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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Aug 27

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087

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Feeder Cattle receipts

518 head

▼ 132 vs last sale 650▼ 130 vs year ago 648 · −20.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

115 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 145▲ 9 vs year ago 106 · +8.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 2▲ 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Baby calves 10.00 to 60.00 12 head

4 head of hogs

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 $141.23/cwt on 169 head.

Average price

$141.23

169 head · 473 lb average

Value per head Derived

$668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$363

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

$38.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.51

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	479	144.34	691	147
Medium 2	443	121.93	541	20
Medium 3	310	106.00	329	2thin

One grade step is worth $38.34/cwt here — about $363 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 sale169 hd

141.23

—

NC average8 barns · 715 hd

141.75

−0.51

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	1,697	96.45	1,637	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,121	70.37	789	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	831	47.41	394	23

Every lot

72 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 2	217	126.46/cwt	120.00–130.00	274	3
Steers	—	Medium 3	250	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	275	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	260	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	338	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	279	155.34/cwt	140.00–166.00	433	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	151.45/cwt	131.00–164.00	489	12
Steers	—	Medium 2	333	129.02/cwt	127.00–131.00	430	2
Steers	—	Medium 3	370	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	377	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	143.16/cwt	130.00–167.00	537	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	145.20/cwt	130.00–160.00	608	38
Steers	—	Medium 2	420	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	521	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	149.65/cwt	130.00–156.00	706	19
Steers	—	Medium 2	485	121.40/cwt	115.00–131.00	589	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	139.77/cwt	130.00–148.00	728	13
Steers	—	Medium 2	523	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	581	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	145.79/cwt	125.00–149.00	841	17
Steers	—	Medium 2	585	120.40/cwt	118.00–122.00	704	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	139.44/cwt	128.00–147.00	852	7
Steers	—	Medium 2	660	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	779	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	138.46/cwt	130.00–144.00	942	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	133.90/cwt	122.00–143.00	953	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	135.22/cwt	124.00–143.00	1,061	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,073	106.53/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,143	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	285	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	385	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	310	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	326	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	316	119.63/cwt	112.00–127.00	378	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	130.38/cwt	124.00–135.00	433	9
Heifers	—	Medium 2	372	120.46/cwt	117.00–124.00	448	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	134.69/cwt	130.00–143.00	512	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	132.61/cwt	124.00–146.00	568	9
Heifers	—	Medium 3	445	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	454	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	467	110.46/cwt	104.00–125.00	516	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	136.10/cwt	127.00–141.00	646	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	129.24/cwt	120.00–138.00	679	29
Heifers	—	Medium 2	535	109.88/cwt	109.00–110.00	588	8
Heifers	—	Medium 3	535	102.04/cwt	100.00–104.00	546	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	570	104.94/cwt	100.00–110.00	598	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	126.01/cwt	116.00–132.00	723	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	124.60/cwt	120.00–129.00	770	17
Heifers	—	Medium 3	625	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	544	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	655	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	668	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	123.66/cwt	122.00–125.00	820	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	113.08/cwt	110.00–116.00	820	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	750	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	638	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	101.76/cwt	95.00–105.00	786	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	810	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	778	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	930	88.01/cwt	86.00–90.00	818	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2	466	118.93/cwt	114.00–123.00	554	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	140.27/cwt	125.00–152.00	663	20
Bulls	—	Medium 3	513	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	564	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	129.32/cwt	125.00–142.00	687	28
Bulls	—	Medium 3	568	103.23/cwt	100.00–110.00	586	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	128.26/cwt	120.00–138.00	732	21
Bulls	—	Medium 2	577	115.61/cwt	113.00–117.00	667	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	112.29/cwt	102.00–124.00	692	7
Bulls	—	Medium 2	665	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	665	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	112.43/cwt	100.00–128.00	749	10
Bulls	—	Medium 2	718	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	596	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	106.60/cwt	100.00–109.00	782	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,073	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	817	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2Fleshy	975	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	780	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,358	74.95/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,018	2
Bulls	—	—	1,564	93.80/cwt	88.00–98.00	1,467	5
Bulls	—	—	1,889	104.49/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,974	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	819	41.40/cwt	34.00–48.00	339	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	845	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	524	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	846	54.47/cwt	50.00–62.00	461	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	998	65.17/cwt	60.00–80.00	650	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,139	69.87/cwt	65.00–75.00	796	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	77.61/cwt	74.00–80.00	931	10
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	13,000	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 Aug 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 518Last week 650Year ago 648

Slaughter CattleReceipts 115Last week 145Year ago 106

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 2Year ago 1

Baby calves 10.00 to 60.00 12 head

4 head of hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	467	104.00–125.00	110.46
3	—	570	100.00–110.00	104.94
1	—	445	102.00	102.00
1	—	310	105.00	105.00
1	—	655	102.00	102.00
1	—	625	87.00	87.00
2	—	535	100.00–104.00	102.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	135.00	135.00
14	—	475	127.00–141.00	136.10
2	—	930	86.00–90.00	88.01
9	—	428	124.00–146.00	132.61
29	—	525	120.00–138.00	129.24
3	—	663	122.00–125.00	123.66
17	—	618	120.00–129.00	124.60
2	—	725	110.00–116.00	113.08
1	—	810	96.00	96.00
25	—	574	116.00–132.00	126.01
7	—	380	130.00–143.00	134.69
3	—	772	95.00–105.00	101.76
9	—	332	124.00–135.00	130.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	110.00	110.00
8	—	535	109.00–110.00	109.88
4	—	316	112.00–127.00	119.63
3	—	372	117.00–124.00	120.46
1	—	750	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	111.00	111.00
1	—	660	118.00	118.00
5	—	585	118.00–122.00	120.40
2	—	260	130.00	130.00
3	—	217	120.00–130.00	126.46
2	—	333	127.00–131.00	129.02
1	—	420	124.00	124.00
3	—	485	115.00–131.00	121.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	472	130.00–156.00	149.65
13	—	521	130.00–148.00	139.77
6	—	279	140.00–166.00	155.34
6	—	712	122.00–143.00	133.90
20	—	375	130.00–167.00	143.16
12	—	323	131.00–164.00	151.45
2	—	1,073	105.00–108.00	106.53
3	—	680	130.00–144.00	138.46
17	—	577	125.00–149.00	145.79
7	—	611	128.00–147.00	139.44
38	—	419	130.00–160.00	145.20
4	—	785	124.00–143.00	135.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	102.00	102.00
1	—	250	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	531	125.00–142.00	129.32
1	—	860	95.00	95.00
7	—	734	100.00–109.00	106.60
1	—	750	143.00	143.00
21	—	571	120.00–138.00	128.26
7	—	616	102.00–124.00	112.29
20	—	473	125.00–152.00	140.27
10	—	666	100.00–128.00	112.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	100.00–110.00	103.23
2	—	513	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	577	113.00–117.00	115.61
4	—	466	114.00–123.00	118.93
2	—	718	83.00	83.00
2	—	665	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	846	50.00–62.00	54.47
13	—	819	34.00–48.00	41.40
1	—	845	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,200	74.00–80.00	77.61
30	—	1,139	65.00–75.00	69.87
11	—	998	60.00–80.00	65.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,889	100.00–106.00	104.49
5	—	1,564	88.00–98.00	93.80
2	—	1,358	70.00–80.00	74.95

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,000.00	1,000.00

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.