Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 5.00 lower this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were steady to 2.00 to 3.00 lower this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

Baby calves 85.00 to 90.00 5 head

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $183.02/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −132.94 against this barn's trailing median of $315.96.

Average price

$183.02

15 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,016

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$350

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

$68.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.94

vs NC average

−57.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	199.04	1,110	9thin
Medium and Large 2	537	173.03	928	4thin
Medium and Large 3	580	130.91	759	2thin

One grade step is worth $68.13/cwt here — about $350 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $328.05, low $308.29, median $315.96 across 3 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 sale15 hd

183.02

—

NC average9 barns · 254 hd

200.96

−17.94

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

−57.07

This barn, trailing median3 sales

315.96

−132.94

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	1,773	146.75	2,602	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	113.03	1,515	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,086	91.37	992	4thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	723	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	219.59/cwt	200.00–235.00	812	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,473	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	220.19/cwt	200.00–240.00	1,134	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,582	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,028	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	175.03/cwt	155.00–180.00	1,092	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,067	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	177.09/cwt	168.00–186.00	894	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	651	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	130.91/cwt	120.00–142.00	759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	703	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	996	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	195.18/cwt	180.00–207.00	810	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	207.45/cwt	205.00–210.00	975	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,176	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	168.96/cwt	160.00–178.00	960	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	179.91/cwt	170.00–185.00	822	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	91.37/cwt	70.00–98.00	992	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	113.03/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,515	2
Bulls	—	—	1,773	146.75/cwt	141.00–153.00	2,602	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	225.15/cwt	220.00–230.00	743	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	182.46/cwt	175.00–190.00	936	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,159	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,184	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,219	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,121	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	179.59/cwt	165.00–194.00	761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	184.80/cwt	180.00–190.00	588	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,209	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	200.17/cwt	192.00–210.00	1,129	8

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 Sep 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 111Last week 72Year ago 161

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 48Year ago 39

Baby calves 85.00 to 90.00 5 head

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	200.00	200.00
2	300–350	330	220.00–230.00	225.15
4	350–400	370	200.00–235.00	219.59
1	400–450	415	200.00	200.00
2	450–500	470	205.00–210.00	207.45
1	550–600	560	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	665	178.00	178.00
1	750–800	785	185.00	185.00
2	800–850	828	140.00	140.00
1	850–900	870	139.00	139.00
1	900–950	945	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	170.00	170.00
1	450–500	475	180.00	180.00
2	500–550	513	175.00–190.00	182.46
2	600–650	623	180.00	180.00
1	750–800	755	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	220.00	220.00
2	500–550	515	200.00–240.00	220.19
1	550–600	580	220.00	220.00
2	600–650	635	220.00	220.00
3	650–700	685	215.00	215.00
1	750–800	760	175.00	175.00
1	850–900	855	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	160.00	160.00
1	700–750	740	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	180.00–190.00	184.80
1	350–400	370	190.00	190.00
4	400–450	424	165.00–194.00	179.59
3	450–500	457	170.00–185.00	179.91
2	500–550	505	168.00–186.00	177.09
2	550–600	568	160.00–178.00	168.96
1	600–650	615	165.00	165.00
1	750–800	750	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	180.00–207.00	195.18
1	450–500	470	212.00	212.00
1	500–550	505	190.00	190.00
8	550–600	564	192.00–210.00	200.17
5	600–650	624	155.00–180.00	175.03
1	800–850	840	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	105.00	105.00
1	400–450	430	105.00	105.00
1	450–500	465	140.00	140.00
2	550–600	580	120.00–142.00	130.91
1	600–650	620	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,086	70.00–98.00	91.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,340	112.00–114.00	113.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,773	141.00–153.00	146.75

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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