Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaughter cattle don 1.00 to 2.00 feeder cattle down 1.00 to 2.00 demand was moderate market activity and buyer activity moderate offerings moderate quality was average

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $93.87/cwt on 66 head.

Average price

$93.87

66 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$555

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

per head · Medium 1-2 over Small 3

$16.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.50

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	598	99.50	595	2thin
Medium 2	590	95.99	566	22
Medium 3	529	94.04	498	22
Medium and Large 1-2	682	92.67	632	16thin
Small 3	570	83.25	475	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.25/cwt here — about $120 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 sale66 hd

93.87

—

NC average8 barns · 972 hd

103.37

−9.50

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	1,338	67.29	901	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,121	52.20	585	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,564	51.48	805	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	931	39.84	371	8thin

Every lot, as filed

73 lots · USDA AMS · Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Monday) - 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	Small 3	—	335	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	322	3
Heifers	Small 3	—	484	84.24/cwt	71.00–100.00	408	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	170	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	187	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	290	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	342	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	360	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	396	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	428	116.78/cwt	112.00–119.00	500	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	475	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	489	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	418	85.89/cwt	80.00–92.00	359	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	545	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	491	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	205	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	195	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	93.97/cwt	87.00–100.00	592	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	105.99/cwt	104.00–108.00	549	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	507	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	473	105.00/cwt	104.00–106.00	497	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	573	89.50/cwt	89.00–90.00	513	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	438	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	416	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	540	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	255	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	258	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	505	102.52/cwt	100.00–105.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	625	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	581	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	720	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	547	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	650	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	455	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	640	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	544	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	505	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	444	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	485	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	437	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	101.77/cwt	96.00–107.00	630	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	104.99/cwt	101.00–110.00	598	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	653	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	79.64/cwt	78.00–83.00	577	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	468	100.31/cwt	93.00–105.00	469	5
Bulls	Medium 3	—	411	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	411	5
Bulls	Medium 3	—	581	95.78/cwt	90.00–103.00	556	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	610	90.28/cwt	84.00–102.00	551	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	515	91.47/cwt	80.00–100.00	471	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	775	69.51/cwt	69.00–70.00	539	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	526	101.88/cwt	93.00–106.00	536	8
Bulls	Medium 2	—	609	93.75/cwt	89.00–97.00	571	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	453	112.32/cwt	108.00–115.00	509	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	673	86.85/cwt	79.00–95.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	563	98.52/cwt	95.00–102.00	555	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	890	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	623	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	830	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	785	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	705	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	529	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	490	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	608	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	934	37.90/cwt	34.00–44.00	354	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	45.67/cwt	43.00–48.00	422	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,564	51.48/cwt	50.00–54.00	805	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	53.75/cwt	50.00–59.00	613	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	42.88/cwt	39.00–48.00	433	4
Bulls	—	—	1,309	64.75/cwt	55.00–74.00	848	5
Bulls	—	—	1,485	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,188	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	626.92/cwt	550.00–700.00	6,112	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	770	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	470	1
Steers	Small 3	—	331	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	324	5
Steers	Medium 3	—	283	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	283	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	300	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	330	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	440	104.97/cwt	102.00–108.00	462	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	222	104.87/cwt	100.00–110.00	233	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	437	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	128.50/cwt	127.00–130.00	636	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	122.41/cwt	120.00–127.00	628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	119.65/cwt	118.00–123.00	736	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	135.12/cwt	131.00–137.00	434	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	854	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	123.97/cwt	118.00–128.00	532	8
Steers	Small 3	—	245	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	233	1
Steers	Small 3	—	410	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	381	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 (Monday) - Siler City, NC

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 224Last week 233Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 55Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 0

compared to last week slaughter cattle don 1.00 to 2.00 feeder cattle down 1.00 to 2.00 demand was moderate market activity and buyer activity moderate offerings moderate quality was average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	335	96.00	96.00
4	—	484	71.00–100.00	84.24
2	—	418	80.00–92.00	85.89
1	—	545	90.00	90.00
1	—	205	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	768	94.50	94.50
3	—	630	87.00–100.00	93.97
2	—	518	104.00–108.00	105.99
1	—	900	70.00	70.00
1	—	875	81.00	81.00
1	—	430	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	104.00–106.00	105.00
2	—	573	89.00–90.00	89.50
2	—	438	95.00	95.00
1	—	540	96.00	96.00
1	—	255	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	110.00	110.00
2	—	505	100.00–105.00	102.52
1	—	625	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	76.00	76.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	170	110.00	110.00
1	—	290	118.00	118.00
1	—	360	110.00	110.00
4	—	428	112.00–119.00	116.78
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	103.00	103.00
2	—	283	100.00	100.00
2	—	300	110.00	110.00
2	—	440	102.00–108.00	104.97
5	—	222	100.00–110.00	104.87
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	331	98.00	98.00
1	—	245	95.00	95.00
1	—	410	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	123.00	123.00
1	—	550	129.00	129.00
2	—	495	127.00–130.00	128.50
3	—	513	120.00–127.00	122.41
3	—	615	118.00–123.00	119.65
4	—	321	131.00–137.00	135.12
5	—	780	109.50	109.50
8	—	429	118.00–128.00	123.97
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	70.00	70.00
1	—	640	85.00	85.00
1	—	505	88.00	88.00
1	—	485	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	619	96.00–107.00	101.77
5	—	570	101.00–110.00	104.99
3	—	933	70.00	70.00
3	—	725	78.00–83.00	79.64
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	468	93.00–105.00	100.31
5	—	411	100.00	100.00
4	—	581	90.00–103.00	95.78
3	—	610	84.00–102.00	90.28
3	—	515	80.00–100.00	91.47
2	—	775	69.00–70.00	69.51
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	526	93.00–106.00	101.88
4	—	609	89.00–97.00	93.75
3	—	453	108.00–115.00	112.32
2	—	673	79.00–95.00	86.85
2	—	563	95.00–102.00	98.52
1	—	890	70.00	70.00
1	—	830	70.00	70.00
1	—	785	74.00	74.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	75.00	75.00
1	—	490	124.00	124.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	61.00	61.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	934	34.00–44.00	37.90
2	—	923	43.00–48.00	45.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,564	50.00–54.00	51.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,140	50.00–59.00	53.75
4	—	1,010	39.00–48.00	42.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,309	55.00–74.00	64.75
1	—	1,485	80.00	80.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	975	550.00–700.00	626.92

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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Monday) - Siler City, NC

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Slaughter Cattle

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