Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2022-02-21

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 21
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
217 head
▲ 103 vs last sale 114▲ 171 vs year ago 46 · +371.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 91▲ 14 vs year ago 47 · +29.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 higher, while boning type slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 lower; there were too few comparable slaughter bulls to establish an adequate market comparison. There were too few comparable feeder steers and bulls the previous sale to establish an adequate market comparison; feeder heifers were mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate, good for fancy cattle; market activity and buyer interest were fairly active. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.29/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$133.29
62 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$607
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$40.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.63
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2444143.5963843
Medium 2497117.965869thin
Medium 3467102.8148010thin
One grade step is worth $40.78/cwt here — about $158 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 sale62 hd
133.29
—
NC average8 barns · 1,200 hd
133.93
−0.63
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—High1,879114.852,1584thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41779.501,1276thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,09972.8780121
CowsLean 85-90%Average79847.123769thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2238142.53/cwt140.00–145.003392
Steers—Medium 2277127.79/cwt124.00–130.003543
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325210.85/cwt206.00–216.006852
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy374183.34/cwt180.00–188.006864
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380173.39/cwt170.00–176.006595
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy385146.94/cwt145.00–150.005663
Steers—Medium 2403123.52/cwt121.00–126.004982
Steers—Medium 3405112.00/cwt110.00–114.004542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy427152.58/cwt145.00–160.006523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429170.29/cwt167.00–173.007317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470168.59/cwt166.00–174.007925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy473150.00/cwt150.00–150.007102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy518149.14/cwt145.00–153.007732
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527163.95/cwt159.00–167.008643
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625139.63/cwt134.00–145.008732
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy630124.00/cwt124.00–124.007812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2278138.63/cwt136.00–144.003853
Heifers—Medium 2320119.84/cwt115.00–125.003832
Heifers—Medium 3320110.00/cwt110.00–110.003522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381145.27/cwt140.00–148.005535
Heifers—Medium 3388103.04/cwt101.00–105.004002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy403130.47/cwt126.00–135.005262
Heifers—Medium 2408119.00/cwt119.00–119.004862
Heifers—Medium 3420102.00/cwt100.00–104.004282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431147.79/cwt141.00–150.006377
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465147.98/cwt145.00–149.0068811
Heifers—Medium 3478104.49/cwt103.00–106.004992
Heifers—Medium 2483120.98/cwt120.00–122.005842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529141.55/cwt140.00–145.007499
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563138.34/cwt136.00–140.007793
Heifers—Medium 2683113.99/cwt113.00–115.007793
Heifers—Medium 373094.51/cwt94.00–95.006902
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy472170.20/cwt167.00–176.008033
Bulls—Medium 3478108.05/cwt106.00–110.005162
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy485138.33/cwt133.00–141.006713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2553140.00/cwt139.00–142.007744
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy565125.28/cwt122.00–130.007083
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy568150.32/cwt150.00–151.008543
Bulls—Medium 2590117.03/cwt114.00–120.006902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2643136.01/cwt134.00–138.008752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy648124.00/cwt124.00–124.008042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy663122.04/cwt120.00–124.008092
Bulls—Medium 2668115.49/cwt115.00–116.007712
Bulls—Medium 2723114.51/cwt114.00–115.008282
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 31,01566.00/cwt66.00–66.006701
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,879114.85/cwt111.00–118.002,1584
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%74437.89/cwt35.00–41.002824
Cows—Lean 85-90%84154.50/cwt51.00–58.004585
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03062.42/cwt60.00–65.006436
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09374.47/cwt71.00–76.008148
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16480.00/cwt79.00–84.009317
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40077.49/cwt77.00–78.001,0852
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42680.50/cwt79.00–81.001,1484

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.