Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Correction to feeder cattle record incorrect price corrected on 300-350 lb heifers.*

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were steady to up 1.00 to 3.00 . Feeder cattle were steady to down 1.00 to 2.00 . 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 $130.16/cwt on 189 head.

Average price

$130.16

189 head · 405 lb average

Value per head Derived

$528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

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

$29.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.19

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	419	133.93	562	152
Medium 2	356	118.95	424	26
Medium 3	327	104.55	341	11thin

One grade step is worth $29.39/cwt here — about $220 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 sale189 hd

130.16

—

NC average8 barns · 1,001 hd

136.35

−6.19

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	1,485	83.89	1,246	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,470	70.91	1,043	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,141	67.31	768	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	845	50.94	430	16

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	125.28/cwt	110.00–157.00	784	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	130.12/cwt	124.00–134.00	669	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	130.22/cwt	130.00–131.00	770	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	114.35/cwt	108.00–121.00	760	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	130.01/cwt	129.00–131.00	309	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	278	103.98/cwt	100.00–110.00	289	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	372	105.36/cwt	103.00–107.00	392	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	450	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	468	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	415	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	432	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	305	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	336	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	195	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	195	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	417	118.37/cwt	113.00–122.00	494	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	363	118.67/cwt	110.00–124.00	431	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	330	120.22/cwt	115.00–124.00	397	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	269	118.96/cwt	116.00–120.00	320	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	450	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	518	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	215	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	264	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	575	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	518	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	485	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	437	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	655	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	413	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	275	105.53/cwt	100.00–110.00	290	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	325	102.54/cwt	100.00–110.00	333	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	566	96.14/cwt	90.00–109.00	544	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	468	105.82/cwt	100.00–111.00	495	8
Heifers	Medium 3	—	436	106.46/cwt	104.00–109.00	464	12
Heifers	Medium 3	—	372	106.03/cwt	100.00–110.00	394	15
Heifers	Medium 3	—	523	98.93/cwt	88.00–105.00	517	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	82.52/cwt	80.00–85.00	627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	95.51/cwt	95.00–97.00	639	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	372	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	92.99/cwt	90.00–95.00	564	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	121.32/cwt	117.00–125.00	499	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	117.50/cwt	104.00–125.00	552	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	117.90/cwt	115.00–126.00	444	14
Heifers	Small 3	—	330	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	297	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	420	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	407	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	540	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	630	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	504	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	475	118.79/cwt	114.00–124.00	564	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	565	112.96/cwt	111.00–115.00	638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	110.77/cwt	104.00–118.00	742	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	104.41/cwt	98.00–110.00	752	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	102.17/cwt	94.00–109.00	791	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	130.80/cwt	130.00–131.00	556	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	120.93/cwt	114.00–130.00	745	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	129.23/cwt	120.00–136.00	616	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	125.77/cwt	117.00–136.00	716	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	124.80/cwt	110.00–136.00	651	17
Heifers	Medium 2	—	160	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	194	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	555	112.00/cwt	110.00–114.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	673	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	538	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	276	119.71/cwt	116.00–123.00	330	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	328	114.67/cwt	114.00–116.00	376	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	381	112.29/cwt	107.00–117.00	428	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	511	107.46/cwt	103.00–114.00	549	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	465	109.71/cwt	108.00–118.00	510	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	419	115.36/cwt	112.00–119.00	483	11
Heifers	Medium 3	—	235	102.55/cwt	100.00–105.00	241	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	608	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	365	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	145.75/cwt	130.00–159.00	396	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	131.64/cwt	126.00–136.00	632	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	133.37/cwt	124.00–145.00	495	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	141.21/cwt	125.00–156.00	459	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	130.72/cwt	124.00–138.00	550	32
Bulls	—	—	1,265	71.02/cwt	65.00–77.00	898	2
Bulls	—	—	1,625	96.23/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,564	2
Bulls	—	—	1,565	84.42/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,321	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	59.89/cwt	51.00–84.00	652	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	75.61/cwt	70.00–81.00	911	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	65.13/cwt	60.00–69.00	732	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	841	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	63.68/cwt	63.00–64.00	930	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	76.68/cwt	71.00–80.00	1,134	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	877	45.39/cwt	44.00–49.00	398	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	53.46/cwt	50.00–58.00	444	11

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 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 648Last week 508Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 112Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

*Correction to feeder cattle record incorrect price corrected on 300-350 lb heifers.*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	626	110.00–157.00	125.28
11	—	514	124.00–134.00	130.12
9	—	591	130.00–131.00	130.22
2	—	665	108.00–121.00	114.35
2	—	238	129.00–131.00	130.01
13	—	272	130.00–159.00	145.75
16	—	480	126.00–136.00	131.64
26	—	371	124.00–145.00	133.37
30	—	325	125.00–156.00	141.21
32	—	421	124.00–138.00	130.72
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	278	100.00–110.00	103.98
3	—	372	103.00–107.00	105.36
1	—	450	104.00	104.00
1	—	415	104.00	104.00
1	—	305	110.00	110.00
1	—	195	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	417	113.00–122.00	118.37
7	—	363	110.00–124.00	118.67
5	—	330	115.00–124.00	120.22
4	—	269	116.00–120.00	118.96
1	—	450	115.00	115.00
1	—	215	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	90.00	90.00
1	—	485	90.00	90.00
1	—	330	90.00	90.00
1	—	420	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	655	63.00	63.00
4	—	275	100.00–110.00	105.53
4	—	325	100.00–110.00	102.54
4	—	566	90.00–109.00	96.14
8	—	468	100.00–111.00	105.82
12	—	436	104.00–109.00	106.46
15	—	372	100.00–110.00	106.03
17	—	523	88.00–105.00	98.93
2	—	235	100.00–105.00	102.55
2	—	608	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	128.00	128.00
1	—	520	115.00	115.00
1	—	555	129.00	129.00
2	—	735	81.00	81.00
2	—	760	80.00–85.00	82.52
4	—	669	95.00–97.00	95.51
5	—	282	132.00	132.00
5	—	606	90.00–95.00	92.99
8	—	411	117.00–125.00	121.32
11	—	470	104.00–125.00	117.50
14	—	377	115.00–126.00	117.90
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	160	121.00	121.00
2	—	555	110.00–114.00	112.00
3	—	673	80.00	80.00
4	—	276	116.00–123.00	119.71
6	—	328	114.00–116.00	114.67
7	—	381	107.00–117.00	112.29
8	—	511	103.00–114.00	107.46
10	—	465	108.00–118.00	109.71
11	—	419	112.00–119.00	115.36
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	114.00	114.00
1	—	630	80.00	80.00
2	—	475	114.00–124.00	118.79
2	—	565	111.00–115.00	112.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	95.00	95.00
3	—	670	104.00–118.00	110.77
3	—	720	98.00–110.00	104.41
4	—	774	94.00–109.00	102.17
5	—	425	130.00–131.00	130.80
8	—	616	114.00–130.00	120.93
15	—	477	120.00–136.00	129.23
16	—	569	117.00–136.00	125.77
17	—	522	110.00–136.00	124.80

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	625.00	625.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	65.00–77.00	71.02
2	—	1,625	95.00–98.00	96.23
2	—	1,565	81.00–88.00	84.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,088	51.00–84.00	59.89
14	—	1,205	70.00–81.00	75.61
33	—	1,124	60.00–69.00	65.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	58.00	58.00
3	—	1,460	63.00–64.00	63.68
6	—	1,479	71.00–80.00	76.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	877	44.00–49.00	45.39
11	—	830	50.00–58.00	53.46

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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Replacement Cattle

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