Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

11 head of hogs

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.43/cwt on 201 head.

Average price

$145.43

201 head · 439 lb average

Value per head Derived

$638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$291

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

$45.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.73

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	443	147.23	653	189
Medium 2	371	120.01	445	10thin
Medium 3	355	102.00	362	2thin

One grade step is worth $45.23/cwt here — about $291 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 sale201 hd

145.43

—

NC average8 barns · 791 hd

134.70

+10.73

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	1,574	85.38	1,343	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,469	58.54	860	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,083	58.32	631	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	808	44.86	362	10

Every lot, as filed

85 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	180	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	234	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	116.68/cwt	104.00–128.00	834	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	145.73/cwt	133.00–160.00	340	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	135.32/cwt	130.00–147.00	640	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	138.76/cwt	130.00–146.00	719	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	133.10/cwt	132.00–137.00	898	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	130.00/cwt	114.00–136.00	827	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	284	167.74/cwt	130.00–184.00	476	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	141.17/cwt	133.00–149.00	813	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	147.68/cwt	124.00–169.00	555	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	158.22/cwt	123.00–186.00	519	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	150.78/cwt	122.00–170.00	630	47
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	355	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	252	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	513	109.59/cwt	108.00–110.00	562	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	478	115.29/cwt	111.00–118.00	551	11
Heifers	Medium 3	—	230	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	230	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	445	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	445	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	540	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	270	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	297	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	315	105.00/cwt	100.00–110.00	331	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	485	105.05/cwt	100.00–110.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	565	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	155	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	191	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	668	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	430	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	439	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	280	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	286	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	425	121.67/cwt	120.00–125.00	517	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	468	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	519	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	375	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	452	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	230	121.53/cwt	120.00–123.00	280	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	385	115.48/cwt	113.00–118.00	445	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	564	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	620	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	317	117.65/cwt	116.00–119.00	373	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	675	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	736	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	430	114.56/cwt	112.00–117.00	493	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	765	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	123.81/cwt	119.00–136.00	650	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	109.95/cwt	99.00–132.00	679	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	129.64/cwt	120.00–144.00	609	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	99.63/cwt	94.00–115.00	714	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	120.36/cwt	117.00–124.00	685	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	105.81/cwt	100.00–122.00	707	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	101.28/cwt	97.00–104.00	784	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	103.24/cwt	94.00–108.00	905	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	123.25/cwt	120.00–128.00	518	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	972	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	899	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	595	102.50/cwt	100.00–105.00	610	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	468	106.46/cwt	105.00–108.00	498	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	515	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	556	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	579	113.21/cwt	110.00–119.00	655	14
Bulls	Medium 2	—	520	116.37/cwt	114.00–119.00	605	11
Bulls	Medium 2	—	464	114.78/cwt	110.00–120.00	533	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	695	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	688	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	838	48.18/cwt	45.00–50.00	404	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	763	39.88/cwt	34.00–44.00	304	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	60.56/cwt	57.00–63.00	891	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	52.49/cwt	51.00–54.00	765	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,091	59.20/cwt	54.00–64.00	646	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,011	50.62/cwt	45.00–54.00	512	7
Bulls	—	—	1,728	89.19/cwt	84.00–97.00	1,541	6
Bulls	—	—	1,307	78.08/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,021	5
Bulls	—	—	1,980	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,960	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	285	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	133.42/cwt	116.00–148.00	555	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	116.25/cwt	111.00–126.00	606	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	130.53/cwt	130.00–131.00	298	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	91.27/cwt	85.00–96.00	658	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	116.68/cwt	109.00–124.00	669	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	107.01/cwt	90.00–116.00	722	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	118.78/cwt	100.00–126.00	565	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	138.42/cwt	126.00–151.00	522	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	113.01/cwt	106.00–118.00	704	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	147.38/cwt	130.00–159.00	417	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	141.01/cwt	120.00–156.00	464	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	563	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	394	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	760	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	547	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	605	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	460	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,838	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	9,506	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 Aug 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 671Last week 679Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 139Last week 96Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 4Year ago 0

11 head of hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	180	130.00	130.00
1	—	790	121.00	121.00
1	—	810	106.00	106.00
1	—	870	116.00	116.00
1	—	935	112.00	112.00
3	—	715	104.00–128.00	116.68
4	—	233	133.00–160.00	145.73
8	—	473	130.00–147.00	135.32
8	—	518	130.00–146.00	138.76
8	—	675	132.00–137.00	133.10
10	—	636	114.00–136.00	130.00
16	—	284	130.00–184.00	167.74
23	—	576	133.00–149.00	141.17
27	—	376	124.00–169.00	147.68
30	—	328	123.00–186.00	158.22
47	—	418	122.00–170.00	150.78
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	102.00	102.00
1	—	280	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	120.00–125.00	121.67
2	—	468	111.00	111.00
2	—	375	120.00–121.00	120.51
2	—	230	120.00–123.00	121.53
1	—	285	129.00	129.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	71.00	71.00
2	—	563	70.00	70.00
2	—	760	72.00	72.00
3	—	605	76.00	76.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	513	108.00–110.00	109.59
11	—	478	111.00–118.00	115.29
4	—	385	113.00–118.00	115.48
3	—	564	110.00	110.00
3	—	317	116.00–119.00	117.65
2	—	675	109.00	109.00
2	—	430	112.00–117.00	114.56
1	—	765	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	100.00	100.00
1	—	445	100.00	100.00
1	—	540	100.00	100.00
2	—	270	110.00	110.00
2	—	315	100.00–110.00	105.00
2	—	485	100.00–110.00	105.05
2	—	565	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	155	123.00	123.00
1	—	755	93.00	93.00
1	—	835	80.00	80.00
17	—	416	116.00–148.00	133.42
16	—	521	111.00–126.00	116.25
2	—	228	130.00–131.00	130.53
4	—	721	85.00–96.00	91.27
9	—	573	109.00–124.00	116.68
9	—	675	90.00–116.00	107.01
12	—	476	100.00–126.00	118.78
13	—	377	126.00–151.00	138.42
13	—	623	106.00–118.00	113.01
15	—	283	130.00–159.00	147.38
16	—	329	120.00–156.00	141.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	525	119.00–136.00	123.81
19	—	618	99.00–132.00	109.95
17	—	470	120.00–144.00	129.64
11	—	717	94.00–115.00	99.63
11	—	569	117.00–124.00	120.36
9	—	668	100.00–122.00	105.81
4	—	774	97.00–104.00	101.28
3	—	877	94.00–108.00	103.24
3	—	420	120.00–128.00	123.25
1	—	935	104.00	104.00
1	—	840	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	595	100.00–105.00	102.50
2	—	468	105.00–108.00	106.46
1	—	515	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	579	110.00–119.00	113.21
11	—	520	114.00–119.00	116.37
4	—	464	110.00–120.00	114.78
1	—	695	99.00	99.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	838	45.00–50.00	48.18
4	—	763	34.00–44.00	39.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,472	57.00–63.00	60.56
2	—	1,458	51.00–54.00	52.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,091	54.00–64.00	59.20
7	—	1,011	45.00–54.00	50.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,728	84.00–97.00	89.19
5	—	1,307	75.00–81.00	78.08
1	—	1,980	99.00	99.00

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	—	950	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	975.00	975.00

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

Replacement Cattle