Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) Market Report

Siler City, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 16, 2020

944 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $113.61/cwt -1.23 vs last sale · ≈ $638/hd at 562 lb · 25 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $102.74/cwt +1.22 vs last sale · ≈ $793/hd at 772 lb · 20 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.97/cwt -6.44 vs last sale · ≈ $574/hd at 467 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	944	1,041	1,145
Feeder cattle	738	811	803
Slaughter cattle	112	87	203
Replacement cattle	—	1	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

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

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160	160	1	136.00	$136.00	$218	-4.00
215–225	218	3	140.00–150.00	$145.91	$318	+5.91
260–295	276	7	132.00–179.00	$160.43	$443	+8.45
300–345	327	10	126.00–178.00	$161.95	$530	+18.37
350–390	368	19	127.00–160.00	$139.88	$515	-1.82
400–445	420	13	121.00–156.00	$137.52	$578	-6.25
455–490	466	11	126.00–140.00	$131.82	$614	+4.01
525–540	533	2	122.00–124.00	$122.99	$656	-6.35
550 value added	550	8	137.00	$137.00	$754	—
565	565	1	125.00	$125.00	$706	-4.73
600–645	622	8	109.00–129.00	$122.70	$763	+2.21
655–690	677	5	108.00–130.00	$124.57	$843	+4.90
706 value added	706	7	129.00	$129.00	$911	—
735	735	1	115.00	$115.00	$845	-6.78
755–785	773	5	118.00–127.00	$121.56	$940	-1.78
805–825	813	3	106.00–120.00	$114.72	$933	-6.29
918–945	921	9	94.00–110.00	$95.82	$883	-21.18
965	965	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,052	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	290	2	116.00–121.00	$118.54	$344	-0.96
310	310	1	116.00	$116.00	$360	±0.00
350–380	368	3	119.00–124.00	$120.92	$445	+0.78
475	475	1	115.00	$115.00	$546	+2.54
570	570	1	112.00	$112.00	$638	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	100.00	$100.00	$245	—
355–395	378	5	100.00–109.00	$103.23	$390	-1.77
410	410	1	102.00	$102.00	$418	-3.00
505	505	1	108.00	$108.00	$545	+4.93

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	142.00	$142.00	$277	—
225–245	234	5	126.00–138.00	$131.85	$309	-17.15
265–275	268	3	134.00–143.00	$138.61	$371	+4.89
300–345	327	6	111.00–142.00	$127.54	$417	+0.39
350–395	373	11	120.00–137.00	$127.13	$474	+2.26
411 value added	411	5	133.00	$133.00	$547	—
400–435	417	11	115.00–128.00	$122.10	$509	-4.34
464 value added	464	7	126.00	$126.00	$585	—
450–492	469	12	119.00–125.00	$121.20	$568	-8.21
500–545	526	15	110.00–119.00	$112.17	$590	-6.94
550–590	562	25	104.00–115.00	$113.61	$638	-1.23
600–645	624	15	100.00–113.00	$104.80	$654	+0.77
654–685	661	15	100.00–115.00	$107.72	$712	+5.88
663 value added	663	2	109.00	$109.00	$723	-8.00
705–740	725	11	90.00–104.00	$97.20	$705	-4.88
770	770	1	97.00	$97.00	$747	-1.40
810–838	829	3	90.00–93.00	$90.98	$754	-9.03
910	910	1	90.00	$90.00	$819	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	113.00	$113.00	$232	—
260–285	273	2	120.00–121.00	$120.52	$329	+5.52
310	310	1	114.00	$114.00	$353	-3.97
355–390	373	4	112.00–118.00	$115.32	$430	+1.21
400–445	424	10	110.00–118.00	$114.46	$485	+1.45
450–490	467	16	110.00–119.00	$115.55	$540	+1.92
500–545	522	3	108.00–110.00	$108.66	$567	-1.14
558–580	572	8	108.00–110.00	$109.01	$624	+1.73
630–640	635	2	90.00–94.00	$91.98	$584	-5.76
660–665	662	3	90.00–99.00	$93.66	$620	+5.63
740	740	1	90.00	$90.00	$666	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	275	2	108.00–110.00	$108.95	$300	—
325	325	1	109.00	$109.00	$354	±0.00
365–395	380	4	100.00–107.00	$104.03	$395	-1.55
420–445	431	8	100.00–108.00	$102.53	$442	-1.17
450–475	468	4	100.00–107.00	$102.29	$479	-2.58
510–545	521	7	100.00–105.00	$102.16	$532	-2.20
560–595	574	4	100.00–105.00	$102.20	$587	-1.20

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565–595	580	2	111.00–114.00	$112.46	$652	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–495	473	16	120.00–137.00	$127.73	$604	+2.07
500–542	520	13	116.00–132.00	$123.27	$641	+1.28
550–585	563	8	116.00–125.00	$120.65	$679	+4.14
600–645	625	17	101.00–117.00	$109.19	$682	-4.46
655–690	669	14	100.00–119.00	$112.26	$751	+2.16
710–745	730	5	92.00–106.00	$99.74	$728	-4.33
750–795	772	20	90.00–108.00	$102.74	$793	+1.22
800–835	813	4	90.00–104.00	$94.95	$772	-4.06
855–870	863	2	93.00–96.00	$94.51	$816	-3.94
935–941	940	5	90.00–92.00	$90.40	$850	-5.60
950–990	969	4	88.00–100.00	$93.47	$906	+7.47
1097	1097	3	91.00	$91.00	$998	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–495	477	3	111.00–116.00	$114.03	$544	-1.94
500–540	517	10	110.00–115.00	$112.19	$580	+2.13
555–590	570	6	110.00–114.00	$112.15	$639	+0.11
600–633	622	5	91.00–95.00	$94.22	$586	-3.78
670–695	689	7	90.00–96.00	$93.28	$643	+0.60
755–790	773	2	90.00–92.00	$90.98	$703	—
835	835	1	87.00	$87.00	$726	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–495	482	9	104.00–110.00	$107.32	$517	+3.11
505–545	529	12	104.00–109.00	$105.90	$560	+1.52
555–590	566	9	100.00–109.00	$105.55	$597	+2.84
650	650	1	88.00	$88.00	$572	—
730	730	1	80.00	$80.00	$584	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1360	1058	80-85%	34	51.00–58.00	$55.17	$584	—
855–1290	1061	80-85%	13	43.00–50.00	$47.86	$508	—
885–1385	1137	80-85%	18	51.00–64.00	$60.34	$686	+14.51

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475–1585	1530	75-80%	3	57.00	$57.00	$872	+1.16
1400–1670	1535	75-80%	4	59.00–62.00	$60.79	$933	+4.95
1620	1620	75-80%	1	46.00	$46.00	$745	-4.00

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850	850	85-90%	1	44.00	$44.00	$374	—
810–960	868	85-90%	4	49.00–54.00	$50.54	$439	—
890	890	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$490	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1595	1363	5	64.00–78.00	$72.23	$984	—
1285–1855	1573	4	75.00–88.00	$80.47	$1,266	-19.59
1720–2020	1840	3	91.00–97.00	$94.18	$1,733	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110	110	1	180.00	$180.00	-1.43

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
165–185	178	6	190.00–340.00	$245.00	-5.00

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	3	130.00–135.00	$131.67	-8.33
90–95	92	3	100.00–130.00	$118.33	-24.75

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	25.00–40.00	$32.50	-22.50
35	35	1	60.00	$60.00	-4.00
50	50	1	90.00	$90.00	-24.17
60–65	63	2	95.00–110.00	$102.50	-11.67
70–75	74	4	115.00–150.00	$135.00	+6.43
85	85	4	100.00–145.00	$127.50	-2.50
90–95	94	4	150.00–170.00	$158.75	+27.08
95	95	3	120.00–130.00	$125.00	-40.00
100	100	3	135.00–145.00	$138.33	+8.33
100	100	1	170.00	$170.00	+40.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	100.00	$100.00	—
100–135	112	17	135.00–175.00	$159.71	-20.92
170	170	1	170.00	$170.00	—
200	200	1	200.00	$200.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125	125	2	145.00–330.00	$237.50	+47.50
165–185	174	5	260.00–445.00	$355.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.