Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2021-06-14

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 14
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
124 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 115▲ 54 vs year ago 70 · +77.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 29▲ 11 vs year ago 25 · +44.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Baby calves 30.00 to 40.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.90/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$110.90
33 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$497
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$13.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.54
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2485115.2555917thin
Medium 2398113.364526thin
Medium 3416102.0342410thin
One grade step is worth $13.22/cwt here — about $134 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
110.90
—
NC average8 barns · 1,131 hd
113.44
−2.54
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—Low1,47896.331,4243thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18672.2085629
CowsLean 85-90%Low88155.734914thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2252151.00/cwt151.00–151.003813
Steers—Medium 2295116.00/cwt116.00–116.003421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2329137.50/cwt130.00–139.004527
Steers—Medium 3345100.00/cwt100.00–100.003451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378131.87/cwt128.00–134.004987
Steers—Medium 3385105.00/cwt105.00–105.004041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400123.00/cwt123.00–123.004921
Steers—Medium 2409114.00/cwt110.00–117.004665
Steers—Medium 3432106.94/cwt104.00–109.004623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005851
Steers—Medium 2475114.00/cwt114.00–114.005421
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 3285101.00/cwt101.00–101.002881
Heifers—Medium 2305114.00/cwt114.00–114.003481
Heifers—Medium 3310102.52/cwt101.00–104.003182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320126.00/cwt126.00–126.004031
Heifers—Medium 3355105.52/cwt104.00–107.003752
Heifers—Medium 2375116.05/cwt114.00–119.004353
Heifers—Medium 2400113.00/cwt113.00–113.004521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428120.74/cwt117.00–123.005178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2450120.00/cwt120.00–120.005401
Heifers—Medium 3485109.00/cwt109.00–109.005291
Heifers—Medium 351598.56/cwt90.00–104.005084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528113.00/cwt110.00–117.005973
Heifers—Medium 2560105.00/cwt105.00–105.005881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580107.00/cwt107.00–107.006211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628100.43/cwt95.00–103.006313
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 2475116.53/cwt115.00–118.005542
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2477117.00/cwt117.00–117.005583
Bulls—Medium 3481104.65/cwt100.00–110.005039
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518115.49/cwt115.00–116.005982
Bulls—Medium 3525107.00/cwt107.00–107.005621
Bulls—Medium 2540108.00/cwt108.00–108.005831
Bulls—Medium 3562104.67/cwt104.00–105.005883
Bulls—Medium 2587108.68/cwt107.00–111.006383
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2603100.00/cwt100.00–100.006032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-269098.00/cwt98.00–98.006761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-272090.00/cwt90.00–90.006481
Bulls—Medium 275082.00/cwt82.00–82.006151
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 326060.00/cwt60.00–60.001562
Dairy Steers—Large 344578.00/cwt78.00–78.003471
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,17581.00/cwt81.00–81.009521
Bulls——1,555103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,6021
Bulls——1,705105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,7901
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82360.13/cwt56.00–64.004952
Cows—Lean 85-90%93851.32/cwt44.00–58.004812
Cows—Boner 80-85%95559.52/cwt59.00–60.005682
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15970.25/cwt67.00–75.0081417
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27878.05/cwt76.00–81.0099710

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.