Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were steady to up 2.00 to 4.00. Feeder cattle were steady. 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 $133.21/cwt on 181 head.

Average price

$133.21

181 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$642

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$249

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

$29.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.74

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	497	135.31	673	159
Medium 2	364	120.68	440	18thin
Medium 3	400	105.88	424	4thin

One grade step is worth $29.43/cwt here — about $249 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 sale181 hd

133.21

—

NC average8 barns · 650 hd

134.95

−1.74

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	1,436	90.30	1,297	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,537	69.17	1,063	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,100	66.12	727	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	789	51.62	407	8thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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	—	825	100.54/cwt	99.00–102.00	829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	87.99/cwt	85.00–91.00	821	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	105.20/cwt	100.00–114.00	753	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	111.59/cwt	104.00–117.00	732	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	383	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	475	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	423	122.36/cwt	117.00–126.00	518	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	328	116.59/cwt	116.00–120.00	382	7
Steers	Medium 3	—	350	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	371	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	417	105.84/cwt	100.00–110.00	441	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	139.07/cwt	130.00–149.00	306	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	112.03/cwt	106.00–114.00	813	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	289	142.85/cwt	135.00–151.00	413	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	118.50/cwt	110.00–123.00	814	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	141.47/cwt	134.00–150.00	447	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	129.37/cwt	124.00–135.00	624	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	115.61/cwt	108.00–120.00	720	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	124.65/cwt	120.00–137.00	704	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	126.72/cwt	120.00–138.00	659	28
Heifers	Medium 2	—	210	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	242	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	420	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	479	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	655	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	283	115.46/cwt	114.00–117.00	327	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	308	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	351	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	538	109.50/cwt	109.00–110.00	589	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	500	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	395	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	245	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	206	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	195	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	137.30/cwt	121.00–149.00	579	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	136.72/cwt	120.00–141.00	792	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	137.47/cwt	129.00–147.00	720	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	138.37/cwt	129.00–147.00	663	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	136.55/cwt	130.00–151.00	522	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	129.97/cwt	117.00–136.00	805	12
Steers	Medium 2	—	288	124.97/cwt	122.00–128.00	360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	117.93/cwt	110.00–120.00	614	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	126.95/cwt	125.00–131.00	550	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	118.02/cwt	114.00–120.00	674	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	106.56/cwt	104.00–109.00	818	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	887	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	483	106.27/cwt	102.00–110.00	513	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	529	116.66/cwt	112.00–122.00	617	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	576	112.94/cwt	108.00–118.00	651	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	475	119.98/cwt	118.00–122.00	570	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	845	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	735	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	776	54.24/cwt	52.00–59.00	421	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	797	43.00/cwt	40.00–45.00	343	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	546	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,551	73.26/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,136	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	875	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	952	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	64.02/cwt	56.00–69.00	675	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	74.39/cwt	70.00–81.00	887	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,059	53.82/cwt	50.00–56.00	570	5
Bulls	—	—	1,286	91.27/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,174	6
Bulls	—	—	1,813	102.30/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,855	3
Bulls	—	—	1,320	69.38/cwt	60.00–78.00	916	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	123.65/cwt	117.00–130.00	585	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	112.77/cwt	100.00–145.00	692	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	128.23/cwt	124.00–134.00	486	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	127.57/cwt	120.00–136.00	415	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	127.06/cwt	120.00–132.00	347	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	107.50/cwt	107.00–108.00	710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	155	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	200	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	582	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	582	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	473	106.92/cwt	104.00–110.00	506	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	525	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	551	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	395	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	345	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	295	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	295	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	470	114.91/cwt	113.00–117.00	540	13
Heifers	Medium 2	—	578	108.48/cwt	106.00–110.00	627	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	350	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	417	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 Jun 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 598Last week 667Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 86Last week 85Year 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
2	—	825	99.00–102.00	100.54
2	—	933	85.00–91.00	87.99
6	—	716	100.00–114.00	105.20
7	—	656	104.00–117.00	111.59
10	—	482	124.00–135.00	129.37
14	—	623	108.00–120.00	115.61
20	—	565	120.00–137.00	124.65
28	—	520	120.00–138.00	126.72
2	—	768	104.00–109.00	106.56
1	—	985	90.00	90.00
1	—	885	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	483	102.00–110.00	106.27
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	529	112.00–122.00	116.66
6	—	576	108.00–118.00	112.94
2	—	475	118.00–122.00	119.98
1	—	845	87.00	87.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	124.00	124.00
6	—	423	117.00–126.00	122.36
7	—	328	116.00–120.00	116.59
2	—	288	122.00–128.00	124.97
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	106.00	106.00
3	—	417	100.00–110.00	105.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	114.00	114.00
1	—	810	100.00	100.00
2	—	220	130.00–149.00	139.07
4	—	726	106.00–114.00	112.03
5	—	289	135.00–151.00	142.85
6	—	687	110.00–123.00	118.50
7	—	316	134.00–150.00	141.47
38	—	422	121.00–149.00	137.30
37	—	579	120.00–141.00	136.72
18	—	524	129.00–147.00	137.47
14	—	479	129.00–147.00	138.37
14	—	382	130.00–151.00	136.55
12	—	619	117.00–136.00	129.97
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	115.00	115.00
1	—	420	114.00	114.00
1	—	655	84.00	84.00
2	—	283	114.00–117.00	115.46
2	—	308	114.00	114.00
2	—	538	109.00–110.00	109.50
13	—	470	113.00–117.00	114.91
4	—	578	106.00–110.00	108.48
4	—	350	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	521	110.00–120.00	117.93
23	—	433	125.00–131.00	126.95
17	—	571	114.00–120.00	118.02
17	—	473	117.00–130.00	123.65
15	—	614	100.00–145.00	112.77
13	—	379	124.00–134.00	128.23
8	—	325	120.00–136.00	127.57
3	—	273	120.00–132.00	127.06
2	—	660	107.00–108.00	107.50
1	—	995	80.00	80.00
1	—	830	80.00	80.00
1	—	155	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	582	100.00	100.00
2	—	473	104.00–110.00	106.92
1	—	525	105.00	105.00
1	—	395	109.00	109.00
1	—	345	110.00	110.00
1	—	295	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	79.00	79.00
1	—	245	84.00	84.00
1	—	195	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
4	—	776	52.00–59.00	54.24
3	—	797	40.00–45.00	43.00
1	—	815	67.00	67.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,551	71.00–75.00	73.26
1	—	1,620	54.00	54.00
1	—	1,400	68.00	68.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,055	56.00–69.00	64.02
13	—	1,192	70.00–81.00	74.39
5	—	1,059	50.00–56.00	53.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,286	87.00–94.00	91.27
3	—	1,813	100.00–105.00	102.30
2	—	1,320	60.00–78.00	69.38

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