Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-11

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.39/cwt on 25 head.

Average price

$110.39

25 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$535

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$8.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.19

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	504	112.33	566	14thin
Medium 2	469	111.33	522	6thin
Medium 3	451	103.82	468	5thin

One grade step is worth $8.51/cwt here — about $98 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 sale25 hd

110.39

—

NC average8 barns · 948 hd

112.57

−2.19

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	1,850	94.93	1,756	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,400	72.00	1,008	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,166	54.16	631	6thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	114.02/cwt	110.00–118.00	716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	134.42/cwt	124.00–141.00	570	8
Bulls	—	—	1,940	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,552	1
Bulls	—	—	2,085	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	2,314	1
Bulls	—	—	1,768	94.64/cwt	89.00–99.00	1,673	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,495	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	1,002	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	44.88/cwt	42.00–47.00	484	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	56.06/cwt	53.00–59.00	625	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	357	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	545	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	643	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	445	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	530	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	350	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	105.93/cwt	103.00–111.00	654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	112.94/cwt	110.00–116.00	604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	117.02/cwt	116.00–118.00	544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	117.46/cwt	114.00–121.00	517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	454	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	438	105.02/cwt	104.00–107.00	460	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	470	102.02/cwt	100.00–104.00	479	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	530	105.98/cwt	104.00–108.00	562	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	368	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	431	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	580	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	440	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	519	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	465	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	123.43/cwt	112.00–129.00	643	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	96.40/cwt	92.00–103.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	118.10/cwt	104.00–127.00	735	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	126.08/cwt	122.00–131.00	582	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	95.37/cwt	90.00–101.00	694	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	585	112.00/cwt	110.00–114.00	655	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	513	113.98/cwt	113.00–115.00	585	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	136.84/cwt	134.00–140.00	449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	131.99/cwt	130.00–134.00	638	2

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 May 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 86Last week 125Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 31Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	110.00–118.00	114.02
8	—	424	124.00–141.00	134.42
1	—	775	110.00	110.00
1	—	685	113.00	113.00
1	—	255	140.00	140.00
2	—	328	134.00–140.00	136.84
2	—	483	130.00–134.00	131.99
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	118.00	118.00
1	—	445	119.00	119.00
1	—	350	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	103.00–111.00	105.93
2	—	535	110.00–116.00	112.94
2	—	465	116.00–118.00	117.02
2	—	440	114.00–121.00	117.46
2	—	328	120.00	120.00
1	—	730	89.00	89.00
1	—	555	113.00	113.00
1	—	385	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	104.00–107.00	105.02
2	—	470	100.00–104.00	102.02
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	104.00–108.00	105.98
2	—	368	117.00	117.00
1	—	580	104.00	104.00
1	—	440	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	521	112.00–129.00	123.43
3	—	665	92.00–103.00	96.40
3	—	622	104.00–127.00	118.10
3	—	462	122.00–131.00	126.08
2	—	728	90.00–101.00	95.37
1	—	825	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	110.00–114.00	112.00
2	—	513	113.00–115.00	113.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,940	80.00	80.00
1	—	2,085	111.00	111.00
4	—	1,768	89.00–99.00	94.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,495	67.00	67.00
2	—	1,078	42.00–47.00	44.88
3	—	1,115	53.00–59.00	56.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	72.00	72.00

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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