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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, May 31

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095

← May 24May 31Jun 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

91 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 140▼ 38 vs year ago 129 · −29.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

47 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 31▲ 8 vs year ago 39 · +20.5%

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

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

Baby calves 45.00

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 $115.19/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$115.19

33 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$589

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$272

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

$14.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.58

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	521	117.32	612	26
Medium 2	498	108.00	538	6thin
Medium 3	330	103.00	340	1thin

One grade step is worth $14.32/cwt here — about $272 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 sale33 hd

115.19

—

NC average6 barns · 819 hd

112.61

+2.58

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	—	High	1,905	99.00	1,886	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,598	68.89	1,101	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,273	66.25	843	30

Every lot

41 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	265	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	371	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	300	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	300	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	153.02/cwt	151.00–155.00	494	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	138.07/cwt	132.00–149.00	576	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	141.77/cwt	133.00–144.00	665	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	137.94/cwt	135.00–141.00	706	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	130.67/cwt	120.00–132.00	732	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 2	330	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	366	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	330	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	340	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	125.34/cwt	125.00–126.00	480	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	124.61/cwt	114.00–129.00	517	9
Heifers	—	Medium 2	415	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	481	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	455	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	510	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	122.22/cwt	120.00–123.00	633	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	520	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	551	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	575	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	610	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	115.50/cwt	115.00–116.00	679	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	658	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	103.96/cwt	98.00–109.00	690	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	695	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	674	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	780	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	778	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2	518	110.49/cwt	110.00–111.00	572	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	124.37/cwt	120.00–129.00	647	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	125.92/cwt	120.00–134.00	725	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	625	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	588	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	684	110.48/cwt	105.00–116.00	756	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	710	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	575	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	107.50/cwt	105.00–110.00	769	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	815	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	652	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 3	580	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	574	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	600	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	534	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,695	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,695	1
Bulls	—	—	2,115	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	2,073	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,148	58.29/cwt	57.00–59.00	669	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,252	66.08/cwt	62.00–70.00	827	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,426	72.14/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,029	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,533	66.75/cwt	65.00–68.00	1,023	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,728	73.17/cwt	72.00–74.00	1,264	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,425	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 (Monday) - Siler City, NC

Mon May 31, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 91Last week 140Year ago 129

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 31Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

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

Baby calves 45.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	107.00	107.00
1	—	915	85.00	85.00
2	—	588	115.00–116.00	115.50
1	—	455	125.00	125.00
3	—	383	125.00–126.00	125.34
4	—	518	120.00–123.00	122.22
1	—	780	100.00	100.00
9	—	415	114.00–129.00	124.61
4	—	664	98.00–109.00	103.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	116.00	116.00
1	—	695	97.00	97.00
1	—	330	111.00	111.00
1	—	520	106.00	106.00
1	—	455	112.00	112.00
1	—	575	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	512	135.00–141.00	137.94
6	—	469	133.00–144.00	141.77
1	—	265	140.00	140.00
9	—	560	120.00–132.00	130.67
2	—	323	151.00–155.00	153.02
7	—	417	132.00–149.00	138.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	80.00	80.00
1	—	710	81.00	81.00
1	—	625	94.00	94.00
2	—	518	110.00–111.00	110.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	105.00–110.00	107.50
2	—	520	120.00–129.00	124.37
4	—	684	105.00–116.00	110.48
4	—	576	120.00–134.00	125.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	99.00	99.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,426	70.00–75.00	72.14
20	—	1,252	62.00–70.00	66.08
4	—	1,148	57.00–59.00	58.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,728	72.00–74.00	73.17
4	—	1,533	65.00–68.00	66.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	100.00	100.00
1	—	2,115	98.00	98.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	825.00	825.00

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.