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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Dec 3

● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087

← Nov 19Dec 3Dec 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

816 head

▲ 96 vs last sale 720▼ 118 vs year ago 934 · −12.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

266 head

▲ 120 vs last sale 146▲ 111 vs year ago 155 · +71.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady to up 1.00 to 2.00 compared to last sale . Feeder cattle steady to up 1.00 to 3.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings were heavy with quality average .

Baby calves 20.00 to 65.00 27 head

9 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 $122.12/cwt on 222 head.

Average price

$122.12

222 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$21.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.01

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	494	126.13	623	177
Medium 2	502	110.62	555	14thin
Medium 3	420	104.39	439	31

One grade step is worth $21.74/cwt here — about $184 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 sale222 hd

122.12

—

NC average8 barns · 1,067 hd

118.11

+4.01

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	—	Low	1,713	84.98	1,456	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,226	60.11	737	154
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,660	54.00	896	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	892	39.25	350	26

Every lot

92 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	230	141.00/cwt	135.00–150.00	324	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	230	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	290	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	270	146.06/cwt	130.00–160.00	394	7
Steers	—	Medium 3	275	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	303	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	285	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	342	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	320	106.08/cwt	100.00–110.00	339	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	150.12/cwt	130.00–168.00	485	22
Steers	—	Medium 2	340	119.01/cwt	115.00–122.00	405	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	363	118.81/cwt	116.00–120.00	431	6
Steers	—	Medium 3	369	105.71/cwt	100.00–125.00	390	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	145.87/cwt	130.00–162.00	546	21
Steers	—	Medium 2	405	116.05/cwt	112.00–120.00	470	2
Steers	—	Medium 3	418	104.28/cwt	97.00–110.00	436	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	146.68/cwt	130.00–167.00	616	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	148.34/cwt	130.00–158.00	699	23
Steers	—	Medium 2	480	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	566	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	510	100.99/cwt	100.00–102.00	515	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	141.04/cwt	120.00–149.00	738	17
Steers	—	Medium 2	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	131.92/cwt	120.00–143.00	752	9
Steers	—	Medium 3	575	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	598	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	130.95/cwt	120.00–140.00	811	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	125.55/cwt	118.00–130.00	858	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	701	118.78/cwt	115.00–126.00	833	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	113.97/cwt	110.00–118.00	895	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	886	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	863	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	949	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	983	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,019	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 3	215	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	215	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	218	142.86/cwt	138.00–145.00	311	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	260	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	304	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	287	132.49/cwt	130.00–145.00	380	6
Heifers	—	Medium 3	288	103.03/cwt	102.00–104.00	297	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	315	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	378	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	319	106.76/cwt	100.00–110.00	341	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	129.65/cwt	120.00–143.00	416	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	136.28/cwt	125.00–145.00	504	12
Heifers	—	Medium 3	375	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	375	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	410	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	459	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	132.38/cwt	124.00–137.00	556	21
Heifers	—	Medium 3	421	105.75/cwt	100.00–111.00	445	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	131.00/cwt	120.00–143.00	613	25
Heifers	—	Medium 3	479	107.84/cwt	103.00–110.00	517	8
Heifers	—	Medium 2	482	114.64/cwt	112.00–118.00	553	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	513	100.65/cwt	100.00–102.00	516	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	126.80/cwt	118.00–132.00	656	42
Heifers	—	Medium 2	528	109.48/cwt	106.00–113.00	578	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	125.03/cwt	119.00–143.00	706	21
Heifers	—	Medium 2	571	111.95/cwt	110.00–114.00	639	4
Heifers	—	Medium 3	575	99.02/cwt	98.00–100.00	569	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	115.65/cwt	100.00–124.00	718	11
Heifers	—	Medium 2	628	94.48/cwt	90.00–99.00	593	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	113.45/cwt	106.00–124.00	768	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	95.03/cwt	90.00–100.00	685	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	686	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	862	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	860	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	623	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	460	114.28/cwt	110.00–119.00	526	5
Bulls	—	Medium 3	471	100.45/cwt	98.00–105.00	473	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	136.09/cwt	121.00–151.00	644	23
Bulls	—	Medium 3	513	99.96/cwt	96.00–105.00	513	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2	518	115.49/cwt	110.00–120.00	598	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	133.16/cwt	120.00–144.00	692	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	126.73/cwt	117.00–137.00	719	16
Bulls	—	Medium 2	570	113.25/cwt	108.00–118.00	646	7
Bulls	—	Medium 3	570	104.03/cwt	100.00–106.00	593	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	115.41/cwt	106.00–128.00	724	10
Bulls	—	Medium 2	645	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	619	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	106.50/cwt	100.00–116.00	708	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	104.70/cwt	94.00–112.00	757	13
Bulls	—	Medium 3	735	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	544	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	740	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	666	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	100.02/cwt	96.00–104.00	760	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	770	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	670	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	818	95.00/cwt	94.00–96.00	777	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	820	87.49/cwt	87.00–88.00	717	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	910	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	728	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	1,075	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	860	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	212	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	157	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	415	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	324	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,514	75.11/cwt	70.00–84.00	1,137	11
Bulls	—	—	1,846	91.17/cwt	87.00–96.00	1,683	12
Bulls	—	—	2,015	102.07/cwt	99.00–105.00	2,057	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	868	46.97/cwt	42.00–50.00	408	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	898	37.41/cwt	30.00–46.00	336	21
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,041	50.02/cwt	40.00–55.00	521	36
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	61.30/cwt	56.00–66.00	774	92
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,350	69.86/cwt	67.00–81.00	943	26
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,660	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	896	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 Dec 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 816Last week 720Year ago 934

Slaughter CattleReceipts 266Last week 146Year ago 155

Baby calves 20.00 to 65.00 27 head

9 head of hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	420	130.00–167.00	146.68
1	—	970	105.00	105.00
9	—	701	115.00–126.00	118.78
7	—	270	130.00–160.00	146.06
2	—	785	110.00–118.00	113.97
4	—	230	135.00–150.00	141.00
1	—	820	108.00	108.00
17	—	523	120.00–149.00	141.04
11	—	619	120.00–140.00	130.95
6	—	863	110.00	110.00
7	—	683	118.00–130.00	125.55
23	—	471	130.00–158.00	148.34
9	—	570	120.00–143.00	131.92
22	—	323	130.00–168.00	150.12
21	—	374	130.00–162.00	145.87
1	—	945	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	320	100.00–110.00	106.08
2	—	510	100.00–102.00	100.99
6	—	418	97.00–110.00	104.28
2	—	275	110.00	110.00
1	—	575	104.00	104.00
7	—	369	100.00–125.00	105.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	110.00	110.00
3	—	340	115.00–122.00	119.01
1	—	230	126.00	126.00
2	—	405	112.00–120.00	116.05
1	—	480	118.00	118.00
1	—	285	120.00	120.00
1	—	530	110.00	110.00
6	—	363	116.00–120.00	118.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	468	120.00–143.00	131.00
42	—	517	118.00–132.00	126.80
13	—	677	106.00–124.00	113.45
4	—	218	138.00–145.00	142.86
1	—	780	88.00	88.00
1	—	880	98.00	98.00
1	—	915	94.00	94.00
21	—	420	124.00–137.00	132.38
14	—	321	120.00–143.00	129.65
11	—	621	100.00–124.00	115.65
5	—	721	90.00–100.00	95.03
21	—	565	119.00–143.00	125.03
6	—	287	130.00–145.00	132.49
12	—	370	125.00–145.00	136.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	117.00	117.00
2	—	628	90.00–99.00	94.48
4	—	571	110.00–114.00	111.95
1	—	410	112.00	112.00
1	—	315	120.00	120.00
3	—	482	112.00–118.00	114.64
2	—	528	106.00–113.00	109.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	98.00–100.00	99.02
3	—	513	100.00–102.00	100.65
7	—	421	100.00–111.00	105.75
4	—	375	100.00	100.00
1	—	215	100.00	100.00
2	—	288	102.00–104.00	103.03
8	—	479	103.00–110.00	107.84
4	—	319	100.00–110.00	106.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	78.00	78.00
3	—	212	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	723	94.00–112.00	104.70
3	—	760	96.00–104.00	100.02
16	—	567	117.00–137.00	126.73
1	—	445	140.00	140.00
10	—	627	106.00–128.00	115.41
12	—	665	100.00–116.00	106.50
4	—	818	94.00–96.00	95.00
23	—	473	121.00–151.00	136.09
15	—	520	120.00–144.00	133.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	513	96.00–105.00	99.96
4	—	570	100.00–106.00	104.03
1	—	735	74.00	74.00
7	—	471	98.00–105.00	100.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	96.00	96.00
5	—	460	110.00–119.00	114.28
6	—	518	110.00–120.00	115.49
1	—	740	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,075	80.00	80.00
1	—	770	87.00	87.00
2	—	820	87.00–88.00	87.49
1	—	910	80.00	80.00
7	—	570	108.00–118.00	113.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	868	42.00–50.00	46.97
21	—	898	30.00–46.00	37.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	54.00	54.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,041	40.00–55.00	50.02
26	—	1,350	67.00–81.00	69.86
92	—	1,263	56.00–66.00	61.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,514	70.00–84.00	75.11
2	—	2,015	99.00–105.00	102.07
12	—	1,846	87.00–96.00	91.17

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.