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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Oct 4

● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087

← Sep 27Oct 4Oct 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

770 head

▼ 38 vs last sale 808▲ 770 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

171 head

▼ 43 vs last sale 214▲ 171 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were steady yo up 1.00 to 2.00. Feeder cattle were steady to up 1.00 to 2.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings of cattle were moderate . Cattle quality was average

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $123.85/cwt on 201 head.

Average price

$123.85

201 head · 401 lb average

Value per head Derived

$497

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

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

$40.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.58

vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	409	131.86	539	132
Medium 2	390	116.61	455	36
Medium 3	388	101.89	395	26
Small 3	366	91.68	335	7thin

One grade step is worth $40.18/cwt here — about $204 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 sale201 hd

123.85

—

NC average8 barns · 823 hd

119.27

+4.58

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	1,539	72.83	1,121	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,562	53.12	830	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,139	52.51	598	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	944	41.46	391	16

Every lot

98 lots · USDA AMS · Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) - Siler City, NC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 3	160	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	160	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	193	136.49/cwt	136.00–137.00	263	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	217	121.96/cwt	120.00–123.00	265	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	218	134.83/cwt	130.00–137.00	294	4
Steers	—	Medium 3	220	110.67/cwt	110.00–112.00	243	3
Steers	—	Small 3	243	94.97/cwt	92.00–98.00	231	2
Steers	—	Medium 3	268	101.58/cwt	95.00–110.00	272	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	136.75/cwt	125.00–144.00	376	11
Steers	—	Medium 2	275	123.36/cwt	122.00–124.00	339	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	315	118.70/cwt	111.00–129.00	374	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	324	139.34/cwt	125.00–148.00	451	23
Steers	—	Medium 3	370	104.57/cwt	100.00–114.00	387	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	136.15/cwt	120.00–146.00	511	34
Steers	—	Small 3	375	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	338	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	376	115.89/cwt	112.00–120.00	436	4
Steers	—	Small 3	415	93.93/cwt	88.00–98.00	390	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	133.11/cwt	120.00–142.00	556	30
Steers	—	Medium 3	426	102.62/cwt	98.00–110.00	437	13
Steers	—	Medium 2	435	115.18/cwt	112.00–122.00	501	17
Steers	—	Small 3	455	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	364	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	126.75/cwt	123.00–130.00	602	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	126.92/cwt	118.00–134.00	651	5
Steers	—	Medium 2	517	112.34/cwt	112.00–113.00	581	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	555	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	611	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	112.80/cwt	101.00–119.00	711	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	108.35/cwt	106.00–111.00	729	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	707	109.69/cwt	100.00–119.00	776	3
Steers	—	Medium 3	718	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	574	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	902	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 3	175	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	158	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	220	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	271	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	230	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	230	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	270	108.15/cwt	106.00–110.00	292	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	273	126.52/cwt	126.00–127.00	345	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	273	122.62/cwt	117.00–127.00	335	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	326	126.63/cwt	124.00–129.00	413	11
Heifers	—	Medium 3	328	103.34/cwt	100.00–106.00	339	3
Heifers	—	Small 3	330	94.03/cwt	92.00–98.00	310	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	122.79/cwt	117.00–126.00	442	12
Heifers	—	Medium 2	367	116.20/cwt	113.00–119.00	426	5
Heifers	—	Small 3	380	88.11/cwt	80.00–96.00	335	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	388	102.99/cwt	101.00–105.00	400	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	124.10/cwt	116.00–127.00	521	28
Heifers	—	Medium 3	420	104.40/cwt	93.00–110.00	438	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	438	115.02/cwt	114.00–116.00	504	2
Heifers	—	Small 3	445	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	401	1
Heifers	—	Small 3	465	88.92/cwt	80.00–93.00	413	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	119.62/cwt	117.00–124.00	562	5
Heifers	—	Medium 3	470	96.70/cwt	90.00–100.00	454	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	477	113.66/cwt	110.00–116.00	542	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	509	114.37/cwt	106.00–121.00	582	5
Heifers	—	Medium 3	520	103.98/cwt	103.00–105.00	541	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	521	109.05/cwt	107.00–114.00	568	13
Heifers	—	Small 3	537	83.33/cwt	82.00–84.00	447	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	589	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	575	104.42/cwt	94.00–110.00	600	11
Heifers	—	Medium 3	576	92.95/cwt	84.00–105.00	535	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	99.29/cwt	90.00–109.00	615	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	105.17/cwt	91.00–113.00	699	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	774	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	95.32/cwt	93.00–98.00	732	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	664	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	648	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 3	474	100.00/cwt	94.00–105.00	474	8
Bulls	—	Medium 2	475	115.20/cwt	110.00–119.00	547	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	121.33/cwt	116.00–128.00	579	15
Bulls	—	Small 3	483	86.98/cwt	86.00–88.00	420	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	120.87/cwt	114.00–128.00	626	14
Bulls	—	Medium 3	533	101.90/cwt	90.00–107.00	543	10
Bulls	—	Medium 2	534	108.16/cwt	100.00–116.00	578	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	114.92/cwt	110.00–117.00	648	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	574	107.62/cwt	100.00–114.00	618	6
Bulls	—	Medium 3	577	99.48/cwt	95.00–104.00	574	8
Bulls	—	Small 3	580	86.02/cwt	80.00–90.00	499	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	100.82/cwt	94.00–106.00	623	16
Bulls	—	Medium 2	620	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	558	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3	630	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	504	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3	665	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	532	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	97.49/cwt	90.00–106.00	654	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	94.04/cwt	84.00–100.00	675	9
Bulls	—	Medium 3	755	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	604	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	91.01/cwt	88.00–95.00	710	3
Bulls	—	Medium 3	810	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	567	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	286	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	143	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	425	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	230	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,360	66.86/cwt	56.00–72.00	909	6
Bulls	—	—	1,673	77.31/cwt	74.00–84.00	1,293	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	860	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	413	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	949	39.57/cwt	34.00–44.00	376	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	953	46.86/cwt	45.00–48.00	447	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,070	46.49/cwt	42.00–49.00	497	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,147	53.57/cwt	50.00–59.00	614	59
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,301	61.61/cwt	60.00–64.00	802	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,488	44.32/cwt	44.00–45.00	659	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,581	53.75/cwt	50.00–57.00	850	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,588	63.47/cwt	63.00–64.00	1,008	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	7,088	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,331	1

This sale against other markets

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 (Friday) - Siler City, NC

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 770Last week 808Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 171Last week 214Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	100.00–106.00	103.34
3	—	470	90.00–100.00	96.70
4	—	576	84.00–105.00	92.95
5	—	420	93.00–110.00	104.40
2	—	520	103.00–105.00	103.98
2	—	388	101.00–105.00	102.99
2	—	270	106.00–110.00	108.15
1	—	230	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	107.00	107.00
1	—	820	81.00	81.00
1	—	925	70.00	70.00
2	—	273	126.00–127.00	126.52
3	—	737	105.00	105.00
3	—	768	93.00–98.00	95.32
5	—	470	117.00–124.00	119.62
5	—	509	106.00–121.00	114.37
6	—	619	90.00–109.00	99.29
9	—	665	91.00–113.00	105.17
11	—	326	124.00–129.00	126.63
12	—	360	117.00–126.00	122.79
28	—	420	116.00–127.00	124.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	175	90.00	90.00
1	—	445	90.00	90.00
2	—	380	80.00–96.00	88.11
3	—	330	92.00–98.00	94.03
3	—	537	82.00–84.00	83.33
4	—	465	80.00–93.00	88.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	521	107.00–114.00	109.05
11	—	575	94.00–110.00	104.42
6	—	477	110.00–116.00	113.66
5	—	367	113.00–119.00	116.20
3	—	273	117.00–127.00	122.62
2	—	438	114.00–116.00	115.02
1	—	220	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	110.00	110.00
3	—	217	120.00–123.00	121.96
3	—	275	122.00–124.00	123.36
3	—	517	112.00–113.00	112.34
4	—	376	112.00–120.00	115.89
5	—	315	111.00–129.00	118.70
17	—	435	112.00–122.00	115.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	160	100.00	100.00
2	—	718	80.00	80.00
3	—	220	110.00–112.00	110.67
3	—	268	95.00–110.00	101.58
4	—	370	100.00–114.00	104.57
13	—	426	98.00–110.00	102.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	112.00	112.00
2	—	193	136.00–137.00	136.49
3	—	673	106.00–111.00	108.35
3	—	707	100.00–119.00	109.69
4	—	218	130.00–137.00	134.83
4	—	475	123.00–130.00	126.75
5	—	513	118.00–134.00	126.92
11	—	275	125.00–144.00	136.75
12	—	630	101.00–119.00	112.80
23	—	324	125.00–148.00	139.34
30	—	418	120.00–142.00	133.11
34	—	375	120.00–146.00	136.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	90.00	90.00
1	—	455	80.00	80.00
2	—	243	92.00–98.00	94.97
3	—	415	88.00–98.00	93.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	80.00–90.00	86.02
2	—	483	86.00–88.00	86.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	618	94.00–106.00	100.82
15	—	477	116.00–128.00	121.33
14	—	518	114.00–128.00	120.87
12	—	671	90.00–106.00	97.49
9	—	718	84.00–100.00	94.04
4	—	564	110.00–117.00	114.92
3	—	780	88.00–95.00	91.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	533	90.00–107.00	101.90
8	—	577	95.00–104.00	99.48
8	—	474	94.00–105.00	100.00
1	—	810	70.00	70.00
1	—	755	80.00	80.00
1	—	665	80.00	80.00
1	—	630	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	475	110.00–119.00	115.20
6	—	574	100.00–114.00	107.62
4	—	534	100.00–116.00	108.16
1	—	620	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	54.00	54.00
5	—	286	50.00	50.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	949	34.00–44.00	39.57
3	—	953	45.00–48.00	46.86
1	—	860	48.00	48.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,581	50.00–57.00	53.75
3	—	1,488	44.00–45.00	44.32
2	—	1,588	63.00–64.00	63.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,147	50.00–59.00	53.57
18	—	1,070	42.00–49.00	46.49
5	—	1,301	60.00–64.00	61.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,673	74.00–84.00	77.31
6	—	1,360	56.00–72.00	66.86

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	775.00	775.00

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.