Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle down 2.00 to 4.00 . Feeder cattle were steady to down 2.00 to 3.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings of cattle were moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 15.00 to 90.00 23 head

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.90/cwt on 236 head.

Average price

$118.90

236 head · 443 lb average

Value per head Derived

$527

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$31.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.48

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	447	126.02	563	137
Medium 2	480	113.48	545	56
Medium 3	380	105.64	401	34
Small 3	405	94.45	382	9thin

One grade step is worth $31.56/cwt here — about $181 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 sale236 hd

118.90

—

NC average8 barns · 1,008 hd

120.38

−1.48

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	1,641	85.41	1,402	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,532	64.91	995	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,112	60.15	669	77
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	845	44.91	380	13

Every lot, as filed

84 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	60.08/cwt	50.00–66.00	666	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	546	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,611	74.11/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,194	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	62.58/cwt	54.00–69.00	945	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	886	53.35/cwt	50.00–58.00	473	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	820	39.64/cwt	30.00–47.00	325	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	144.28/cwt	130.00–164.00	545	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	148.50/cwt	123.00–169.00	484	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	144.70/cwt	130.00–157.00	686	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	145.38/cwt	137.00–156.00	756	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	137.81/cwt	125.00–142.00	780	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	149.27/cwt	130.00–161.00	408	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	131.82/cwt	124.00–140.00	813	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	832	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	223	137.67/cwt	131.00–154.00	307	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	160	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	211	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	332	103.42/cwt	100.00–110.00	343	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	375	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	386	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	290	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	302	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	170	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	189	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	322	121.51/cwt	117.00–128.00	391	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	286	124.13/cwt	119.00–127.00	355	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	418	121.96/cwt	120.00–125.00	510	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	372	121.38/cwt	120.00–123.00	452	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	195	131.50/cwt	127.00–136.00	256	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	532	92.38/cwt	90.00–94.00	491	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	431	117.61/cwt	114.00–120.00	507	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	620	94.53/cwt	90.00–98.00	586	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	386	118.31/cwt	115.00–120.00	457	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	270	121.27/cwt	114.00–126.00	327	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	323	120.66/cwt	118.00–124.00	390	3
Bulls	Small 3	—	525	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	133.80/cwt	125.00–151.00	638	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	146.87/cwt	132.00–159.00	617	57
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	185	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	142	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	473	117.80/cwt	112.00–125.00	557	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	517	113.29/cwt	110.00–115.00	586	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	560	112.11/cwt	106.00–115.00	628	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	465	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	270	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	505	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	253	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	215	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	194	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	8,645	1
Bulls	—	—	1,430	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,130	1
Bulls	—	—	2,025	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,843	1
Bulls	—	—	1,630	85.46/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,393	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,061	47.27/cwt	40.00–54.00	502	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	71.70/cwt	64.00–79.00	835	17
Heifers	Medium 3	—	180	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	207	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	513	103.25/cwt	100.00–105.00	530	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	373	105.67/cwt	101.00–108.00	394	5
Heifers	Medium 3	—	418	108.21/cwt	105.00–110.00	452	5
Heifers	Medium 3	—	331	103.66/cwt	100.00–110.00	343	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	469	104.32/cwt	100.00–110.00	489	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	274	106.65/cwt	102.00–114.00	292	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	307	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	117.00/cwt	116.00–118.00	647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	134.37/cwt	130.00–138.00	376	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	104.02/cwt	100.00–108.00	649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	107.15/cwt	105.00–108.00	709	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	134.73/cwt	130.00–137.00	443	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	117.94/cwt	115.00–120.00	622	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	133.95/cwt	128.00–139.00	502	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	124.80/cwt	121.00–131.00	579	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	130.10/cwt	120.00–136.00	546	43
Heifers	Small 3	—	270	96.42/cwt	95.00–98.00	260	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	328	94.47/cwt	90.00–99.00	310	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	425	95.57/cwt	94.00–97.00	406	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	588	112.51/cwt	110.00–115.00	662	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	530	115.98/cwt	110.00–118.00	615	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	486	122.42/cwt	114.00–124.00	595	6
Bulls	Medium 3	—	488	108.48/cwt	107.00–110.00	529	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	520	106.57/cwt	104.00–109.00	554	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	793	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	93.45/cwt	90.00–97.00	902	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	105.98/cwt	100.00–112.00	717	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	104.28/cwt	94.00–111.00	749	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	108.87/cwt	100.00–120.00	668	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	130.41/cwt	120.00–138.00	683	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	126.99/cwt	120.00–140.00	720	16

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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 775Last week 143Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 169Last week 52Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Baby calves 15.00 to 90.00 23 head

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,109	50.00–66.00	60.08
15	—	1,061	40.00–54.00	47.27
17	—	1,165	64.00–79.00	71.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	40.00	40.00
7	—	1,611	70.00–79.00	74.11
17	—	1,510	54.00–69.00	62.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	886	50.00–58.00	53.35
8	—	820	30.00–47.00	39.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	79.00	79.00
1	—	2,025	91.00	91.00
15	—	1,630	80.00–89.00	85.46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	378	130.00–164.00	144.28
30	—	326	123.00–169.00	148.50
16	—	474	130.00–157.00	144.70
12	—	520	137.00–156.00	145.38
10	—	566	125.00–142.00	137.81
10	—	273	130.00–161.00	149.27
6	—	617	124.00–140.00	131.82
4	—	711	117.00	117.00
4	—	223	131.00–154.00	137.67
1	—	900	100.00	100.00
1	—	750	104.00	104.00
1	—	160	132.00	132.00
57	—	420	132.00–159.00	146.87
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	332	100.00–110.00	103.42
1	—	375	103.00	103.00
1	—	290	104.00	104.00
1	—	170	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	322	117.00–128.00	121.51
5	—	286	119.00–127.00	124.13
3	—	418	120.00–125.00	121.96
3	—	372	120.00–123.00	121.38
2	—	195	127.00–136.00	131.50
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	90.00–94.00	92.38
2	—	270	95.00–98.00	96.42
2	—	328	90.00–99.00	94.47
2	—	425	94.00–97.00	95.57
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	431	114.00–120.00	117.61
7	—	620	90.00–98.00	94.53
4	—	386	115.00–120.00	118.31
4	—	270	114.00–126.00	121.27
3	—	323	118.00–124.00	120.66
10	—	473	112.00–125.00	117.80
10	—	517	110.00–115.00	113.29
10	—	560	106.00–115.00	112.11
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	180	115.00	115.00
4	—	513	100.00–105.00	103.25
5	—	373	101.00–108.00	105.67
5	—	418	105.00–110.00	108.21
6	—	331	100.00–110.00	103.66
6	—	469	100.00–110.00	104.32
7	—	274	102.00–114.00	106.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	215	143.00	143.00
1	—	730	82.00	82.00
2	—	553	116.00–118.00	117.00
4	—	280	130.00–138.00	134.37
5	—	624	100.00–108.00	104.02
7	—	662	105.00–108.00	107.15
10	—	329	130.00–137.00	134.73
18	—	527	115.00–120.00	117.94
21	—	375	128.00–139.00	133.95
25	—	464	121.00–131.00	124.80
43	—	420	120.00–136.00	130.10
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	477	125.00–151.00	133.80
1	—	770	103.00	103.00
1	—	826	98.00	98.00
1	—	940	91.00	91.00
2	—	965	90.00–97.00	93.45
5	—	677	100.00–112.00	105.98
6	—	718	94.00–111.00	104.28
8	—	614	100.00–120.00	108.87
14	—	524	120.00–138.00	130.41
16	—	567	120.00–140.00	126.99
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	110.00–115.00	112.51
4	—	530	110.00–118.00	115.98
6	—	486	114.00–124.00	122.42
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	107.00–110.00	108.48
2	—	520	104.00–109.00	106.57
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	185	77.00	77.00
1	—	465	58.00	58.00
1	—	505	50.00	50.00
10	—	215	90.00	90.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	910.00	910.00

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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