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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Nov 25

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095

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Feeder Cattle receipts

198 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 225▲ 198 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

73 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 85▲ 73 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 were down 2.00 to 4.00 . Demand was light ; market activity and buyer interest were slow . Offerings of cattle moderate with quality plain .

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 $100.07/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$100.07

43 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$467

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$246

per head · Medium 2 over Small 3

$17.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.46

vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 2	528	105.67	558	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	521	104.94	547	20
Medium 3	425	97.03	412	14thin
Small 3	355	88.16	313	6thin

One grade step is worth $17.51/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 sale43 hd

100.07

—

NC average7 barns · 1,043 hd

104.53

−4.46

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	1,400	74.46	1,043	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,145	58.60	671	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,600	55.81	893	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	827	41.50	343	4thin

Every lot

64 lots · USDA AMS · Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Monday) - 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 3	195	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	205	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	220	106.91/cwt	102.00–111.00	235	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	235	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	275	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	275	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	314	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	285	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	285	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	425	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	345	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	362	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	371	126.32/cwt	120.00–134.00	469	8
Steers	—	Small 3	380	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	338	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	395	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	391	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	400	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	404	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	116.62/cwt	110.00–120.00	500	8
Steers	—	Small 3	435	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	374	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	445	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	525	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	548	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	658	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	721	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 3	195	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	199	1
Heifers	—	Small 3	220	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	180	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	260	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	260	2
Heifers	—	Small 3	328	87.69/cwt	80.00–96.00	288	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	335	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	335	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	370	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	389	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	435	1
Heifers	—	Small 3	417	90.52/cwt	81.00–95.00	377	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	473	6
Heifers	—	Medium 3	430	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	430	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	466	95.55/cwt	86.00–100.00	445	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	495	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	530	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	515	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	541	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	107.84/cwt	105.00–110.00	558	7
Heifers	—	Medium 3	520	95.10/cwt	90.00–100.00	495	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	550	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	575	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	604	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	590	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	614	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	600	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	450	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	95.46/cwt	91.00–100.00	592	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	583	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	787	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small 3	468	88.01/cwt	86.00–90.00	412	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	545	2
Bulls	—	Medium 3	480	101.96/cwt	100.00–104.00	489	2
Bulls	—	Medium 3	520	90.03/cwt	87.00–93.00	468	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	525	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	546	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	107.40/cwt	104.00–115.00	565	6
Bulls	—	Medium 3	563	95.02/cwt	90.00–100.00	535	2
Bulls	—	Small 3	575	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	489	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	580	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	557	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	96.02/cwt	90.00–102.00	613	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	605	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	670	82.01/cwt	80.00–85.00	549	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	87.07/cwt	80.00–95.00	620	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	795	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	676	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	940	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	837	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,330	65.91/cwt	56.00–70.00	877	3
Bulls	—	—	1,338	81.01/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,084	2
Bulls	—	—	1,735	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,509	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	813	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	431	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	840	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	252	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,099	55.86/cwt	52.00–60.00	614	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	46.82/cwt	43.00–50.00	545	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,181	65.87/cwt	62.00–71.00	778	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,505	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	933	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,616	54.78/cwt	50.00–60.00	885	6

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 (Monday) - Siler City, NC

Mon Nov 25, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 198Last week 225Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 85Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	114.00	114.00
1	—	235	117.00	117.00
1	—	445	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	195	105.00	105.00
1	—	285	100.00	100.00
1	—	345	105.00	105.00
1	—	395	99.00	99.00
1	—	400	101.00	101.00
2	—	220	102.00–111.00	106.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	125.00	125.00
1	—	680	106.00	106.00
3	—	548	120.00	120.00
8	—	371	120.00–134.00	126.32
8	—	429	110.00–120.00	116.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	89.00	89.00
1	—	435	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	81.00–95.00	90.52
2	—	328	80.00–96.00	87.69
1	—	220	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	517	105.00–110.00	107.84
6	—	430	110.00	110.00
2	—	620	91.00–100.00	95.46
1	—	915	86.00	86.00
1	—	670	87.00	87.00
1	—	550	100.00	100.00
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
1	—	395	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	466	86.00–100.00	95.55
2	—	520	90.00–100.00	95.10
2	—	260	100.00	100.00
1	—	600	75.00	75.00
1	—	590	104.00	104.00
1	—	430	100.00	100.00
1	—	370	105.00	105.00
1	—	335	100.00	100.00
1	—	195	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	105.00	105.00
1	—	515	105.00	105.00
1	—	495	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	86.00–90.00	88.01
1	—	575	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	526	104.00–115.00	107.40
3	—	712	80.00–95.00	87.07
2	—	638	90.00–102.00	96.02
2	—	470	115.00–117.00	116.00
1	—	940	89.00	89.00
1	—	795	85.00	85.00
1	—	665	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	90.00–100.00	95.02
2	—	520	87.00–93.00	90.03
2	—	480	100.00–104.00	101.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	670	80.00–85.00	82.01
1	—	580	96.00	96.00
1	—	525	104.00	104.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,735	87.00	87.00
2	—	1,338	80.00–82.00	81.01
3	—	1,330	56.00–70.00	65.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,165	43.00–50.00	46.82
14	—	1,099	52.00–60.00	55.86
15	—	1,181	62.00–71.00	65.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	62.00	62.00
6	—	1,616	50.00–60.00	54.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	813	53.00	53.00
2	—	840	30.00	30.00

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.