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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Jan 31

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087

← Jan 24Jan 31Feb 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

639 head

▲ 48 vs last sale 591▲ 639 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

210 head

▲ 58 vs last sale 152▲ 210 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 1 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 to up 1.00 to 2.00 . Feeder cattle steady to up 1.00 to 2.00 . Demand moderate with market activity and buyer interest moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average

Baby calves 25.00 to 45.00

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 $139.65/cwt on 156 head.

Average price

$139.65

156 head · 406 lb average

Value per head Derived

$567

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

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

$36.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.76

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	431	146.11	630	121
Medium 2	323	123.40	398	20
Medium 3	313	109.23	342	15thin

One grade step is worth $36.88/cwt here — about $288 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 sale156 hd

139.65

—

NC average7 barns · 619 hd

141.41

−1.76

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	1,613	80.08	1,291	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,554	70.48	1,095	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,105	60.31	666	113
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	875	39.29	344	15

Every lot

81 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 3	183	109.49/cwt	109.00–110.00	200	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	233	115.05/cwt	110.00–120.00	268	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	235	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	329	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	264	128.40/cwt	120.00–130.00	339	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	282	163.86/cwt	140.00–169.00	462	8
Steers	—	Medium 3	292	110.85/cwt	110.00–111.00	324	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	324	153.49/cwt	135.00–168.00	497	27
Steers	—	Medium 2	329	115.94/cwt	110.00–121.00	381	4
Steers	—	Medium 3	330	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	363	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	367	107.87/cwt	100.00–110.00	396	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	148.60/cwt	131.00–165.00	563	17
Steers	—	Medium 2	379	125.68/cwt	120.00–134.00	476	5
Steers	—	Medium 3	410	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	431	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	147.60/cwt	130.00–166.00	623	30
Steers	—	Medium 2	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	148.18/cwt	134.00–158.00	705	10
Steers	—	Medium 2	480	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	610	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	137.19/cwt	129.00–147.00	704	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	132.17/cwt	130.00–138.00	759	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	132.38/cwt	115.00–138.00	814	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	866	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	113.53/cwt	110.00–117.00	872	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	918	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	990	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	180	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	216	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	188	127.04/cwt	124.00–130.00	239	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	220	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	244	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	245	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	309	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	276	133.50/cwt	130.00–139.00	368	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	282	121.69/cwt	120.00–125.00	343	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	318	105.52/cwt	100.00–110.00	336	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	319	135.43/cwt	129.00–147.00	432	12
Heifers	—	Medium 2	336	121.17/cwt	117.00–124.00	407	5
Heifers	—	Medium 3	372	108.05/cwt	106.00–110.00	402	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	130.85/cwt	125.00–151.00	488	15
Heifers	—	Medium 2	390	120.03/cwt	115.00–125.00	468	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	128.49/cwt	125.00–134.00	541	14
Heifers	—	Medium 2	440	119.00/cwt	115.00–122.00	524	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	440	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	475	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	460	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	460	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	126.72/cwt	124.00–130.00	591	15
Heifers	—	Medium 2	476	118.14/cwt	110.00–122.00	562	11
Heifers	—	Medium 3	513	108.01/cwt	105.00–110.00	554	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	515	114.05/cwt	110.00–120.00	587	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	122.02/cwt	116.00–128.00	641	8
Heifers	—	Medium 3	560	100.61/cwt	96.00–106.00	563	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	117.81/cwt	115.00–119.00	661	11
Heifers	—	Medium 2	565	111.67/cwt	110.00–115.00	631	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	110.34/cwt	100.00–117.00	686	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	105.39/cwt	100.00–109.00	699	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	670	85.49/cwt	85.00–86.00	573	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	608	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	714	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	465	125.45/cwt	123.00–128.00	583	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	137.47/cwt	128.00–150.00	652	10
Bulls	—	Medium 2	480	122.13/cwt	118.00–129.00	586	6
Bulls	—	Medium 3	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	500	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	630	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	505	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	591	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	131.89/cwt	120.00–146.00	686	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	126.12/cwt	120.00–134.00	716	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2	570	117.43/cwt	112.00–120.00	669	3
Bulls	—	Medium 3	590	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	637	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	623	87.03/cwt	86.00–88.00	542	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	113.57/cwt	100.00–124.00	709	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	111.04/cwt	100.00–120.00	741	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	103.16/cwt	94.00–110.00	751	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	530	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	233	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	672	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	403	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,285	66.24/cwt	60.00–70.00	851	4
Bulls	—	—	1,501	77.42/cwt	72.00–89.00	1,162	8
Bulls	—	—	1,833	87.74/cwt	84.00–94.00	1,608	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	841	36.29/cwt	30.00–40.00	305	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	925	43.78/cwt	43.00–45.00	405	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,004	45.80/cwt	41.00–50.00	460	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,032	55.63/cwt	50.00–62.00	574	54
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,214	69.39/cwt	61.00–78.00	842	47
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,535	56.08/cwt	54.00–58.00	861	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,557	72.88/cwt	64.00–84.00	1,135	12
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,875	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

Fri Jan 31, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 639Last week 591Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 210Last week 152Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Baby calves 25.00 to 45.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,833	84.00–94.00	87.74
8	—	1,501	72.00–89.00	77.42
4	—	1,285	60.00–70.00	66.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,032	50.00–62.00	55.63
47	—	1,214	61.00–78.00	69.39
12	—	1,004	41.00–50.00	45.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,557	64.00–84.00	72.88
2	—	1,535	54.00–58.00	56.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	841	30.00–40.00	36.29
6	—	925	43.00–45.00	43.78

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	624	100.00–124.00	113.57
4	—	728	94.00–110.00	103.16
15	—	520	120.00–146.00	131.89
10	—	474	128.00–150.00	137.47
6	—	568	120.00–134.00	126.12
5	—	667	100.00–120.00	111.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	126.00	126.00
2	—	465	123.00–128.00	125.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	112.00–120.00	117.43
6	—	480	118.00–129.00	122.13
2	—	623	86.00–88.00	87.03
1	—	505	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	110.00	110.00
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
1	—	590	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	622	100.00–117.00	110.34
5	—	663	100.00–109.00	105.39
4	—	276	130.00–139.00	133.50
1	—	760	94.00	94.00
1	—	715	85.00	85.00
15	—	466	124.00–130.00	126.72
11	—	561	115.00–119.00	117.81
8	—	525	116.00–128.00	122.02
1	—	180	120.00	120.00
15	—	373	125.00–151.00	130.85
14	—	421	125.00–134.00	128.49
12	—	319	129.00–147.00	135.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	96.00–106.00	100.61
3	—	372	106.00–110.00	108.05
1	—	440	108.00	108.00
1	—	220	111.00	111.00
4	—	513	105.00–110.00	108.01
6	—	318	100.00–110.00	105.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	476	110.00–122.00	118.14
5	—	515	110.00–120.00	114.05
5	—	336	117.00–124.00	121.17
3	—	440	115.00–122.00	119.00
4	—	390	115.00–125.00	120.03
3	—	565	110.00–115.00	111.67
2	—	670	85.00–86.00	85.49
2	—	188	124.00–130.00	127.04
1	—	245	126.00	126.00
3	—	282	120.00–125.00	121.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	615	115.00–138.00	132.38
9	—	513	129.00–147.00	137.19
30	—	422	130.00–166.00	147.60
8	—	282	140.00–169.00	163.86
1	—	900	110.00	110.00
1	—	805	114.00	114.00
1	—	235	140.00	140.00
27	—	324	135.00–168.00	153.49
17	—	379	131.00–165.00	148.60
10	—	476	134.00–158.00	148.18
6	—	574	130.00–138.00	132.17
3	—	693	125.00	125.00
2	—	768	110.00–117.00	113.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	183	109.00–110.00	109.49
1	—	410	105.00	105.00
1	—	330	110.00	110.00
6	—	292	110.00–111.00	110.85
5	—	367	100.00–110.00	107.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	264	120.00–130.00	128.40
5	—	379	120.00–134.00	125.68
4	—	329	110.00–121.00	115.94
2	—	233	110.00–120.00	115.05
1	—	480	127.00	127.00
1	—	445	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	44.00	44.00
5	—	672	60.00	60.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	625.00	625.00

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.