Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle steady this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $225.04/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −124.93 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.

Average price

$225.04

9 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,221

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$456

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

$78.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−36.96

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	251.30	1,376	6thin
Medium and Large 2	533	172.52	920	3thin

One grade step is worth $78.78/cwt here — about $456 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $385.25, low $327.99, median $349.97 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

225.04

—

NC average7 barns · 271 hd

262.00

−36.96

This barn, trailing median5 sales

349.97

−124.93

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	1,810	141.02	2,552	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,195	120.58	1,441	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	868	85.00	737	2thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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 and Large 3	400–450	405	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,281	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,015	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	264.60/cwt	240.00–302.50	974	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	254.54/cwt	250.00–262.50	1,196	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,601	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	861	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	253.30/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,304	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	249.30/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,446	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	502	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	128.78/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,727	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	785	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	502	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,007	1
Bulls	—	—	1,810	141.02/cwt	139.00–144.00	2,552	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	996	120.34/cwt	98.00–180.00	1,199	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	117.94/cwt	112.00–125.00	1,451	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	200.89/cwt	177.50–215.00	1,179	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	203.56/cwt	190.00–225.00	1,073	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	189.14/cwt	185.00–192.50	1,290	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	287.73/cwt	275.00–302.50	777	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	276.17/cwt	265.00–287.50	975	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	221.52/cwt	207.50–230.00	928	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,339	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	221.64/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,059	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	236.22/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,424	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	172.52/cwt	167.50–180.00	920	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	889	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	246.27/cwt	210.00–280.00	1,022	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	136.23/cwt	135.00–137.50	1,400	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,371	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 Apr 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 89Last week 50Year ago 105

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 42Year ago 43

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	150.00	150.00
1	400–450	405	150.00	150.00
1	500–550	520	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	235.00	235.00
1	300–350	310	235.00	235.00
1	350–400	370	230.00	230.00
5	400–450	419	207.50–230.00	221.52
3	450–500	478	210.00–235.00	221.64
3	500–550	527	190.00–225.00	203.56
3	550–600	587	177.50–215.00	200.89
1	600–650	625	205.00	205.00
3	650–700	682	185.00–192.50	189.14
1	900–950	915	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	175.00	175.00
1	300–350	315	192.50	192.50
1	350–400	360	190.00	190.00
1	400–450	430	170.00	170.00
1	450–500	465	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	327.50	327.50
3	350–400	368	240.00–302.50	264.60
2	400–450	415	210.00–280.00	246.27
5	450–500	470	250.00–262.50	254.54
3	500–550	515	250.00–260.00	253.30
3	550–600	580	240.00–257.50	249.30
1	650–700	660	242.50	242.50
1	700–750	710	180.00	180.00
1	750–800	795	172.50	172.50
1	800–850	815	200.00	200.00
2	1000–1050	1,028	135.00–137.50	136.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	205.00	205.00
1	250–300	280	200.00	200.00
1	300–350	320	212.50	212.50
1	400–450	410	210.00	210.00
1	450–500	480	185.00	185.00
3	500–550	533	167.50–180.00	172.52
1	600–650	635	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	275.00–302.50	287.73
1	300–350	320	305.00	305.00
2	350–400	353	265.00–287.50	276.17
1	550–600	595	225.00	225.00
2	600–650	603	230.00–242.50	236.22
1	700–750	710	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	755	205.00	205.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,341	128.00–130.00	128.78
5	—	996	98.00–180.00	120.34
12	—	1,230	112.00–125.00	117.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	64.00	64.00
1	—	950	106.00	106.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,810	139.00–144.00	141.02

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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