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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Mar 20

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087

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Feeder Cattle receipts

208 head

▼ 440 vs last sale 648▲ 208 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

191 head

▲ 84 vs last sale 107▲ 191 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 1▲ 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 up 3.00 to 5.00 . Feeder cattle were steady to up 3.00 to 5.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings of cattle light with quality average .

Baby calves 10.00 to 70.00 12 head

Hogs 5 head

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 $115.45/cwt on 76 head.

Average price

$115.45

76 head · 439 lb average

Value per head Derived

$507

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$19.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.00

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	118.13	533	44
Medium 2	416	115.10	479	24
Medium 3	483	102.83	497	6thin
Small 3	325	98.52	320	2thin

One grade step is worth $19.61/cwt here — about $213 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 sale76 hd

115.45

—

NC average8 barns · 784 hd

107.45

+8.00

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	1,551	95.79	1,486	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,554	78.80	1,225	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,099	72.51	797	104
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	812	50.03	406	19

Every lot

75 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	165	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	216	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	229	139.09/cwt	133.00–146.00	319	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	245	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	287	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	260	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	312	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	273	135.81/cwt	128.00–143.00	371	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	136.16/cwt	132.00–140.00	440	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	325	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	358	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	366	136.38/cwt	132.00–143.00	499	8
Steers	—	Medium 2	370	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	459	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	131.35/cwt	121.00–138.00	556	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	612	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	668	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	821	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	768	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	111.98/cwt	109.00–115.00	817	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	965	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	984	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,028	96.00/cwt	90.00–102.00	987	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	175	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	238	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	175	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	210	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	220	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	244	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	228	124.28/cwt	120.00–129.00	283	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	245	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	299	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	279	122.26/cwt	120.00–125.00	341	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	280	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	336	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	313	124.55/cwt	120.00–128.00	390	3
Heifers	—	Small 3	325	98.52/cwt	98.00–99.00	320	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	328	115.38/cwt	114.00–118.00	378	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	123.52/cwt	120.00–127.00	461	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	376	115.95/cwt	114.00–119.00	436	4
Heifers	—	Medium 3	420	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	462	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	425	118.24/cwt	118.00–119.00	503	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	122.27/cwt	120.00–126.00	525	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	461	123.29/cwt	120.00–126.00	568	6
Heifers	—	Medium 2	476	116.04/cwt	111.00–119.00	552	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	505	121.35/cwt	118.00–123.00	613	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	528	112.38/cwt	110.00–115.00	593	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	528	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	560	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	663	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	612	100.90/cwt	93.00–110.00	618	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	660	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	554	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	675	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	527	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	98.48/cwt	97.00–100.00	668	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	92.50/cwt	90.00–95.00	754	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,065	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	916	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 3	455	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	496	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	133.18/cwt	125.00–141.00	634	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	132.59/cwt	120.00–140.00	691	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2	533	112.96/cwt	110.00–116.00	602	2
Bulls	—	Medium 3	535	95.93/cwt	92.00–100.00	513	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	575	116.93/cwt	115.00–119.00	672	2
Bulls	—	Medium 3	575	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	627	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	124.75/cwt	120.00–130.00	724	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	615	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	584	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	121.49/cwt	113.00–127.00	764	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	107.97/cwt	104.00–113.00	729	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	109.68/cwt	100.00–127.00	791	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	795	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	739	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	92.00/cwt	91.00–93.00	768	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	858	89.08/cwt	80.00–98.00	764	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	978	101.53/cwt	99.00–104.00	993	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	180	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	162	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	240	60.02/cwt	59.00–61.00	144	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,423	80.06/cwt	65.00–86.00	1,139	8
Bulls	—	—	1,525	95.08/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,450	11
Bulls	—	—	1,670	107.93/cwt	101.00–117.00	1,802	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	787	44.50/cwt	38.00–49.00	350	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	835	55.20/cwt	50.00–62.00	461	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	870	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	557	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	948	55.47/cwt	52.00–58.00	526	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,056	65.77/cwt	60.00–70.00	695	41
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,145	79.15/cwt	44.00–100.00	906	57
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,485	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	980	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,561	80.08/cwt	73.00–88.00	1,250	10
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 3	750	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,475	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2	950	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	4,513	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 Mar 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 208Last week 648Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 191Last week 107Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 1Year ago 0

Baby calves 10.00 to 70.00 12 head

Hogs 5 head

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	165	131.00	131.00
8	—	366	132.00–143.00	136.38
8	—	273	128.00–143.00	135.81
6	—	423	121.00–138.00	131.35
4	—	229	133.00–146.00	139.09
3	—	1,028	90.00–102.00	96.00
3	—	578	142.00	142.00
2	—	730	109.00–115.00	111.98
2	—	323	132.00–140.00	136.16
1	—	965	102.00	102.00
1	—	680	113.00	113.00
1	—	510	131.00	131.00
1	—	450	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	124.00	124.00
1	—	325	110.00	110.00
1	—	260	120.00	120.00
1	—	245	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	114.00–118.00	115.38
1	—	660	84.00	84.00
1	—	280	120.00	120.00
1	—	245	122.00	122.00
1	—	175	120.00	120.00
6	—	476	111.00–119.00	116.04
4	—	425	118.00–119.00	118.24
4	—	376	114.00–119.00	115.95
3	—	528	110.00–115.00	112.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	98.00–99.00	98.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	429	120.00–126.00	122.27
6	—	461	120.00–126.00	123.29
5	—	373	120.00–127.00	123.52
4	—	279	120.00–125.00	122.26
4	—	228	120.00–129.00	124.28
3	—	612	93.00–110.00	100.90
3	—	562	118.00	118.00
3	—	505	118.00–123.00	121.35
3	—	313	120.00–128.00	124.55
2	—	815	90.00–95.00	92.50
2	—	678	97.00–100.00	98.48
1	—	1,065	86.00	86.00
1	—	175	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	106.00	106.00
1	—	675	78.00	78.00
1	—	420	110.00	110.00
1	—	220	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	675	104.00–113.00	107.97
6	—	629	113.00–127.00	121.49
6	—	476	125.00–141.00	133.18
5	—	521	120.00–140.00	132.59
4	—	721	100.00–127.00	109.68
4	—	580	120.00–130.00	124.75
3	—	835	91.00–93.00	92.00
2	—	978	99.00–104.00	101.53
2	—	858	80.00–98.00	89.08
1	—	795	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	92.00–100.00	95.93
1	—	575	109.00	109.00
1	—	455	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	115.00–119.00	116.93
2	—	533	110.00–116.00	112.96
1	—	615	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	240	59.00–61.00	60.02
1	—	180	90.00	90.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,056	60.00–70.00	65.77
6	—	948	52.00–58.00	55.47
57	—	1,145	44.00–100.00	79.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	787	38.00–49.00	44.50
8	—	835	50.00–62.00	55.20
1	—	870	64.00	64.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,561	73.00–88.00	80.08
1	—	1,485	66.00	66.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,670	101.00–117.00	107.93
11	—	1,525	90.00–100.00	95.08
8	—	1,423	65.00–86.00	80.06

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	330.00	330.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	475.00	475.00

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.