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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Jul 24

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087

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Feeder Cattle receipts

545 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 549▲ 545 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

130 head

▲ 39 vs last sale 91▲ 130 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 2.00 to 5.00 . Feeder cattle were up 3.00 to 6.00 . Demand was good ; market activity and buyer interest were active . Offerings moderate with quality average .

16 head baby calves 10.00 to 40.00

6 head of pigs

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 $118.07/cwt on 165 head.

Average price

$118.07

165 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$23.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.29

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	512	120.07	615	134
Medium 2	472	111.83	528	21
Medium 3	457	106.24	485	8thin
Small 3	468	97.00	454	2thin

One grade step is worth $23.07/cwt here — about $161 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 sale165 hd

118.07

—

NC average8 barns · 901 hd

115.78

+2.29

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	1,446	93.08	1,346	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,492	69.13	1,031	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,127	65.67	740	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	875	50.11	439	5thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 2	175	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	221	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	245	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	380	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	250	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	290	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	267	157.43/cwt	136.00–176.00	420	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	150.47/cwt	128.00–175.00	489	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	381	139.19/cwt	125.00–162.00	530	12
Steers	—	Medium 2	415	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	498	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	135.26/cwt	125.00–161.00	584	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	140.31/cwt	134.00–145.00	675	7
Steers	—	Medium 2	495	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	604	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	135.86/cwt	129.00–141.00	723	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	136.01/cwt	130.00–140.00	766	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	132.01/cwt	112.00–138.00	821	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	134.99/cwt	134.00–136.00	898	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	717	120.37/cwt	107.00–126.00	863	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,055	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,023	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	180	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	245	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	255	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	316	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	285	137.04/cwt	121.00–152.00	391	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	320	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	384	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	326	145.30/cwt	129.00–154.00	474	8
Heifers	—	Medium 3	350	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	364	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	132.76/cwt	120.00–142.00	497	16
Heifers	—	Medium 2	385	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	439	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	418	114.09/cwt	111.00–117.00	477	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	132.16/cwt	118.00–142.00	560	13
Heifers	—	Medium 3	430	108.45/cwt	107.00–110.00	466	2
Heifers	—	Small 3	468	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	454	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	120.69/cwt	113.00–124.00	578	13
Heifers	—	Medium 2	483	113.37/cwt	110.00–118.00	548	9
Heifers	—	Medium 3	483	106.50/cwt	103.00–110.00	514	4
Heifers	—	Medium 3	510	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	525	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	512	107.99/cwt	106.00–110.00	553	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	116.37/cwt	110.00–124.00	607	29
Heifers	—	Medium 2	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	115.34/cwt	110.00–118.00	656	25
Heifers	—	Medium 2	600	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	540	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	110.49/cwt	92.00–118.00	692	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	118.50/cwt	111.00–126.00	770	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	92.64/cwt	90.00–97.00	661	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	90.51/cwt	87.00–94.00	695	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	808	93.53/cwt	90.00–97.00	756	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	817	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	131.97/cwt	122.00–145.00	615	19
Bulls	—	Medium 2	490	114.99/cwt	114.00–116.00	563	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	520	114.99/cwt	112.00–118.00	598	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	128.28/cwt	116.00–136.00	670	29
Bulls	—	Medium 2	568	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	670	2
Bulls	—	Medium 3	573	102.58/cwt	100.00–105.00	588	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	127.82/cwt	120.00–134.00	734	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	119.79/cwt	100.00–132.00	746	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	118.18/cwt	110.00–133.00	797	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	716	103.47/cwt	92.00–109.00	741	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	102.60/cwt	98.00–107.00	792	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	890	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	837	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	842	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	843	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	460	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	340	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	630	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	479	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,132	78.98/cwt	77.00–80.00	894	3
Bulls	—	—	1,419	93.03/cwt	84.00–98.00	1,320	11
Bulls	—	—	1,860	107.39/cwt	101.00–111.00	1,997	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	827	53.37/cwt	50.00–56.00	441	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	948	45.21/cwt	44.00–46.00	429	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,013	55.52/cwt	45.00–59.00	562	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,126	64.75/cwt	60.00–70.00	729	47
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,209	74.92/cwt	70.00–88.00	906	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,415	68.52/cwt	67.00–70.00	970	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,450	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	841	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,557	73.25/cwt	72.00–75.00	1,141	3

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 Jul 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 545Last week 549Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 130Last week 91Year ago 0

16 head baby calves 10.00 to 40.00

6 head of pigs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	180	136.00	136.00
1	—	950	86.00	86.00
3	—	713	90.00–97.00	92.64
8	—	326	129.00–154.00	145.30
13	—	424	118.00–142.00	132.16
13	—	479	113.00–124.00	120.69
16	—	374	120.00–142.00	132.76
17	—	626	92.00–118.00	110.49
25	—	569	110.00–118.00	115.34
29	—	522	110.00–124.00	116.37
2	—	808	90.00–97.00	93.53
2	—	768	87.00–94.00	90.51
2	—	650	111.00–126.00	118.50
2	—	285	121.00–152.00	137.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	483	103.00–110.00	106.50
2	—	430	107.00–110.00	108.45
1	—	510	103.00	103.00
1	—	350	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	483	110.00–118.00	113.37
4	—	512	106.00–110.00	107.99
2	—	565	110.00	110.00
2	—	418	111.00–117.00	114.09
1	—	600	90.00	90.00
1	—	385	114.00	114.00
1	—	320	120.00	120.00
1	—	255	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	175	126.00	126.00
1	—	495	122.00	122.00
3	—	415	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	155.00	155.00
1	—	1,055	97.00	97.00
2	—	665	134.00–136.00	134.99
4	—	563	130.00–140.00	136.01
7	—	481	134.00–145.00	140.31
9	—	622	112.00–138.00	132.01
10	—	267	136.00–176.00	157.43
12	—	325	128.00–175.00	150.47
12	—	381	125.00–162.00	139.19
13	—	532	129.00–141.00	135.86
14	—	717	107.00–126.00	120.37
21	—	432	125.00–161.00	135.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	522	116.00–136.00	128.28
21	—	574	120.00–134.00	127.82
19	—	623	100.00–132.00	119.79
19	—	466	122.00–145.00	131.97
10	—	674	110.00–133.00	118.18
4	—	716	92.00–109.00	103.47
3	—	772	98.00–107.00	102.60
1	—	980	86.00	86.00
1	—	935	90.00	90.00
1	—	890	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	100.00–105.00	102.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	112.00–118.00	114.99
2	—	568	118.00	118.00
2	—	490	114.00–116.00	114.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	74.00	74.00
1	—	630	76.00	76.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,209	70.00–88.00	74.92
14	—	1,013	45.00–59.00	55.52
47	—	1,126	60.00–70.00	64.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	827	50.00–56.00	53.37
2	—	948	44.00–46.00	45.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,557	72.00–75.00	73.25
2	—	1,415	67.00–70.00	68.52
1	—	1,450	58.00	58.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,419	84.00–98.00	93.03
3	—	1,860	101.00–111.00	107.39
3	—	1,132	77.00–80.00	78.98

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.