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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Oct 23

● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087

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Feeder Cattle receipts

668 head

▼ 70 vs last sale 738▼ 224 vs year ago 892 · −25.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

127 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 112▼ 35 vs year ago 162 · −21.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were steady to up 1.00 to 2.00 . Feeder cattle were steady with plainer cattle cheaper . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings were moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 30.00 to 50.00 5 head

2 head of hogs

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 $110.39/cwt on 167 head.

Average price

$110.39

167 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 3

$24.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.57

vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	410	126.00	517	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	517	112.58	583	103
Medium 2	489	110.49	540	34
Medium 3	453	101.93	462	29

One grade step is worth $24.07/cwt here — about $55 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 sale167 hd

110.39

—

NC average8 barns · 1,216 hd

104.81

+5.57

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	—	Low	1,501	81.92	1,230	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,550	56.63	878	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,112	54.32	604	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	925	41.37	383	9thin

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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	195	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	273	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	225	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	252	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	228	119.20/cwt	114.00–125.00	272	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	266	118.31/cwt	116.00–121.00	315	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	279	161.26/cwt	130.00–171.00	450	11
Steers	—	Medium 3	315	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	347	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	317	118.50/cwt	114.00–127.00	376	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	324	144.29/cwt	128.00–172.00	467	19
Steers	—	Medium 2	371	114.98/cwt	110.00–118.00	427	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	139.39/cwt	120.00–158.00	519	17
Steers	—	Medium 3	393	100.50/cwt	100.00–101.00	395	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	416	136.84/cwt	120.00–154.00	569	18
Steers	—	Medium 2	433	111.10/cwt	110.00–114.00	481	8
Steers	—	Medium 3	434	103.97/cwt	100.00–106.00	451	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	458	110.33/cwt	110.00–111.00	505	3
Steers	—	Medium 3	481	103.36/cwt	102.00–110.00	497	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	619	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	508	121.69/cwt	120.00–125.00	618	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	743	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	114.87/cwt	100.00–128.00	709	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	118.47/cwt	113.00–124.00	790	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	104.75/cwt	96.00–110.00	753	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	102.95/cwt	91.00–115.00	806	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	821	104.29/cwt	86.00–113.00	856	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	892	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	235	123.13/cwt	120.00–128.00	289	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	275	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	319	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	277	129.90/cwt	126.00–135.00	360	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	305	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	345	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	328	128.37/cwt	120.00–136.00	421	11
Heifers	—	Medium 3	328	101.53/cwt	100.00–103.00	333	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	370	104.72/cwt	100.00–109.00	387	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	129.61/cwt	127.00–132.00	483	11
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	410	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	517	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	124.02/cwt	120.00–128.00	525	10
Heifers	—	Medium 2	423	113.67/cwt	112.00–115.00	481	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	423	104.91/cwt	100.00–110.00	444	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	122.04/cwt	118.00–127.00	567	7
Heifers	—	Medium 3	469	101.60/cwt	100.00–106.00	477	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	480	113.67/cwt	110.00–117.00	546	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	114.06/cwt	108.00–124.00	592	9
Heifers	—	Medium 3	519	98.58/cwt	92.00–105.00	512	7
Heifers	—	Medium 2	523	108.01/cwt	106.00–110.00	565	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	111.86/cwt	110.00–114.00	633	7
Heifers	—	Medium 3	567	98.97/cwt	93.00–104.00	561	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	570	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	616	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	620	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	552	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	100.53/cwt	90.00–111.00	630	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	97.76/cwt	94.00–100.00	656	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	695	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	598	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	696	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	87.00/cwt	82.00–102.00	673	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	664	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	744	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	913	74.56/cwt	70.00–79.00	681	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 3	435	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	435	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3	466	105.22/cwt	100.00–110.00	490	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	124.02/cwt	120.00–127.00	580	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2	469	114.37/cwt	110.00–118.00	536	8
Bulls	—	Medium 2	518	111.16/cwt	109.00–115.00	576	7
Bulls	—	Medium 3	522	102.55/cwt	93.00–107.00	535	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	117.74/cwt	116.00–120.00	620	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	119.57/cwt	117.00–124.00	679	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2	573	112.72/cwt	110.00–115.00	646	3
Bulls	—	Medium 3	576	104.48/cwt	100.00–109.00	602	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	108.30/cwt	97.00–126.00	677	15
Bulls	—	Medium 2	628	90.81/cwt	90.00–94.00	570	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2	670	92.31/cwt	90.00–94.00	618	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	102.70/cwt	96.00–111.00	690	13
Bulls	—	Medium 3	695	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	612	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	717	97.63/cwt	87.00–109.00	700	10
Bulls	—	Medium 3	750	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	593	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	91.23/cwt	84.00–97.00	701	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	768	87.50/cwt	87.00–88.00	672	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	814	91.72/cwt	87.00–99.00	747	4
Bulls	—	Medium 3	815	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	579	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	678	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	583	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,157	67.06/cwt	64.00–70.00	776	3
Bulls	—	—	1,575	85.19/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,342	7
Bulls	—	—	1,760	92.77/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,633	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	888	45.68/cwt	45.00–46.00	406	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	943	39.22/cwt	36.00–43.00	370	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,083	45.72/cwt	40.00–49.00	495	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,103	61.74/cwt	60.00–65.00	681	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,128	55.27/cwt	50.00–59.00	623	33
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,465	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	659	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,551	58.10/cwt	56.00–59.00	901	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,577	57.07/cwt	50.00–61.00	900	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,750	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 Oct 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 668Last week 738Year ago 892

Slaughter CattleReceipts 127Last week 112Year ago 162

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 1

Baby calves 30.00 to 50.00 5 head

2 head of hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	519	108.00–124.00	114.06
5	—	277	126.00–135.00	129.90
3	—	733	95.00	95.00
5	—	671	94.00–100.00	97.76
23	—	627	90.00–111.00	100.53
10	—	423	120.00–128.00	124.02
11	—	373	127.00–132.00	129.61
1	—	830	80.00	80.00
11	—	328	120.00–136.00	128.37
7	—	566	110.00–114.00	111.86
7	—	465	118.00–127.00	122.04
5	—	774	82.00–102.00	87.00
3	—	235	120.00–128.00	123.13
2	—	913	70.00–79.00	74.56
1	—	875	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	86.00	86.00
2	—	305	113.00	113.00
16	—	480	110.00–117.00	113.67
5	—	523	106.00–110.00	108.01
5	—	570	108.00	108.00
3	—	423	112.00–115.00	113.67
1	—	275	116.00	116.00
1	—	620	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	100.00–103.00	101.53
7	—	423	100.00–110.00	104.91
5	—	469	100.00–106.00	101.60
7	—	519	92.00–105.00	98.58
3	—	567	93.00–104.00	98.97
5	—	370	100.00–109.00	104.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	672	96.00–111.00	102.70
4	—	527	116.00–120.00	117.74
5	—	468	120.00–127.00	124.02
15	—	625	97.00–126.00	108.30
10	—	717	87.00–109.00	97.63
6	—	568	117.00–124.00	119.57
4	—	814	87.00–99.00	91.72
4	—	768	84.00–97.00	91.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	522	93.00–107.00	102.55
9	—	576	100.00–109.00	104.48
1	—	815	71.00	71.00
1	—	435	100.00	100.00
8	—	466	100.00–110.00	105.22
1	—	695	88.00	88.00
1	—	750	79.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	768	87.00–88.00	87.50
7	—	518	109.00–115.00	111.16
8	—	469	110.00–118.00	114.37
3	—	670	90.00–94.00	92.31
3	—	573	110.00–115.00	112.72
5	—	628	90.00–94.00	90.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	719	96.00–110.00	104.75
1	—	910	98.00	98.00
2	—	783	91.00–115.00	102.95
5	—	821	86.00–113.00	104.29
19	—	324	128.00–172.00	144.29
5	—	667	113.00–124.00	118.47
1	—	495	125.00	125.00
11	—	279	130.00–171.00	161.26
3	—	508	120.00–125.00	121.69
1	—	590	126.00	126.00
18	—	416	120.00–154.00	136.84
17	—	372	120.00–158.00	139.39
1	—	195	140.00	140.00
15	—	617	100.00–128.00	114.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	112.00	112.00
1	—	315	110.00	110.00
2	—	393	100.00–101.00	100.50
4	—	434	100.00–106.00	103.97
6	—	481	102.00–110.00	103.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	371	110.00–118.00	114.98
4	—	266	116.00–121.00	118.31
3	—	458	110.00–111.00	110.33
2	—	228	114.00–125.00	119.20
3	—	317	114.00–127.00	118.50
8	—	433	110.00–114.00	111.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	678	86.00	86.00

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	675.00	675.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	45.00	45.00
3	—	1,577	50.00–61.00	57.07
7	—	1,551	56.00–59.00	58.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	943	36.00–43.00	39.22
3	—	888	45.00–46.00	45.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,083	40.00–49.00	45.72
12	—	1,103	60.00–65.00	61.74
33	—	1,128	50.00–59.00	55.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,157	64.00–70.00	67.06
2	—	1,760	90.00–96.00	92.77
7	—	1,575	81.00–89.00	85.19

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.