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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Mar 18

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087

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Feeder Cattle receipts

543 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 539▲ 124 vs year ago 419 · +29.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

143 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 178▲ 75 vs year ago 68 · +110.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle up 2.00 to 4.00 this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle up 3.00 to 6.00 compared to last week . Demand was good ; market activity and buyer interest were active . Offerings moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 150.00 1 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 $127.93/cwt on 185 head.

Average price

$127.93

185 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$625

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$32.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.87

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	493	132.74	655	153
Medium 2	437	112.63	492	12thin
Medium 3	482	100.27	484	20

One grade step is worth $32.48/cwt here — about $171 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 sale185 hd

127.93

—

NC average9 barns · 1,297 hd

130.80

−2.87

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	1,756	117.14	2,057	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,256	85.91	1,079	101
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	910	57.42	523	13

Every lot

82 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	220	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	387	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	245	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	309	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	275	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	380	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	286	149.87/cwt	142.00–160.00	429	5
Steers	—	Medium 2	310	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	381	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	322	155.79/cwt	135.00–169.00	502	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	153.03/cwt	140.00–167.00	574	20
Steers	—	Medium 2	390	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	452	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	422	110.30/cwt	101.00–115.00	465	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	148.02/cwt	130.00–158.00	629	39
Steers	—	Medium 2	430	123.58/cwt	120.00–127.00	531	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	148.30/cwt	130.00–158.00	697	31
Steers	—	Medium 2	485	119.06/cwt	116.00–122.00	577	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	529	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	619	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	153.62/cwt	130.00–169.00	819	19
Steers	—	Medium 3	535	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	594	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	154.27/cwt	131.00–168.00	878	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	144.63/cwt	128.00–150.00	907	7
Steers	—	Medium 3	635	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	635	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	128.09/cwt	122.00–140.00	865	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	810	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	729	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,027	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,092	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,045	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,285	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 2	230	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	276	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	238	144.13/cwt	140.00–148.00	343	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	255	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	316	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	280	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	364	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	288	141.89/cwt	130.00–150.00	409	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	313	120.28/cwt	115.00–126.00	376	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	340	105.99/cwt	102.00–109.00	360	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	341	143.53/cwt	130.00–150.00	489	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	366	141.87/cwt	128.00–158.00	519	17
Heifers	—	Medium 3	373	102.90/cwt	100.00–106.00	384	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	395	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	474	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	140.13/cwt	120.00–150.00	600	27
Heifers	—	Medium 2	443	117.99/cwt	116.00–120.00	523	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	445	106.67/cwt	104.00–112.00	475	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	475	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	475	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	139.25/cwt	124.00–149.00	664	22
Heifers	—	Medium 2	480	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	552	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	520	96.32/cwt	91.00–103.00	501	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	127.48/cwt	117.00–138.00	673	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	130.53/cwt	115.00–140.00	744	23
Heifers	—	Medium 3	575	103.62/cwt	100.00–107.00	596	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	605	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	538	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	115.57/cwt	104.00–125.00	720	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	114.84/cwt	100.00–134.00	774	13
Heifers	—	Medium 2	693	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	554	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	753	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	587	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	793	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	825	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	865	104.94/cwt	100.00–110.00	908	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2	453	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	544	4
Bulls	—	Medium 3	473	107.07/cwt	105.00–109.00	506	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	139.42/cwt	120.00–148.00	664	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	141.29/cwt	120.00–156.00	729	26
Bulls	—	Medium 3	532	104.68/cwt	100.00–110.00	557	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	566	115.39/cwt	110.00–118.00	653	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	129.26/cwt	120.00–135.00	748	13
Bulls	—	Medium 3	590	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	643	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	130.99/cwt	121.00–138.00	823	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	125.55/cwt	110.00–136.00	836	9
Bulls	—	Medium 2	713	85.42/cwt	81.00–90.00	609	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	111.73/cwt	110.00–115.00	811	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	125.01/cwt	124.00–127.00	954	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	835	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	718	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	923	106.90/cwt	103.00–111.00	987	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	94.52/cwt	90.00–99.00	955	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	425	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	451	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	695	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	626	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	760	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	684	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	895	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	868	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,380	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,256	1
Bulls	—	—	1,490	107.52/cwt	99.00–114.00	1,602	5
Bulls	—	—	1,927	124.57/cwt	116.00–136.00	2,400	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	834	63.66/cwt	56.00–70.00	531	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	870	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	600	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	953	52.85/cwt	44.00–59.00	504	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,057	67.04/cwt	60.00–72.00	709	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,156	79.88/cwt	74.00–85.00	923	32
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,365	94.23/cwt	86.00–115.00	1,286	55

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 Mar 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 543Last week 539Year ago 419

Slaughter CattleReceipts 143Last week 178Year ago 68

Baby calves 150.00 1 head

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	138.00	138.00
1	—	390	116.00	116.00
2	—	485	116.00–122.00	119.06
1	—	310	123.00	123.00
1	—	810	90.00	90.00
1	—	245	126.00	126.00
5	—	529	117.00	117.00
2	—	430	120.00–127.00	123.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	100.00	100.00
3	—	422	101.00–115.00	110.30
1	—	535	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	470	130.00–158.00	148.30
1	—	220	176.00	176.00
10	—	569	131.00–168.00	154.27
39	—	425	130.00–158.00	148.02
1	—	910	120.00	120.00
1	—	835	123.00	123.00
19	—	533	130.00–169.00	153.62
20	—	375	140.00–167.00	153.03
17	—	322	135.00–169.00	155.79
7	—	627	128.00–150.00	144.63
5	—	286	142.00–160.00	149.87
3	—	675	122.00–140.00	128.09
1	—	1,045	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	341	130.00–150.00	143.53
3	—	793	104.00	104.00
22	—	477	124.00–149.00	139.25
17	—	366	128.00–158.00	141.87
12	—	528	117.00–138.00	127.48
5	—	288	130.00–150.00	141.89
13	—	674	100.00–134.00	114.84
12	—	623	104.00–125.00	115.57
27	—	428	120.00–150.00	140.13
1	—	700	110.00	110.00
2	—	865	100.00–110.00	104.94
2	—	238	140.00–148.00	144.13
23	—	570	115.00–140.00	130.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	124.00	124.00
2	—	373	100.00–106.00	102.90
3	—	445	104.00–112.00	106.67
1	—	605	89.00	89.00
2	—	575	100.00–107.00	103.62
2	—	475	100.00	100.00
4	—	520	91.00–103.00	96.32
3	—	340	102.00–109.00	105.99
2	—	753	78.00	78.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	116.00–120.00	117.99
2	—	313	115.00–126.00	120.28
2	—	693	80.00	80.00
1	—	280	130.00	130.00
3	—	480	115.00	115.00
1	—	230	120.00	120.00
1	—	395	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	90.00	90.00
1	—	425	106.00	106.00
1	—	895	97.00	97.00
1	—	760	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	86.00	86.00
4	—	453	120.00	120.00
2	—	713	81.00–90.00	85.42
5	—	566	110.00–118.00	115.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	726	110.00–115.00	111.73
9	—	666	110.00–136.00	125.55
3	—	763	124.00–127.00	125.01
2	—	1,010	90.00–99.00	94.52
13	—	579	120.00–135.00	129.26
26	—	516	120.00–156.00	141.29
2	—	923	103.00–111.00	106.90
15	—	476	120.00–148.00	139.42
6	—	628	121.00–138.00	130.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	109.00	109.00
2	—	473	105.00–109.00	107.07
3	—	532	100.00–110.00	104.68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,057	60.00–72.00	67.04
55	—	1,365	86.00–115.00	94.23
32	—	1,156	74.00–85.00	79.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	953	44.00–59.00	52.85
1	—	870	69.00	69.00
4	—	834	56.00–70.00	63.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,490	99.00–114.00	107.52
1	—	1,380	91.00	91.00
10	—	1,927	116.00–136.00	124.57

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.