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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Jan 21

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087

← Jan 14Jan 21Jan 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 554 vs last sale 566▼ 685 vs year ago 697 · −98.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 113 vs last sale 143▼ 114 vs year ago 144 · −79.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale today small due to weather but cattle sold well .

Baby calves 10.00 to 40.00 5 head

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 $112.04/cwt on 6 head.

Average price

$112.04

6 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$4.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

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	656	112.84	740	5thin
Medium 2	560	108.00	605	1thin

One grade step is worth $4.84/cwt here — about $136 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 sale6 hd

112.04

—

NC average1 barns · 6 hd

112.04

+0.00

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	1,466	92.96	1,363	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,175	71.29	838	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	857	46.93	402	5thin

Every lot

17 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	589	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	115.61/cwt	111.00–120.00	610	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	560	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	605	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,144	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2	505	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	556	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	659	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	690	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	642	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,050	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	788	1
Bulls	—	—	1,350	92.91/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,254	2
Bulls	—	—	2,115	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	2,348	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	845	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	507	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	860	43.66/cwt	36.00–49.00	375	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,040	60.13/cwt	58.00–63.00	625	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,129	69.17/cwt	64.00–75.00	781	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,319	80.70/cwt	76.00–91.00	1,064	7

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 Jan 21, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12Last week 566Year ago 697

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 143Year ago 144

Sale today small due to weather but cattle sold well .

Baby calves 10.00 to 40.00 5 head

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	104.00	104.00
1	—	475	124.00	124.00
2	—	528	111.00–120.00	115.61
1	—	650	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	93.00	93.00
1	—	505	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	121.00	121.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,350	92.00–94.00	92.91
1	—	2,115	111.00	111.00
1	—	1,050	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,129	64.00–75.00	69.17
7	—	1,319	76.00–91.00	80.70
4	—	1,040	58.00–63.00	60.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	860	36.00–49.00	43.66
1	—	845	60.00	60.00

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.