Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Correction with removal of slaughter goat with incorrect weight*

Compared to last sale slaughter cattle were up 2.00 to 4.00. Feeder cattle steady to up 2.00 to 4.00 . Demand was moderate ;market activity and buyer interest were moderate .Offerings moderate with quality average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.39/cwt on 117 head.

Average price

$134.39

117 head · 444 lb average

Value per head Derived

$596

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$32.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.02

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	456	137.39	626	102
Medium 2	365	120.06	438	9thin
Medium 3	358	104.85	375	6thin

One grade step is worth $32.54/cwt here — about $251 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 sale117 hd

134.39

—

NC average2 barns · 143 hd

131.38

+3.02

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	1,472	74.93	1,103	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,564	56.02	876	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,124	54.56	613	78
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	900	38.63	347	14

Every lot, as filed

74 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 3	—	350	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	364	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	465	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	502	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	310	103.05/cwt	100.00–106.00	319	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	284	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	822	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	119.62/cwt	114.00–124.00	799	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	122.65/cwt	118.00–128.00	768	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	156.80/cwt	140.00–160.00	437	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	140.87/cwt	130.00–158.00	461	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	137.21/cwt	128.00–143.00	704	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	134.90/cwt	126.00–138.00	782	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	139.73/cwt	128.00–152.00	516	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	139.14/cwt	130.00–145.00	665	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	136.70/cwt	123.00–150.00	586	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,189	879.23/cwt	700.00–975.00	10,454	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	438	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	482	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	373	114.36/cwt	112.00–117.00	427	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	210	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	231	1
Bulls	—	—	1,291	70.82/cwt	60.00–74.00	914	5
Bulls	—	—	1,563	76.99/cwt	74.00–80.00	1,203	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,678	68.09/cwt	65.00–74.00	1,143	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,542	46.22/cwt	44.00–48.00	713	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	56.08/cwt	51.00–62.00	863	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	33.70/cwt	30.00–40.00	320	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	43.55/cwt	40.00–48.00	370	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	62.97/cwt	60.00–80.00	741	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,044	45.61/cwt	40.00–54.00	476	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	55.61/cwt	49.00–76.00	635	42
Heifers	Medium 3	—	270	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	300	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	560	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	582	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	735	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	543	108.00/cwt	107.00–109.00	586	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	170	104.98/cwt	102.00–110.00	178	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	375	103.87/cwt	100.00–110.00	390	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	487	104.25/cwt	100.00–109.00	508	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	426	105.24/cwt	100.00–110.00	448	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	96.17/cwt	83.00–104.00	686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	117.41/cwt	115.00–119.00	682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	131.13/cwt	124.00–136.00	413	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	102.87/cwt	100.00–107.00	636	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	126.46/cwt	123.00–128.00	549	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	124.57/cwt	118.00–132.00	588	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	121.20/cwt	115.00–128.00	628	22
Heifers	Small 3	—	565	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	554	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	175	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	224	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	325	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	390	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	465	113.45/cwt	112.00–115.00	528	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	573	114.97/cwt	114.00–116.00	659	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	470	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	517	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	525	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	536	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	585	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	102.02/cwt	100.00–104.00	794	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	95.29/cwt	91.00–99.00	777	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	115.46/cwt	110.00–126.00	714	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	128.43/cwt	120.00–144.00	619	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	112.16/cwt	106.00–116.00	760	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	722	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	124.25/cwt	119.00–129.00	649	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	122.72/cwt	117.00–133.00	700	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	590	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	661	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	290	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	305	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	530	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	604	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	215	128.05/cwt	127.00–129.00	275	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	430	116.83/cwt	112.00–120.00	502	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	374	120.52/cwt	116.00–126.00	451	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	265	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	268	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 Jan 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 387Last week 425Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 155Last week 142Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 0Year ago 0

*Correction with removal of slaughter goat with incorrect weight*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	104.00	104.00
1	—	445	110.00	110.00
1	—	465	108.00	108.00
2	—	310	100.00–106.00	103.05
1	—	265	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	135.00	135.00
1	—	790	104.00	104.00
5	—	668	114.00–124.00	119.62
6	—	626	118.00–128.00	122.65
9	—	279	140.00–160.00	156.80
9	—	327	130.00–158.00	140.87
9	—	513	128.00–143.00	137.21
12	—	580	126.00–138.00	134.90
13	—	369	128.00–152.00	139.73
14	—	478	130.00–145.00	139.14
23	—	429	123.00–150.00	136.70
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	175	128.00	128.00
1	—	325	120.00	120.00
3	—	430	112.00–120.00	116.83
4	—	374	116.00–126.00	120.52
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	110.00	110.00
3	—	373	112.00–117.00	114.36
1	—	290	124.00	124.00
1	—	305	118.00	118.00
1	—	530	114.00	114.00
1	—	560	110.00	110.00
2	—	215	127.00–129.00	128.05
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	110.00	110.00
1	—	270	111.00	111.00
1	—	560	104.00	104.00
1	—	735	76.00	76.00
2	—	543	107.00–109.00	108.00
3	—	170	102.00–110.00	104.98
3	—	375	100.00–110.00	103.87
3	—	487	100.00–109.00	104.25
6	—	426	100.00–110.00	105.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	106.00	106.00
2	—	360	132.00	132.00
2	—	770	98.00	98.00
4	—	713	83.00–104.00	96.17
5	—	581	115.00–119.00	117.41
6	—	315	124.00–136.00	131.13
6	—	618	100.00–107.00	102.87
9	—	434	123.00–128.00	126.46
9	—	472	118.00–132.00	124.57
22	—	518	115.00–128.00	121.20
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	110.00	110.00
2	—	465	112.00–115.00	113.45
2	—	573	114.00–116.00	114.97
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	110.00	110.00
1	—	525	102.00	102.00
1	—	585	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	92.00	92.00
2	—	778	100.00–104.00	102.02
3	—	815	91.00–99.00	95.29
4	—	618	110.00–126.00	115.46
6	—	482	120.00–144.00	128.43
6	—	678	106.00–116.00	112.16
6	—	722	100.00	100.00
8	—	522	119.00–129.00	124.25
11	—	570	117.00–133.00	122.72

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,189	700.00–975.00	879.23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,291	60.00–74.00	70.82
10	—	1,563	74.00–80.00	76.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,678	65.00–74.00	68.09
5	—	1,542	44.00–48.00	46.22
13	—	1,538	51.00–62.00	56.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	949	30.00–40.00	33.70
7	—	850	40.00–48.00	43.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,177	60.00–80.00	62.97
20	—	1,044	40.00–54.00	45.61
42	—	1,141	49.00–76.00	55.61

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

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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