Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were steady to up 1.00 to 3.00 Feeder cattle steady to down 2.00 to 4.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings light with quality plain to average .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.34/cwt on 148 head.

Average price

$109.34

148 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$513

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$14.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.40

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	488	115.69	564	69
Medium 2	499	106.37	531	38
Medium 3	412	101.41	418	41

One grade step is worth $14.28/cwt here — about $146 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 sale148 hd

109.34

—

NC average7 barns · 884 hd

102.94

+6.40

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	—	Low	1,560	80.73	1,259	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,650	59.30	978	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,161	54.84	636	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	860	38.69	333	8thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	113.49/cwt	110.00–120.00	632	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	280	117.00/cwt	115.00–119.00	328	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	119.74/cwt	117.00–133.00	516	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	118.06/cwt	114.00–125.00	727	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	425	113.00/cwt	110.00–115.00	480	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	96.65/cwt	90.00–106.00	708	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	125.36/cwt	120.00–134.00	725	20
Bulls	Medium 3	—	895	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	100.34/cwt	100.00–101.00	680	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	116.56/cwt	112.00–120.00	716	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	368	113.64/cwt	110.00–116.00	418	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	560	112.68/cwt	110.00–114.00	631	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	480	112.00/cwt	110.00–114.00	538	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	424	103.02/cwt	100.00–106.00	437	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	290	113.93/cwt	110.00–118.00	330	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	645	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	516	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	521	100.58/cwt	100.00–104.00	524	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	840	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	622	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	773	92.99/cwt	91.00–95.00	719	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	760	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	532	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	318	114.87/cwt	111.00–119.00	365	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	200	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	228	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	255	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	255	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	546	108.43/cwt	106.00–109.00	592	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	569	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	620	8
Heifers	Medium 3	—	278	108.32/cwt	105.00–110.00	301	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	328	108.11/cwt	106.00–110.00	355	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	85.79/cwt	80.00–91.00	654	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	93.50/cwt	93.00–94.00	671	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	119.21/cwt	115.00–123.00	579	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	100.65/cwt	91.00–108.00	622	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	130.08/cwt	124.00–137.00	562	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	129.95/cwt	124.00–136.00	374	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	107.36/cwt	100.00–110.00	765	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	112.45/cwt	100.00–123.00	744	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	127.99/cwt	124.00–134.00	419	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	124.55/cwt	120.00–132.00	472	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	129.96/cwt	121.00–151.00	417	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	124.38/cwt	120.00–133.00	459	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	269	145.48/cwt	130.00–164.00	391	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	114.62/cwt	110.00–119.00	599	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	123.69/cwt	120.00–130.00	585	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	117.67/cwt	110.00–121.00	673	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	618	6
Bulls	Small 3	—	528	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	119.48/cwt	113.00–128.00	609	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	107.06/cwt	99.00–115.00	717	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	615	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	554	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	422	115.02/cwt	114.00–116.00	485	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	378	115.00/cwt	112.00–119.00	435	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	518	110.66/cwt	110.00–114.00	573	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	590	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	413	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	613	60.12/cwt	50.00–70.00	369	2
Bulls	—	—	1,150	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	817	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	798	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,678	62.06/cwt	60.00–66.00	1,041	10
Bulls	—	—	1,802	86.34/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,556	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	62.19/cwt	60.00–65.00	738	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	846	35.54/cwt	30.00–41.00	301	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	993	47.01/cwt	45.00–49.00	467	6
Bulls	Medium 3	—	557	97.00/cwt	96.00–100.00	540	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	464	103.02/cwt	100.00–108.00	478	7
Heifers	Medium 3	—	385	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	385	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	523	102.65/cwt	100.00–110.00	537	6
Steers	Medium 3	—	505	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	545	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	325	100.50/cwt	100.00–101.00	327	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	383	106.70/cwt	100.00–110.00	409	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	427	100.86/cwt	100.00–109.00	431	11
Heifers	Medium 3	—	555	100.01/cwt	96.00–104.00	555	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	469	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	469	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	48.13/cwt	44.00–53.00	433	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	630	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	466	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	470	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	468	111.01/cwt	110.00–113.00	520	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	650	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	585	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	240	104.41/cwt	100.00–109.00	251	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	232	106.91/cwt	100.00–110.00	248	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	308	103.08/cwt	100.00–109.00	317	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	53.92/cwt	28.00–59.00	645	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,624	57.27/cwt	53.00–59.00	930	9
Bulls	—	—	1,480	78.95/cwt	74.00–88.00	1,168	4

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 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 603Last week 668Year ago 661

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 127Year ago 131

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	557	110.00–120.00	113.49
8	—	431	117.00–133.00	119.74
2	—	718	93.00–94.00	93.50
4	—	486	115.00–123.00	119.21
1	—	750	80.00	80.00
6	—	618	91.00–108.00	100.65
2	—	288	124.00–136.00	129.95
12	—	327	124.00–134.00	127.99
4	—	369	120.00–133.00	124.38
1	—	840	83.00	83.00
14	—	523	110.00–119.00	114.62
1	—	200	120.00	120.00
2	—	670	99.00–115.00	107.06
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	115.00–119.00	117.00
3	—	425	110.00–115.00	113.00
6	—	368	110.00–116.00	113.64
2	—	645	80.00	80.00
3	—	840	74.00	74.00
1	—	200	114.00	114.00
7	—	546	106.00–109.00	108.43
8	—	569	109.00	109.00
2	—	328	106.00–110.00	108.11
4	—	468	110.00–113.00	111.01
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	521	100.00–104.00	100.58
3	—	278	105.00–110.00	108.32
1	—	385	100.00	100.00
11	—	427	100.00–109.00	100.86
3	—	555	96.00–104.00	100.01
4	—	469	100.00	100.00
1	—	630	74.00	74.00
3	—	232	100.00–110.00	106.91
8	—	308	100.00–109.00	103.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	117.00	117.00
3	—	733	90.00–106.00	96.65
3	—	678	100.00–101.00	100.34
5	—	614	112.00–120.00	116.56
5	—	762	80.00–91.00	85.79
11	—	473	120.00–130.00	123.69
7	—	572	110.00–121.00	117.67
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	85.00	85.00
2	—	760	70.00	70.00
4	—	557	96.00–100.00	97.00
7	—	464	100.00–108.00	103.02
6	—	523	100.00–110.00	102.65
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	110.00–114.00	112.68
4	—	480	110.00–114.00	112.00
1	—	615	90.00	90.00
6	—	518	110.00–114.00	110.66
1	—	650	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	616	114.00–125.00	118.06
20	—	578	120.00–134.00	125.36
7	—	432	124.00–137.00	130.08
5	—	713	100.00–110.00	107.36
5	—	662	100.00–123.00	112.45
15	—	379	120.00–132.00	124.55
14	—	321	121.00–151.00	129.96
13	—	269	130.00–164.00	145.48
6	—	475	130.00	130.00
13	—	510	113.00–128.00	119.48
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	424	100.00–106.00	103.02
1	—	255	100.00	100.00
1	—	505	108.00	108.00
2	—	325	100.00–101.00	100.50
3	—	383	100.00–110.00	106.70
1	—	470	100.00	100.00
2	—	240	100.00–109.00	104.41
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	290	110.00–118.00	113.93
2	—	773	91.00–95.00	92.99
6	—	318	111.00–119.00	114.87
5	—	422	114.00–116.00	115.02
6	—	378	112.00–119.00	115.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	70.00	70.00
2	—	613	50.00–70.00	60.12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	71.00	71.00
3	—	1,802	85.00–87.00	86.34
4	—	1,480	74.00–88.00	78.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	50.00	50.00
10	—	1,678	60.00–66.00	62.06
9	—	1,624	53.00–59.00	57.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,187	60.00–65.00	62.19
6	—	993	45.00–49.00	47.01
21	—	1,197	28.00–59.00	53.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	846	30.00–41.00	35.54
2	—	900	44.00–53.00	48.13

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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