Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were steady to up 1.00 to 3.00 . Feeder cattle steady to up 2.00 to 5.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings were moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 5.00 to 25.00 16 head

1 hog

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.22/cwt on 229 head.

Average price

$123.22

229 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$579

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$22.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.04

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	481	126.60	608	183
Medium 2	417	114.94	479	23
Medium 3	436	104.60	456	23

One grade step is worth $22.00/cwt here — about $152 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 sale229 hd

123.22

—

NC average8 barns · 1,049 hd

115.17

+8.04

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	1,618	93.15	1,508	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,576	67.18	1,059	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,117	61.29	685	84
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	861	50.82	438	4thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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	—	290	123.93/cwt	120.00–128.00	359	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	330	120.95/cwt	118.00–124.00	399	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	388	113.96/cwt	112.00–116.00	442	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	426	106.25/cwt	105.00–110.00	453	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	195	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	304	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	907	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	159.43/cwt	149.00–168.00	375	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	125.39/cwt	120.00–128.00	907	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	165.55/cwt	140.00–184.00	455	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	125.96/cwt	121.00–137.00	848	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	133.38/cwt	125.00–142.00	698	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	132.31/cwt	128.00–136.00	745	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	133.45/cwt	119.00–139.00	842	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	153.81/cwt	125.00–176.00	566	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	146.92/cwt	123.00–166.00	620	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	139.78/cwt	130.00–145.00	675	32
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	10,175	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	240	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	192	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	162.69/cwt	130.00–186.00	530	38
Heifers	Medium 2	—	210	118.32/cwt	111.00–126.00	248	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	590	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	649	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	130.97/cwt	110.00–144.00	621	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	112.51/cwt	100.00–134.00	699	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	126.54/cwt	120.00–136.00	657	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	111.10/cwt	100.00–120.00	743	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	122.94/cwt	103.00–133.00	695	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	107.02/cwt	94.00–120.00	827	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	98.66/cwt	90.00–106.00	703	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	106.20/cwt	99.00–110.00	876	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	101.34/cwt	95.00–108.00	935	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	861	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	476	104.41/cwt	100.00–114.00	497	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	570	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	500	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	530	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	576	114.03/cwt	110.00–119.00	657	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	484	117.82/cwt	114.00–120.00	570	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	527	112.03/cwt	105.00–116.00	590	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	745	93.00/cwt	88.00–98.00	693	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	690	98.50/cwt	98.00–99.00	680	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	795	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	636	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	52.43/cwt	50.00–54.00	451	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	398	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,592	70.06/cwt	63.00–75.00	1,115	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	62.58/cwt	57.00–66.00	970	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,101	61.02/cwt	53.00–66.00	672	59
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	68.11/cwt	67.00–71.00	839	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,041	52.65/cwt	47.00–55.00	548	10
Bulls	—	—	1,625	92.88/cwt	84.00–99.00	1,509	15
Bulls	—	—	1,829	102.81/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,880	4
Bulls	—	—	1,148	75.86/cwt	71.00–80.00	871	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	800	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	4,600	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	275	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	303	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	421	119.02/cwt	116.00–122.00	501	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	363	121.85/cwt	118.00–125.00	442	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	580	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	679	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	530	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	525	108.98/cwt	108.00–110.00	572	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	418	114.75/cwt	114.00–117.00	480	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	480	112.80/cwt	110.00–118.00	541	8
Heifers	Medium 3	—	273	102.06/cwt	100.00–104.00	279	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	338	103.02/cwt	100.00–106.00	348	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	573	102.51/cwt	100.00–105.00	587	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	378	104.69/cwt	100.00–107.00	396	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	520	104.32/cwt	104.00–105.00	542	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	425	105.00/cwt	100.00–110.00	446	5
Heifers	Medium 3	—	473	106.42/cwt	100.00–110.00	503	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	170	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	289	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	831	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	94.73/cwt	90.00–100.00	674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	94.69/cwt	90.00–98.00	722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	140.71/cwt	134.00–149.00	321	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	284	150.78/cwt	141.00–160.00	428	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	108.07/cwt	100.00–118.00	673	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	108.93/cwt	90.00–114.00	731	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	146.06/cwt	120.00–159.00	491	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	129.27/cwt	120.00–136.00	620	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	117.76/cwt	112.00–131.00	619	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	132.69/cwt	117.00–147.00	557	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	137.47/cwt	120.00–150.00	502	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	118.07/cwt	111.00–127.00	678	31
Steers	Medium 2	—	310	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	372	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 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 834Last week 671Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 150Last week 139Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 2Year ago 0

Baby calves 5.00 to 25.00 16 head

1 hog

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	290	120.00–128.00	123.93
2	—	330	118.00–124.00	120.95
2	—	388	112.00–116.00	113.96
2	—	210	111.00–126.00	118.32
1	—	590	110.00	110.00
2	—	525	108.00–110.00	108.98
4	—	418	114.00–117.00	114.75
8	—	480	110.00–118.00	112.80
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	273	100.00–104.00	102.06
2	—	338	100.00–106.00	103.02
2	—	573	100.00–105.00	102.51
3	—	378	100.00–107.00	104.69
3	—	520	104.00–105.00	104.32
5	—	425	100.00–110.00	105.00
6	—	473	100.00–110.00	106.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	170	170.00	170.00
1	—	875	95.00	95.00
3	—	712	90.00–100.00	94.73
3	—	762	90.00–98.00	94.69
4	—	228	134.00–149.00	140.71
6	—	284	141.00–160.00	150.78
12	—	623	100.00–118.00	108.07
14	—	671	90.00–114.00	108.93
18	—	336	120.00–159.00	146.06
18	—	480	120.00–136.00	129.27
18	—	526	112.00–131.00	117.76
24	—	420	117.00–147.00	132.69
30	—	365	120.00–150.00	137.47
31	—	574	111.00–127.00	118.07
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
4	—	426	105.00–110.00	106.25
1	—	275	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	195	156.00	156.00
1	—	905	116.00	116.00
2	—	753	120.00–121.00	120.50
3	—	235	149.00–168.00	159.43
6	—	723	120.00–128.00	125.39
8	—	275	140.00–184.00	165.55
8	—	673	121.00–137.00	125.96
10	—	523	125.00–142.00	133.38
12	—	563	128.00–136.00	132.31
12	—	631	119.00–139.00	133.45
20	—	368	125.00–176.00	153.81
25	—	422	123.00–166.00	146.92
32	—	483	130.00–145.00	139.78
38	—	326	130.00–186.00	162.69
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	421	116.00–122.00	119.02
5	—	363	118.00–125.00	121.85
2	—	580	117.00	117.00
1	—	530	118.00	118.00
1	—	310	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	474	110.00–144.00	130.97
28	—	621	100.00–134.00	112.51
21	—	519	120.00–136.00	126.54
11	—	669	100.00–120.00	111.10
10	—	565	103.00–133.00	122.94
8	—	773	94.00–120.00	107.02
6	—	713	90.00–106.00	98.66
4	—	825	99.00–110.00	106.20
2	—	923	95.00–108.00	101.34
1	—	990	87.00	87.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	476	100.00–114.00	104.41
1	—	570	108.00	108.00
1	—	500	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	576	110.00–119.00	114.03
7	—	484	114.00–120.00	117.82
6	—	527	105.00–116.00	112.03
2	—	745	88.00–98.00	93.00
2	—	690	98.00–99.00	98.50
1	—	795	80.00	80.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	575.00	575.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	860	50.00–54.00	52.43
1	—	865	46.00	46.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,592	63.00–75.00	70.06
5	—	1,550	57.00–66.00	62.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,101	53.00–66.00	61.02
15	—	1,232	67.00–71.00	68.11
10	—	1,041	47.00–55.00	52.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,625	84.00–99.00	92.88
4	—	1,829	101.00–105.00	102.81
2	—	1,148	71.00–80.00	75.86

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

Heifers · 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

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Replacement Cattle

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