Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2022-10-10

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Oct 10
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
188 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 90▲ 188 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 55▲ 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle down 4.00 to 5.00 this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle down 3.00 to 5.00 this week compared to last week . Demand was light ; market activity and buyer interest were slow . Offerings moderate with quality average to plain .

Baby calves 10.00 to 20.00 2 head

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.74/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$108.74
53 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$559
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$18.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.38
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2534115.8961928
Medium 2531104.0855212thin
Medium 345697.6244513thin
One grade step is worth $18.28/cwt here — about $174 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 sale53 hd
108.74
—
NC average6 barns · 770 hd
122.12
−13.38
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—Low1,63096.531,5734thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22365.7680425
CowsLean 85-90%Low82744.693705thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 3260100.00/cwt100.00–100.002601
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2280150.00/cwt150.00–150.004201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2327141.09/cwt130.00–153.0046110
Steers—Medium 3327102.61/cwt100.00–108.003363
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365135.39/cwt132.00–143.004944
Steers—Medium 2380119.33/cwt113.00–126.004532
Steers—Medium 3380101.95/cwt100.00–104.003872
Steers—Medium 2418116.50/cwt116.00–117.004872
Steers—Medium 3430103.07/cwt100.00–106.004432
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475136.00/cwt136.00–136.006461
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545135.00/cwt135.00–135.007361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620126.07/cwt117.00–135.007822
Steers—Medium 366573.00/cwt73.00–73.004851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738111.05/cwt106.00–116.008202
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 3265112.00/cwt112.00–112.002971
Heifers—Medium 2305115.00/cwt115.00–115.003511
Heifers—Medium 3310100.00/cwt100.00–100.003103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335121.00/cwt121.00–121.004051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390125.00/cwt124.00–126.004883
Heifers—Medium 2390117.00/cwt117.00–117.004561
Heifers—Medium 3420100.52/cwt100.00–101.004222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438129.50/cwt129.00–130.005672
Heifers—Medium 2445110.00/cwt110.00–110.004901
Heifers—Medium 345090.00/cwt90.00–90.004051
Heifers—Medium 2465115.98/cwt114.00–118.005392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473125.38/cwt120.00–134.005934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520119.97/cwt115.00–124.006244
Heifers—Medium 2530110.00/cwt110.00–110.005832
Heifers—Medium 353394.00/cwt94.00–94.005014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574117.66/cwt115.00–124.006754
Heifers—Medium 3575100.00/cwt100.00–100.005751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616104.50/cwt100.00–111.006448
Heifers—Medium 261890.33/cwt90.00–91.005583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665105.00/cwt105.00–105.006981
Heifers—Medium 267594.00/cwt94.00–94.006351
Heifers—Medium 271090.00/cwt90.00–90.006391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-271597.00/cwt97.00–97.006941
Heifers—Medium 373590.00/cwt90.00–90.006621
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 3470107.74/cwt102.00–110.005064
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475137.56/cwt132.00–143.006532
Bulls—Medium 2510110.00/cwt110.00–110.005611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519128.26/cwt120.00–135.006666
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575128.68/cwt117.00–134.007404
Bulls—Medium 357596.03/cwt82.00–106.005523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2630100.00/cwt100.00–100.006302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2663108.98/cwt108.00–110.007232
Bulls—Medium 269590.00/cwt90.00–90.006261
Bulls—Medium 376073.00/cwt73.00–73.005551
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,19085.97/cwt84.00–88.001,0232
Bulls——2,070107.09/cwt106.00–108.002,2172
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82744.69/cwt42.00–48.003705
Cows—Boner 80-85%96258.56/cwt56.00–60.005635
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28867.56/cwt62.00–72.0087020

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.