Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Baby calves 85.00 1 head

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $181.17/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −134.79 against this barn's trailing median of $315.96.

Average price

$181.17

24 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$999

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$372

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

$64.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.28

vs NC average

−79.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	199.30	1,087	14thin
Medium and Large 2	568	161.01	915	8thin
Medium and Large 3	530	134.86	715	2thin

One grade step is worth $64.44/cwt here — about $372 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale24 hd

181.17

—

NC average8 barns · 296 hd

203.44

−22.28

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

−79.29

This barn, trailing median3 sales

315.96

−134.79

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	1,353	133.02	1,800	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,271	117.16	1,489	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	916	100.72	922	9thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	107.92/cwt	103.00–112.00	1,077	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	110.02/cwt	100.00–117.00	1,250	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,426	125.32/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,787	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	813	91.73/cwt	84.00–99.00	746	4
Bulls	—	—	1,260	124.86/cwt	117.00–131.00	1,573	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	235	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	624	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	765	118.52/cwt	117.00–120.00	907	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	253.41/cwt	205.00–270.00	844	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	212.03/cwt	200.00–220.00	997	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	162.58/cwt	150.00–177.00	938	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,061	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	234.98/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,128	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,047	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	997	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	703	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	210	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	273	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	336	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	177.85/cwt	170.00–185.00	663	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	157.73/cwt	140.00–167.00	1,050	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	153.19/cwt	146.00–160.00	1,111	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	906	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	200.48/cwt	185.00–215.00	1,045	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	171.53/cwt	150.00–185.00	727	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	160.26/cwt	150.00–170.00	758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,353	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	209.07/cwt	200.00–222.00	882	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	134.86/cwt	130.00–140.00	715	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,303	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	982	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	224.55/cwt	210.00–237.00	831	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	183.95/cwt	170.00–190.00	1,140	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	197.73/cwt	180.00–212.00	1,143	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	752	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,281	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	940	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,269	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	172.53/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,066	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	133.33/cwt	120.00–145.00	713	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	176.83/cwt	172.00–185.00	928	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	158.32/cwt	120.00–180.00	895	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	184.96/cwt	180.00–195.00	1,165	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	173.97/cwt	150.00–185.00	656	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	201.69/cwt	195.00–210.00	1,162	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	138.00/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,118	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	150.10/cwt	140.00–170.00	1,010	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	147.33/cwt	130.00–162.00	1,046	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	212.07/cwt	202.00–220.00	1,099	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	167.58/cwt	165.00–170.00	779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	175.95/cwt	170.00–182.00	1,170	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	256.31/cwt	245.00–265.00	961	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	206.56/cwt	200.00–215.00	892	3
Bulls	—	—	1,493	145.27/cwt	141.00–149.00	2,169	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 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 198Last week 157Year ago 145

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 49Year ago 30

Baby calves 85.00 1 head

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	998	103.00–112.00	107.92
4	—	813	84.00–99.00	91.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,136	100.00–117.00	110.02
7	—	1,426	121.00–129.00	125.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,260	117.00–131.00	124.86
2	—	1,493	141.00–149.00	145.27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	130.00	130.00
1	400–450	430	145.00	145.00
3	500–550	535	120.00–145.00	133.33
1	550–600	580	125.00	125.00
2	750–800	765	117.00–120.00	118.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	220.00	220.00
1	250–300	270	255.00	255.00
8	300–350	333	205.00–270.00	253.41
3	350–400	375	245.00–265.00	256.31
3	400–450	432	200.00–215.00	206.56
6	450–500	470	200.00–220.00	212.03
6	500–550	518	202.00–220.00	212.07
6	550–600	576	195.00–210.00	201.69
3	600–650	630	180.00–195.00	184.96
2	650–700	665	170.00–182.00	175.95
3	700–750	745	172.00	172.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	377	150.00–185.00	173.97
2	400–450	418	180.00	180.00
2	450–500	465	165.00–170.00	167.58
4	500–550	525	172.00–185.00	176.83
5	550–600	565	120.00–180.00	158.32
2	600–650	618	170.00–175.00	172.53
3	650–700	673	140.00–170.00	150.10
3	700–750	710	130.00–162.00	147.33
1	750–800	755	130.00	130.00
2	800–850	810	136.00–140.00	138.00
1	900–950	940	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	160.00	160.00
1	250–300	280	170.00	170.00
1	300–350	335	190.00	190.00
2	350–400	373	170.00–185.00	177.85
6	400–450	424	150.00–185.00	171.53
2	450–500	473	150.00–170.00	160.26
1	500–550	505	150.00	150.00
7	550–600	577	150.00–177.00	162.58
3	600–650	623	160.00	160.00
7	650–700	666	140.00–167.00	157.73
2	700–750	725	146.00–160.00	153.19
1	750–800	755	120.00	120.00
1	800–850	840	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	210	130.00	130.00
2	250–300	280	120.00	120.00
1	400–450	420	150.00	150.00
2	500–550	530	130.00–140.00	134.86
1	650–700	685	132.00	132.00
1	750–800	760	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	230.00	230.00
1	300–350	340	210.00	210.00
5	350–400	370	210.00–237.00	224.55
8	400–450	422	200.00–222.00	209.07
8	500–550	521	185.00–215.00	200.48
6	550–600	578	180.00–212.00	197.73
5	600–650	620	170.00–190.00	183.95
1	650–700	660	190.00	190.00
1	700–750	720	170.00	170.00
1	750–800	780	167.00	167.00
1	800–850	810	167.00	167.00
1	950–1000	955	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	265.00	265.00
3	450–500	480	230.00–240.00	234.98
1	500–550	505	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	703	130.00	130.00

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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