Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2022-07-25

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jul 25
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
142 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 143▲ 33 vs year ago 109 · +30.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 47▼ 29 vs year ago 64 · −45.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady this week compared to last . Feeder cattle steady this week compared to last week . Demand moderate ; market activity and buyer interest moderate . Quality average with offerings moderate .

Baby calves 10.00 to 55.00 5 head

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.80/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$118.80
49 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$597
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$262
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$20.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.25
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551127.5170227
Medium 2498109.865478thin
Medium 3412107.1144114thin
One grade step is worth $20.39/cwt here — about $262 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 sale49 hd
118.80
—
NC average8 barns · 691 hd
126.05
−7.25
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—Average1,646102.411,6865thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13471.9781615
CowsLean 85-90%Average86548.414196thin

Every lot

50 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 and Large 1-2280146.00/cwt146.00–146.004091
Steers—Medium 2283117.48/cwt117.00–118.003322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323143.77/cwt131.00–158.004642
Steers—Medium 2330122.50/cwt116.00–129.004042
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2366150.83/cwt136.00–170.005524
Steers—Medium 2370118.00/cwt118.00–118.004371
Steers—Medium 3385108.00/cwt108.00–108.004161
Steers—Medium 3403110.50/cwt110.00–111.004452
Steers—Medium 2428116.71/cwt115.00–119.005003
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435145.70/cwt130.00–175.006343
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485170.00/cwt170.00–170.008251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545174.00/cwt174.00–174.009481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588156.08/cwt150.00–162.009182
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 3285101.00/cwt101.00–101.002881
Heifers—Medium 3323106.67/cwt102.00–111.003452
Heifers—Medium 2340115.00/cwt115.00–115.003911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2350126.00/cwt126.00–126.004411
Heifers—Medium 3380107.00/cwt107.00–107.004071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425137.00/cwt137.00–137.005821
Heifers—Medium 2430113.93/cwt112.00–116.004902
Heifers—Medium 3430108.62/cwt100.00–110.004677
Heifers—Medium 2455118.02/cwt116.00–120.005372
Heifers—Medium 3460104.95/cwt100.00–110.004832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470136.09/cwt134.00–138.006402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520129.88/cwt126.00–137.006758
Heifers—Medium 3520108.00/cwt108.00–108.005621
Heifers—Medium 2530110.00/cwt110.00–110.005831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573129.35/cwt120.00–139.0074110
Heifers—Medium 2610100.00/cwt100.00–100.006101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615121.51/cwt120.00–123.007472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665112.98/cwt110.00–116.007512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2710106.00/cwt106.00–106.007531
Heifers—Medium 273090.00/cwt90.00–90.006571
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458135.60/cwt129.00–148.006216
Bulls—Medium 3470104.50/cwt104.00–105.004912
Bulls—Medium 2475118.00/cwt118.00–118.005611
Bulls—Medium 2516117.50/cwt116.00–119.006062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528132.27/cwt120.00–153.006983
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575141.01/cwt125.00–155.0081111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2632125.38/cwt116.00–130.007923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2673124.91/cwt120.00–130.008412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2718122.52/cwt117.00–130.008806
Bulls—Medium 276091.00/cwt91.00–91.006921
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48599.59/cwt96.00–101.001,4793
Bulls——1,888106.65/cwt104.00–109.002,0142
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85342.70/cwt33.00–49.003644
Cows—Lean 85-90%89059.83/cwt58.00–62.005322
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01864.67/cwt61.00–69.006586
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19975.72/cwt72.00–78.009087
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25580.76/cwt80.00–82.001,0142

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.