98.00	93.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	364	120.00–124.00	122.98
4	—	565	114.00–120.00	117.24
3	—	672	90.00–105.00	99.75
3	—	622	105.00–115.00	109.95
4	—	524	117.00–121.00	119.00
4	—	329	120.00–129.00	125.23
2	—	793	80.00–90.00	85.02
9	—	412	119.00–120.00	119.33
2	—	710	94.00–110.00	102.11
2	—	490	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	370	100.00–110.00	103.19
3	—	330	100.00–105.00	103.06
1	—	555	106.00	106.00
1	—	500	107.00	107.00
3	—	468	101.00–110.00	106.09
3	—	412	106.00–110.00	107.31
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	106.00	106.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	225	63.00	63.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	78.00	78.00
3	—	473	100.00–110.00	103.24
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	114.00–116.00	114.97
1	—	780	80.00	80.00
1	—	735	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	474	122.00–146.00	131.92
8	—	609	115.00–120.00	118.23
7	—	582	119.00–130.00	124.42
4	—	671	107.00–115.00	111.23
11	—	523	116.00–135.00	124.02
9	—	716	90.00–108.00	103.28
1	—	790	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,589	70.00–79.00	75.66
2	—	1,378	70.00–73.00	71.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,860	58.00	58.00
14	—	1,490	45.00–55.00	51.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,096	45.00–55.00	49.59
23	—	1,100	36.00–44.00	42.06
2	—	1,108	57.00	57.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	950	30.00–46.00	36.05
4	—	829	44.00–48.00	45.93

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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