Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Correction to slaughter cattle records with removal of record with incorrect weight.*

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were up 2.00 to 3.00 . Feeder cattle were steady . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate .Offerings moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 35.00

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.93/cwt on 161 head.

Average price

$140.93

161 head · 405 lb average

Value per head Derived

$571

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

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

$35.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.13

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	425	146.23	622	130
Medium 2	317	122.17	387	21
Medium 1-2	515	118.00	608	1thin
Medium 3	307	110.77	340	9thin

One grade step is worth $35.46/cwt here — about $282 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 sale161 hd

140.93

—

NC average8 barns · 868 hd

147.06

−6.13

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	1,453	77.27	1,123	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,649	69.08	1,139	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,067	58.31	622	88
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	773	37.19	288	19

Every lot, as filed

80 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	436	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	209	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	570	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	593	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	520	106.00/cwt	104.00–108.00	551	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	415	106.75/cwt	102.00–109.00	443	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	330	103.73/cwt	100.00–111.00	342	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	270	106.69/cwt	104.00–111.00	288	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	319	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	97.94/cwt	90.00–106.00	690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	137.62/cwt	130.00–142.00	388	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	133.53/cwt	126.00–140.00	501	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	121.97/cwt	120.00–123.00	699	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	145.21/cwt	124.00–149.00	470	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	115.52/cwt	104.00–118.00	715	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	130.22/cwt	124.00–139.00	626	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	108.95/cwt	105.00–117.00	723	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	125.36/cwt	123.00–129.00	656	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	130.41/cwt	125.00–140.00	552	28
Heifers	Small 3	—	233	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	228	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	515	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	608	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	188	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	226	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	318	115.97/cwt	112.00–120.00	369	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	375	127.66/cwt	126.00–129.00	479	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	213	121.24/cwt	118.00–130.00	258	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	277	123.47/cwt	120.00–134.00	342	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	425	121.97/cwt	115.00–126.00	518	6
Steers	Medium 3	—	210	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	227	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	315	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	340	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	388	110.33/cwt	110.00–111.00	428	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	269	112.48/cwt	106.00–125.00	303	4
Bulls	—	—	1,389	65.80/cwt	64.00–68.00	914	5
Bulls	—	—	1,673	89.13/cwt	81.00–94.00	1,491	5
Bulls	—	—	1,323	76.94/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,018	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	953	43.77/cwt	39.00–48.00	417	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,046	55.50/cwt	50.00–65.00	581	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,114	64.45/cwt	60.00–75.00	718	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,770	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	1,044	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,632	70.52/cwt	62.00–78.00	1,151	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	770	43.17/cwt	41.00–46.00	332	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	775	34.43/cwt	26.00–40.00	267	13
Bulls	Medium 2	—	580	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	673	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	865	84.99/cwt	84.00–86.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	458	119.95/cwt	115.00–125.00	549	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	517	119.98/cwt	119.00–124.00	620	5
Bulls	Medium 3	—	585	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	715	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	572	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	465	105.45/cwt	101.00–110.00	490	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	104.14/cwt	91.00–114.00	809	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	139.54/cwt	122.00–154.00	668	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	127.99/cwt	121.00–134.00	728	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	120.93/cwt	100.00–130.00	753	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	105.51/cwt	90.00–118.00	760	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	136.45/cwt	120.00–149.00	708	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	116.84/cwt	100.00–128.00	779	16
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	465	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	610	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	215	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	267	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	295	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	333	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	535	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	565	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	661	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	188	125.01/cwt	124.00–126.00	235	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	463	116.98/cwt	114.00–120.00	542	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	422	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	506	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	367	119.75/cwt	115.00–124.00	439	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	321	117.80/cwt	112.00–123.00	378	7
Heifers	Medium 3	—	235	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	259	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	480	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	180	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	259	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	113.57/cwt	110.00–117.00	823	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	223	139.54/cwt	136.00–143.00	311	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	129.98/cwt	121.00–135.00	816	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	135.48/cwt	120.00–143.00	772	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	125.06/cwt	114.00–128.00	863	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	153.18/cwt	136.00–167.00	429	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	146.83/cwt	140.00–155.00	769	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	143.88/cwt	130.00–166.00	540	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	146.14/cwt	132.00–156.00	690	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	158.65/cwt	135.00–172.00	516	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	144.62/cwt	129.00–160.00	616	31
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	575	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	282	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 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 591Last week 637Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 152Last week 201Year ago 0

*Correction to slaughter cattle records with removal of record with incorrect weight.*

Baby calves 35.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	436	48.00	48.00
1	—	575	49.00	49.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	104.00	104.00
2	—	520	104.00–108.00	106.00
3	—	415	102.00–109.00	106.75
4	—	330	100.00–111.00	103.73
7	—	270	104.00–111.00	106.69
1	—	235	110.00	110.00
1	—	480	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	130.00	130.00
2	—	705	90.00–106.00	97.94
3	—	282	130.00–142.00	137.62
7	—	375	126.00–140.00	133.53
9	—	573	120.00–123.00	121.97
10	—	324	124.00–149.00	145.21
10	—	619	104.00–118.00	115.52
11	—	481	124.00–139.00	130.22
11	—	664	105.00–117.00	108.95
13	—	523	123.00–129.00	125.36
28	—	423	125.00–140.00	130.41
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	233	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	113.00	113.00
1	—	610	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	124.00	124.00
1	—	295	113.00	113.00
1	—	535	116.00	116.00
1	—	565	117.00	117.00
2	—	188	124.00–126.00	125.01
2	—	463	114.00–120.00	116.98
3	—	422	120.00	120.00
6	—	367	115.00–124.00	119.75
7	—	321	112.00–123.00	117.80
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	188	120.00	120.00
2	—	318	112.00–120.00	115.97
3	—	375	126.00–129.00	127.66
4	—	213	118.00–130.00	121.24
4	—	277	120.00–134.00	123.47
6	—	425	115.00–126.00	121.97
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	108.00	108.00
1	—	315	108.00	108.00
3	—	388	110.00–111.00	110.33
4	—	269	106.00–125.00	112.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	180	144.00	144.00
2	—	725	110.00–117.00	113.57
3	—	223	136.00–143.00	139.54
3	—	628	121.00–135.00	129.98
5	—	570	120.00–143.00	135.48
7	—	690	114.00–128.00	125.06
8	—	280	136.00–167.00	153.18
11	—	524	140.00–155.00	146.83
14	—	375	130.00–166.00	143.88
16	—	472	132.00–156.00	146.14
29	—	325	135.00–172.00	158.65
31	—	426	129.00–160.00	144.62
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	116.00	116.00
2	—	865	84.00–86.00	84.99
5	—	458	115.00–125.00	119.95
5	—	517	119.00–124.00	119.98
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	100.00	100.00
1	—	715	80.00	80.00
2	—	465	101.00–110.00	105.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	87.00	87.00
6	—	777	91.00–114.00	104.14
8	—	479	122.00–154.00	139.54
9	—	569	121.00–134.00	127.99
9	—	623	100.00–130.00	120.93
9	—	720	90.00–118.00	105.51
13	—	519	120.00–149.00	136.45
16	—	667	100.00–128.00	116.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,389	64.00–68.00	65.80
5	—	1,673	81.00–94.00	89.13
6	—	1,323	70.00–80.00	76.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	953	39.00–48.00	43.77
35	—	1,046	50.00–65.00	55.50
42	—	1,114	60.00–75.00	64.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,770	59.00	59.00
7	—	1,632	62.00–78.00	70.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	770	41.00–46.00	43.17
13	—	775	26.00–40.00	34.43

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