Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $122.16/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$122.16

84 head · 418 lb average

Value per head Derived

$511

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$63

per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 3

$25.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.64

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	270	131.00	354	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	436	129.89	566	48
Medium 2	400	114.72	458	22
Medium 3	395	105.51	417	13thin

One grade step is worth $25.49/cwt here — about −$63 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 sale84 hd

122.16

—

NC average8 barns · 710 hd

131.79

−9.64

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	1,631	82.91	1,352	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,639	61.79	1,013	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,110	59.51	661	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	805	42.38	341	4thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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 and Large 1-2	—	513	117.49/cwt	115.00–120.00	603	4
Heifers	Small 2	—	557	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	501	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	146.02/cwt	144.00–148.00	421	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	121.00/cwt	119.00–123.00	633	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	88.27/cwt	82.00–93.00	646	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	98.01/cwt	94.00–100.00	595	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	374	115.00/cwt	110.00–119.00	430	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	370	113.54/cwt	112.00–115.00	420	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	438	103.81/cwt	100.00–106.00	455	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	545	105.00/cwt	102.00–108.00	572	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	230	123.46/cwt	120.00–129.00	284	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	463	112.97/cwt	111.00–116.00	523	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	570	113.01/cwt	110.00–114.00	644	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	293	114.03/cwt	111.00–117.00	334	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	473	104.76/cwt	100.00–109.00	496	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	725	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	653	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	360	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	367	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	480	102.69/cwt	98.00–106.00	493	7
Steers	Medium 3	—	419	104.04/cwt	100.00–109.00	436	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	250	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	293	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	258	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	279	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	625	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	625	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	330	109.17/cwt	104.00–115.00	360	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	205	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	228	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	106.01/cwt	95.00–112.00	663	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	132.35/cwt	126.00–140.00	559	15
Steers	Medium 2	—	510	111.94/cwt	109.00–115.00	571	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	434	109.16/cwt	108.00–111.00	474	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	437	113.35/cwt	112.00–115.00	495	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	102.01/cwt	98.00–107.00	691	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	574	98.62/cwt	93.00–108.00	566	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	122.97/cwt	121.00–127.00	605	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	379	104.51/cwt	100.00–107.00	396	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	134.26/cwt	120.00–146.00	491	8
Bulls	Medium 2	—	474	112.99/cwt	110.00–116.00	536	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	695	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	124.40/cwt	120.00–129.00	414	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	121.43/cwt	117.00–126.00	593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	575	100.84/cwt	92.00–105.00	580	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	896	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	529	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	595	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	613	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	305	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	345	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	89.32/cwt	88.00–90.00	648	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	133.50/cwt	123.00–146.00	429	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	740	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	733	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	580	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	623	94.51/cwt	91.00–98.00	589	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	519	110.84/cwt	108.00–115.00	575	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	270	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	354	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	370	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	248	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,713	66.63/cwt	65.00–70.00	1,141	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	66.39/cwt	65.00–69.00	770	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	782	39.50/cwt	36.00–44.00	309	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	976	50.48/cwt	46.00–54.00	493	5
Bulls	—	—	1,528	76.53/cwt	75.00–78.00	1,169	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,635	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	818	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	446	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	60.02/cwt	55.00–64.00	678	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,617	61.51/cwt	58.00–64.00	995	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	685	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	328	106.11/cwt	104.00–108.00	348	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	485	104.98/cwt	104.00–106.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	528	98.87/cwt	97.00–104.00	522	6
Bulls	—	—	1,700	87.16/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,482	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	245	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	245	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	510	98.80/cwt	90.00–107.00	504	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	615	94.89/cwt	82.00–108.00	584	2

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 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 326Last week 335Year ago 664

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 42Year ago 207

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	513	115.00–120.00	117.49
1	—	810	85.00	85.00
2	—	773	105.00	105.00
6	—	625	95.00–112.00	106.01
3	—	677	98.00–107.00	102.01
2	—	488	117.00–126.00	121.43
1	—	860	84.00	84.00
1	—	985	91.00	91.00
3	—	725	88.00–90.00	89.32
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	570	110.00–114.00	113.01
1	—	725	90.00	90.00
6	—	474	110.00–116.00	112.99
2	—	623	91.00–98.00	94.51
7	—	519	108.00–115.00	110.84
1	—	685	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	100.00–109.00	104.76
6	—	575	92.00–105.00	100.84
3	—	510	90.00–107.00	98.80
2	—	615	82.00–108.00	94.89
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	557	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	88.00	88.00
3	—	732	82.00–93.00	88.27
8	—	607	94.00–100.00	98.01
1	—	685	94.00	94.00
2	—	333	120.00–129.00	124.40
1	—	290	134.00	134.00
1	—	460	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	112.00–115.00	113.54
2	—	545	102.00–108.00	105.00
1	—	250	117.00	117.00
1	—	205	111.00	111.00
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
11	—	434	108.00–111.00	109.16
1	—	695	84.00	84.00
1	—	595	103.00	103.00
1	—	305	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	438	100.00–106.00	103.81
7	—	480	98.00–106.00	102.69
12	—	574	93.00–108.00	98.62
4	—	379	100.00–107.00	104.51
2	—	328	104.00–108.00	106.11
6	—	528	97.00–104.00	98.87
1	—	245	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	288	144.00–148.00	146.02
2	—	633	121.00	121.00
4	—	523	119.00–123.00	121.00
15	—	422	126.00–140.00	132.35
1	—	735	110.00	110.00
3	—	492	121.00–127.00	122.97
8	—	366	120.00–146.00	134.26
1	—	1,330	90.00	90.00
1	—	660	120.00	120.00
11	—	321	123.00–146.00	133.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	374	110.00–119.00	115.00
4	—	230	120.00–129.00	123.46
3	—	463	111.00–116.00	112.97
2	—	293	111.00–117.00	114.03
2	—	510	109.00–115.00	111.94
3	—	437	112.00–115.00	113.35
1	—	740	99.00	99.00
1	—	580	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	102.00	102.00
4	—	419	100.00–109.00	104.04
2	—	258	108.00	108.00
1	—	625	100.00	100.00
3	—	330	104.00–115.00	109.17
2	—	485	104.00–106.00	104.98
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	131.00	131.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	67.00	67.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,713	65.00–70.00	66.63
1	—	1,635	50.00	50.00
10	—	1,617	58.00–64.00	61.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,160	65.00–69.00	66.39
5	—	976	46.00–54.00	50.48
21	—	1,130	55.00–64.00	60.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	782	36.00–44.00	39.50
1	—	875	51.00	51.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,528	75.00–78.00	76.53
3	—	1,700	83.00–89.00	87.16

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