Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle steady to up 1.00 to 2.00 . Feeder cattle steady to up 1.00 to 2.00 . Demand moderate with market activity and buyer interest moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average

Baby calves 25.00 to 45.00

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.65/cwt on 156 head.

Average price

$139.65

156 head · 406 lb average

Value per head Derived

$567

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

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

$36.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.76

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	431	146.11	630	121
Medium 2	323	123.40	398	20
Medium 3	313	109.23	342	15thin

One grade step is worth $36.88/cwt here — about $288 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 sale156 hd

139.65

—

NC average7 barns · 619 hd

141.41

−1.76

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	1,613	80.08	1,291	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,554	70.48	1,095	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,105	60.31	666	113
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	875	39.29	344	15

Every lot, as filed

81 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
Bulls	—	—	1,833	87.74/cwt	84.00–94.00	1,608	10
Bulls	—	—	1,501	77.42/cwt	72.00–89.00	1,162	8
Bulls	—	—	1,285	66.24/cwt	60.00–70.00	851	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	113.57/cwt	100.00–124.00	709	16
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	500	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	465	125.45/cwt	123.00–128.00	583	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	570	117.43/cwt	112.00–120.00	669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	110.34/cwt	100.00–117.00	686	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	105.39/cwt	100.00–109.00	699	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	133.50/cwt	130.00–139.00	368	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	132.38/cwt	115.00–138.00	814	6
Steers	Medium 3	—	183	109.49/cwt	109.00–110.00	200	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	410	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	431	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	330	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	363	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	264	128.40/cwt	120.00–130.00	339	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	379	125.68/cwt	120.00–134.00	476	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	137.19/cwt	129.00–147.00	704	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	329	115.94/cwt	110.00–121.00	381	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	233	115.05/cwt	110.00–120.00	268	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	480	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	147.60/cwt	130.00–166.00	623	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	163.86/cwt	140.00–169.00	462	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	329	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	153.49/cwt	135.00–168.00	497	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	148.60/cwt	131.00–165.00	563	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	148.18/cwt	134.00–158.00	705	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	292	110.85/cwt	110.00–111.00	324	6
Steers	Medium 3	—	367	107.87/cwt	100.00–110.00	396	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	132.17/cwt	130.00–138.00	759	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	866	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	113.53/cwt	110.00–117.00	872	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,875	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	530	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	233	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	672	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	403	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	480	122.13/cwt	118.00–129.00	586	6
Bulls	Medium 3	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	103.16/cwt	94.00–110.00	751	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	590	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	637	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	623	87.03/cwt	86.00–88.00	542	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	505	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	591	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	131.89/cwt	120.00–146.00	686	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	137.47/cwt	128.00–150.00	652	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	126.12/cwt	120.00–134.00	716	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	111.04/cwt	100.00–120.00	741	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,032	55.63/cwt	50.00–62.00	574	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	69.39/cwt	61.00–78.00	842	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	72.88/cwt	64.00–84.00	1,135	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	56.08/cwt	54.00–58.00	861	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	841	36.29/cwt	30.00–40.00	305	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	43.78/cwt	43.00–45.00	405	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	560	100.61/cwt	96.00–106.00	563	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	372	108.05/cwt	106.00–110.00	402	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	440	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	220	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	244	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	476	118.14/cwt	110.00–122.00	562	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,004	45.80/cwt	41.00–50.00	460	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	515	114.05/cwt	110.00–120.00	587	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	336	121.17/cwt	117.00–124.00	407	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	440	119.00/cwt	115.00–122.00	524	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	390	120.03/cwt	115.00–125.00	468	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	565	111.67/cwt	110.00–115.00	631	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	513	108.01/cwt	105.00–110.00	554	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	670	85.49/cwt	85.00–86.00	573	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	188	127.04/cwt	124.00–130.00	239	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	126.72/cwt	124.00–130.00	591	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	117.81/cwt	115.00–119.00	661	11
Heifers	Medium 2	—	245	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	122.02/cwt	116.00–128.00	641	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	180	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	216	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	318	105.52/cwt	100.00–110.00	336	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	130.85/cwt	125.00–151.00	488	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	128.49/cwt	125.00–134.00	541	14
Heifers	Medium 2	—	282	121.69/cwt	120.00–125.00	343	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	135.43/cwt	129.00–147.00	432	12

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 31, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 639Last week 591Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 210Last week 152Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Baby calves 25.00 to 45.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,833	84.00–94.00	87.74
8	—	1,501	72.00–89.00	77.42
4	—	1,285	60.00–70.00	66.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,032	50.00–62.00	55.63
47	—	1,214	61.00–78.00	69.39
12	—	1,004	41.00–50.00	45.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,557	64.00–84.00	72.88
2	—	1,535	54.00–58.00	56.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	841	30.00–40.00	36.29
6	—	925	43.00–45.00	43.78

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	624	100.00–124.00	113.57
4	—	728	94.00–110.00	103.16
15	—	520	120.00–146.00	131.89
10	—	474	128.00–150.00	137.47
6	—	568	120.00–134.00	126.12
5	—	667	100.00–120.00	111.04
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	126.00	126.00
2	—	465	123.00–128.00	125.45
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	112.00–120.00	117.43
6	—	480	118.00–129.00	122.13
2	—	623	86.00–88.00	87.03
1	—	505	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	110.00	110.00
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
1	—	590	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	622	100.00–117.00	110.34
5	—	663	100.00–109.00	105.39
4	—	276	130.00–139.00	133.50
1	—	760	94.00	94.00
1	—	715	85.00	85.00
15	—	466	124.00–130.00	126.72
11	—	561	115.00–119.00	117.81
8	—	525	116.00–128.00	122.02
1	—	180	120.00	120.00
15	—	373	125.00–151.00	130.85
14	—	421	125.00–134.00	128.49
12	—	319	129.00–147.00	135.43
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	96.00–106.00	100.61
3	—	372	106.00–110.00	108.05
1	—	440	108.00	108.00
1	—	220	111.00	111.00
4	—	513	105.00–110.00	108.01
6	—	318	100.00–110.00	105.52
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	476	110.00–122.00	118.14
5	—	515	110.00–120.00	114.05
5	—	336	117.00–124.00	121.17
3	—	440	115.00–122.00	119.00
4	—	390	115.00–125.00	120.03
3	—	565	110.00–115.00	111.67
2	—	670	85.00–86.00	85.49
2	—	188	124.00–130.00	127.04
1	—	245	126.00	126.00
3	—	282	120.00–125.00	121.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	615	115.00–138.00	132.38
9	—	513	129.00–147.00	137.19
30	—	422	130.00–166.00	147.60
8	—	282	140.00–169.00	163.86
1	—	900	110.00	110.00
1	—	805	114.00	114.00
1	—	235	140.00	140.00
27	—	324	135.00–168.00	153.49
17	—	379	131.00–165.00	148.60
10	—	476	134.00–158.00	148.18
6	—	574	130.00–138.00	132.17
3	—	693	125.00	125.00
2	—	768	110.00–117.00	113.53
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	183	109.00–110.00	109.49
1	—	410	105.00	105.00
1	—	330	110.00	110.00
6	—	292	110.00–111.00	110.85
5	—	367	100.00–110.00	107.87
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	264	120.00–130.00	128.40
5	—	379	120.00–134.00	125.68
4	—	329	110.00–121.00	115.94
2	—	233	110.00–120.00	115.05
1	—	480	127.00	127.00
1	—	445	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	44.00	44.00
5	—	672	60.00	60.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	625.00	625.00

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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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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