Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were steady . Feeder cattle were steady to up 1.00 to 2.00 in spots . Demand was moderate market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $122.02/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$122.02

60 head · 387 lb average

Value per head Derived

$473

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$27.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.39

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	387	131.87	511	33
Medium 2	370	117.42	435	11thin
Medium 3	400	104.85	419	16thin

One grade step is worth $27.02/cwt here — about $91 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 sale60 hd

122.02

—

NC average8 barns · 863 hd

126.41

−4.39

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	1,448	81.72	1,184	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,512	54.55	825	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,146	51.67	592	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	940	40.15	377	5thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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
Heifers	Medium 2	—	278	116.68/cwt	114.00–119.00	324	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	280	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	302	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	473	108.26/cwt	106.00–110.00	512	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	705	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	564	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	428	112.71/cwt	111.00–114.00	482	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	573	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	625	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	265	125.53/cwt	125.00–126.00	333	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	330	114.48/cwt	114.00–115.00	378	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	190	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	220	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	101.40/cwt	97.00–106.00	632	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	776	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	455	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	519	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	720	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	598	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	378	115.17/cwt	111.00–121.00	435	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	340	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	411	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	121.62/cwt	120.00–125.00	563	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	91.00/cwt	90.00–92.00	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	123.50/cwt	123.00–124.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	96.31/cwt	90.00–102.00	594	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	90.28/cwt	85.00–97.00	653	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	647	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	133.05/cwt	129.00–138.00	498	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	289	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	195	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	252	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	127.67/cwt	120.00–138.00	539	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	132.21/cwt	120.00–139.00	620	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	92.51/cwt	90.00–95.00	623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	137.17/cwt	132.00–140.00	383	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	135.48/cwt	135.00–136.00	316	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	124.45/cwt	123.00–126.00	386	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	136.98/cwt	128.00–145.00	438	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	412	114.97/cwt	113.00–117.00	474	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	230	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	255	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	519	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	571	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	558	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	608	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	470	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	522	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	775	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	667	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	34.34/cwt	30.00–38.00	343	3
Bulls	—	—	1,223	70.16/cwt	62.00–78.00	858	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	46.11/cwt	42.00–49.00	522	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,665	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	999	1
Bulls	—	—	1,613	90.88/cwt	90.00–92.00	1,466	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	666	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	48.86/cwt	45.00–53.00	415	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	53.76/cwt	50.00–58.00	621	12
Heifers	Medium 3	—	540	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	572	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	53.64/cwt	52.00–56.00	798	6
Bulls	—	—	1,550	86.42/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,340	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	335	105.88/cwt	102.00–110.00	355	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	490	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	378	105.17/cwt	100.00–110.00	398	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	487	106.01/cwt	105.00–108.00	516	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	409	103.61/cwt	100.00–109.00	424	5
Steers	Medium 3	—	377	103.35/cwt	100.00–110.00	390	5
Bulls	Medium 3	—	576	103.77/cwt	97.00–107.00	598	5
Bulls	Medium 3	—	523	106.20/cwt	103.00–109.00	555	5
Heifers	Medium 3	—	340	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	357	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	528	106.50/cwt	106.00–107.00	562	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	280	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	311	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	513	107.50/cwt	107.00–108.00	551	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	660	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	370	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	422	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	420	101.45/cwt	100.00–103.00	426	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 Oct 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 221Last week 71Year ago 180

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 29Year ago 39

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	278	114.00–119.00	116.68
1	—	705	80.00	80.00
3	—	428	111.00–114.00	112.71
2	—	573	109.00	109.00
2	—	330	114.00–115.00	114.48
1	—	190	116.00	116.00
1	—	230	111.00	111.00
2	—	528	106.00–107.00	106.50
1	—	660	88.00	88.00
1	—	370	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	108.00	108.00
1	—	540	106.00	106.00
2	—	378	100.00–110.00	105.17
3	—	487	105.00–108.00	106.01
1	—	340	105.00	105.00
2	—	420	100.00–103.00	101.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	118.00	118.00
2	—	673	90.00–92.00	91.00
2	—	358	123.00–124.00	123.50
1	—	730	90.00	90.00
5	—	617	90.00–102.00	96.31
1	—	770	84.00	84.00
1	—	205	141.00	141.00
1	—	195	129.00	129.00
2	—	310	123.00–126.00	124.45
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	473	106.00–110.00	108.26
5	—	576	97.00–107.00	103.77
5	—	523	103.00–109.00	106.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	623	97.00–106.00	101.40
1	—	935	83.00	83.00
3	—	463	120.00–125.00	121.62
1	—	515	119.00	119.00
1	—	805	85.00	85.00
1	—	750	84.00	84.00
6	—	723	85.00–97.00	90.28
2	—	673	90.00–95.00	92.51
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	83.00	83.00
4	—	519	110.00	110.00
2	—	558	109.00	109.00
2	—	470	111.00	111.00
1	—	775	86.00	86.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	265	125.00–126.00	125.53
1	—	455	114.00	114.00
4	—	378	111.00–121.00	115.17
1	—	340	121.00	121.00
3	—	412	113.00–117.00	114.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	121.00	121.00
4	—	374	129.00–138.00	133.05
1	—	510	124.00	124.00
10	—	422	120.00–138.00	127.67
6	—	469	120.00–139.00	132.21
4	—	279	132.00–140.00	137.17
2	—	233	135.00–136.00	135.48
5	—	320	128.00–145.00	136.98
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	102.00–110.00	105.88
1	—	490	105.00	105.00
5	—	409	100.00–109.00	103.61
5	—	377	100.00–110.00	103.35
1	—	280	111.00	111.00
2	—	513	107.00–108.00	107.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,000	30.00–38.00	34.34
2	—	850	45.00–53.00	48.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,132	42.00–49.00	46.11
1	—	1,110	60.00	60.00
12	—	1,156	50.00–58.00	53.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	60.00	60.00
6	—	1,487	52.00–56.00	53.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,223	62.00–78.00	70.16
3	—	1,613	90.00–92.00	90.88
4	—	1,550	84.00–89.00	86.42

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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