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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Oct 29

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087

← Oct 22Oct 29Nov 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

517 head

▼ 154 vs last sale 671▼ 86 vs year ago 603 · −14.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

100 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 120▲ 15 vs year ago 85 · +17.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle up 2.00 this week compered to last week . Feeder cattle were steady to down 2.00 to 4.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

Baby calves 25.00 to 50.00 11 head

4 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 $116.19/cwt on 169 head.

Average price

$116.19

169 head · 466 lb average

Value per head Derived

$542

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$18.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.27

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	469	122.56	575	103
Medium 2	475	109.77	522	26
Medium 3	452	103.98	470	40

One grade step is worth $18.58/cwt here — about $105 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

116.19

—

NC average8 barns · 1,190 hd

112.93

+3.27

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	1,542	86.93	1,340	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,312	60.22	790	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,030	41.10	423	2thin

Every lot

77 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 2	222	127.87/cwt	114.00–138.00	284	6
Steers	—	Medium 3	225	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	225	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	240	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	300	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	265	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	323	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	277	144.81/cwt	134.00–150.00	401	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	149.96/cwt	138.00–156.00	472	18
Steers	—	Medium 2	345	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	428	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	140.43/cwt	126.00–154.00	529	18
Steers	—	Medium 3	383	105.35/cwt	101.00–110.00	403	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	138.90/cwt	125.00–148.00	583	18
Steers	—	Medium 3	428	106.88/cwt	104.00–110.00	457	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	438	115.34/cwt	114.00–118.00	505	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	135.89/cwt	126.00–146.00	645	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	490	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	568	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	128.16/cwt	120.00–140.00	670	8
Steers	—	Medium 2	545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	627	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	131.56/cwt	124.00–140.00	772	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	132.45/cwt	127.00–142.00	825	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	134.25/cwt	121.00–141.00	917	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	732	121.85/cwt	110.00–133.00	892	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	758	119.51/cwt	117.00–122.00	906	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	784	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,077	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 3	230	107.39/cwt	105.00–110.00	247	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	234	129.98/cwt	128.00–131.00	304	7
Heifers	—	Medium 3	265	108.06/cwt	105.00–111.00	286	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	278	119.76/cwt	111.00–129.00	333	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	307	135.26/cwt	120.00–142.00	415	15
Heifers	—	Medium 2	313	116.67/cwt	115.00–119.00	365	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	330	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	363	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	362	127.50/cwt	124.00–130.00	462	14
Heifers	—	Medium 3	366	108.61/cwt	107.00–109.00	398	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	378	116.19/cwt	112.00–120.00	439	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	418	101.46/cwt	100.00–104.00	424	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	123.82/cwt	120.00–129.00	520	8
Heifers	—	Medium 2	428	112.54/cwt	111.00–114.00	482	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	471	103.45/cwt	100.00–110.00	487	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	122.46/cwt	119.00–127.00	578	15
Heifers	—	Medium 2	478	113.05/cwt	110.00–118.00	540	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	519	101.71/cwt	100.00–105.00	528	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	117.54/cwt	112.00–131.00	615	13
Heifers	—	Medium 2	538	106.10/cwt	105.00–107.00	571	9
Heifers	—	Medium 2	562	106.99/cwt	105.00–110.00	601	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	568	102.29/cwt	100.00–105.00	581	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	118.24/cwt	111.00–128.00	680	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	120.79/cwt	111.00–129.00	744	9
Heifers	—	Medium 2	643	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	617	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	108.65/cwt	100.00–123.00	734	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	106.22/cwt	104.00–109.00	764	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	500	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	425	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	510	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	128.26/cwt	124.00–131.00	604	7
Bulls	—	Medium 2	474	114.82/cwt	110.00–119.00	544	6
Bulls	—	Medium 3	483	106.49/cwt	106.00–107.00	514	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	515	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	556	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	122.03/cwt	117.00–130.00	641	14
Bulls	—	Medium 3	535	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	567	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	119.73/cwt	100.00–125.00	670	9
Bulls	—	Medium 2	572	112.98/cwt	110.00–116.00	646	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	605	94.98/cwt	92.00–97.00	575	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	107.12/cwt	101.00–115.00	668	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	661	104.39/cwt	100.00–113.00	690	10
Bulls	—	Medium 2	690	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	676	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	98.97/cwt	95.00–103.00	762	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	823	96.54/cwt	94.00–99.00	795	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	835	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	880	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	660	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	83.02/cwt	80.00–86.00	776	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	939	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,261	74.42/cwt	70.00–77.00	938	5
Bulls	—	—	1,549	92.97/cwt	85.00–99.00	1,440	5
Bulls	—	—	1,985	101.04/cwt	100.00–102.00	2,006	2
Bulls	—	—	2,020	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,838	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	41.10/cwt	40.00–42.00	423	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,105	52.89/cwt	50.00–54.00	584	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,326	60.87/cwt	56.00–65.00	807	44
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,537	67.65/cwt	66.00–78.00	1,040	10

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 Oct 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 517Last week 671Year ago 603

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 120Year ago 85

Baby calves 25.00 to 50.00 11 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
5	—	366	107.00–109.00	108.61
2	—	230	105.00–110.00	107.39
7	—	519	100.00–105.00	101.71
12	—	471	100.00–110.00	103.45
2	—	265	105.00–111.00	108.06
7	—	568	100.00–105.00	102.29
4	—	418	100.00–104.00	101.46
1	—	330	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	110.00–118.00	113.05
2	—	378	112.00–120.00	116.19
9	—	538	105.00–107.00	106.10
2	—	643	96.00	96.00
2	—	278	111.00–129.00	119.76
3	—	313	115.00–119.00	116.67
3	—	562	105.00–110.00	106.99
2	—	428	111.00–114.00	112.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	234	128.00–131.00	129.98
9	—	616	111.00–129.00	120.79
10	—	676	100.00–123.00	108.65
8	—	575	111.00–128.00	118.24
15	—	307	120.00–142.00	135.26
14	—	362	124.00–130.00	127.50
13	—	523	112.00–131.00	117.54
8	—	420	120.00–129.00	123.82
15	—	472	119.00–127.00	122.46
4	—	719	104.00–109.00	106.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	104.00–110.00	106.88
1	—	225	100.00	100.00
2	—	383	101.00–110.00	105.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	116.00	116.00
6	—	222	114.00–138.00	127.87
1	—	265	122.00	122.00
3	—	438	114.00–118.00	115.34
1	—	545	115.00	115.00
1	—	345	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	111.00	111.00
12	—	277	134.00–150.00	144.81
3	—	800	98.00	98.00
5	—	732	110.00–133.00	121.85
10	—	623	127.00–142.00	132.45
2	—	475	126.00–146.00	135.89
5	—	587	124.00–140.00	131.56
18	—	315	138.00–156.00	149.96
1	—	240	125.00	125.00
18	—	377	126.00–154.00	140.43
18	—	420	125.00–148.00	138.90
6	—	683	121.00–141.00	134.25
8	—	523	120.00–140.00	128.16
2	—	758	117.00–122.00	119.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	93.00	93.00
1	—	870	96.00	96.00
18	—	624	101.00–115.00	107.12
9	—	560	100.00–125.00	119.73
10	—	661	100.00–113.00	104.39
2	—	823	94.00–99.00	96.54
3	—	770	95.00–103.00	98.97
7	—	471	124.00–131.00	128.26
14	—	525	117.00–130.00	122.03
2	—	935	80.00–86.00	83.02
1	—	410	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	106.00–107.00	106.49
1	—	535	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	572	110.00–116.00	112.98
1	—	515	108.00	108.00
1	—	690	98.00	98.00
6	—	474	110.00–119.00	114.82
1	—	880	75.00	75.00
1	—	425	120.00	120.00
3	—	605	92.00–97.00	94.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,985	100.00–102.00	101.04
5	—	1,261	70.00–77.00	74.42
1	—	2,020	91.00	91.00
5	—	1,549	85.00–99.00	92.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	40.00–42.00	41.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,537	66.00–78.00	67.65
14	—	1,105	50.00–54.00	52.89
44	—	1,326	56.00–65.00	60.87

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.