Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Baby calves 60.00 to 95.00 4 head

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.51/cwt on 215 head.

Average price

$140.51

215 head · 435 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

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

$34.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.67

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	437	141.81	620	203
Medium 2	393	122.44	481	9thin
Medium 3	373	107.31	401	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.50/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 sale215 hd

140.51

—

NC average8 barns · 719 hd

134.84

+5.67

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	1,591	94.76	1,508	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,489	62.90	937	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,123	61.71	693	72
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	853	50.37	430	7thin

Every lot, as filed

82 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 2	—	325	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	403	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	395	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	502	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	428	121.49/cwt	120.00–124.00	520	6
Steers	Medium 3	—	400	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	432	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	360	106.96/cwt	104.00–110.00	385	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	175	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	824	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	117.03/cwt	114.00–120.00	770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	213	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	326	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	124.30/cwt	119.00–128.00	774	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	289	146.28/cwt	132.00–158.00	423	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	127.22/cwt	124.00–137.00	659	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	127.98/cwt	120.00–133.00	717	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	152.94/cwt	134.00–161.00	492	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	143.55/cwt	127.00–157.00	545	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	138.45/cwt	123.00–147.00	653	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	142.36/cwt	120.00–155.00	604	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	437	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	669	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	456	148.86/cwt	140.00–150.00	679	37
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	576	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	455	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	280	120.37/cwt	118.00–123.00	337	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	380	113.49/cwt	113.00–114.00	431	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	435	114.51/cwt	114.00–115.00	498	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	8,085	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2	—	800	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	4,600	1
Bulls	—	—	1,375	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,141	1
Bulls	—	—	1,909	104.72/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,999	4
Bulls	—	—	1,380	89.14/cwt	80.00–97.00	1,230	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	620	88.48/cwt	87.00–90.00	549	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	325	116.74/cwt	114.00–120.00	379	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	521	108.71/cwt	107.00–110.00	566	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	562	108.78/cwt	106.00–110.00	611	9
Heifers	Medium 3	—	280	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	280	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	340	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	373	108.97/cwt	108.00–110.00	406	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	415	105.93/cwt	103.00–109.00	440	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	569	103.97/cwt	100.00–105.00	592	5
Heifers	Medium 3	—	529	102.84/cwt	100.00–105.00	544	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	478	105.86/cwt	100.00–109.00	506	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	717	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	98.43/cwt	96.00–103.00	651	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	95.20/cwt	94.00–98.00	672	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	112.87/cwt	110.00–123.00	641	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	125.51/cwt	120.00–137.00	399	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	125.67/cwt	121.00–133.00	535	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	104.91/cwt	97.00–109.00	644	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	125.18/cwt	120.00–134.00	474	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	115.37/cwt	110.00–120.00	592	27
Bulls	Medium 2	—	620	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	583	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	820	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	568	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	468	111.95/cwt	110.00–115.00	524	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	528	113.30/cwt	110.00–119.00	598	10
Bulls	Medium 3	—	483	106.97/cwt	105.00–109.00	517	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	558	107.49/cwt	105.00–110.00	600	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	520	105.76/cwt	101.00–110.00	550	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	97.45/cwt	92.00–103.00	802	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	91.34/cwt	89.00–93.00	714	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	98.32/cwt	91.00–109.00	703	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	103.46/cwt	100.00–117.00	692	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	122.47/cwt	116.00–135.00	691	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	107.99/cwt	96.00–125.00	668	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	130.34/cwt	120.00–151.00	622	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	125.80/cwt	118.00–148.00	655	32
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	330	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	465	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	521	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	238	116.42/cwt	114.00–119.00	277	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	122.81/cwt	115.00–129.00	575	29
Heifers	Small 3	—	435	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	426	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	250	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	305	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,081	52.00/cwt	50.00–54.00	562	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	69.97/cwt	67.00–75.00	863	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	60.75/cwt	54.00–66.00	664	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	44.50/cwt	44.00–45.00	655	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,539	61.92/cwt	60.00–66.00	953	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	69.86/cwt	67.00–73.00	1,015	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	47.87/cwt	44.00–54.00	416	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	841	52.24/cwt	50.00–54.00	439	4

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 May 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 744Last week 570Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 115Last week 85Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 0

Baby calves 60.00 to 95.00 4 head

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	124.00	124.00
1	—	395	127.00	127.00
6	—	428	120.00–124.00	121.49
1	—	250	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	108.00	108.00
2	—	360	104.00–110.00	106.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	175	137.00	137.00
1	—	710	100.00	100.00
1	—	800	103.00	103.00
2	—	658	114.00–120.00	117.03
3	—	213	153.00	153.00
3	—	623	119.00–128.00	124.30
6	—	289	132.00–158.00	146.28
11	—	518	124.00–137.00	127.22
12	—	560	120.00–133.00	127.98
15	—	322	134.00–161.00	152.94
27	—	380	127.00–157.00	143.55
31	—	472	123.00–147.00	138.45
48	—	424	120.00–155.00	142.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	437	153.00	153.00
37	—	456	140.00–150.00	148.86
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	576	79.00	79.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	118.00–123.00	120.37
2	—	380	113.00–114.00	113.49
2	—	435	114.00–115.00	114.51
2	—	620	87.00–90.00	88.48
4	—	325	114.00–120.00	116.74
7	—	521	107.00–110.00	108.71
9	—	562	106.00–110.00	108.78
1	—	465	112.00	112.00
2	—	238	114.00–119.00	116.42
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	100.00	100.00
1	—	340	106.00	106.00
2	—	373	108.00–110.00	108.97
2	—	415	103.00–109.00	105.93
5	—	569	100.00–105.00	103.97
6	—	529	100.00–105.00	102.84
9	—	478	100.00–109.00	105.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	136.00	136.00
1	—	755	95.00	95.00
5	—	661	96.00–103.00	98.43
5	—	706	94.00–98.00	95.20
8	—	568	110.00–123.00	112.87
15	—	318	120.00–137.00	125.51
16	—	426	121.00–133.00	125.67
19	—	614	97.00–109.00	104.91
21	—	379	120.00–134.00	125.18
27	—	513	110.00–120.00	115.37
29	—	468	115.00–129.00	122.81
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	94.00	94.00
1	—	820	87.00	87.00
2	—	568	114.00–115.00	114.50
3	—	468	110.00–115.00	111.95
10	—	528	110.00–119.00	113.30
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	105.00–109.00	106.97
2	—	558	105.00–110.00	107.49
4	—	520	101.00–110.00	105.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	82.00	82.00
1	—	980	82.00	82.00
2	—	823	92.00–103.00	97.45
3	—	782	89.00–93.00	91.34
8	—	715	91.00–109.00	98.32
10	—	669	100.00–117.00	103.46
26	—	564	116.00–135.00	122.47
28	—	619	96.00–125.00	107.99
30	—	477	120.00–151.00	130.34
32	—	521	118.00–148.00	125.80

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	—	1,050	770.00	770.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	575.00	575.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	83.00	83.00
4	—	1,909	101.00–109.00	104.72
5	—	1,380	80.00–97.00	89.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,081	50.00–54.00	52.00
16	—	1,233	67.00–75.00	69.97
47	—	1,093	54.00–66.00	60.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	44.00–45.00	44.50
5	—	1,539	60.00–66.00	61.92
6	—	1,453	67.00–73.00	69.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	870	44.00–54.00	47.87
4	—	841	50.00–54.00	52.24

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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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) - Siler City, NC

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Replacement Cattle

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