Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 5.00 to higher this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were 6.00 to 8.00 higher this week compared to last week . Demand was good ; market activity and buyer interest were good . Offerings light with quality average .

11 head of hogs

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $265.05/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −107.07 against this barn's trailing median of $372.12.

Average price

$265.05

23 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,461

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$381

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

$76.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.62

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	271.72	1,493	21
Medium and Large 2	570	195.04	1,112	2thin

One grade step is worth $76.68/cwt here — about $381 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $413.75, low $322.14, median $372.12 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale23 hd

265.05

—

NC average7 barns · 127 hd

258.43

+6.62

This barn, trailing median32 sales

372.12

−107.07

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	1,518	167.20	2,538	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,119	139.43	1,561	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	850	120.93	1,028	3thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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	350–400	370	310.61/cwt	285.00–340.00	1,149	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	874	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	271.61/cwt	245.00–305.00	1,415	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	271.82/cwt	240.00–302.00	1,563	11
Bulls	—	—	1,601	185.64/cwt	181.00–194.00	2,972	5
Bulls	—	—	1,376	148.67/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,046	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,011	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,069	140.30/cwt	131.00–148.00	1,500	52
Bulls	—	—	1,548	163.58/cwt	153.00–173.00	2,532	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	119.39/cwt	116.00–123.00	1,036	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,475	153.92/cwt	149.00–159.00	2,270	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,042	123.59/cwt	110.00–129.00	1,288	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	287.30/cwt	250.00–310.00	1,212	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	272.35/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,550	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,033	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	279.99/cwt	250.00–312.00	1,336	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	277.21/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,308	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	252.31/cwt	225.00–272.00	1,562	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	970	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	293.05/cwt	250.00–309.00	1,090	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	281.83/cwt	240.00–317.50	905	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	979	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,530	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	306.57/cwt	301.00–312.00	1,634	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	273.82/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,177	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	215.56/cwt	205.00–222.00	1,565	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	279	301.35/cwt	270.00–340.00	841	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	310.00/cwt	300.00–340.00	992	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	270.00/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,796	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	328.74/cwt	290.00–365.00	750	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	266.83/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,638	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	195.04/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,112	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	341.01/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,115	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	295.31/cwt	270.00–307.00	1,822	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	765	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,824	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,034	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,879	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	315.59/cwt	314.00–316.00	1,471	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	293.50/cwt	280.00–299.00	1,940	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,027	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	338.10/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,227	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	315.16/cwt	280.00–330.00	1,384	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	297.74/cwt	272.50–305.00	1,688	10

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 May 31, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 270Last week 367Year ago 667

Slaughter CattleReceipts 115Last week 95Year ago 165

11 head of hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	290.00–365.00	328.74
4	250–300	279	270.00–340.00	301.35
4	300–350	320	300.00–340.00	310.00
10	350–400	370	285.00–340.00	310.61
6	400–450	422	250.00–310.00	287.30
18	450–500	477	250.00–312.00	279.99
10	500–550	521	245.00–305.00	271.61
11	550–600	575	240.00–302.00	271.82
7	600–650	614	250.00–285.00	266.83
5	650–700	665	260.00–280.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	220.00	220.00
1	450–500	460	190.00	190.00
2	550–600	570	190.00–200.00	195.04
1	600–650	630	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	321	240.00–317.50	281.83
13	350–400	372	250.00–309.00	293.05
12	400–450	430	250.00–290.00	273.82
7	450–500	472	265.00–285.00	277.21
1	500–550	535	265.00	265.00
10	550–600	569	260.00–285.00	272.35
5	600–650	619	225.00–272.00	252.31
1	650–700	660	200.00	200.00
7	700–750	726	205.00–222.00	215.56
3	800–850	827	185.00	185.00
1	850–900	880	177.50	177.50
1	1000–1050	1,010	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	200.00	200.00
1	400–450	420	210.00	210.00
2	450–500	485	200.00	200.00
1	500–550	515	190.00	190.00
1	550–600	555	185.00	185.00
1	700–750	730	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	325.00–355.00	341.01
4	350–400	363	320.00–360.00	338.10
5	400–450	439	280.00–330.00	315.16
5	450–500	466	314.00–316.00	315.59
7	500–550	533	301.00–312.00	306.57
10	550–600	567	272.50–305.00	297.74
7	600–650	617	270.00–307.00	295.31
4	650–700	661	280.00–299.00	293.50
3	750–800	760	240.00	240.00
2	800–850	803	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	195.00	195.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	765	165.00	165.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,601	181.00–194.00	185.64
4	—	1,376	145.00–150.00	148.67
5	—	1,548	153.00–173.00	163.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	124.00	124.00
2	—	868	116.00–123.00	119.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,069	131.00–148.00	140.30
10	—	1,475	149.00–159.00	153.92
12	—	1,042	110.00–129.00	123.59

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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