Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were steady . Feeder cattle steady . Demand was moderate ;market activity and buyer interest were moderate . offerings heavy with quality average .

Baby calves 50.00 2 head

10 head of hogs

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $128.23/cwt on 238 head.

Average price

$128.23

238 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$704

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$289

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

$20.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.48

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	561	129.30	726	220
Medium 2	396	119.14	471	11thin
Medium 3	401	108.86	437	7thin

One grade step is worth $20.44/cwt here — about $289 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 sale238 hd

128.23

—

NC average8 barns · 838 hd

131.71

−3.48

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	1,512	94.64	1,431	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,596	68.92	1,100	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,114	62.73	699	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	887	49.73	441	10

Every lot, as filed

89 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 2	—	360	114.01/cwt	113.00–115.00	410	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	473	113.69/cwt	110.00–115.00	538	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	532	109.28/cwt	106.00–110.00	581	11
Heifers	Medium 2	—	566	108.97/cwt	103.00–110.00	617	11
Heifers	Medium 3	—	325	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	354	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	365	107.68/cwt	106.00–109.00	393	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	425	104.91/cwt	100.00–108.00	446	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	418	119.82/cwt	114.00–125.00	501	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	358	123.51/cwt	121.00–125.00	442	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	305	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	378	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	520	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	562	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	355	101.00/cwt	100.00–102.00	359	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	425	109.34/cwt	108.00–110.00	465	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	144.81/cwt	140.00–149.00	319	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	106.31/cwt	95.00–118.00	816	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	144.75/cwt	132.00–164.00	384	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	957	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	148.15/cwt	137.00–160.00	470	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	138.20/cwt	136.00–140.00	650	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	114.15/cwt	105.00–119.00	813	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	720	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	243	113.49/cwt	113.00–114.00	276	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	405	117.49/cwt	117.00–118.00	476	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	480	105.56/cwt	101.00–109.00	507	5
Heifers	Medium 3	—	577	103.61/cwt	100.00–106.00	598	7
Heifers	Medium 3	—	525	102.74/cwt	95.00–108.00	539	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	831	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	873	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	137.53/cwt	136.00–139.00	358	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	706	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	555	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	611	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	480	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	552	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	340	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	405	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	290	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	328	1
Heifers	Small 2	—	510	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	124.19/cwt	116.00–133.00	582	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	105.44/cwt	100.00–113.00	654	22
Heifers	Medium 2	—	670	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	610	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	573	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	300	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	127.58/cwt	115.00–139.00	665	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	129.70/cwt	120.00–136.00	737	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	130.44/cwt	122.00–136.00	613	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	111.22/cwt	100.00–129.00	688	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	113.41/cwt	100.00–124.00	762	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	97.92/cwt	93.00–106.00	752	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	90.32/cwt	84.00–99.00	745	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	101.97/cwt	94.00–109.00	740	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	662	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	602	6
Bulls	Medium 3	—	588	97.00/cwt	94.00–104.00	570	6
Bulls	Medium 3	—	520	98.39/cwt	90.00–106.00	512	5
Bulls	Medium 3	—	640	87.00/cwt	84.00–90.00	557	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	745	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	626	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	480	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	528	1
Bulls	Medium 2-3	—	525	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	593	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	470	115.47/cwt	110.00–122.00	543	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	578	111.62/cwt	110.00–115.00	645	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	522	114.33/cwt	114.00–115.00	597	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	873	85.98/cwt	85.00–87.00	751	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	820	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	615	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	590	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	44.68/cwt	42.00–49.00	415	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	74.51/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,229	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	66.22/cwt	60.00–69.00	1,031	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	54.49/cwt	54.00–55.00	830	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,127	63.24/cwt	60.00–68.00	713	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,057	56.26/cwt	47.00–59.00	595	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	73.75/cwt	70.00–82.00	870	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	846	54.77/cwt	52.00–58.00	463	5
Bulls	—	—	1,888	106.36/cwt	100.00–118.00	2,008	6
Bulls	—	—	1,307	90.56/cwt	85.00–96.00	1,184	5
Bulls	—	—	1,100	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	121.98/cwt	115.00–136.00	512	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	112.21/cwt	110.00–116.00	641	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	128.23/cwt	122.00–134.00	478	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	134.42/cwt	120.00–141.00	426	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	105.39/cwt	96.00–118.00	703	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	104.84/cwt	103.00–105.00	763	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	112.84/cwt	110.00–115.00	591	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	130.96/cwt	121.00–135.00	765	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	133.47/cwt	121.00–157.00	557	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	122.76/cwt	119.00–128.00	821	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	110.22/cwt	109.00–113.00	903	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	146.40/cwt	125.00–163.00	552	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	122.40/cwt	106.00–129.00	761	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	133.60/cwt	121.00–138.00	712	33
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	417	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	292	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	8,713	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 →

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

Fri Jun 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 755Last week 598Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 127Last week 86Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were steady . Feeder cattle steady . Demand was moderate ;market activity and buyer interest were moderate . offerings heavy with quality average .

Baby calves 50.00 2 head

10 head of hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	360	113.00–115.00	114.01
6	—	473	110.00–115.00	113.69
11	—	532	106.00–110.00	109.28
11	—	566	103.00–110.00	108.97
1	—	720	83.00	83.00
2	—	243	113.00–114.00	113.49
2	—	405	117.00–118.00	117.49
1	—	670	97.00	97.00
1	—	610	94.00	94.00
1	—	300	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	109.00	109.00
3	—	365	106.00–109.00	107.68
3	—	425	100.00–108.00	104.91
5	—	480	101.00–109.00	105.56
7	—	577	100.00–106.00	103.61
8	—	525	95.00–108.00	102.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	110.00	110.00
1	—	900	97.00	97.00
2	—	260	136.00–139.00	137.53
3	—	840	84.00	84.00
32	—	469	116.00–133.00	124.19
22	—	620	100.00–113.00	105.44
22	—	420	115.00–136.00	121.98
19	—	571	110.00–116.00	112.21
17	—	373	122.00–134.00	128.23
5	—	317	120.00–141.00	134.42
7	—	667	96.00–118.00	105.39
12	—	728	103.00–105.00	104.84
13	—	524	110.00–115.00	112.84
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	98.00	98.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	114.00–125.00	119.82
4	—	358	121.00–125.00	123.51
1	—	555	110.00	110.00
1	—	480	115.00	115.00
1	—	340	119.00	119.00
1	—	290	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	124.00	124.00
1	—	520	108.00	108.00
2	—	355	100.00–102.00	101.00
3	—	425	108.00–110.00	109.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	869	110.00	110.00
2	—	220	140.00–149.00	144.81
2	—	768	95.00–118.00	106.31
4	—	265	132.00–164.00	144.75
5	—	920	104.00	104.00
9	—	317	137.00–160.00	148.15
9	—	470	136.00–140.00	138.20
10	—	712	105.00–119.00	114.15
18	—	584	121.00–135.00	130.96
20	—	417	121.00–157.00	133.47
22	—	669	119.00–128.00	122.76
22	—	819	109.00–113.00	110.22
31	—	377	125.00–163.00	146.40
32	—	622	106.00–129.00	122.40
33	—	533	121.00–138.00	133.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	521	115.00–139.00	127.58
21	—	568	120.00–136.00	129.70
20	—	470	122.00–136.00	130.44
16	—	619	100.00–129.00	111.22
12	—	672	100.00–124.00	113.41
9	—	768	93.00–106.00	97.92
4	—	825	84.00–99.00	90.32
4	—	726	94.00–109.00	101.97
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	662	91.00	91.00
6	—	588	94.00–104.00	97.00
5	—	520	90.00–106.00	98.39
2	—	640	84.00–90.00	87.00
1	—	745	84.00	84.00
1	—	480	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	470	110.00–122.00	115.47
5	—	578	110.00–115.00	111.62
3	—	522	114.00–115.00	114.33
2	—	873	85.00–87.00	85.98
1	—	820	84.00	84.00
1	—	615	96.00	96.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	928	42.00–49.00	44.68
5	—	846	52.00–58.00	54.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,650	70.00–77.00	74.51
10	—	1,557	60.00–69.00	66.22
2	—	1,523	54.00–55.00	54.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,127	60.00–68.00	63.24
20	—	1,057	47.00–59.00	56.26
10	—	1,180	70.00–82.00	73.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,888	100.00–118.00	106.36
5	—	1,307	85.00–96.00	90.56
3	—	1,100	78.00	78.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	1,025.00	1,025.00

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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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

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Slaughter Cattle

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