Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-15

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.78/cwt on 28 head.

Average price

$109.78

28 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$5.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.63

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	578	110.53	638	21
Medium 2	495	110.33	546	3thin
Medium 3	469	105.48	495	4thin

One grade step is worth $5.05/cwt here — about $144 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 sale28 hd

109.78

—

NC average8 barns · 910 hd

116.41

−6.63

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	—	High	1,645	97.97	1,612	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,587	74.21	1,178	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,209	69.79	844	15

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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	675	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	547	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	375	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	123.65/cwt	122.00–125.00	773	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	107.44/cwt	105.00–110.00	833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	107.52/cwt	106.00–109.00	788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	136.06/cwt	134.00–138.00	589	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	478	106.45/cwt	105.00–108.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	510	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	410	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	585	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	470	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	512	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	430	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	110.49/cwt	108.00–113.00	721	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	574	114.94/cwt	110.00–117.00	660	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	730	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	562	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	510	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	495	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	589	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,648	77.32/cwt	76.00–79.00	1,274	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	996	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	74.47/cwt	71.00–77.00	917	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	66.02/cwt	60.00–68.00	771	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	704	1
Bulls	—	—	1,757	105.99/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,862	3
Bulls	—	—	1,575	94.43/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,487	2
Bulls	—	—	1,450	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	783	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	454	124.67/cwt	123.00–128.00	566	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	425	121.12/cwt	116.00–126.00	515	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	535	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	106.80/cwt	104.00–110.00	671	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	112.00/cwt	110.00–114.00	636	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	122.65/cwt	120.00–124.00	525	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	121.04/cwt	119.00–123.00	563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	426	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

Mon Jun 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 70Last week 147Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 66Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	81.00	81.00
1	—	375	75.00	75.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	122.00–125.00	123.65
2	—	775	105.00–110.00	107.44
2	—	733	106.00–109.00	107.52
2	—	555	130.00	130.00
2	—	433	134.00–138.00	136.06
1	—	675	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	454	123.00–128.00	124.67
2	—	425	116.00–126.00	121.12
1	—	535	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	105.00–108.00	106.45
1	—	510	104.00	104.00
1	—	410	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	109.00	109.00
1	—	470	109.00	109.00
1	—	430	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	628	104.00–110.00	106.80
5	—	568	110.00–114.00	112.00
3	—	428	120.00–124.00	122.65
2	—	465	119.00–123.00	121.04
1	—	935	82.00	82.00
1	—	750	100.00	100.00
1	—	700	100.00	100.00
1	—	660	105.00	105.00
1	—	535	110.00	110.00
1	—	355	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	108.00–113.00	110.49
1	—	525	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	574	110.00–117.00	114.94
1	—	730	77.00	77.00
1	—	510	113.00	113.00
1	—	495	119.00	119.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,648	76.00–79.00	77.32
1	—	1,465	68.00	68.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,231	71.00–77.00	74.47
6	—	1,168	60.00–68.00	66.02
1	—	1,280	55.00	55.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,757	100.00–114.00	105.99
2	—	1,575	93.00–96.00	94.43
1	—	1,450	81.00	81.00

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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