Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Baby calves 95.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.50/cwt on 148 head.

Average price

$122.50

148 head · 454 lb average

Value per head Derived

$556

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$347

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

$27.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.73

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	474	126.42	600	108
Medium 2	388	116.43	452	23
Medium 3	426	106.17	452	16thin
Small 3	255	99.00	252	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.42/cwt here — about $347 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 sale148 hd

122.50

—

NC average8 barns · 1,176 hd

120.77

+1.73

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	1,586	87.80	1,392	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,096	61.91	678	69
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,622	61.54	998	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	801	41.71	334	7thin

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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	370	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	207	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	423	103.25/cwt	100.00–108.00	437	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	528	104.61/cwt	101.00–109.00	552	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	469	109.98/cwt	109.00–111.00	516	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	333	1
Bulls	—	—	1,640	99.78/cwt	97.00–107.00	1,636	3
Bulls	—	—	1,550	71.81/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,113	3
Bulls	—	—	1,576	89.81/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,415	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	72.05/cwt	67.00–76.00	901	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	999	53.63/cwt	44.00–58.00	536	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	63.46/cwt	53.00–89.00	703	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,080	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	53.49/cwt	53.00–54.00	856	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,667	62.07/cwt	59.00–66.00	1,035	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	805	51.48/cwt	51.00–52.00	414	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	799	37.80/cwt	32.00–44.00	302	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	630	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	347	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	507	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	750	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	148.87/cwt	122.00–169.00	633	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	149.42/cwt	134.00–168.00	566	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	156.30/cwt	134.00–179.00	505	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	140.36/cwt	133.00–159.00	668	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	136.98/cwt	130.00–149.00	710	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	136.83/cwt	124.00–139.00	898	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	130.99/cwt	117.00–143.00	810	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	267	105.43/cwt	102.00–110.00	281	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	575	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	365	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	398	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	340	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	371	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	383	120.01/cwt	112.00–121.00	460	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	476	111.50/cwt	110.00–114.00	531	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	287	122.00/cwt	118.00–126.00	350	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	418	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	497	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	315	116.94/cwt	115.00–119.00	368	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	600	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	534	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	500	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	155	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	172	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	128.50/cwt	120.00–143.00	671	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	137.11/cwt	120.00–158.00	640	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	107.91/cwt	98.00–112.00	664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	104.16/cwt	96.00–108.00	744	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	121.85/cwt	117.00–128.00	690	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	274	139.91/cwt	134.00–148.00	383	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	105.90/cwt	96.00–108.00	719	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	135.62/cwt	124.00–150.00	443	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	126.92/cwt	115.00–136.00	660	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	132.17/cwt	124.00–143.00	494	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	131.07/cwt	123.00–145.00	565	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	130.50/cwt	122.00–138.00	615	20
Heifers	Small 3	—	255	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	252	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	375	120.43/cwt	112.00–128.00	452	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	317	118.37/cwt	113.00–128.00	375	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	320	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	326	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	233	107.03/cwt	106.00–108.00	249	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	390	109.49/cwt	109.00–110.00	427	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	329	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	867	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	112.98/cwt	100.00–123.00	757	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	117.41/cwt	105.00–122.00	734	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	124.78/cwt	116.00–130.00	715	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	94.31/cwt	90.00–97.00	776	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	107.98/cwt	106.00–110.00	824	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	728	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	585	104.50/cwt	104.00–105.00	611	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	475	106.54/cwt	103.00–110.00	506	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	580	113.72/cwt	110.00–117.00	660	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	472	116.29/cwt	112.00–120.00	549	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	525	114.00/cwt	111.00–117.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	775	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	659	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	610	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	146.39/cwt	140.00–150.00	395	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	107.38/cwt	100.00–115.00	873	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	117.03/cwt	116.00–118.00	846	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	138.46/cwt	137.00–140.00	796	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	946	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 Mar 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 508Last week 775Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 112Last week 169Year ago 0

Baby calves 95.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	56.00	56.00
2	—	630	55.00	55.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	100.00–108.00	103.25
3	—	528	101.00–109.00	104.61
4	—	469	109.00–111.00	109.98
3	—	267	102.00–110.00	105.43
1	—	575	101.00	101.00
1	—	365	109.00	109.00
1	—	340	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	136.00	136.00
1	—	780	90.00	90.00
2	—	823	99.00	99.00
4	—	615	98.00–112.00	107.91
5	—	714	96.00–108.00	104.16
6	—	566	117.00–128.00	121.85
7	—	274	134.00–148.00	139.91
7	—	679	96.00–108.00	105.90
9	—	327	124.00–150.00	135.62
12	—	520	115.00–136.00	126.92
14	—	374	124.00–143.00	132.17
20	—	431	123.00–145.00	131.07
20	—	471	122.00–138.00	130.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	383	112.00–121.00	120.01
4	—	476	110.00–114.00	111.50
3	—	287	118.00–126.00	122.00
2	—	418	119.00	119.00
2	—	315	115.00–119.00	116.94
1	—	600	89.00	89.00
1	—	500	114.00	114.00
1	—	155	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	99.00	99.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	507	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	425	122.00–169.00	148.87
15	—	379	134.00–168.00	149.42
13	—	323	134.00–179.00	156.30
11	—	476	133.00–159.00	140.36
10	—	518	130.00–149.00	136.98
7	—	656	124.00–139.00	136.83
4	—	618	117.00–143.00	130.99
1	—	235	140.00	140.00
1	—	795	109.00	109.00
1	—	885	113.00	113.00
3	—	270	140.00–150.00	146.39
2	—	813	100.00–115.00	107.38
2	—	723	116.00–118.00	117.03
2	—	575	137.00–140.00	138.46
1	—	985	96.00	96.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	120.00	120.00
1	—	480	120.00	120.00
2	—	375	112.00–128.00	120.43
3	—	317	113.00–128.00	118.37
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	102.00	102.00
2	—	233	106.00–108.00	107.03
2	—	390	109.00–110.00	109.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	522	120.00–143.00	128.50
20	—	467	120.00–158.00	137.11
10	—	670	100.00–123.00	112.98
9	—	625	105.00–122.00	117.41
9	—	573	116.00–130.00	124.78
3	—	823	90.00–97.00	94.31
2	—	763	106.00–110.00	107.98
1	—	880	85.00	85.00
1	—	700	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	104.00–105.00	104.50
2	—	475	103.00–110.00	106.54
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	110.00–117.00	113.72
3	—	472	112.00–120.00	116.29
2	—	525	111.00–117.00	114.00
1	—	775	85.00	85.00
1	—	610	96.00	96.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,640	97.00–107.00	99.78
3	—	1,550	70.00–74.00	71.81
6	—	1,576	85.00–95.00	89.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,250	67.00–76.00	72.05
17	—	999	44.00–58.00	53.63
45	—	1,108	53.00–89.00	63.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	75.00	75.00
2	—	1,600	53.00–54.00	53.49
5	—	1,667	59.00–66.00	62.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	805	51.00–52.00	51.48
5	—	799	32.00–44.00	37.80

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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