Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Baby calves 25.00 2 head

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.95/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$113.95

39 head · 463 lb average

Value per head Derived

$528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$6.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.69

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	483	115.18	557	28
Medium 2	423	111.22	471	9thin
Medium 3	360	109.00	392	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.18/cwt here — about $164 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 sale39 hd

113.95

—

NC average8 barns · 946 hd

116.64

−2.69

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	1,705	98.00	1,671	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,463	63.00	922	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	945	52.77	499	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	830	40.00	332	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	—	1,705	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,671	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	960	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	413	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	938	57.66/cwt	54.00–61.00	541	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	884	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	66.00/cwt	65.00–67.00	937	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	332	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	535	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	122.68/cwt	117.00–128.00	642	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	117.53/cwt	116.00–119.00	673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	101.92/cwt	98.00–106.00	739	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	107.11/cwt	96.00–115.00	715	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	132.46/cwt	125.00–139.00	627	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	280	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	325	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	315	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	372	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	723	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	280	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	297	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	305	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	119.17/cwt	113.00–128.00	555	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	121.84/cwt	117.00–126.00	458	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	115.77/cwt	111.00–119.00	607	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	117.64/cwt	112.00–124.00	506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	106.39/cwt	103.00–110.00	660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	111.50/cwt	111.00–112.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	389	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	430	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	464	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	290	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	319	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	503	106.49/cwt	105.00–108.00	536	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	460	109.50/cwt	109.00–110.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	355	113.52/cwt	112.00–115.00	403	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	580	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	626	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	134.92/cwt	130.00–140.00	631	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	143.73/cwt	140.00–149.00	546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	123.69/cwt	118.00–137.00	517	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	235	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	146	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	513	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	462	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	580	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	510	6

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 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 97Last week 59Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 15Year ago 0

Baby calves 25.00 2 head

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	98.00	98.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	43.00	43.00
2	—	938	54.00–61.00	57.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	57.00	57.00
2	—	1,420	65.00–67.00	66.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	40.00	40.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	101.00	101.00
1	—	805	90.00	90.00
2	—	523	117.00–128.00	122.68
2	—	573	116.00–119.00	117.53
2	—	725	98.00–106.00	101.92
3	—	668	96.00–115.00	107.11
5	—	473	125.00–139.00	132.46
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	116.00	116.00
1	—	315	118.00	118.00
2	—	503	105.00–108.00	106.49
2	—	460	109.00–110.00	109.50
2	—	355	112.00–115.00	113.52
1	—	580	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	466	113.00–128.00	119.17
5	—	376	117.00–126.00	121.84
4	—	524	111.00–119.00	115.77
4	—	430	112.00–124.00	117.64
2	—	620	103.00–110.00	106.39
2	—	555	111.00–112.00	111.50
1	—	740	84.00	84.00
1	—	690	91.00	91.00
1	—	330	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	108.00	108.00
1	—	290	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	113.00	113.00
1	—	670	120.00	120.00
2	—	468	130.00–140.00	134.92
4	—	380	140.00–149.00	143.73
7	—	418	118.00–137.00	123.69
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	116.00	116.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	62.00	62.00
4	—	513	90.00	90.00
6	—	580	88.00	88.00

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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