Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-13

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $103.45/cwt on 27 head.

Average price

$103.45

27 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$31.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.43

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	574	116.43	668	7thin
Medium 2	522	113.01	590	9thin
Medium 3	565	109.00	616	1thin
Large 3	630	85.20	536	10thin

One grade step is worth $31.23/cwt here — about $132 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 sale27 hd

103.45

—

NC average7 barns · 349 hd

115.88

−12.43

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	—	Average	1,305	75.00	979	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,144	54.42	623	9thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	55.25/cwt	51.00–59.00	634	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	729	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	447	1
Bulls	—	—	1,305	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	979	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	965.00/cwt	965.00–965.00	9,650	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	875	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	621	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	635	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	127.46/cwt	126.00–131.00	727	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	142.18/cwt	133.00–149.00	466	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	382	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	390	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	343	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	125.56/cwt	118.00–129.00	605	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	366	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	575	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	480	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	509	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	520	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	550	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	415	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	648	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	124.51/cwt	124.00–125.00	654	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	565	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	560	109.00/cwt	106.00–111.00	610	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	538	113.34/cwt	112.00–114.00	610	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	468	116.68/cwt	114.00–118.00	546	3
Bulls	Large 3	—	664	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	544	6
Bulls	Large 3	—	578	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	520	4

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 Apr 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 59Last week 98Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 30Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 1Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,148	51.00–59.00	55.25
1	—	1,195	61.00	61.00
1	—	1,065	42.00	42.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	75.00	75.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	965.00	965.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	71.00	71.00
1	—	635	72.00	72.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	570	126.00–131.00	127.46
3	—	328	133.00–149.00	142.18
1	—	690	104.00	104.00
1	—	505	131.00	131.00
1	—	275	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	482	118.00–129.00	125.56
1	—	565	116.00	116.00
1	—	530	117.00	117.00
1	—	305	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	104.00	104.00
1	—	480	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	104.00	104.00
1	—	550	106.00	106.00
1	—	415	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	104.00	104.00
2	—	525	124.00–125.00	124.51
1	—	685	107.00	107.00
1	—	555	124.00	124.00
1	—	480	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	106.00–111.00	109.00
3	—	538	112.00–114.00	113.34
3	—	468	114.00–118.00	116.68
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	664	82.00	82.00
4	—	578	90.00	90.00

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

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Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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

Slaughter Cattle

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