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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Jan 17

● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087

← Jan 10Jan 17Jan 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

637 head

▼ 443 vs last sale 1,080▲ 637 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

201 head

▼ 36 vs last sale 237▲ 201 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 3▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle steady . Feeder cattle steady to up 2.00 to 3.00 .Demand was moderate ;market activity and buyer interest were moderate .Offerings were moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 10.00 to 25.00

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.57/cwt on 162 head.

Average price

$120.57

162 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$246

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

$32.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.74

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	482	126.80	611	103
Medium 2	476	112.29	534	42
Medium 3	379	105.95	401	13thin
Small 3	386	94.52	365	4thin

One grade step is worth $32.28/cwt here — about $246 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 sale162 hd

120.57

—

NC average8 barns · 921 hd

115.83

+4.74

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	1,608	72.19	1,160	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,496	58.65	877	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,131	54.71	618	97
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	886	37.74	334	7thin

Every lot

96 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	—	Medium 2	163	127.57/cwt	126.00–129.00	208	2
Steers	—	Medium 3	183	102.53/cwt	100.00–105.00	188	2
Steers	—	Medium 3	240	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	276	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	255	112.55/cwt	110.00–115.00	287	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	277	154.67/cwt	136.00–176.00	428	6
Steers	—	Medium 2	290	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	342	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	315	119.14/cwt	110.00–126.00	375	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	318	151.37/cwt	133.00–175.00	481	30
Steers	—	Medium 3	320	106.00/cwt	105.00–110.00	339	5
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	330	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	403	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	371	151.54/cwt	130.00–169.00	562	20
Steers	—	Medium 2	383	120.38/cwt	118.00–123.00	461	3
Steers	—	Medium 3	395	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	435	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	415	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	423	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	139.24/cwt	116.00–159.00	595	29
Steers	—	Medium 2	429	117.35/cwt	100.00–126.00	503	6
Steers	—	Small 3	435	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	392	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	151.94/cwt	138.00–158.00	717	11
Steers	—	Medium 3	480	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	485	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	136.24/cwt	125.00–151.00	718	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	132.40/cwt	130.00–133.00	769	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	780	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	688	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	881	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	124.67/cwt	124.00–126.00	910	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	920	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	908	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	865	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	917	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	218	134.26/cwt	130.00–139.00	293	4
Heifers	—	Medium 3	230	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	248	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	279	151.33/cwt	136.00–159.00	422	9
Heifers	—	Medium 3	280	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	316	2
Heifers	—	Small 3	290	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	261	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	295	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	339	1
Heifers	—	Small 3	305	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	296	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	147.65/cwt	124.00–155.00	480	21
Heifers	—	Medium 2	328	118.47/cwt	117.00–120.00	389	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	345	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	359	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	360	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	382	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	140.71/cwt	130.00–146.00	525	6
Heifers	—	Medium 2	379	115.16/cwt	111.00–120.00	436	7
Heifers	—	Medium 3	413	102.55/cwt	100.00–105.00	424	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	424	120.52/cwt	120.00–122.00	511	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	129.33/cwt	122.00–140.00	555	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	128.18/cwt	125.00–141.00	599	9
Heifers	—	Medium 3	473	104.11/cwt	100.00–108.00	492	2
Heifers	—	Small 3	475	95.54/cwt	92.00–99.00	454	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	480	115.01/cwt	110.00–121.00	552	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	122.76/cwt	120.00–124.00	629	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	518	114.49/cwt	110.00–121.00	593	4
Heifers	—	Medium 3	520	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	562	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	560	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	560	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	568	115.03/cwt	110.00–118.00	653	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	121.34/cwt	120.00–124.00	701	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	109.02/cwt	104.00–121.00	680	6
Heifers	—	Medium 2	627	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	558	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	105.17/cwt	100.00–111.00	708	6
Heifers	—	Medium 2	685	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	630	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	98.78/cwt	83.00–109.00	713	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	103.94/cwt	100.00–107.00	795	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	85.42/cwt	84.00–94.00	765	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2	468	117.56/cwt	110.00–126.00	550	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	139.11/cwt	125.00–155.00	657	11
Bulls	—	Medium 3	472	105.45/cwt	100.00–110.00	498	3
Bulls	—	Small 3	515	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	484	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3	520	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	468	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	137.24/cwt	121.00–148.00	718	11
Bulls	—	Medium 2	527	115.24/cwt	110.00–118.00	607	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	124.65/cwt	121.00–131.00	711	12
Bulls	—	Medium 2	570	113.58/cwt	108.00–118.00	647	3
Bulls	—	Medium 3	575	96.90/cwt	94.00–100.00	557	2
Bulls	—	Small 3	595	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	536	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	119.53/cwt	100.00–127.00	740	8
Bulls	—	Medium 3	645	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	452	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	115.77/cwt	111.00–118.00	769	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	111.95/cwt	107.00–116.00	813	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	868	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	765	82.00/cwt	80.00–84.00	627	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	100.68/cwt	98.00–106.00	836	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	880	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	669	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	905	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	751	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	955	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	821	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	225	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	126	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	678	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	380	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,429	66.69/cwt	64.00–68.00	953	4
Bulls	—	—	1,613	72.70/cwt	55.00–79.00	1,173	16
Bulls	—	—	2,235	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,922	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	880	36.27/cwt	34.00–38.00	319	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	900	41.43/cwt	40.00–43.00	373	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,112	45.10/cwt	40.00–49.00	502	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,131	54.79/cwt	50.00–59.00	620	66
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,144	62.29/cwt	60.00–68.00	713	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,405	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	674	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,484	56.90/cwt	52.00–59.00	844	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,525	62.47/cwt	60.00–64.00	953	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,129	1,049.91/cwt	925.00–1,150.00	11,853	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	829.35/cwt	725.00–925.00	9,538	2

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 Jan 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 637Last week 1,080Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 201Last week 237Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 3Year ago 0

Baby calves 10.00 to 25.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	673	100.00–111.00	105.17
6	—	624	104.00–121.00	109.02
6	—	373	130.00–146.00	140.71
5	—	512	120.00–124.00	122.76
3	—	765	100.00–107.00	103.94
21	—	325	124.00–155.00	147.65
17	—	429	122.00–140.00	129.33
9	—	467	125.00–141.00	128.18
9	—	279	136.00–159.00	151.33
7	—	895	84.00–94.00	85.42
4	—	218	130.00–139.00	134.26
3	—	578	120.00–124.00	121.34
7	—	722	83.00–109.00	98.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	518	110.00–121.00	114.49
6	—	424	120.00–122.00	120.52
13	—	480	110.00–121.00	115.01
7	—	379	111.00–120.00	115.16
5	—	627	89.00	89.00
1	—	295	115.00	115.00
1	—	685	92.00	92.00
2	—	328	117.00–120.00	118.47
3	—	568	110.00–118.00	115.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	230	108.00	108.00
2	—	473	100.00–108.00	104.11
2	—	413	100.00–105.00	102.55
2	—	345	104.00	104.00
2	—	280	113.00	113.00
1	—	560	100.00	100.00
1	—	520	108.00	108.00
1	—	360	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	90.00	90.00
1	—	305	97.00	97.00
2	—	475	92.00–99.00	95.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	118.00–123.00	120.38
1	—	290	118.00	118.00
2	—	163	126.00–129.00	127.57
4	—	315	110.00–126.00	119.14
6	—	429	100.00–126.00	117.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	472	138.00–158.00	151.94
1	—	600	130.00	130.00
1	—	780	118.00	118.00
1	—	865	106.00	106.00
3	—	688	128.00	128.00
3	—	730	124.00–126.00	124.67
5	—	581	130.00–133.00	132.40
6	—	277	136.00–176.00	154.67
13	—	527	125.00–151.00	136.24
20	—	371	130.00–169.00	151.54
29	—	427	116.00–159.00	139.24
30	—	318	133.00–175.00	151.37
1	—	825	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	102.00	102.00
1	—	395	110.00	110.00
2	—	183	100.00–105.00	102.53
2	—	255	110.00–115.00	112.55
5	—	320	105.00–110.00	106.00
1	—	480	101.00	101.00
1	—	240	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	664	111.00–118.00	115.77
11	—	472	125.00–155.00	139.11
11	—	523	121.00–148.00	137.24
1	—	755	115.00	115.00
1	—	905	83.00	83.00
1	—	955	86.00	86.00
3	—	830	98.00–106.00	100.68
8	—	619	100.00–127.00	119.53
8	—	726	107.00–116.00	111.95
12	—	570	121.00–131.00	124.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	76.00	76.00
2	—	765	80.00–84.00	82.00
3	—	527	110.00–118.00	115.24
3	—	570	108.00–118.00	113.58
14	—	468	110.00–126.00	117.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	94.00	94.00
1	—	595	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	90.00	90.00
1	—	645	70.00	70.00
2	—	575	94.00–100.00	96.90
3	—	472	100.00–110.00	105.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	56.00	56.00
6	—	678	56.00	56.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	900	40.00–43.00	41.43
5	—	880	34.00–38.00	36.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,112	40.00–49.00	45.10
17	—	1,144	60.00–68.00	62.29
66	—	1,131	50.00–59.00	54.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	48.00	48.00
6	—	1,525	60.00–64.00	62.47
7	—	1,484	52.00–59.00	56.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,613	55.00–79.00	72.70
1	—	2,235	86.00	86.00
4	—	1,429	64.00–68.00	66.69

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	6	—	1,129	925.00–1,150.00	1,049.91
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	725.00–925.00	829.35

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.