Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle steady to up 1.00 to 2.00 . Feeder cattle steady to up 3.00 to 4.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings were moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 105.00 to 140.00

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.93/cwt on 123 head.

Average price

$136.93

123 head · 453 lb average

Value per head Derived

$621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$35.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.27

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	456	138.64	632	115
Medium 2	421	117.82	496	5thin
Medium 3	418	103.19	431	3thin

One grade step is worth $35.45/cwt here — about $200 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 sale123 hd

136.93

—

NC average7 barns · 471 hd

136.67

+0.27

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	1,599	98.20	1,571	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,662	69.17	1,150	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,122	63.66	714	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	862	47.56	410	11

Every lot, as filed

62 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	Small 3	—	425	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	412	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	390	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	351	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	128.86/cwt	120.00–134.00	607	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	119.55/cwt	114.00–124.00	696	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	129.33/cwt	121.00–137.00	552	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	133.56/cwt	120.00–143.00	505	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	124.24/cwt	117.00–128.00	646	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	112.19/cwt	107.00–124.00	699	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	101.98/cwt	96.00–106.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	131.51/cwt	123.00–140.00	435	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	143.57/cwt	130.00–165.00	547	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	133.74/cwt	122.00–139.00	690	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	140.28/cwt	136.00–145.00	662	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	150	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	228	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	470	102.58/cwt	100.00–105.00	482	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	575	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	409	113.60/cwt	112.00–114.00	465	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	580	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	615	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	465	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	521	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	128.18/cwt	120.00–137.00	672	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	125.79/cwt	115.00–137.00	725	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	134.41/cwt	124.00–157.00	641	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	119.24/cwt	104.00–135.00	750	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	105.40/cwt	91.00–110.00	761	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	117.32/cwt	110.00–125.00	804	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	96.37/cwt	91.00–99.00	742	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	103.65/cwt	95.00–112.00	897	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	905	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	595	106.00/cwt	104.00–108.00	631	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	524	114.31/cwt	110.00–119.00	599	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	560	111.98/cwt	110.00–114.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	715	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	644	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	879	45.66/cwt	44.00–50.00	401	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	817	52.61/cwt	50.00–54.00	430	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,661	66.63/cwt	62.00–69.00	1,107	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,665	74.26/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,236	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	64.75/cwt	54.00–88.00	736	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	999	55.57/cwt	50.00–59.00	555	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	73.05/cwt	70.00–80.00	929	13
Bulls	—	—	1,690	106.99/cwt	100.00–119.00	1,808	9
Bulls	—	—	1,588	92.06/cwt	84.00–98.00	1,462	5
Bulls	—	—	1,220	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	903	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	141.94/cwt	136.00–148.00	366	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	525	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	515	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	350	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	403	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	439	118.52/cwt	116.00–122.00	520	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	418	103.19/cwt	100.00–110.00	431	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	195	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	261	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	127.95/cwt	125.00–131.00	742	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	122.02/cwt	120.00–124.00	799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	115.78/cwt	114.00–119.00	820	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	147.68/cwt	136.00–169.00	470	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	131.66/cwt	120.00–139.00	803	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	140.98/cwt	121.00–157.00	595	36
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	780	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	624	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	850	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	7,225	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,213	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	155.50/cwt	153.00–158.00	311	2

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 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 483Last week 279Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 137Last week 99Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 0

Baby calves 105.00 to 140.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	97.00	97.00
1	—	390	90.00	90.00
1	—	525	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	471	120.00–134.00	128.86
17	—	582	114.00–124.00	119.55
15	—	427	121.00–137.00	129.33
15	—	378	120.00–143.00	133.56
9	—	520	117.00–128.00	124.24
5	—	623	107.00–124.00	112.19
4	—	719	96.00–106.00	101.98
4	—	331	123.00–140.00	131.51
1	—	680	107.00	107.00
1	—	150	152.00	152.00
2	—	258	136.00–148.00	141.94
1	—	930	94.00	94.00
2	—	200	153.00–158.00	155.50
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	100.00–105.00	102.58
1	—	575	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	409	112.00–114.00	113.60
1	—	580	106.00	106.00
1	—	530	110.00	110.00
1	—	465	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	381	130.00–165.00	143.57
18	—	516	122.00–139.00	133.74
15	—	472	136.00–145.00	140.28
1	—	195	134.00	134.00
1	—	230	158.00	158.00
2	—	580	125.00–131.00	127.95
2	—	655	120.00–124.00	122.02
4	—	708	114.00–119.00	115.78
7	—	318	136.00–169.00	147.68
8	—	610	120.00–139.00	131.66
36	—	422	121.00–157.00	140.98
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	115.00	115.00
4	—	439	116.00–122.00	118.52
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	100.00–110.00	103.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	524	120.00–137.00	128.18
25	—	576	115.00–137.00	125.79
19	—	477	124.00–157.00	134.41
18	—	629	104.00–135.00	119.24
6	—	722	91.00–110.00	105.40
6	—	685	110.00–125.00	117.32
3	—	770	91.00–99.00	96.37
2	—	865	95.00–112.00	103.65
1	—	815	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	595	104.00–108.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	524	110.00–119.00	114.31
2	—	560	110.00–114.00	111.98
1	—	715	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	879	44.00–50.00	45.66
3	—	817	50.00–54.00	52.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,661	62.00–69.00	66.63
8	—	1,665	70.00–78.00	74.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,136	54.00–88.00	64.75
19	—	999	50.00–59.00	55.57
13	—	1,272	70.00–80.00	73.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,690	100.00–119.00	106.99
5	—	1,588	84.00–98.00	92.06
2	—	1,220	74.00	74.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	950.00	950.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

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