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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 3

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095

← Jan 27Feb 3Feb 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

165 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 157▲ 165 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

60 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 49▲ 60 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 2.00 to 4.00. Feeder cattle steady . Demand was moderate ;market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average.

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 $114.76/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$114.76

43 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$529

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

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

$28.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.69

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	486	120.55	586	21
Medium 2	434	114.01	494	13thin
Medium 3	502	107.66	540	6thin
Small 3	330	91.73	303	3thin

One grade step is worth $28.82/cwt here — about $283 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

114.76

—

NC average7 barns · 915 hd

116.45

−1.69

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	1,705	85.85	1,464	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,669	69.44	1,159	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,048	60.04	629	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	810	43.34	351	6thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 2	230	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	299	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	275	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	311	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	326	142.16/cwt	136.00–150.00	463	7
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	335	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	405	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	370	106.67/cwt	100.00–110.00	395	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	138.12/cwt	135.00–143.00	518	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	378	119.72/cwt	113.00–126.00	453	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	420	117.41/cwt	115.00–120.00	493	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	135.36/cwt	126.00–140.00	570	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	140.84/cwt	135.00–145.00	682	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	137.65/cwt	131.00–144.00	734	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	136.92/cwt	134.00–140.00	780	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	600	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	660	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	123.01/cwt	120.00–126.00	834	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	260	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	328	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	265	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	318	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	328	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	377	2
Heifers	—	Small 3	330	91.73/cwt	90.00–94.00	303	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	461	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	370	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	411	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	395	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	435	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	124.23/cwt	120.00–128.00	518	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	425	114.27/cwt	111.00–116.00	486	4
Heifers	—	Medium 3	430	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	464	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	473	114.04/cwt	113.00–115.00	539	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	123.16/cwt	118.00–126.00	589	5
Heifers	—	Medium 3	505	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	530	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	120.71/cwt	118.00–125.00	628	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	545	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	600	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	120.49/cwt	120.00–121.00	681	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	565	113.51/cwt	113.00–114.00	641	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	568	107.31/cwt	106.00–110.00	610	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	107.86/cwt	101.00–115.00	672	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	657	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 3	450	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	450	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	129.85/cwt	124.00–135.00	609	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	469	116.77/cwt	110.00–125.00	548	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2	518	110.51/cwt	110.00–111.00	572	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	129.05/cwt	121.00–133.00	672	5
Bulls	—	Medium 3	540	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	578	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	560	110.51/cwt	110.00–111.00	619	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	121.72/cwt	120.00–125.00	700	3
Bulls	—	Medium 3	575	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	627	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	117.56/cwt	110.00–125.00	717	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	696	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	665	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	532	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	660	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	715	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	665	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,494	81.08/cwt	78.00–87.00	1,211	4
Bulls	—	—	1,873	93.33/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,748	4
Bulls	—	—	1,875	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,406	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	770	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	308	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	818	44.01/cwt	40.00–51.00	360	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,021	57.17/cwt	52.00–62.00	584	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,062	64.99/cwt	61.00–70.00	690	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,110	46.13/cwt	44.00–49.00	512	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,653	69.64/cwt	66.00–73.00	1,151	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,780	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,210	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 (Monday) - Siler City, NC

Mon Feb 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 165Last week 157Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 49Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	135.00–143.00	138.12
3	—	533	131.00–144.00	137.65
7	—	421	126.00–140.00	135.36
7	—	326	136.00–150.00	142.16
2	—	678	120.00–126.00	123.01
2	—	570	134.00–140.00	136.92
4	—	484	135.00–145.00	140.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	115.00–120.00	117.41
2	—	378	113.00–126.00	119.72
1	—	600	110.00	110.00
1	—	230	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	100.00–110.00	106.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	113.00–114.00	113.51
2	—	473	113.00–115.00	114.04
2	—	328	115.00	115.00
1	—	545	110.00	110.00
1	—	395	110.00	110.00
4	—	425	111.00–116.00	114.27
1	—	265	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	105.00	105.00
1	—	430	108.00	108.00
1	—	370	111.00	111.00
3	—	568	106.00–110.00	107.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	90.00–94.00	91.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	417	120.00–128.00	124.23
4	—	520	118.00–125.00	120.71
1	—	360	128.00	128.00
5	—	478	118.00–126.00	123.16
2	—	623	101.00–115.00	107.86
2	—	565	120.00–121.00	120.49
1	—	650	101.00	101.00
1	—	260	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	100.00	100.00
1	—	575	109.00	109.00
1	—	540	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	469	110.00–125.00	116.77
2	—	560	110.00–111.00	110.51
2	—	518	110.00–111.00	110.51
1	—	715	93.00	93.00
1	—	665	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	93.00	93.00
5	—	521	121.00–133.00	129.05
4	—	469	124.00–135.00	129.85
1	—	650	107.00	107.00
3	—	575	120.00–125.00	121.72
2	—	610	110.00–125.00	117.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,873	92.00–95.00	93.33
4	—	1,494	78.00–87.00	81.08
1	—	1,875	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,110	44.00–49.00	46.13
12	—	1,062	61.00–70.00	64.99
11	—	1,021	52.00–62.00	57.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	40.00	40.00
5	—	818	40.00–51.00	44.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,653	66.00–73.00	69.64
1	—	1,780	68.00	68.00

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.