Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2021-01-11

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jan 11
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 135▲ 6 vs year ago 82 · +7.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 51▲ 1 vs year ago 54 · +1.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle up 2.00 to 4.00 . Feeder cattle steady to up 1.00 to 3.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

Baby calves 20.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $116.57/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$116.57
29 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$639
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$17.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.19
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551120.3966321
Medium 2534107.845756thin
Medium 3568102.585832thin
One grade step is worth $17.81/cwt here — about $80 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 sale29 hd
116.57
—
NC average8 barns · 560 hd
112.38
+4.19
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,91383.751,6029thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55859.3092417
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15458.1167025
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04038.484002thin

Every lot

45 lots · USDA AMS · Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Monday) - 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 3220101.00/cwt101.00–101.002221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2280150.50/cwt146.00–155.004212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330147.00/cwt147.00–147.004851
Steers—Medium 2368117.03/cwt116.00–118.004312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378142.85/cwt137.00–159.005405
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2419137.62/cwt133.00–140.005775
Steers—Medium 2443113.02/cwt110.00–116.005012
Steers—Medium 3475105.00/cwt105.00–105.004991
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500140.00/cwt140.00–140.007001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 3260108.00/cwt108.00–108.002811
Heifers—Medium 3325103.14/cwt100.00–106.003352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380128.25/cwt126.00–129.004874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426124.75/cwt123.00–126.005314
Heifers—Medium 1-2440129.00/cwt129.00–129.005681
Heifers—Medium 3455100.00/cwt100.00–100.004551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478122.89/cwt120.00–126.005872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520111.56/cwt110.00–113.005802
Heifers—Medium 2535106.98/cwt106.00–108.005722
Heifers—Medium 358096.00/cwt96.00–96.005571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-263796.64/cwt91.00–101.006163
Heifers—Medium 265082.00/cwt82.00–82.005331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675100.00/cwt100.00–100.006751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-272587.00/cwt87.00–87.006311
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2435137.00/cwt137.00–137.005961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468130.17/cwt121.00–136.006099
Bulls—Medium 2478115.00/cwt115.00–115.005502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515112.00/cwt112.00–112.005771
Bulls—Medium 2523106.51/cwt106.00–107.005572
Bulls—Medium 2555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566116.21/cwt113.00–119.006584
Bulls—Medium 3568102.58/cwt100.00–105.005832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613109.49/cwt107.00–112.006712
Bulls—Medium 264594.00/cwt94.00–94.006061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660104.47/cwt100.00–109.006902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2710108.00/cwt108.00–108.007671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2885107.00/cwt107.00–107.009471
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58590.38/cwt90.00–91.001,4332
Bulls——2,00781.86/cwt76.00–86.001,6437
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%97548.00/cwt48.00–48.004681
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04038.48/cwt35.00–42.004002
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14454.57/cwt52.00–59.0062415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19065.12/cwt60.00–73.007759
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53257.74/cwt51.00–80.0088512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61963.03/cwt60.00–67.001,0205
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,000850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,5001

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.