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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Sep 28

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095

← Sep 21Sep 28Oct 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

234 head

▲ 91 vs last sale 143▲ 10 vs year ago 224 · +4.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

45 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 26▼ 15 vs year ago 60 · −25.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

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 $108.26/cwt on 68 head.

Average price

$108.26

68 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$582

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$9.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.39

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	542	111.57	604	42
Medium 2	541	103.31	559	17thin
Medium 3	512	102.14	522	9thin

One grade step is worth $9.44/cwt here — about $82 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 sale68 hd

108.26

—

NC average9 barns · 1,501 hd

115.65

−7.39

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	1,970	91.00	1,793	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,643	61.66	1,013	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,175	57.86	680	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	925	34.00	315	1thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 2	205	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	246	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	240	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	322	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	265	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	315	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	472	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	349	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	366	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	365	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	416	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	370	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	407	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	386	138.86/cwt	124.00–146.00	536	5
Steers	—	Medium 2	415	112.51/cwt	112.00–113.00	467	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	129.44/cwt	120.00–146.00	549	13
Steers	—	Medium 3	442	108.23/cwt	105.00–109.00	478	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	126.10/cwt	120.00–132.00	584	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	124.18/cwt	120.00–129.00	659	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	728	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	585	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	644	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	761	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	114.26/cwt	111.00–118.00	775	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	110.99/cwt	109.00–113.00	799	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	109.00/cwt	106.00–111.00	843	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	940	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	959	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	278	126.86/cwt	124.00–130.00	353	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	308	121.54/cwt	120.00–123.00	374	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	320	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	374	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	360	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	410	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	124.94/cwt	120.00–128.00	459	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	506	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	415	112.07/cwt	110.00–114.00	465	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	430	101.52/cwt	100.00–103.00	437	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	474	113.28/cwt	110.00–117.00	537	4
Heifers	—	Medium 3	480	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	499	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	574	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	508	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	554	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	509	114.99/cwt	114.00–118.00	585	5
Heifers	—	Medium 3	526	102.03/cwt	100.00–104.00	537	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	563	109.50/cwt	109.00–110.00	616	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	650	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	580	102.03/cwt	100.00–104.00	592	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	106.98/cwt	104.00–111.00	664	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	104.94/cwt	100.00–110.00	703	7
Heifers	—	Medium 2	670	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	603	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	99.07/cwt	94.00–104.00	706	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	85.00/cwt	84.00–86.00	642	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	768	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	591	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	85.49/cwt	84.00–87.00	710	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 3	460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	506	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	124.55/cwt	120.00–130.00	584	10
Bulls	—	Medium 2	515	112.54/cwt	111.00–114.00	580	2
Bulls	—	Medium 3	518	101.00/cwt	100.00–103.00	523	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	119.58/cwt	118.00–121.00	639	7
Bulls	—	Medium 2	566	112.80/cwt	109.00–117.00	638	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	120.65/cwt	120.00–122.00	684	3
Bulls	—	Medium 3	590	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	590	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	107.88/cwt	101.00–113.00	673	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2	635	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	616	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	105.51/cwt	105.00–106.00	705	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	710	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	611	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	97.24/cwt	94.00–100.00	695	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	750	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,970	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,793	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	925	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	315	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,081	53.44/cwt	50.00–55.00	578	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,199	59.00/cwt	57.00–63.00	707	27
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,643	61.66/cwt	59.00–63.00	1,013	4

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 Sep 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 234Last week 143Year ago 224

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 26Year ago 60

2 head of hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	130.00	130.00
1	—	645	118.00	118.00
1	—	330	143.00	143.00
13	—	424	120.00–146.00	129.44
7	—	678	111.00–118.00	114.26
3	—	720	109.00–113.00	110.99
5	—	531	120.00–129.00	124.18
1	—	240	134.00	134.00
2	—	463	120.00–132.00	126.10
5	—	386	124.00–146.00	138.86
3	—	773	106.00–111.00	109.00
1	—	940	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	112.00–113.00	112.51
1	—	365	114.00	114.00
1	—	265	119.00	119.00
1	—	585	110.00	110.00
1	—	205	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	442	105.00–109.00	108.23
1	—	370	110.00	110.00
4	—	349	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	94.00–104.00	99.07
2	—	830	84.00–87.00	85.49
2	—	278	124.00–130.00	126.86
1	—	570	114.00	114.00
5	—	408	124.00	124.00
6	—	367	120.00–128.00	124.94
2	—	308	120.00–123.00	121.54
6	—	621	104.00–111.00	106.98
1	—	495	116.00	116.00
2	—	755	84.00–86.00	85.00
5	—	509	114.00–118.00	114.99
7	—	670	100.00–110.00	104.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	104.00	104.00
2	—	580	100.00–104.00	102.03
4	—	526	100.00–104.00	102.03
2	—	430	100.00–103.00	101.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	109.00–110.00	109.50
2	—	508	108.00–110.00	109.00
1	—	360	114.00	114.00
4	—	474	110.00–117.00	113.28
2	—	670	90.00	90.00
1	—	320	117.00	117.00
2	—	415	110.00–114.00	112.07
3	—	768	77.00	77.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	567	120.00–122.00	120.65
6	—	624	101.00–113.00	107.88
1	—	750	100.00	100.00
4	—	715	94.00–100.00	97.24
2	—	668	105.00–106.00	105.51
10	—	469	120.00–130.00	124.55
7	—	534	118.00–121.00	119.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	100.00–103.00	101.00
1	—	590	100.00	100.00
1	—	460	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	111.00–114.00	112.54
1	—	710	86.00	86.00
1	—	635	97.00	97.00
7	—	566	109.00–117.00	112.80

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,643	59.00–63.00	61.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,081	50.00–55.00	53.44
27	—	1,199	57.00–63.00	59.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	34.00	34.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,970	91.00	91.00

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.