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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Dec 13

● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087

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Feeder Cattle receipts

763 head

▼ 174 vs last sale 937▲ 763 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

145 head

▼ 98 vs last sale 243▲ 145 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 down 5.00 to 6.00 . Feeder cattle steady . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings of cattle were moderate with quality of cattle 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 $122.89/cwt on 189 head.

Average price

$122.89

189 head · 422 lb average

Value per head Derived

$519

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$37.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.78

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	451	129.15	582	131
Medium 2	355	118.46	421	25
Medium 3	372	104.37	389	25
Small 3	328	92.13	302	8thin

One grade step is worth $37.02/cwt here — about $280 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 sale189 hd

122.89

—

NC average8 barns · 855 hd

124.67

−1.78

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	—	High	1,518	65.24	990	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,552	48.71	756	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,146	45.91	526	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	974	35.44	345	15

Every lot

89 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 3	230	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	228	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	238	121.42/cwt	114.00–124.00	289	4
Steers	—	Medium 3	238	109.52/cwt	109.00–110.00	261	2
Steers	—	Medium 3	260	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	260	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	132.67/cwt	130.00–138.00	371	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	284	124.52/cwt	124.00–126.00	354	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	324	135.14/cwt	125.00–150.00	438	18
Steers	—	Medium 3	327	100.97/cwt	100.00–104.00	330	5
Steers	—	Medium 2	330	111.31/cwt	109.00–116.00	367	4
Steers	—	Small 3	330	92.26/cwt	90.00–95.00	304	4
Steers	—	Small 3	358	89.67/cwt	89.00–90.00	321	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	368	120.90/cwt	113.00–126.00	445	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	134.61/cwt	122.00–148.00	502	31
Steers	—	Medium 3	374	104.37/cwt	90.00–113.00	390	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	130.42/cwt	120.00–137.00	535	36
Steers	—	Medium 3	429	105.95/cwt	101.00–110.00	455	7
Steers	—	Medium 2	432	117.42/cwt	114.00–120.00	507	7
Steers	—	Medium 2	460	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	538	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	473	104.43/cwt	100.00–109.00	494	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	131.80/cwt	129.00–134.00	629	9
Steers	—	Medium 2	520	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	572	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	121.46/cwt	117.00–132.00	633	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	123.24/cwt	121.00–126.00	718	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	114.36/cwt	104.00–120.00	707	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	699	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	825	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	848	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	888	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 3	195	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	197	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	235	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	235	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	282	103.84/cwt	100.00–111.00	293	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	285	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	359	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	303	115.45/cwt	110.00–121.00	350	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	317	128.68/cwt	128.00–129.00	408	3
Heifers	—	Small 3	323	92.89/cwt	90.00–96.00	300	4
Heifers	—	Medium 3	335	102.67/cwt	100.00–108.00	344	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	365	100.96/cwt	100.00–104.00	369	4
Heifers	—	Small 3	370	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	333	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	125.64/cwt	124.00–127.00	475	10
Heifers	—	Medium 2	380	116.41/cwt	113.00–120.00	442	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	418	102.46/cwt	100.00–109.00	428	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	125.39/cwt	120.00–137.00	525	4
Heifers	—	Small 3	420	97.00/cwt	96.00–98.00	407	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	425	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	485	1
Heifers	—	Small 2	438	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	420	2
Heifers	—	Small 3	467	90.32/cwt	90.00–91.00	422	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	470	112.93/cwt	110.00–118.00	531	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	123.52/cwt	120.00–127.00	584	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	487	105.53/cwt	102.00–110.00	514	10
Heifers	—	Medium 2	514	110.48/cwt	109.00–114.00	568	6
Heifers	—	Medium 3	528	108.07/cwt	104.00–110.00	571	4
Heifers	—	Small 3	528	84.88/cwt	80.00–90.00	448	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	610	1
Heifers	—	Small 3	552	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	519	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	583	108.03/cwt	105.00–112.00	630	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	593	107.01/cwt	105.00–109.00	635	2
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	106.32/cwt	90.00–113.00	656	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	97.50/cwt	90.00–105.00	634	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	639	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	92.41/cwt	80.00–98.00	705	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	128.93/cwt	120.00–135.00	607	13
Bulls	—	Medium 2	474	116.45/cwt	113.00–121.00	552	11
Bulls	—	Medium 3	485	104.35/cwt	100.00–109.00	506	3
Bulls	—	Small 3	500	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	430	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	120.98/cwt	117.00–125.00	624	7
Bulls	—	Medium 2	524	112.48/cwt	110.00–118.00	589	13
Bulls	—	Medium 3	563	104.97/cwt	100.00–108.00	591	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	117.65/cwt	115.00–125.00	669	13
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	570	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	564	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	573	112.76/cwt	110.00–116.00	646	8
Bulls	—	Medium 3	625	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	500	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	108.09/cwt	103.00–114.00	683	12
Bulls	—	Medium 2	635	101.00/cwt	95.00–107.00	641	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	104.55/cwt	100.00–114.00	702	13
Bulls	—	Medium 2	673	95.33/cwt	94.00–98.00	642	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	98.50/cwt	90.00–108.00	715	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	828	91.55/cwt	86.00–97.00	758	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	625	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	338	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,398	58.69/cwt	54.00–66.00	820	6
Bulls	—	—	1,564	69.54/cwt	67.00–72.00	1,088	5
Bulls	—	—	2,005	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,664	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	775	44.50/cwt	41.00–48.00	345	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,005	34.05/cwt	28.00–38.00	342	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,106	41.64/cwt	30.00–44.00	461	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	47.99/cwt	45.00–54.00	559	39
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,470	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	911	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	41.09/cwt	37.00–44.00	616	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,566	49.27/cwt	47.00–54.00	772	17

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

Fri Dec 13, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 763Last week 937Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 145Last week 243Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	238	114.00–124.00	121.42
4	—	368	113.00–126.00	120.90
7	—	432	114.00–120.00	117.42
1	—	460	117.00	117.00
1	—	520	110.00	110.00
4	—	284	124.00–126.00	124.52
4	—	330	109.00–116.00	111.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	477	129.00–134.00	131.80
1	—	815	109.00	109.00
3	—	280	130.00–138.00	132.67
7	—	521	117.00–132.00	121.46
31	—	373	122.00–148.00	134.61
9	—	583	121.00–126.00	123.24
10	—	737	115.00	115.00
36	—	410	120.00–137.00	130.42
3	—	618	104.00–120.00	114.36
4	—	699	118.00	118.00
18	—	324	125.00–150.00	135.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	100.00	100.00
2	—	238	109.00–110.00	109.52
7	—	429	101.00–110.00	105.95
8	—	374	90.00–113.00	104.37
2	—	473	100.00–109.00	104.43
5	—	327	100.00–104.00	100.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	99.00	99.00
3	—	358	89.00–90.00	89.67
4	—	330	90.00–95.00	92.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	418	100.00–109.00	102.46
1	—	235	100.00	100.00
4	—	365	100.00–104.00	100.96
2	—	593	105.00–109.00	107.01
3	—	282	100.00–111.00	103.84
4	—	528	104.00–110.00	108.07
10	—	487	102.00–110.00	105.53
3	—	335	100.00–108.00	102.67
1	—	195	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	303	110.00–121.00	115.45
1	—	425	114.00	114.00
1	—	285	126.00	126.00
4	—	470	110.00–118.00	112.93
6	—	514	109.00–114.00	110.48
2	—	380	113.00–120.00	116.41
3	—	583	105.00–112.00	108.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	323	90.00–96.00	92.89
3	—	467	90.00–91.00	90.32
1	—	370	90.00	90.00
5	—	552	94.00	94.00
2	—	420	96.00–98.00	97.00
2	—	528	80.00–90.00	84.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	113.00	113.00
2	—	710	90.00	90.00
3	—	317	128.00–129.00	128.68
4	—	419	120.00–137.00	125.39
6	—	763	80.00–98.00	92.41
10	—	378	124.00–127.00	125.64
18	—	617	90.00–113.00	106.32
2	—	473	120.00–127.00	123.52
2	—	650	90.00–105.00	97.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	54.00	54.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	80.00	80.00
3	—	485	100.00–109.00	104.35
11	—	563	100.00–108.00	104.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	524	110.00–118.00	112.48
11	—	474	113.00–121.00	116.45
8	—	573	110.00–116.00	112.76
3	—	673	94.00–98.00	95.33
2	—	635	95.00–107.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	726	90.00–108.00	98.50
2	—	828	86.00–97.00	91.55
1	—	435	130.00	130.00
13	—	471	120.00–135.00	128.93
12	—	632	103.00–114.00	108.09
13	—	671	100.00–114.00	104.55
13	—	569	115.00–125.00	117.65
7	—	516	117.00–125.00	120.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,005	83.00	83.00
6	—	1,398	54.00–66.00	58.69
5	—	1,564	67.00–72.00	69.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,566	47.00–54.00	49.27
3	—	1,500	37.00–44.00	41.09
1	—	1,470	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,165	45.00–54.00	47.99
19	—	1,106	30.00–44.00	41.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,005	28.00–38.00	34.05
2	—	775	41.00–48.00	44.50

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.