Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were up 2.00 to 3.00. Feeder cattle were up 3.00 to 6.00. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings moderate with quality average. 17 head of hogs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.65/cwt on 148 head.

Average price

$131.65

148 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$262

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

$27.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.22

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	512	133.13	682	135
Medium 2	385	120.83	465	9thin
Medium 3	396	105.99	420	4thin

One grade step is worth $27.15/cwt here — about $262 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

131.65

—

NC average9 barns · 1,126 hd

132.87

−1.22

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	1,398	91.38	1,277	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,482	66.09	979	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,120	64.06	718	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	812	50.82	412	4thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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
Heifers	Medium 3	—	430	104.27/cwt	100.00–108.00	448	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	190	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	249	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	139.97/cwt	129.00–150.00	315	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	478	107.11/cwt	104.00–110.00	512	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	550	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	510	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	375	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	375	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	300	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	312	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	482	112.04/cwt	110.00–114.00	540	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	434	114.98/cwt	110.00–120.00	499	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	567	111.03/cwt	109.00–114.00	630	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	518	111.48/cwt	110.00–113.00	577	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	360	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	305	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	354	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	480	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	571	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	121.51/cwt	113.00–141.00	639	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	130.79/cwt	120.00–139.00	623	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	117.97/cwt	110.00–132.00	680	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	110.54/cwt	98.00–124.00	690	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	95.76/cwt	89.00–102.00	701	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	107.25/cwt	99.00–115.00	714	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	94.47/cwt	93.00–96.00	732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	854	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	730	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	566	105.98/cwt	103.00–109.00	600	5
Bulls	Medium 3	—	530	105.51/cwt	100.00–109.00	559	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	466	108.46/cwt	106.00–110.00	505	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	580	112.80/cwt	110.00–115.00	654	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	533	113.31/cwt	110.00–117.00	604	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	475	115.21/cwt	110.00–120.00	547	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	808	46.06/cwt	44.00–48.00	372	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	55.58/cwt	54.00–57.00	453	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,526	65.15/cwt	62.00–68.00	994	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	76.00/cwt	75.00–77.00	1,091	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	700	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,094	64.22/cwt	60.00–67.00	703	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	72.67/cwt	64.00–79.00	897	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,044	53.90/cwt	47.00–57.00	563	14
Bulls	—	—	1,377	90.71/cwt	84.00–97.00	1,249	9
Bulls	—	—	1,640	103.62/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,699	3
Bulls	—	—	1,128	76.01/cwt	74.00–78.00	857	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	639	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	767	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	843	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	877	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	427	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	335	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	523	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	132.63/cwt	125.00–140.00	371	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	135.67/cwt	125.00–144.00	446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	97.67/cwt	96.00–98.00	736	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	137.14/cwt	122.00–145.00	529	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	105.52/cwt	100.00–114.00	652	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	125.89/cwt	118.00–140.00	541	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	118.81/cwt	114.00–126.00	625	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	122.82/cwt	116.00–128.00	578	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	355	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	504	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	240	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	298	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	480	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	590	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	417	118.94/cwt	110.00–126.00	496	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	374	120.92/cwt	117.00–124.00	452	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	325	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	325	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	420	107.98/cwt	106.00–110.00	454	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	315	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	151.20/cwt	140.00–162.00	423	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	102.05/cwt	99.00–105.00	845	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	103.63/cwt	101.00–105.00	798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	134.58/cwt	129.00–143.00	631	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	145.84/cwt	130.00–169.00	470	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	113.48/cwt	105.00–126.00	765	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	134.43/cwt	122.00–140.00	704	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	129.33/cwt	129.00–131.00	782	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	715	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	146.93/cwt	130.00–166.00	560	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	140.34/cwt	128.00–157.00	594	25

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 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 560Last week 744Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 93Last week 115Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	430	100.00–108.00	104.27
2	—	478	104.00–110.00	107.11
1	—	550	105.00	105.00
1	—	510	101.00	101.00
1	—	375	100.00	100.00
1	—	300	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	190	131.00	131.00
1	—	695	91.00	91.00
1	—	745	84.00	84.00
1	—	880	75.00	75.00
2	—	225	129.00–150.00	139.97
2	—	280	125.00–140.00	132.63
2	—	553	114.00	114.00
4	—	329	125.00–144.00	135.67
6	—	754	96.00–98.00	97.67
9	—	386	122.00–145.00	137.14
10	—	618	100.00–114.00	105.52
19	—	430	118.00–140.00	125.89
20	—	526	114.00–126.00	118.81
24	—	471	116.00–128.00	122.82
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	482	110.00–114.00	112.04
4	—	434	110.00–120.00	114.98
3	—	567	109.00–114.00	111.03
2	—	518	110.00–113.00	111.48
1	—	360	118.00	118.00
1	—	305	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	526	113.00–141.00	121.51
25	—	476	120.00–139.00	130.79
22	—	576	110.00–132.00	117.97
15	—	624	98.00–124.00	110.54
9	—	732	89.00–102.00	95.76
7	—	666	99.00–115.00	107.25
2	—	775	93.00–96.00	94.47
1	—	890	96.00	96.00
1	—	830	88.00	88.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	566	103.00–109.00	105.98
4	—	530	100.00–109.00	105.51
4	—	466	106.00–110.00	108.46
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	580	110.00–115.00	112.80
3	—	533	110.00–117.00	113.31
2	—	475	110.00–120.00	115.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	639	120.00	120.00
6	—	843	104.00	104.00
3	—	427	156.00	156.00
3	—	335	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	124.00	124.00
1	—	480	123.00	123.00
3	—	417	110.00–126.00	118.94
4	—	374	117.00–124.00	120.92
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	100.00	100.00
3	—	420	106.00–110.00	107.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	140.00	140.00
2	—	280	140.00–162.00	151.20
2	—	828	99.00–105.00	102.05
3	—	770	101.00–105.00	103.63
7	—	469	129.00–143.00	134.58
8	—	322	130.00–169.00	145.84
11	—	674	105.00–126.00	113.48
12	—	524	122.00–140.00	134.43
12	—	605	129.00–131.00	129.33
14	—	550	130.00	130.00
18	—	381	130.00–166.00	146.93
25	—	423	128.00–157.00	140.34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	808	44.00–48.00	46.06
2	—	815	54.00–57.00	55.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,526	62.00–68.00	65.15
2	—	1,435	75.00–77.00	76.00
1	—	1,400	50.00	50.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,094	60.00–67.00	64.22
16	—	1,234	64.00–79.00	72.67
14	—	1,044	47.00–57.00	53.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,377	84.00–97.00	90.71
3	—	1,640	101.00–107.00	103.62
2	—	1,128	74.00–78.00	76.01

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