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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Feb 12

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087

← Feb 5Feb 12Feb 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

227 head

▼ 190 vs last sale 417▼ 176 vs year ago 403 · −43.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

85 head

▼ 45 vs last sale 130▼ 82 vs year ago 167 · −49.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were up 2.00 to 4.00 . Feeder cattle down 2.00 to 4.00 with a lot of undesirable cattle today with light demand and offerings light with quality plain to average .

Baby calves 25.00 to 65.00 9 head

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $109.30/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$109.30

50 head · 356 lb average

Value per head Derived

$389

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$17.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.49

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	391	121.57	475	7thin
Medium 2	355	111.58	396	20
Medium 3	346	103.58	358	23

One grade step is worth $17.99/cwt here — about $117 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 sale50 hd

109.30

—

NC average7 barns · 415 hd

123.79

−14.49

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	1,809	91.42	1,654	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,492	73.29	1,094	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,009	63.14	637	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	832	44.46	370	15

Every lot

63 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 3	185	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	194	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	218	102.02/cwt	100.00–106.00	222	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	267	111.23/cwt	100.00–121.00	297	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	270	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	348	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	273	103.73/cwt	100.00–110.00	283	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	300	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	378	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	317	104.00/cwt	100.00–108.00	330	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	320	110.54/cwt	109.00–115.00	354	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	124.00/cwt	123.00–125.00	453	2
Steers	—	Medium 3	369	104.57/cwt	100.00–109.00	386	7
Steers	—	Medium 2	370	112.21/cwt	110.00–117.00	415	6
Steers	—	Medium 2	410	113.50/cwt	111.00–116.00	465	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	481	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	532	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	468	104.56/cwt	101.00–108.00	489	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	510	111.98/cwt	110.00–114.00	571	2
Steers	—	Medium 3	520	101.00/cwt	100.00–102.00	525	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	650	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	570	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	587	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 2	175	113.00/cwt	112.00–114.00	198	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	195	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	195	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	225	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	221	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	273	101.04/cwt	100.00–103.00	276	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	317	111.43/cwt	110.00–114.00	353	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	390	1
Heifers	—	Small 3	320	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	288	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	326	105.20/cwt	104.00–107.00	343	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	355	117.51/cwt	117.00–118.00	417	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	368	102.38/cwt	90.00–109.00	377	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	426	1
Heifers	—	Small 3	410	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	385	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	118.54/cwt	115.00–122.00	498	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	420	110.81/cwt	107.00–115.00	465	5
Heifers	—	Medium 3	425	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	463	1
Heifers	—	Small 3	470	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	447	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	490	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	519	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	513	93.05/cwt	90.00–98.00	477	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	515	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	556	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	570	99.04/cwt	95.00–103.00	565	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	597	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	537	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	455	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	519	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3	460	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	414	1
Bulls	—	Small 3	488	85.92/cwt	81.00–91.00	419	2
Bulls	—	Medium 3	518	102.99/cwt	101.00–105.00	533	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	533	110.46/cwt	109.00–112.00	589	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	570	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	610	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3	590	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	584	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	613	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	95.52/cwt	94.00–97.00	645	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	636	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	619	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	810	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	648	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	165	67.50/cwt	64.00–71.00	111	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,710	88.21/cwt	81.00–95.00	1,508	5
Bulls	—	—	2,058	99.46/cwt	99.00–100.00	2,047	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	829	53.76/cwt	50.00–62.00	446	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	834	39.81/cwt	30.00–49.00	332	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	948	61.40/cwt	55.00–68.00	582	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,061	49.05/cwt	41.00–55.00	520	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,065	73.14/cwt	64.00–79.00	779	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,479	76.04/cwt	69.00–81.00	1,125	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,585	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	856	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 Feb 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 227Last week 417Year ago 403

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 130Year ago 167

Baby calves 25.00 to 65.00 9 head

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	115.00–122.00	118.54
1	—	370	115.00	115.00
1	—	320	122.00	122.00
1	—	635	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	90.00	90.00
1	—	410	94.00	94.00
1	—	470	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	109.00	109.00
1	—	225	98.00	98.00
2	—	570	95.00–103.00	99.04
3	—	273	100.00–103.00	101.04
3	—	513	90.00–98.00	93.05
1	—	195	100.00	100.00
5	—	326	104.00–107.00	105.20
6	—	368	90.00–109.00	102.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	175	112.00–114.00	113.00
1	—	515	108.00	108.00
1	—	490	106.00	106.00
5	—	420	107.00–115.00	110.81
3	—	317	110.00–114.00	111.43
2	—	355	117.00–118.00	117.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	94.00–97.00	95.52
1	—	645	95.00	95.00
1	—	755	82.00	82.00
1	—	740	86.00	86.00
1	—	810	80.00	80.00
1	—	455	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	81.00–91.00	85.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	107.00	107.00
1	—	455	114.00	114.00
2	—	533	109.00–112.00	110.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	101.00–105.00	102.99
1	—	590	99.00	99.00
1	—	460	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	123.00–125.00	124.00
1	—	565	115.00	115.00
1	—	455	117.00	117.00
1	—	415	116.00	116.00
1	—	300	126.00	126.00
1	—	270	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	218	100.00–106.00	102.02
3	—	273	100.00–110.00	103.73
2	—	520	100.00–102.00	101.00
2	—	468	101.00–108.00	104.56
7	—	369	100.00–109.00	104.57
3	—	317	100.00–108.00	104.00
1	—	185	105.00	105.00
1	—	570	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	111.00–116.00	113.50
7	—	320	109.00–115.00	110.54
6	—	370	110.00–117.00	112.21
3	—	267	100.00–121.00	111.23
2	—	510	110.00–114.00	111.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	165	64.00–71.00	67.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,479	69.00–81.00	76.04
1	—	1,585	54.00	54.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,061	41.00–55.00	49.05
13	—	1,065	64.00–79.00	73.14
18	—	948	55.00–68.00	61.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	829	50.00–62.00	53.76
10	—	834	30.00–49.00	39.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,058	99.00–100.00	99.46
5	—	1,710	81.00–95.00	88.21

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.