Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2021-05-17

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, May 17
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 76▲ 45 vs year ago 99 · +45.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 25▲ 31 vs year ago 20 · +155.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were steady. Feeder cattle were steady to up 2.00 to 3.00. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings moderate with quality average. Baby calves (5 head) ranged 25.00 to 55.00 per head.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.26/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$114.26
58 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$575
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$14.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.65
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517117.5060743
Medium 2521107.705617thin
Medium 3418102.614298thin
One grade step is worth $14.89/cwt here — about $178 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 sale58 hd
114.26
—
NC average8 barns · 917 hd
117.91
−3.65
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—Average1,44584.401,2208thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54065.501,0092thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19163.7475930
CowsLean 85-90%Low86350.854394thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2295149.00/cwt149.00–149.004401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325149.00/cwt149.00–149.004841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395147.00/cwt147.00–147.005811
Steers—Medium 2395123.00/cwt123.00–123.004861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2418134.00/cwt129.00–137.005603
Steers—Medium 3430110.00/cwt110.00–110.004731
Steers—Medium 2445114.00/cwt114.00–114.005071
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471137.46/cwt131.00–149.0064712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520136.98/cwt135.00–138.007128
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561135.00/cwt135.00–135.007574
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632124.01/cwt120.00–127.007843
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660119.00/cwt119.00–119.007852
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 3265103.00/cwt103.00–103.002731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2300125.00/cwt125.00–125.003751
Heifers—Medium 3328104.96/cwt100.00–110.003442
Heifers—Medium 3370102.00/cwt102.00–102.003771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374126.27/cwt124.00–128.004724
Heifers—Medium 2375115.00/cwt115.00–115.004311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424125.76/cwt120.00–129.005334
Heifers—Medium 2440115.00/cwt115.00–115.005061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465126.47/cwt122.00–128.0058810
Heifers—Medium 2475116.96/cwt116.00–118.005562
Heifers—Medium 3480104.98/cwt103.00–107.005042
Heifers—Medium 3500100.00/cwt100.00–100.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515116.84/cwt110.00–123.0060214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570117.00/cwt117.00–117.006671
Heifers—Medium 2590104.00/cwt104.00–104.006141
Heifers—Medium 359596.00/cwt96.00–96.005711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612111.62/cwt105.00–116.006833
Heifers—Medium 263596.00/cwt96.00–96.006101
Heifers—Medium 265590.00/cwt90.00–90.005901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690106.00/cwt106.00–106.007311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-273793.97/cwt91.00–98.006933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-278089.50/cwt89.00–90.006982
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 2460115.00/cwt115.00–115.005291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2483125.80/cwt123.00–129.006085
Bulls—Medium 3495101.00/cwt101.00–101.005001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525127.19/cwt120.00–133.006684
Bulls—Medium 2530115.00/cwt115.00–115.006101
Bulls—Medium 3535105.00/cwt105.00–105.005622
Bulls—Medium 2565117.00/cwt117.00–117.006611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566124.29/cwt120.00–129.0070310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620115.50/cwt115.00–116.007162
Bulls—Medium 262593.00/cwt93.00–93.005811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2695105.00/cwt105.00–105.007301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2725107.00/cwt107.00–107.007761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2750100.00/cwt100.00–100.007501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,00593.00/cwt93.00–93.009351
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25267.84/cwt56.00–77.008493
Bulls——1,56194.34/cwt93.00–97.001,4735
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78043.00/cwt43.00–43.003351
Cows—Lean 85-90%89053.47/cwt50.00–55.004763
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05054.52/cwt49.00–57.005725
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18563.99/cwt58.00–68.0075820
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35371.97/cwt69.00–78.009745
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54065.50/cwt65.00–66.001,0092

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.