Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.37/cwt on 52 head.

Average price

$117.37

52 head · 445 lb average

Value per head Derived

$522

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$23.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.75

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	450	121.86	548	29
Medium 2	431	116.88	504	16thin
Medium 3	484	100.40	486	5thin
Small 3	378	98.50	372	2thin

One grade step is worth $23.36/cwt here — about $176 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 sale52 hd

117.37

—

NC average4 barns · 435 hd

112.62

+4.75

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	1,439	78.87	1,135	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,525	55.97	854	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,140	53.72	613	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	785	43.00	338	2thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Bulls	Medium 2	—	680	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	350	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	385	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	450	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	509	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	103.97/cwt	100.00–108.00	759	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	123.74/cwt	116.00–131.00	636	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	128.07/cwt	124.00–134.00	604	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	505	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	137.33/cwt	133.00–140.00	464	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	713	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	136.28/cwt	134.00–138.00	627	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	126.47/cwt	123.00–132.00	785	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	139.29/cwt	129.00–147.00	533	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	142.45/cwt	134.00–149.00	604	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	389	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	280	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	128.60/cwt	124.00–136.00	486	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	122.75/cwt	120.00–126.00	581	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	427	115.25/cwt	115.00–116.00	492	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	478	116.84/cwt	114.00–119.00	558	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	123.25/cwt	120.00–128.00	524	13
Heifers	Small 3	—	378	98.50/cwt	98.00–99.00	372	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	330	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	403	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	570	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	382	118.00/cwt	116.00–120.00	451	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	595	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	643	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	630	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	423	101.50/cwt	101.00–102.00	429	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,094	45.00/cwt	39.00–50.00	492	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	54.88/cwt	50.00–59.00	629	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	959	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,526	54.21/cwt	50.00–57.00	827	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	785	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	338	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	61.90/cwt	60.00–64.00	731	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	893	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	122.02/cwt	118.00–128.00	703	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	113.01/cwt	104.00–124.00	706	7
Bulls	—	—	1,357	66.63/cwt	60.00–72.00	904	3
Bulls	—	—	1,200	86.18/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,034	3
Bulls	—	—	1,576	80.98/cwt	76.00–84.00	1,276	7

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

Mon Jan 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 170Last week 148Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 93Last week 200Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	90.00	90.00
1	—	450	113.00	113.00
1	—	505	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	730	100.00–108.00	103.97
4	—	514	116.00–131.00	123.74
5	—	472	124.00–134.00	128.07
1	—	835	107.00	107.00
6	—	576	118.00–128.00	122.02
7	—	625	104.00–124.00	113.01
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	110.00	110.00
1	—	595	108.00	108.00
1	—	630	81.00	81.00
2	—	423	101.00–102.00	101.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	123.00	123.00
4	—	427	115.00–116.00	115.25
6	—	478	114.00–119.00	116.84
1	—	330	122.00	122.00
1	—	570	109.00	109.00
3	—	382	116.00–120.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	120.00–121.00	120.50
3	—	378	124.00–136.00	128.60
8	—	473	120.00–126.00	122.75
1	—	735	84.00	84.00
13	—	425	120.00–128.00	123.25
1	—	300	124.00	124.00
1	—	555	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	98.00–99.00	98.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	138.00	138.00
1	—	655	125.00	125.00
3	—	338	133.00–140.00	137.33
3	—	513	139.00	139.00
4	—	460	134.00–138.00	136.28
4	—	621	123.00–132.00	126.47
7	—	383	129.00–147.00	139.29
7	—	424	134.00–149.00	142.45
1	—	290	134.00	134.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,094	39.00–50.00	45.00
40	—	1,147	50.00–59.00	54.88
5	—	1,181	60.00–64.00	61.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,523	63.00	63.00
8	—	1,526	50.00–57.00	54.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	785	43.00	43.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,357	60.00–72.00	66.63
3	—	1,200	85.00–89.00	86.18
7	—	1,576	76.00–84.00	80.98

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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