Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were mostly 4.00 to 5.00 lower and bulls 9.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly 7.00 to 10.00 lower; heifers mostly 1.00 to 5.00 lower; and feeder bulls were mostly 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.16/cwt on 243 head.

Average price

$112.16

243 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$537

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$23.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.57

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	493	115.77	571	150
Medium 2	456	109.81	501	55
Medium 3	448	103.26	463	31
Small 3	498	92.64	462	7thin

One grade step is worth $23.13/cwt here — about $109 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 sale243 hd

112.16

—

NC average6 barns · 658 hd

113.73

−1.57

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	—	Average	1,502	73.85	1,110	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,146	55.39	635	59
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,582	53.93	853	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	852	43.55	371	11

Every lot, as filed

106 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	124.64/cwt	120.00–131.00	709	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	128.36/cwt	121.00–134.00	667	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	128.83/cwt	120.00–137.00	615	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	533	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	672	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	672	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	772	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	472	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	642	14
Bulls	Small 3	—	460	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	442	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	580	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	464	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	245	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	304	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	665	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	740	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	755	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	634	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	270	114.68/cwt	114.00–115.00	310	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	428	111.20/cwt	110.00–114.00	476	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	319	115.76/cwt	111.00–120.00	369	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	559	106.51/cwt	106.00–108.00	595	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	366	115.60/cwt	110.00–120.00	423	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	474	112.48/cwt	110.00–115.00	533	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	526	106.00/cwt	104.00–109.00	558	10
Heifers	Medium 2Value Added	—	545	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	572	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	119.17/cwt	114.00–127.00	739	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	95.59/cwt	92.00–100.00	690	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	109.60/cwt	100.00–117.00	730	8
Heifers	Medium 3	—	565	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	565	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	519	102.83/cwt	100.00–104.00	534	5
Heifers	Medium 3	—	416	104.72/cwt	102.00–109.00	436	8
Heifers	Medium 3	—	386	103.12/cwt	100.00–110.00	398	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	127.93/cwt	126.00–130.00	292	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	129.02/cwt	126.00–131.00	355	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	86.34/cwt	85.00–89.00	617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	104.00/cwt	103.00–105.00	639	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	314	128.59/cwt	126.00–130.00	404	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	112.14/cwt	110.00–117.00	625	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	111.26/cwt	110.00–120.00	583	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	98.02/cwt	95.00–105.00	663	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	123.36/cwt	115.00–127.00	574	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	127.44/cwt	122.00–134.00	475	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	123.71/cwt	116.00–130.00	517	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	405	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	581	9
Heifers	Small 3	—	350	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	315	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	473	92.07/cwt	90.00–96.00	435	3
Heifers	Small 3	—	573	94.08/cwt	90.00–98.00	539	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	245	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	304	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	435	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	479	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	460	105.01/cwt	100.00–109.00	483	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	94.98/cwt	91.00–99.00	812	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	91.67/cwt	90.00–93.00	715	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	91.32/cwt	89.00–93.00	758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	578	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	685	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	851	43.18/cwt	40.00–45.00	367	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	36.94/cwt	36.00–38.00	331	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	813	51.46/cwt	50.00–53.00	418	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,663	45.89/cwt	44.00–48.00	763	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	994	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,119	50.90/cwt	44.00–55.00	570	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	63.45/cwt	55.00–76.00	756	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	438	1
Bulls	—	—	1,673	77.29/cwt	74.00–80.00	1,293	10
Bulls	—	—	1,188	61.22/cwt	54.00–64.00	727	4
Bulls	—	—	1,055	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	950	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	248	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	164	3
Steers	Small 3	—	335	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	302	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	442	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	672	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	477	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	711	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	670	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	838	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	582	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	792	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	728	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	608	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	133.45/cwt	126.00–149.00	564	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	133.03/cwt	126.00–142.00	692	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	137.03/cwt	130.00–153.00	645	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	140.19/cwt	130.00–156.00	526	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	741	12
Bulls	Medium 3	—	518	105.48/cwt	104.00–107.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	575	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	578	114.35/cwt	111.00–118.00	661	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	372	61.40/cwt	60.00–65.00	228	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	483	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	324	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	528	115.36/cwt	110.00–119.00	609	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	414	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	484	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	755	85.67/cwt	84.00–87.00	647	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	458	117.29/cwt	112.00–120.00	537	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	670	94.06/cwt	92.00–96.00	630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	148.86/cwt	139.00–161.00	473	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	130.04/cwt	120.00–145.00	745	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	791	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	124.52/cwt	123.00–125.00	773	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	139.29/cwt	130.00–154.00	373	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	138.85/cwt	130.00–144.00	324	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	185	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	252	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	317	107.43/cwt	105.00–110.00	341	5
Steers	Medium 3	—	433	105.02/cwt	104.00–106.00	455	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	283	114.53/cwt	111.00–118.00	324	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	330	117.70/cwt	111.00–126.00	388	13
Steers	Medium 2	—	371	120.47/cwt	117.00–126.00	447	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	658	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	599	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	530	114.46/cwt	110.00–119.00	607	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	293	124.03/cwt	120.00–128.00	363	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	486	105.25/cwt	100.00–108.00	512	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	300	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	300	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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 738Last week 545Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 140Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	569	120.00–131.00	124.64
19	—	520	121.00–134.00	128.36
23	—	477	120.00–137.00	128.83
13	—	620	114.00–127.00	119.17
10	—	722	92.00–100.00	95.59
8	—	666	100.00–117.00	109.60
2	—	855	91.00–99.00	94.98
3	—	780	90.00–93.00	91.67
3	—	830	89.00–93.00	91.32
5	—	448	129.00	129.00
6	—	938	73.00	73.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	533	126.00	126.00
4	—	560	120.00	120.00
10	—	628	123.00	123.00
14	—	472	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	96.00	96.00
2	—	580	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	100.00–109.00	105.01
2	—	518	104.00–107.00	105.48
1	—	575	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	578	111.00–118.00	114.35
6	—	528	110.00–119.00	115.36
6	—	414	117.00	117.00
3	—	755	84.00–87.00	85.67
3	—	458	112.00–120.00	117.29
2	—	670	92.00–96.00	94.06
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	124.00	124.00
1	—	665	90.00	90.00
1	—	740	80.00	80.00
1	—	755	84.00	84.00
3	—	270	114.00–115.00	114.68
5	—	428	110.00–114.00	111.20
6	—	319	111.00–120.00	115.76
6	—	559	106.00–108.00	106.51
9	—	366	110.00–120.00	115.60
9	—	474	110.00–115.00	112.48
10	—	526	104.00–109.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	545	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	100.00	100.00
5	—	519	100.00–104.00	102.83
8	—	416	102.00–109.00	104.72
9	—	386	100.00–110.00	103.12
4	—	486	100.00–108.00	105.25
1	—	300	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	84.00	84.00
2	—	228	126.00–130.00	127.93
3	—	275	126.00–131.00	129.02
3	—	715	85.00–89.00	86.34
4	—	614	103.00–105.00	104.00
5	—	314	126.00–130.00	128.59
7	—	557	110.00–117.00	112.14
7	—	834	81.00	81.00
15	—	524	110.00–120.00	111.26
17	—	676	95.00–105.00	98.02
20	—	465	115.00–127.00	123.36
25	—	373	122.00–134.00	127.44
29	—	418	116.00–130.00	123.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	405	128.00	128.00
9	—	519	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	90.00	90.00
3	—	473	90.00–96.00	92.07
3	—	573	90.00–98.00	94.08
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	124.00	124.00
1	—	435	110.00	110.00
13	—	330	111.00–126.00	117.70
9	—	371	117.00–126.00	120.47
2	—	658	91.00	91.00
2	—	530	110.00–119.00	114.46
2	—	293	120.00–128.00	124.03
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	442	152.00	152.00
10	—	477	149.00	149.00
7	—	670	125.00	125.00
3	—	582	136.00	136.00
2	—	728	105.00	105.00
2	—	608	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	423	126.00–149.00	133.45
20	—	520	126.00–142.00	133.03
20	—	471	130.00–153.00	137.03
20	—	375	130.00–156.00	140.19
12	—	741	100.00	100.00
8	—	318	139.00–161.00	148.86
7	—	573	120.00–145.00	130.04
5	—	842	94.00	94.00
4	—	621	123.00–125.00	124.52
3	—	268	130.00–154.00	139.29
3	—	233	130.00–144.00	138.85
1	—	680	119.00	119.00
1	—	185	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	317	105.00–110.00	107.43
2	—	433	104.00–106.00	105.02
2	—	283	111.00–118.00	114.53
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	248	66.00	66.00
9	—	372	60.00–65.00	61.40
4	—	483	67.00	67.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	851	40.00–45.00	43.18
2	—	895	36.00–38.00	36.94
2	—	813	50.00–53.00	51.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,663	44.00–48.00	45.89
1	—	1,420	70.00	70.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,119	44.00–55.00	50.90
22	—	1,192	55.00–76.00	63.45
1	—	1,095	40.00	40.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,673	74.00–80.00	77.29
4	—	1,188	54.00–64.00	61.22
1	—	1,055	90.00	90.00

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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