Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2021-11-22

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Nov 22
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
125 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 136▼ 67 vs year ago 192 · −34.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 56▼ 14 vs year ago 94 · −14.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were up 3.00 to 5.00 compared to last week . Feeder cattle were down 2.00 to 3.00 with this being a holiday week . Demand was light with market activity and buyer interest being slow. Offerings moderate with quality plain to average .

Baby calves 10.00 to 50.00 16 head

2 hogs

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $95.66/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$95.66
27 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$437
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium 3 over Small 3
$4.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.51
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 342996.6341417thin
Medium 255995.415345thin
Medium and Large 1-263094.005922thin
Small 333391.673063thin
One grade step is worth $4.96/cwt here — about $109 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 sale27 hd
95.66
—
NC average5 barns · 705 hd
115.17
−19.51
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—Low1,51279.701,20510
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23864.2479653
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,80564.001,1551thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low88551.374554thin

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2225117.02/cwt116.00–118.002632
Steers—Medium 2265118.00/cwt118.00–118.003131
Steers—Medium 3275110.00/cwt110.00–110.003031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2300131.00/cwt131.00–131.003931
Steers—Medium 3310102.50/cwt100.00–105.003182
Steers—Medium 2355111.00/cwt111.00–111.003941
Steers—Medium 3370104.00/cwt104.00–104.003851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390130.00/cwt130.00–130.005071
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420135.00/cwt135.00–135.005672
Steers—Medium 3430101.00/cwt101.00–101.004341
Steers—Medium 2440111.00/cwt111.00–111.004881
Steers—Small 344590.00/cwt90.00–90.004011
Steers—Medium 3450103.00/cwt103.00–103.004641
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 324595.00/cwt95.00–95.002331
Heifers—Medium 328397.70/cwt90.00–105.002762
Heifers—Medium 3302100.97/cwt95.00–108.003053
Heifers—Small 332090.00/cwt90.00–90.002881
Heifers—Medium 336295.32/cwt94.00–96.003453
Heifers—Medium 341098.00/cwt98.00–98.004021
Heifers—Small 343590.00/cwt90.00–90.003921
Heifers—Medium 3495104.00/cwt104.00–104.005151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510105.00/cwt105.00–105.005361
Heifers—Medium 2512101.00/cwt101.00–101.005173
Heifers—Medium 351997.69/cwt90.00–103.005075
Heifers—Medium 355596.00/cwt96.00–96.005331
Heifers—Medium 263087.02/cwt86.00–88.005482
Heifers—Medium 367572.00/cwt72.00–72.004861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-275083.00/cwt83.00–83.006231
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 3460101.00/cwt101.00–101.004651
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473119.70/cwt115.00–129.005664
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2507125.33/cwt115.00–128.006355
Bulls—Medium 353090.00/cwt90.00–90.004771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2630103.51/cwt96.00–114.006525
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-267195.93/cwt90.00–100.006444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-273098.00/cwt98.00–98.007151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-277088.00/cwt88.00–88.006781
Bulls—Medium 278080.00/cwt80.00–80.006241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-298584.00/cwt84.00–84.008271
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,27869.52/cwt60.00–74.008885
Bulls——1,73387.09/cwt82.00–94.001,5094
Bulls——1,800101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,8181
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85043.00/cwt43.00–43.003661
Cows—Lean 85-90%89754.16/cwt50.00–58.004863
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18263.08/cwt57.00–67.0074630
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19450.90/cwt46.00–54.006088
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37573.68/cwt68.00–77.001,01315
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,80564.00/cwt64.00–64.001,1551
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,200860.00/cwt860.00–860.0010,3201

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.