Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2020-10-23

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Oct 23
● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087
Feeder Cattle receipts
668 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 738▼ 224 vs year ago 892 · −25.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
127 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 112▼ 35 vs year ago 162 · −21.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were steady to up 1.00 to 2.00 . Feeder cattle were steady with plainer cattle cheaper . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings were moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 30.00 to 50.00 5 head

2 head of hogs

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.39/cwt on 167 head.
Average price
$110.39
167 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$552
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 3
$24.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.57
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2410126.005171thin
Medium and Large 1-2517112.58583103
Medium 2489110.4954034
Medium 3453101.9346229
One grade step is worth $24.07/cwt here — about $55 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 sale167 hd
110.39
—
NC average8 barns · 1,216 hd
104.81
+5.57
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—Low1,50181.921,23012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,55056.6387811
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11254.3260459
CowsLean 85-90%Low92541.373839thin

Every lot, as filed

89 lots · USDA AMS · Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) - Siler City, NC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—519114.06/cwt108.00–124.005929
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—672102.70/cwt96.00–111.0069013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—277129.90/cwt126.00–135.003605
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—719104.75/cwt96.00–110.007539
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—91098.00/cwt98.00–98.008921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—783102.95/cwt91.00–115.008062
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—73395.00/cwt95.00–95.006963
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—527117.74/cwt116.00–120.006204
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—67197.76/cwt94.00–100.006565
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—627100.53/cwt90.00–111.0063023
HeifersMedium 2—69586.00/cwt86.00–86.005981
HeifersMedium 2—305113.00/cwt113.00–113.003452
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,000675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,7501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—468124.02/cwt120.00–127.005805
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—625108.30/cwt97.00–126.0067715
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—71797.63/cwt87.00–109.0070010
BullsMedium 3—522102.55/cwt93.00–107.005359
BullsMedium 3—576104.48/cwt100.00–109.006029
HeifersMedium 2—480113.67/cwt110.00–117.0054616
BullsMedium 2—76887.50/cwt87.00–88.006722
BullsMedium 2—518111.16/cwt109.00–115.005767
BullsMedium 2—469114.37/cwt110.00–118.005368
HeifersMedium 3—328101.53/cwt100.00–103.003332
SteersMedium 3—225112.00/cwt112.00–112.002521
HeifersMedium 2—523108.01/cwt106.00–110.005655
SteersMedium 2—371114.98/cwt110.00–118.004274
SteersMedium 2—266118.31/cwt116.00–121.003154
HeifersMedium 2—570108.00/cwt108.00–108.006165
BullsMedium 3—81571.00/cwt71.00–71.005791
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—423124.02/cwt120.00–128.0052510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—373129.61/cwt127.00–132.0048311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—821104.29/cwt86.00–113.008565
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—83080.00/cwt80.00–80.006641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—328128.37/cwt120.00–136.0042111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—566111.86/cwt110.00–114.006337
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—465122.04/cwt118.00–127.005677
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—77487.00/cwt82.00–102.006735
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—324144.29/cwt128.00–172.0046719
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—667118.47/cwt113.00–124.007905
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—495125.00/cwt125.00–125.006191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—235123.13/cwt120.00–128.002893
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—91374.56/cwt70.00–79.006812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—87585.00/cwt85.00–85.007441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—279161.26/cwt130.00–171.0045011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—508121.69/cwt120.00–125.006183
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—590126.00/cwt126.00–126.007431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—416136.84/cwt120.00–154.0056918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—372139.39/cwt120.00–158.0051917
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—195140.00/cwt140.00–140.002731
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—568119.57/cwt117.00–124.006796
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—81491.72/cwt87.00–99.007474
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—76891.23/cwt84.00–97.007014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—617114.87/cwt100.00–128.0070915
SteersMedium 2—458110.33/cwt110.00–111.005053
BullsMedium 2—67092.31/cwt90.00–94.006183
BullsMedium 2—573112.72/cwt110.00–115.006463
HeifersMedium 2—423113.67/cwt112.00–115.004813
HeifersMedium 1-2—410126.00/cwt126.00–126.005171
Dairy SteersLarge 3—67886.00/cwt86.00–86.005832
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46545.00/cwt45.00–45.006591
CowsLean 85-90%—94339.22/cwt36.00–43.003706
Bulls——1,15767.06/cwt64.00–70.007763
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08345.72/cwt40.00–49.0049514
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10361.74/cwt60.00–65.0068112
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57757.07/cwt50.00–61.009003
Bulls——1,76092.77/cwt90.00–96.001,6332
Bulls——1,57585.19/cwt81.00–89.001,3427
HeifersMedium 3—423104.91/cwt100.00–110.004447
BullsMedium 3—435100.00/cwt100.00–100.004351
SteersMedium 2—228119.20/cwt114.00–125.002722
SteersMedium 2—317118.50/cwt114.00–127.003763
BullsMedium 2—62890.81/cwt90.00–94.005705
HeifersMedium 3—469101.60/cwt100.00–106.004775
HeifersMedium 3—51998.58/cwt92.00–105.005127
SteersMedium 3—315110.00/cwt110.00–110.003471
HeifersMedium 2—275116.00/cwt116.00–116.003191
HeifersMedium 2—62089.00/cwt89.00–89.005521
BullsMedium 3—466105.22/cwt100.00–110.004908
SteersMedium 3—393100.50/cwt100.00–101.003952
SteersMedium 3—434103.97/cwt100.00–106.004514
HeifersMedium 3—56798.97/cwt93.00–104.005613
BullsMedium 3—69588.00/cwt88.00–88.006121
BullsMedium 3—75079.00/cwt79.00–79.005931
HeifersMedium 3—370104.72/cwt100.00–109.003875
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,55158.10/cwt56.00–59.009017
SteersMedium 2—433111.10/cwt110.00–114.004818
SteersMedium 3—481103.36/cwt102.00–110.004976
CowsLean 85-90%—88845.68/cwt45.00–46.004063
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12855.27/cwt50.00–59.0062333

How this sale compares

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.