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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Apr 30

● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087

← Apr 23Apr 30May 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

673 head

▼ 274 vs last sale 947▲ 103 vs year ago 570 · +18.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

128 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 148▲ 43 vs year ago 85 · +50.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 1▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Baby calves 75.00 to 125.00

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 $124.17/cwt on 234 head.

Average price

$124.17

234 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$21.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.03

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	489	126.65	620	200
Medium 2	439	113.75	500	17thin
Medium 3	432	105.40	455	17thin

One grade step is worth $21.25/cwt here — about $165 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 sale234 hd

124.17

—

NC average8 barns · 1,186 hd

119.14

+5.03

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	1,661	89.58	1,488	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,469	66.29	974	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,150	64.11	737	84
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	792	42.45	336	7thin

Every lot

90 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	224	155.13/cwt	146.00–180.00	347	4
Steers	—	Medium 3	230	104.89/cwt	100.00–110.00	241	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	239	132.35/cwt	130.00–137.00	316	4
Steers	—	Medium 3	250	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	258	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	279	171.41/cwt	155.00–180.00	478	8
Steers	—	Medium 2	280	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	344	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	319	163.31/cwt	144.00–176.00	521	17
Steers	—	Medium 2	333	119.82/cwt	111.00–128.00	399	2
Steers	—	Medium 3	345	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	380	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	152.74/cwt	130.00–174.00	571	29
Steers	—	Medium 3	375	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	416	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	385	123.34/cwt	120.00–127.00	475	3
Steers	—	Medium 3	420	109.52/cwt	109.00–110.00	460	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	144.97/cwt	129.00–166.00	612	40
Steers	—	Medium 2	425	121.66/cwt	115.00–127.00	517	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	143.47/cwt	134.00–150.00	671	10
Steers	—	Medium 2	468	125.06/cwt	120.00–128.00	585	3
Steers	—	Medium 3	510	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	551	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	141.24/cwt	130.00–153.00	744	21
Steers	—	Medium 2	530	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	625	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	555	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	655	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	134.34/cwt	128.00–140.00	762	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	128.22/cwt	113.00–137.00	808	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	120.88/cwt	117.00–125.00	810	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	111.57/cwt	105.00–117.00	793	7
Steers	—	Medium 2	730	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	628	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	109.96/cwt	108.00–112.00	858	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	894	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	948	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	990	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,005	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,075	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 3	235	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	256	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	237	140.82/cwt	134.00–148.00	334	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	238	120.54/cwt	115.00–127.00	287	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	275	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	347	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	278	145.91/cwt	137.00–159.00	406	9
Heifers	—	Medium 2	310	126.06/cwt	124.00–128.00	391	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	326	145.04/cwt	129.00–153.00	473	10
Heifers	—	Medium 3	376	106.76/cwt	105.00–110.00	401	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	135.29/cwt	121.00–144.00	517	26
Heifers	—	Medium 2	395	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	454	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	405	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	510	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	412	106.68/cwt	100.00–110.00	440	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	133.28/cwt	123.00–148.00	562	36
Heifers	—	Medium 3	470	104.80/cwt	100.00–110.00	493	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	129.17/cwt	120.00–136.00	608	26
Heifers	—	Medium 2	480	118.68/cwt	117.00–120.00	570	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	124.24/cwt	114.00–134.00	647	35
Heifers	—	Medium 2	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	535	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	535	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	553	102.49/cwt	100.00–105.00	567	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	118.30/cwt	111.00–126.00	674	15
Heifers	—	Medium 2	578	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	636	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	114.05/cwt	104.00–119.00	707	18
Heifers	—	Medium 2	625	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	544	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	111.66/cwt	106.00–115.00	754	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	104.61/cwt	93.00–111.00	757	6
Heifers	—	Medium 2	730	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	511	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	725	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	873	84.00/cwt	80.00–88.00	733	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	905	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	869	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	554	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	146.22/cwt	130.00–160.00	680	21
Bulls	—	Medium 3	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	476	120.64/cwt	116.00–126.00	574	9
Bulls	—	Medium 3	523	108.64/cwt	104.00–110.00	568	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	131.59/cwt	120.00–144.00	695	17
Bulls	—	Medium 2	530	115.02/cwt	114.00–116.00	610	2
Bulls	—	Medium 3	568	105.38/cwt	101.00–109.00	599	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	127.86/cwt	120.00–140.00	730	22
Bulls	—	Medium 2	576	117.17/cwt	116.00–118.00	675	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2	600	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	564	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	112.62/cwt	101.00–126.00	705	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	110.07/cwt	103.00–120.00	739	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	92.54/cwt	90.00–95.00	669	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	98.41/cwt	93.00–101.00	763	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	814	99.66/cwt	97.00–101.00	811	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	823	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	691	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	924	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	908	96.51/cwt	94.00–99.00	876	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	355	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	330	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,430	76.14/cwt	70.00–83.00	1,089	2
Bulls	—	—	1,685	90.04/cwt	84.00–94.00	1,517	13
Bulls	—	—	1,738	100.03/cwt	99.00–101.00	1,739	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	777	39.63/cwt	35.00–44.00	308	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	828	49.49/cwt	46.00–53.00	410	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,107	61.88/cwt	57.00–67.00	685	52
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,107	55.48/cwt	54.00–56.00	614	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,252	71.16/cwt	68.00–79.00	891	25
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,469	66.29/cwt	64.00–68.00	974	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2	750	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,688	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 Apr 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 673Last week 947Year ago 570

Slaughter CattleReceipts 128Last week 148Year ago 85

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 1Year ago 0

Baby calves 75.00 to 125.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	567	128.00–140.00	134.34
4	—	894	106.00	106.00
8	—	279	155.00–180.00	171.41
29	—	374	130.00–174.00	152.74
2	—	670	117.00–125.00	120.88
1	—	1,005	107.00	107.00
40	—	422	129.00–166.00	144.97
7	—	711	105.00–117.00	111.57
12	—	630	113.00–137.00	128.22
4	—	224	146.00–180.00	155.13
10	—	468	134.00–150.00	143.47
21	—	527	130.00–153.00	141.24
1	—	925	107.00	107.00
17	—	319	144.00–176.00	163.31
2	—	780	108.00–112.00	109.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	109.00–110.00	109.52
1	—	345	110.00	110.00
2	—	230	100.00–110.00	104.89
1	—	375	111.00	111.00
1	—	250	103.00	103.00
1	—	510	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	123.00	123.00
4	—	239	130.00–137.00	132.35
3	—	385	120.00–127.00	123.34
1	—	530	118.00	118.00
1	—	555	118.00	118.00
3	—	468	120.00–128.00	125.06
4	—	425	115.00–127.00	121.66
1	—	730	86.00	86.00
2	—	333	111.00–128.00	119.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	671	103.00–120.00	110.07
17	—	528	120.00–144.00	131.59
10	—	626	101.00–126.00	112.62
1	—	390	142.00	142.00
5	—	775	93.00–101.00	98.41
1	—	880	105.00	105.00
2	—	723	90.00–95.00	92.54
21	—	465	130.00–160.00	146.22
22	—	571	120.00–140.00	127.86
2	—	908	94.00–99.00	96.51
3	—	814	97.00–101.00	99.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	94.00	94.00
2	—	823	84.00	84.00
2	—	530	114.00–116.00	115.02
6	—	576	116.00–118.00	117.17
9	—	476	116.00–126.00	120.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	523	104.00–110.00	108.64
3	—	568	101.00–109.00	105.38
2	—	475	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	675	106.00–115.00	111.66
26	—	471	120.00–136.00	129.17
1	—	905	96.00	96.00
1	—	805	90.00	90.00
35	—	521	114.00–134.00	124.24
3	—	237	134.00–148.00	140.82
9	—	278	137.00–159.00	145.91
6	—	724	93.00–111.00	104.61
18	—	620	104.00–119.00	114.05
3	—	873	80.00–88.00	84.00
15	—	570	111.00–126.00	118.30
36	—	422	123.00–148.00	133.28
10	—	326	129.00–153.00	145.04
26	—	382	121.00–144.00	135.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	109.00	109.00
1	—	535	100.00	100.00
3	—	412	100.00–110.00	106.68
5	—	470	100.00–110.00	104.80
5	—	376	105.00–110.00	106.76
2	—	553	100.00–105.00	102.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	126.00	126.00
2	—	310	124.00–128.00	126.06
3	—	578	110.00	110.00
1	—	730	70.00	70.00
1	—	275	126.00	126.00
3	—	238	115.00–127.00	120.54
1	—	625	87.00	87.00
1	—	530	110.00	110.00
1	—	395	115.00	115.00
3	—	480	117.00–120.00	118.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	93.00	93.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,685	84.00–94.00	90.04
2	—	1,738	99.00–101.00	100.03
2	—	1,430	70.00–83.00	76.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,252	68.00–79.00	71.16
7	—	1,107	54.00–56.00	55.48
52	—	1,107	57.00–67.00	61.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,469	64.00–68.00	66.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	828	46.00–53.00	49.49
5	—	777	35.00–44.00	39.63

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	625.00	625.00

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.