Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were steady to up 2.00 to 3.00 . Feeder cattle were up 4.00 to 6.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle moderate with quality average .

16 head of hogs

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.42/cwt on 153 head.

Average price

$116.42

153 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$594

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$16.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.33

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	518	118.59	614	123
Medium 2	494	111.94	553	16thin
Medium 3	460	102.50	471	14thin

One grade step is worth $16.09/cwt here — about $143 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 sale153 hd

116.42

—

NC average8 barns · 856 hd

114.09

+2.33

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	1,579	84.35	1,332	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,449	61.03	884	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,149	59.86	687	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	939	44.76	420	4thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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 and Large 1-2	—	285	141.24/cwt	134.00–149.00	403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	101.36/cwt	100.00–105.00	723	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	136.36/cwt	122.00–150.00	439	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	124.48/cwt	120.00–131.00	598	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	130.98/cwt	120.00–143.00	499	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	104.65/cwt	100.00–107.00	703	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	127.32/cwt	117.00–141.00	535	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	116.60/cwt	114.00–121.00	669	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	103.37/cwt	95.00–112.00	641	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	118.94/cwt	111.00–130.00	618	28
Steers	Large 2	—	370	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	414	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	370	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	418	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	223	124.06/cwt	119.00–129.00	277	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	273	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	344	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	445	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	463	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	942	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	965	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	138.11/cwt	130.00–150.00	322	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	142.40/cwt	131.00–157.00	394	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	138.10/cwt	130.00–144.00	726	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	134.58/cwt	131.00–137.00	890	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	138.99/cwt	130.00–150.00	435	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	137.42/cwt	133.00–140.00	789	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	138.67/cwt	123.00–159.00	527	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	143.43/cwt	136.00–147.00	683	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	355	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	564	102.95/cwt	100.00–107.00	581	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	482	104.73/cwt	104.00–106.00	505	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	420	101.41/cwt	100.00–104.00	426	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	365	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	365	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	265	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	265	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	482	113.57/cwt	108.00–116.00	547	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	560	109.33/cwt	107.00–111.00	612	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	415	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	310	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	341	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	127.08/cwt	119.00–136.00	661	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	113.21/cwt	100.00–130.00	757	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	131.23/cwt	123.00–140.00	621	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	130.89/cwt	118.00–143.00	742	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	114.93/cwt	100.00–129.00	724	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	102.49/cwt	100.00–106.00	734	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	733	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	534	99.67/cwt	94.00–109.00	532	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	469	105.37/cwt	100.00–110.00	494	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	945	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	737	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	572	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	675	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	855	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	685	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	651	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	530	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	604	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	66.33/cwt	65.00–67.00	870	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,011	49.59/cwt	47.00–53.00	501	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	43.01/cwt	40.00–45.00	416	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	425	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,461	63.04/cwt	59.00–65.00	921	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	947	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	644	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	59.72/cwt	54.00–64.00	677	50
Bulls	—	—	1,675	87.46/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,465	3
Bulls	—	—	1,290	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	135.24/cwt	122.00–139.00	857	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	139.62/cwt	120.00–160.00	589	26
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	410	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	271	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	515	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	407	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	605	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	387	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 Jul 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 549Last week 873Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 91Last week 96Year ago 0

16 head of hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	285	134.00–149.00	141.24
6	—	713	100.00–105.00	101.36
7	—	322	122.00–150.00	136.36
10	—	480	120.00–131.00	124.48
11	—	381	120.00–143.00	130.98
11	—	672	100.00–107.00	104.65
15	—	420	117.00–141.00	127.32
16	—	574	114.00–121.00	116.60
16	—	620	95.00–112.00	103.37
28	—	520	111.00–130.00	118.94
1	—	245	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	564	100.00–107.00	102.95
4	—	482	104.00–106.00	104.73
3	—	420	100.00–104.00	101.41
2	—	365	100.00	100.00
1	—	265	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	482	108.00–116.00	113.57
4	—	530	110.00	110.00
3	—	560	107.00–111.00	109.33
1	—	415	118.00	118.00
1	—	310	110.00	110.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	113.00	113.00
1	—	515	110.00	110.00
2	—	223	119.00–129.00	124.06
2	—	273	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	104.00	104.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	106.00	106.00
1	—	760	124.00	124.00
1	—	825	117.00	117.00
4	—	233	130.00–150.00	138.11
5	—	277	131.00–157.00	142.40
5	—	526	130.00–144.00	138.10
5	—	661	131.00–137.00	134.58
6	—	313	130.00–150.00	138.99
7	—	574	133.00–140.00	137.42
10	—	380	123.00–159.00	138.67
13	—	476	136.00–147.00	143.43
23	—	634	122.00–139.00	135.24
26	—	422	120.00–160.00	139.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	520	119.00–136.00	127.08
17	—	669	100.00–130.00	113.21
17	—	473	123.00–140.00	131.23
14	—	567	118.00–143.00	130.89
8	—	630	100.00–129.00	114.93
4	—	716	100.00–106.00	102.49
1	—	870	97.00	97.00
1	—	825	96.00	96.00
1	—	780	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	534	94.00–109.00	99.67
4	—	469	100.00–110.00	105.37
1	—	945	78.00	78.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	572	118.00	118.00
1	—	855	87.00	87.00
1	—	685	95.00	95.00
1	—	530	114.00	114.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	66.00	66.00
1	—	515	79.00	79.00
1	—	605	64.00	64.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,311	65.00–67.00	66.33
5	—	1,011	47.00–53.00	49.59
50	—	1,133	54.00–64.00	59.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	968	40.00–45.00	43.01
1	—	850	50.00	50.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,461	59.00–65.00	63.04
1	—	1,435	66.00	66.00
1	—	1,400	46.00	46.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,675	84.00–91.00	87.46
1	—	1,290	75.00	75.00

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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