Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2022-08-01

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Aug 1
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
97 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 142▼ 26 vs year ago 123 · −21.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 35▲ 4 vs year ago 23 · +17.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady this compared to last week . Feeder cattle steady this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

Baby calves 10.00 to 15.00 2 head

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.42/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$138.42
37 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$55.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.05
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538141.9676434
Medium 2585104.506112thin
Medium 369086.005931thin
One grade step is worth $55.96/cwt here — about $170 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 sale37 hd
138.42
—
NC average6 barns · 294 hd
134.37
+4.05
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—Average1,522101.811,5493thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21675.4191716
CowsLean 85-90%Average89050.004451thin

Every lot

36 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 and Large 1-2220142.00/cwt142.00–142.003121
Steers—Medium 2270114.00/cwt114.00–114.003081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275166.00/cwt166.00–166.004571
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2338156.94/cwt149.00–165.005302
Steers—Medium 3365107.95/cwt106.00–110.003942
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380150.00/cwt150.00–150.005701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424146.42/cwt130.00–159.0062110
Steers—Medium 3430105.00/cwt105.00–105.004521
Steers—Medium 2435124.00/cwt124.00–124.005391
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470129.00/cwt129.00–129.006061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560152.00/cwt139.00–165.008512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 2215125.00/cwt125.00–125.002691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360137.00/cwt137.00–137.004931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2417129.99/cwt127.00–131.005426
Heifers—Medium 2430114.00/cwt114.00–114.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2487124.00/cwt124.00–124.006043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528130.58/cwt127.00–134.006892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590119.00/cwt119.00–119.007021
Heifers—Medium 261594.00/cwt94.00–94.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2655110.00/cwt110.00–110.007211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-277395.00/cwt95.00–95.007342
Heifers—Medium 277580.00/cwt80.00–80.006202
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2477152.92/cwt121.00–175.0072915
Bulls—Medium 2530119.00/cwt119.00–119.006311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2534138.16/cwt121.00–147.007387
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585135.00/cwt135.00–135.007901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610134.74/cwt114.00–145.008229
Bulls—Medium 264090.00/cwt90.00–90.005761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2663108.99/cwt107.00–111.007232
Bulls—Medium 369086.00/cwt86.00–86.005931
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48597.71/cwt92.00–102.001,4512
Bulls——1,595110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,7551
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89050.00/cwt50.00–50.004451
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04264.00/cwt63.00–65.006673
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21874.89/cwt70.00–80.009128
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31683.09/cwt81.00–84.001,0935

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.