Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2021-12-06

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Dec 6
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
302 head
▲ 136 vs last sale 166▲ 198 vs year ago 104 · +190.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 108▲ 23 vs year ago 64 · +35.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, boning type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower, while slaughter bulls were 3.00 to 5.00 higher; there were too few breaking type slaughter cows to establish an adequate market comparison. Feeder steers were mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher; feeder heifers mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher; and feeder bulls were mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were fairly heavy. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves (9 head) ranged 40.00 to 100.00 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 $119.75/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$119.75
61 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$527
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$20.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.42
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2464124.6357942
Medium 2415114.714769thin
Medium 3363103.8037710thin
One grade step is worth $20.82/cwt here — about $202 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 sale61 hd
119.75
—
NC average8 barns · 1,194 hd
118.33
+1.42
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—Average1,47380.731,1897thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29658.7476138
CowsLean 85-90%Low95439.563774thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2273118.43/cwt116.00–120.003233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2326139.34/cwt134.00–142.004546
Steers—Medium 2333118.05/cwt116.00–120.003932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy363163.05/cwt159.00–165.005923
Steers—Medium 2363119.97/cwt116.00–124.004352
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383143.13/cwt136.00–149.005488
Steers—Medium 2410116.26/cwt111.00–119.004774
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423145.09/cwt142.00–148.006149
Steers—Medium 3427104.32/cwt100.00–107.004456
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467141.79/cwt139.00–146.006626
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623125.51/cwt122.00–129.007822
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 3278100.00/cwt100.00–100.002782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290122.62/cwt120.00–128.003563
Heifers—Medium 2320116.03/cwt115.00–117.003712
Heifers—Medium 3330107.05/cwt106.00–108.003532
Heifers—Medium 3364105.98/cwt104.00–108.003864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2366122.30/cwt120.00–128.004485
Heifers—Medium 2368116.78/cwt111.00–120.004303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added390135.00/cwt135.00–135.005273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421127.12/cwt123.00–133.005357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472127.26/cwt123.00–132.0060110
Heifers—Medium 3478100.00/cwt100.00–100.004782
Heifers—Medium 2485114.49/cwt114.00–115.005552
Heifers—Medium 2510110.49/cwt110.00–111.005632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528123.47/cwt121.00–126.006524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570122.25/cwt119.00–126.006977
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622112.61/cwt110.00–115.007003
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2472140.51/cwt134.00–145.006636
Bulls—Medium 3485105.05/cwt100.00–110.005092
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585124.00/cwt121.00–127.007252
Bulls—Medium 261095.50/cwt95.00–96.005832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2628102.05/cwt100.00–106.006413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675108.01/cwt106.00–110.007292
Bulls—Medium 270088.50/cwt88.00–89.006202
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-280898.01/cwt97.00–99.007922
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 320576.00/cwt74.00–78.001562
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30674.66/cwt72.00–78.009754
Bulls——1,69588.83/cwt88.00–90.001,5063
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95439.56/cwt38.00–40.003774
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12153.04/cwt50.00–55.005957
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33560.03/cwt57.00–63.0080131

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.