Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were up 3.00 to 5.00 . Feeder cattle steady to up 2.00 to 4.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 10.00 to 45.00 15 head

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.19/cwt on 185 head.

Average price

$110.19

185 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$556

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

per head · Medium 1-2 over Small 3

$22.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.58

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	490	119.00	583	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	534	113.50	606	93
Medium 2	460	110.51	508	49
Medium 3	489	102.69	502	39
Small 3	503	96.69	487	3thin

One grade step is worth $22.31/cwt here — about $96 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 sale185 hd

110.19

—

NC average6 barns · 682 hd

105.61

+4.58

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	—	High	1,472	90.02	1,325	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,561	61.03	953	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,175	60.21	708	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	841	45.68	384	7thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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	—	425	123.03/cwt	115.00–129.00	523	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	132.08/cwt	124.00–135.00	490	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	117.99/cwt	100.00–128.00	721	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	96.66/cwt	92.00–108.00	747	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	285	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	92.67/cwt	90.00–94.00	813	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	86.38/cwt	80.00–90.00	802	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	86.51/cwt	82.00–91.00	695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	309	138.25/cwt	137.00–139.00	427	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	137.01/cwt	120.00–158.00	578	27
Steers	Medium 2	—	472	114.60/cwt	111.00–118.00	541	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	113.35/cwt	102.00–124.00	708	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	116.98/cwt	116.00–118.00	907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	117.28/cwt	115.00–120.00	561	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	94.89/cwt	87.00–102.00	685	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	873	83.06/cwt	80.00–86.00	725	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	370	113.31/cwt	106.00–118.00	419	14
Heifers	Medium 2	—	565	108.16/cwt	106.00–109.00	611	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	524	111.81/cwt	110.00–115.00	586	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	120.81/cwt	110.00–137.00	695	13
Steers	Medium 2	—	500	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	438	110.76/cwt	108.00–114.00	485	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	328	116.01/cwt	115.00–117.00	381	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	573	104.80/cwt	102.00–108.00	601	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	635	93.50/cwt	93.00–94.00	594	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	660	90.95/cwt	88.00–94.00	600	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	630	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	90.00/cwt	86.00–94.00	680	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	125.17/cwt	120.00–132.00	590	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	135.70/cwt	124.00–138.00	786	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	146.82/cwt	121.00–161.00	552	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	133.65/cwt	125.00–138.00	639	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	114.58/cwt	105.00–119.00	608	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	99.51/cwt	94.00–108.00	711	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	902	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	111.39/cwt	106.00–118.00	810	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	107.32/cwt	99.00–119.00	723	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	119.67/cwt	118.00–121.00	626	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	180	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	239	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	634	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	99.81/cwt	86.00–109.00	668	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	139.15/cwt	120.00–157.00	456	16
Heifers	Small 3	—	480	94.53/cwt	92.00–97.00	454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	104.59/cwt	98.00–125.00	650	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	132.08/cwt	114.00–137.00	693	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	114.55/cwt	106.00–120.00	771	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	319	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	93.01/cwt	90.00–96.00	752	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	142.36/cwt	121.00–156.00	396	12
Heifers	Small 3	—	550	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	556	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	725	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	631	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	740	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	607	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	490	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	583	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	422	118.68/cwt	118.00–119.00	501	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	765	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	681	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	320	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	403	1
Bulls	—	—	1,257	122.08/cwt	113.00–126.00	1,535	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,604	65.50/cwt	64.00–68.00	1,051	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	66.18/cwt	62.00–75.00	786	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	50.02/cwt	46.00–53.00	538	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	795	36.23/cwt	30.00–40.00	288	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	859	49.46/cwt	46.00–55.00	425	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	481	113.92/cwt	110.00–118.00	548	13
Bulls	—	—	1,308	74.53/cwt	69.00–79.00	975	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	51.55/cwt	47.00–54.00	804	3
Bulls	—	—	1,584	85.15/cwt	78.00–97.00	1,349	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	58.09/cwt	54.00–62.00	690	34
Bulls	Medium 2	—	480	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	538	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	330	102.95/cwt	100.00–106.00	340	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	365	110.51/cwt	110.00–111.00	403	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	345	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	673	89.98/cwt	86.00–94.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	310	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	322	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	468	103.78/cwt	100.00–106.00	486	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	515	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	556	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	533	107.34/cwt	105.00–109.00	572	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	390	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	406	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	223	104.22/cwt	100.00–108.00	232	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	440	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	476	101.93/cwt	97.00–105.00	485	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	570	111.40/cwt	109.00–114.00	635	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	235	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	282	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	395	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	427	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	59.88/cwt	55.00–64.00	919	18
Steers	Medium 3	—	460	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	574	103.16/cwt	97.00–105.00	592	12
Bulls	Medium 3	—	513	107.00/cwt	106.00–108.00	549	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	622	89.27/cwt	80.00–94.00	555	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	538	101.83/cwt	94.00–105.00	548	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	426	104.02/cwt	100.00–107.00	443	9
Steers	Medium 3	—	277	111.85/cwt	108.00–114.00	310	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	220	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	242	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 Nov 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 626Last week 603Year ago 986

Slaughter CattleReceipts 157Last week 85Year ago 158

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 1

Baby calves 10.00 to 45.00 15 head

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	425	115.00–129.00	123.03
14	—	371	124.00–135.00	132.08
2	—	803	82.00–91.00	86.51
4	—	309	137.00–139.00	138.25
11	—	478	115.00–120.00	117.28
5	—	722	87.00–102.00	94.89
2	—	755	86.00–94.00	90.00
13	—	531	105.00–119.00	114.58
6	—	571	110.00–112.00	111.00
11	—	669	86.00–109.00	99.81
16	—	621	98.00–125.00	104.59
1	—	255	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	114.00	114.00
14	—	370	106.00–118.00	113.31
6	—	565	106.00–109.00	108.16
5	—	438	108.00–114.00	110.76
2	—	328	115.00–117.00	116.01
1	—	725	87.00	87.00
13	—	481	110.00–118.00	113.92
3	—	673	86.00–94.00	89.98
3	—	533	105.00–109.00	107.34
1	—	235	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	90.00	90.00
1	—	310	104.00	104.00
1	—	390	104.00	104.00
2	—	223	100.00–108.00	104.22
7	—	476	97.00–105.00	101.93
12	—	574	97.00–105.00	103.16
6	—	538	94.00–105.00	101.83
9	—	426	100.00–107.00	104.02
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	92.00–97.00	94.53
1	—	550	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	611	100.00–128.00	117.99
27	—	422	120.00–158.00	137.01
2	—	775	116.00–118.00	116.98
8	—	579	124.00–138.00	135.70
23	—	376	121.00–161.00	146.82
6	—	478	125.00–138.00	133.65
3	—	727	106.00–118.00	111.39
1	—	180	133.00	133.00
16	—	328	120.00–157.00	139.15
15	—	525	114.00–137.00	132.08
4	—	673	106.00–120.00	114.55
12	—	278	121.00–156.00	142.36
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	111.00–118.00	114.60
1	—	500	115.00	115.00
1	—	565	110.00	110.00
3	—	422	118.00–119.00	118.68
2	—	365	110.00–111.00	110.51
1	—	345	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	100.00–106.00	102.95
1	—	515	108.00	108.00
1	—	440	100.00	100.00
1	—	395	108.00	108.00
1	—	460	106.00	106.00
3	—	277	108.00–114.00	111.85
1	—	220	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	773	92.00–108.00	96.66
3	—	877	90.00–94.00	92.67
3	—	928	80.00–90.00	86.38
12	—	625	102.00–124.00	113.35
13	—	575	110.00–137.00	120.81
12	—	471	120.00–132.00	125.17
11	—	715	94.00–108.00	99.51
1	—	970	93.00	93.00
13	—	674	99.00–119.00	107.32
9	—	523	118.00–121.00	119.67
4	—	809	90.00–96.00	93.01
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	873	80.00–86.00	83.06
11	—	524	110.00–115.00	111.81
2	—	635	93.00–94.00	93.50
2	—	660	88.00–94.00	90.95
1	—	740	82.00	82.00
1	—	765	89.00	89.00
1	—	480	112.00	112.00
5	—	570	109.00–114.00	111.40
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	102.00–108.00	104.80
4	—	468	100.00–106.00	103.78
4	—	513	106.00–108.00	107.00
3	—	622	80.00–94.00	89.27

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	900.00	900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,257	113.00–126.00	122.08
5	—	1,308	69.00–79.00	74.53
17	—	1,584	78.00–97.00	85.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,604	64.00–68.00	65.50
3	—	1,560	47.00–54.00	51.55
18	—	1,535	55.00–64.00	59.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,188	62.00–75.00	66.18
7	—	1,075	46.00–53.00	50.02
34	—	1,187	54.00–62.00	58.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	795	30.00–40.00	36.23
5	—	859	46.00–55.00	49.46

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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