Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week but compared to the week before slaughter cattle steady . Feeder cattle were steady to down 2.00 to 3.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $128.40/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$128.40

32 head · 337 lb average

Value per head Derived

$433

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$20

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

$29.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	347	135.73	470	21
Medium 2	308	115.26	355	10thin
Medium 3	425	106.00	451	1thin

One grade step is worth $29.73/cwt here — about $20 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 sale32 hd

128.40

—

NC average1 barns · 32 hd

128.40

+0.00

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	—	Low	1,509	73.03	1,102	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,068	54.07	578	50
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,502	52.92	795	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	804	39.42	317	10

Every lot, as filed

46 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium 2	—	570	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	576	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	60.28/cwt	58.00–64.00	669	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	97.50/cwt	97.00–98.00	595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	585	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	733	43.93/cwt	41.00–47.00	322	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	879	1
Bulls	—	—	1,195	64.30/cwt	55.00–72.00	768	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,022	45.35/cwt	44.00–46.00	463	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	52.03/cwt	47.00–56.00	784	8
Bulls	Medium 3	—	478	103.32/cwt	100.00–106.00	494	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	534	108.98/cwt	107.00–112.00	582	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	127.37/cwt	120.00–136.00	540	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	135.45/cwt	120.00–149.00	496	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	135.96/cwt	120.00–158.00	432	6
Steers	Medium 3	—	425	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	451	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	403	111.52/cwt	109.00–114.00	449	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	222	117.94/cwt	110.00–125.00	262	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	144.22/cwt	138.00–149.00	401	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	121.52/cwt	120.00–123.00	565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	480	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	545	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	570	101.99/cwt	100.00–104.00	581	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	480	106.42/cwt	104.00–109.00	511	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	385	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	102.32/cwt	100.00–105.00	631	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	578	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	618	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	476	114.77/cwt	114.00–117.00	546	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	265	115.72/cwt	110.00–120.00	307	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	383	113.87/cwt	110.00–118.00	436	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	425	111.93/cwt	109.00–115.00	476	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	535	100.98/cwt	100.00–102.00	540	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	822	38.29/cwt	30.00–44.00	315	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,052	51.71/cwt	45.00–57.00	544	31
Bulls	—	—	1,751	79.88/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,399	7
Heifers	Medium 3	—	565	97.49/cwt	97.00–98.00	551	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	427	105.42/cwt	101.00–109.00	450	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	220	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	231	1
Bulls	—	—	1,075	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	645	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	770	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	675	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	490	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	524	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	600	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	370	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	385	1

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) - Siler City, NC

Fri Jan 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 138Last week 408Year ago 387

Slaughter CattleReceipts 99Last week 67Year ago 155

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	101.00	101.00
2	—	403	109.00–114.00	111.52
1	—	385	110.00	110.00
1	—	490	107.00	107.00
1	—	600	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	120.00	120.00
2	—	610	97.00–98.00	97.50
1	—	335	120.00	120.00
1	—	650	90.00	90.00
1	—	410	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	103.00	103.00
2	—	480	104.00–109.00	106.42
2	—	565	97.00–98.00	97.49
3	—	427	101.00–109.00	105.42
1	—	220	105.00	105.00
1	—	370	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	100.00–106.00	103.32
4	—	570	100.00–104.00	101.99
2	—	535	100.00–102.00	100.98
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	534	107.00–112.00	108.98
2	—	578	107.00	107.00
4	—	476	114.00–117.00	114.77
1	—	675	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	120.00–123.00	121.52
1	—	660	104.00	104.00
3	—	617	100.00–105.00	102.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	120.00–136.00	127.37
7	—	366	120.00–149.00	135.45
6	—	318	120.00–158.00	135.96
4	—	278	138.00–149.00	144.22
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	222	110.00–125.00	117.94
3	—	265	110.00–120.00	115.72
2	—	383	110.00–118.00	113.87
2	—	425	109.00–115.00	111.93
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,109	58.00–64.00	60.28
3	—	1,022	44.00–46.00	45.35
31	—	1,052	45.00–57.00	51.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	733	41.00–47.00	43.93
8	—	822	30.00–44.00	38.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	60.00	60.00
8	—	1,507	47.00–56.00	52.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,195	55.00–72.00	64.30
7	—	1,751	75.00–85.00	79.88
1	—	1,075	60.00	60.00

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.

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