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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, May 16

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095

← May 9May 16May 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

165 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 156▲ 21 vs year ago 144 · +14.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

48 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 54▼ 3 vs year ago 51 · −5.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 2.

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle had a higher undertone, while feeder cattle had a lower undertone. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average.

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 $116.31/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$116.31

62 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$32.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.77

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	461	134.62	621	8thin
Medium 2	481	123.87	595	20
Small 1-2	589	108.10	637	31
Medium and Large 3	415	102.00	423	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.62/cwt here — about $197 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

116.31

—

NC average8 barns · 1,179 hd

136.08

−19.77

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	1,345	97.97	1,318	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,453	84.13	1,222	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,184	78.69	932	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,001	67.61	677	18

Every lot

69 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 2	255	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	332	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	295	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	454	1
Steers	—	Medium 2Fleshy	295	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	360	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	305	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	491	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	315	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	372	1
Steers	—	Medium 2Fancy	345	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	500	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	395	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	593	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	423	134.37/cwt	130.00–138.00	568	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	163.07/cwt	160.00–166.00	709	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	445	105.00/cwt	100.00–110.00	467	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	462	178.31/cwt	173.00–181.00	824	3
Steers	—	Medium 2Fancy	530	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	784	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	553	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	940	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	890	1
Steers	—	Medium 2Value Added	700	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	980	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	735	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	956	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	230	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	271	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	260	117.08/cwt	115.00–119.00	304	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	330	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	340	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	335	122.03/cwt	120.00–126.00	409	3
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	335	115.49/cwt	115.00–116.00	387	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	360	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	425	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	393	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	474	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	425	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	527	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	131.99/cwt	130.00–136.00	566	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	139.02/cwt	138.00–140.00	651	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	477	125.24/cwt	125.00–126.00	597	4
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	135.49/cwt	135.00–136.00	702	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	523	127.27/cwt	125.00–129.00	666	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	566	122.70/cwt	120.00–124.00	694	6
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	578	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	659	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	585	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	585	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	631	105.79/cwt	100.00–108.00	668	9
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	678	106.98/cwt	100.00–109.00	725	7
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	703	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	724	3
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	840	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	798	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	865	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	804	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2Fleshy	393	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	503	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	460	137.59/cwt	134.00–139.00	633	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2Fleshy	470	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	588	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	520	135.68/cwt	135.00–136.00	706	3
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	535	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	637	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	875	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2Fleshy	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	550	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	710	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	903	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	585	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	638	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	616	128.26/cwt	124.00–130.00	790	7
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	640	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	730	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	690	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	869	4
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	705	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	776	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	742	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	913	3
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	763	116.38/cwt	111.00–119.00	888	3
Bulls	—	Small 1-2Fleshy	820	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	656	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2Fleshy	945	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	784	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,133	85.42/cwt	84.00–87.00	968	2
Bulls	—	—	1,435	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,579	2
Bulls	—	—	1,590	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,574	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	845	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	423	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	960	57.21/cwt	54.00–59.00	549	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	75.94/cwt	73.00–79.00	778	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,026	68.93/cwt	66.00–71.00	707	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,137	68.00/cwt	65.00–71.00	773	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	81.56/cwt	79.00–84.00	965	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	88.99/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,119	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,439	85.00/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,223	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,550	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,209	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	1,150	893.91/cwt	860.00–925.00	10,280	2

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 16, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 165Last week 156Year ago 144

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 54Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 0

Current hog receipts 2.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	134.00–139.00	137.59
4	—	690	126.00	126.00
7	—	616	124.00–130.00	128.26
3	—	520	135.00–136.00	135.68
3	—	742	123.00	123.00
4	—	550	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	114.00	114.00
1	—	535	119.00	119.00
3	—	763	111.00–119.00	116.38
1	—	705	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	162.00	162.00
2	—	575	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	393	128.00	128.00
1	—	470	125.00	125.00
1	—	540	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	80.00	80.00
1	—	945	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	93.00	93.00
9	—	631	100.00–108.00	105.79
3	—	578	114.00	114.00
1	—	230	118.00	118.00
2	—	260	115.00–119.00	117.08
2	—	335	115.00–116.00	115.49
1	—	515	110.00	110.00
1	—	840	95.00	95.00
3	—	703	103.00	103.00
1	—	360	118.00	118.00
7	—	678	100.00–109.00	106.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	103.00	103.00
1	—	585	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	335	120.00–126.00	122.03
6	—	566	120.00–124.00	122.70
4	—	477	125.00–126.00	125.24
2	—	393	120.00–121.00	120.50
4	—	523	125.00–129.00	127.27
1	—	425	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	429	130.00–136.00	131.99
2	—	468	138.00–140.00	139.02
2	—	518	135.00–136.00	135.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	145.00	145.00
1	—	530	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	173.00–181.00	178.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	130.00	130.00
1	—	735	130.00	130.00
3	—	423	130.00–138.00	134.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	100.00–110.00	105.00
1	—	315	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	154.00	154.00
1	—	395	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	159.00	159.00
1	—	305	161.00	161.00
2	—	435	160.00–166.00	163.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	700	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,025	73.00–79.00	75.94
1	—	845	50.00	50.00
4	—	960	54.00–59.00	57.21
7	—	1,026	66.00–71.00	68.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,183	79.00–84.00	81.56
3	—	1,137	65.00–71.00	68.00
2	—	1,258	88.00–90.00	88.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	78.00	78.00
7	—	1,439	81.00–88.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,435	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,590	99.00	99.00
2	—	1,133	84.00–87.00	85.42

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	860.00–925.00	893.91

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.