Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.74/cwt on 305 head.

Average price

$127.74

305 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$58

per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 3

$29.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.38

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	300	133.00	399	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	543	130.86	711	257
Medium 2	419	115.50	484	27
Medium 3	440	103.98	457	20

One grade step is worth $29.02/cwt here — about −$58 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 sale305 hd

127.74

—

NC average8 barns · 969 hd

126.36

+1.38

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	1,600	79.17	1,267	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,504	55.59	836	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	54.11	633	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	911	37.11	338	10

Every lot, as filed

93 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 2	—	568	112.02/cwt	110.00–114.00	636	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	688	94.04/cwt	90.00–98.00	647	2
Bulls	—	—	1,636	83.84/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,372	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	127.69/cwt	110.00–136.00	783	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	119.07/cwt	103.00–130.00	803	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	124.54/cwt	120.00–133.00	584	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	115.53/cwt	113.00–120.00	664	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,529	55.44/cwt	53.00–59.00	848	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	48.42/cwt	43.00–55.00	461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	140.27/cwt	130.00–151.00	316	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	271	154.06/cwt	139.00–166.00	418	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	753	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	129.52/cwt	120.00–139.00	600	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	102.73/cwt	91.00–114.00	786	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	130.16/cwt	124.00–134.00	677	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	138.74/cwt	122.00–159.00	583	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	118.68/cwt	104.00–123.00	926	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	119.82/cwt	105.00–125.00	853	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	149.69/cwt	121.00–174.00	489	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	130.26/cwt	120.00–140.00	474	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,083	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	54.64/cwt	50.00–58.00	656	30
Bulls	—	—	1,749	89.34/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,563	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	63.08/cwt	59.00–65.00	925	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	901	34.28/cwt	30.00–44.00	309	8
Bulls	—	—	1,453	66.17/cwt	51.00–78.00	961	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,083	45.41/cwt	41.00–48.00	492	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	48.70/cwt	48.00–50.00	700	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	61.03/cwt	59.00–65.00	707	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	137.66/cwt	125.00–151.00	396	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	99.60/cwt	94.00–106.00	670	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	122.12/cwt	120.00–128.00	574	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	131.73/cwt	120.00–154.00	424	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	103.32/cwt	100.00–110.00	804	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	106.37/cwt	99.00–117.00	715	21
Heifers	Medium 3	—	475	106.76/cwt	105.00–109.00	507	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	335	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	335	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	417	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	250	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	534	61.28/cwt	60.00–63.00	327	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	973	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	525	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	475	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	314	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	735	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	662	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	473	102.32/cwt	100.00–107.00	484	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	375	105.18/cwt	103.00–107.00	394	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	230	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	281	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	235	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	263	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	570	101.92/cwt	96.00–106.00	581	9
Bulls	Medium 2	—	523	115.00/cwt	111.00–117.00	601	12
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	575	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	776	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	300	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	399	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	253	116.95/cwt	112.00–122.00	296	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	518	110.01/cwt	108.00–112.00	570	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	610	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	609	96.99/cwt	96.00–99.00	591	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	368	120.03/cwt	118.00–122.00	442	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	330	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	406	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	295	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	345	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	471	113.47/cwt	110.00–117.00	534	17
Bulls	Medium 2	—	477	115.33/cwt	110.00–118.00	550	14
Heifers	Medium 3	—	432	106.19/cwt	100.00–109.00	459	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	427	115.19/cwt	110.00–123.00	492	13
Steers	Medium 2	—	512	111.72/cwt	110.00–114.00	572	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	106.31/cwt	90.00–117.00	765	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	111.60/cwt	100.00–127.00	687	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	126.93/cwt	120.00–140.00	525	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	100.46/cwt	90.00–109.00	728	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	116.49/cwt	106.00–119.00	1,037	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	120.83/cwt	117.00–127.00	634	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	116.22/cwt	113.00–122.00	609	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	132.18/cwt	121.00–135.00	761	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	137.59/cwt	120.00–164.00	515	20
Steers	Medium 3	—	245	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	270	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	123.74/cwt	116.00–130.00	705	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	828	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	573	102.49/cwt	100.00–105.00	587	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	255	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	106.01/cwt	101.00–115.00	869	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	640	94.02/cwt	91.00–97.00	602	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	343	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	109.94/cwt	100.00–116.00	671	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	466	103.42/cwt	100.00–107.00	482	9
Bulls	Medium 3	—	517	104.48/cwt	100.00–110.00	540	9
Steers	Medium 3	—	388	109.35/cwt	108.00–110.00	424	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	420	113.70/cwt	110.00–116.00	478	11
Steers	Medium 3	—	426	103.52/cwt	100.00–108.00	441	9
Heifers	Medium 3	—	520	103.68/cwt	100.00–109.00	539	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	337	117.66/cwt	117.00–118.00	397	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	574	109.24/cwt	107.00–110.00	627	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	605	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	375	114.40/cwt	110.00–120.00	429	7
Bulls	Medium 3	—	568	102.17/cwt	100.00–105.00	580	12
Heifers	Medium 3	—	680	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	544	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 Oct 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,083Last week 809Year ago 770

Slaughter CattleReceipts 118Last week 79Year ago 171

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	568	110.00–114.00	112.02
2	—	688	90.00–98.00	94.04
12	—	523	111.00–117.00	115.00
1	—	610	90.00	90.00
14	—	477	110.00–118.00	115.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	469	120.00–133.00	124.54
3	—	778	100.00–110.00	103.32
21	—	672	99.00–117.00	106.37
14	—	720	90.00–117.00	106.31
16	—	616	100.00–127.00	111.60
5	—	525	117.00–127.00	120.83
10	—	570	116.00–130.00	123.74
1	—	910	91.00	91.00
3	—	820	101.00–115.00	106.01
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	91.00–97.00	94.02
9	—	466	100.00–107.00	103.42
9	—	517	100.00–110.00	104.48
12	—	568	100.00–105.00	102.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	613	110.00–136.00	127.69
10	—	674	103.00–130.00	119.07
2	—	225	130.00–151.00	140.27
4	—	271	139.00–166.00	154.06
33	—	463	120.00–139.00	129.52
8	—	520	124.00–134.00	130.16
34	—	420	122.00–159.00	138.74
15	—	780	104.00–123.00	118.68
44	—	712	105.00–125.00	119.82
24	—	327	121.00–174.00	149.69
1	—	950	114.00	114.00
5	—	890	106.00–119.00	116.49
31	—	576	121.00–135.00	132.18
20	—	374	120.00–164.00	137.59
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	90.00	90.00
3	—	473	100.00–107.00	102.32
1	—	245	110.00	110.00
2	—	573	100.00–105.00	102.49
1	—	255	108.00	108.00
3	—	388	108.00–110.00	109.35
9	—	426	100.00–108.00	103.52
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	122.00	122.00
2	—	253	112.00–122.00	116.95
3	—	368	118.00–122.00	120.03
1	—	330	123.00	123.00
13	—	427	110.00–123.00	115.19
7	—	512	110.00–114.00	111.72
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	575	113.00–120.00	115.53
1	—	865	87.00	87.00
2	—	765	91.00–114.00	102.73
9	—	364	120.00–140.00	130.26
2	—	288	125.00–151.00	137.66
14	—	673	94.00–106.00	99.60
13	—	470	120.00–128.00	122.12
12	—	322	120.00–154.00	131.73
23	—	414	120.00–140.00	126.93
5	—	725	90.00–109.00	100.46
15	—	524	113.00–122.00	116.22
1	—	245	140.00	140.00
4	—	610	100.00–116.00	109.94
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	105.00–109.00	106.76
2	—	335	100.00	100.00
5	—	375	103.00–107.00	105.18
9	—	570	96.00–106.00	101.92
6	—	432	100.00–109.00	106.19
7	—	520	100.00–109.00	103.68
1	—	605	86.00	86.00
1	—	680	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	112.00	112.00
7	—	518	108.00–112.00	110.01
4	—	609	96.00–99.00	96.99
1	—	295	117.00	117.00
17	—	471	110.00–117.00	113.47
11	—	420	110.00–116.00	113.70
3	—	337	117.00–118.00	117.66
4	—	574	107.00–110.00	109.24
7	—	375	110.00–120.00	114.40
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	60.00	60.00
7	—	534	60.00–63.00	61.28
3	—	973	54.00	54.00
1	—	475	66.00	66.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,636	80.00–87.00	83.84
4	—	1,749	88.00–90.00	89.34
6	—	1,453	51.00–78.00	66.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,529	53.00–59.00	55.44
3	—	1,467	59.00–65.00	63.08
3	—	1,438	48.00–50.00	48.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	43.00–55.00	48.42
8	—	901	30.00–44.00	34.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,200	50.00–58.00	54.64
9	—	1,083	41.00–48.00	45.41
9	—	1,158	59.00–65.00	61.03

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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