Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 higher, while bulls were 3.00 to 4.00 lower on a fairly light test. Feeder steers were mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher; feeder bulls mostly 5.00 to 7.00 higher; five- and six-weight feeder heifers were steady to 3.00 higher, while four-weight heifers were 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves (5 head) ranged 25.00 to 50.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.59/cwt on 164 head.

Average price

$112.59

164 head · 440 lb average

Value per head Derived

$495

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$16.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.53

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	458	119.75	548	76
Medium 2	442	109.09	483	45
Medium 3	404	103.60	419	43

One grade step is worth $16.15/cwt here — about $129 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 sale164 hd

112.59

—

NC average7 barns · 883 hd

110.05

+2.53

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	1,631	78.21	1,276	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,597	61.65	984	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,144	58.87	674	79
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	852	36.93	314	6thin

Every lot, as filed

81 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	109.85/cwt	108.00–113.00	631	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	101.26/cwt	96.00–107.00	637	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	698	1
Bulls	—	—	1,397	72.86/cwt	58.00–78.00	1,018	7
Bulls	—	—	2,320	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	2,158	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	789	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	286	150.34/cwt	135.00–159.00	430	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	123.50/cwt	120.00–127.00	679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	103.05/cwt	100.00–109.00	736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	134.62/cwt	124.00–141.00	436	7
Bulls	Small 3	—	500	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	131.58/cwt	120.00–139.00	621	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	148.51/cwt	139.00–158.00	560	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	113.79/cwt	110.00–120.00	660	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	108.37/cwt	103.00–110.00	683	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	134.43/cwt	128.00–139.00	500	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	136.61/cwt	130.00–143.00	642	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	315	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	122.82/cwt	120.00–128.00	646	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	142.84/cwt	135.00–150.00	461	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	129.57/cwt	125.00–136.00	363	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	468	112.52/cwt	110.00–118.00	527	12
Bulls	—	—	1,821	82.74/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,507	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	353	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	57.17/cwt	54.00–60.00	869	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	425	64.00/cwt	63.00–65.00	272	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	512	104.60/cwt	101.00–109.00	536	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	368	115.30/cwt	110.00–120.00	424	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	425	114.19/cwt	110.00–120.00	485	9
Bulls	Medium 2	—	475	112.00/cwt	110.00–114.00	532	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	66.21/cwt	60.00–72.00	805	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	56.42/cwt	51.00–83.00	623	38
Steers	Medium 3	—	225	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	239	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	450	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	459	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	331	105.09/cwt	100.00–110.00	348	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,074	45.44/cwt	40.00–50.00	488	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	854	35.91/cwt	34.00–39.00	307	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,672	67.39/cwt	60.00–72.00	1,127	10
Bulls	Medium 3	—	633	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	519	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	480	101.55/cwt	100.00–103.00	487	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	680	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	653	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	390	69.52/cwt	68.00–71.00	271	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	335	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	151	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	673	88.00/cwt	84.00–90.00	592	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	518	105.27/cwt	104.00–108.00	545	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	383	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	421	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	465	103.99/cwt	100.00–108.00	484	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	575	105.48/cwt	105.00–106.00	607	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	630	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	567	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	471	115.04/cwt	112.00–117.00	542	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	330	116.09/cwt	111.00–119.00	383	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	226	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	271	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	273	112.73/cwt	110.00–115.00	308	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	112.95/cwt	110.00–116.00	712	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	141.95/cwt	134.00–152.00	605	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	111.77/cwt	106.00–116.00	579	12
Steers	Medium 2	—	572	112.30/cwt	110.00–114.00	642	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	213	115.45/cwt	111.00–120.00	246	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	575	102.84/cwt	97.00–106.00	591	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	122.21/cwt	117.00–128.00	512	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	118.12/cwt	114.00–127.00	627	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	805	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	432	113.21/cwt	111.00–115.00	489	5
Heifers	Medium 3	—	527	100.98/cwt	97.00–104.00	532	5
Heifers	Medium 3	—	421	105.05/cwt	100.00–108.00	442	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,338	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	109.34/cwt	104.00–116.00	734	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	118.05/cwt	115.00–121.00	550	12
Heifers	Medium 3	—	320	103.27/cwt	100.00–107.00	330	6
Steers	Medium 3	—	520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	276	101.87/cwt	100.00–107.00	281	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	326	116.04/cwt	110.00–120.00	378	9
Bulls	Medium 2	—	530	111.62/cwt	110.00–114.00	592	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	570	111.18/cwt	110.00–114.00	634	10
Steers	Medium 3	—	378	107.43/cwt	106.00–109.00	406	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	421	105.11/cwt	100.00–110.00	443	12
Heifers	Medium 3	—	381	103.50/cwt	103.00–105.00	394	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	620	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	558	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 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 697Last week 643Year ago 591

Slaughter CattleReceipts 144Last week 152Year ago 152

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	102.00	102.00
10	—	286	135.00–159.00	150.34
2	—	550	120.00–127.00	123.50
17	—	377	139.00–158.00	148.51
1	—	695	111.00	111.00
8	—	470	130.00–143.00	136.61
1	—	715	104.00	104.00
1	—	225	140.00	140.00
4	—	526	120.00–128.00	122.82
7	—	323	135.00–150.00	142.84
2	—	630	110.00–116.00	112.95
7	—	426	134.00–152.00	141.95
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	368	110.00–120.00	115.30
9	—	425	110.00–120.00	114.19
6	—	471	112.00–117.00	115.04
4	—	226	120.00	120.00
3	—	572	110.00–114.00	112.30
9	—	326	110.00–120.00	116.04
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	106.00	106.00
2	—	450	102.00	102.00
4	—	331	100.00–110.00	105.09
1	—	520	100.00	100.00
2	—	378	106.00–109.00	107.43
12	—	421	100.00–110.00	105.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	574	108.00–113.00	109.85
9	—	629	96.00–107.00	101.26
7	—	324	124.00–141.00	134.62
12	—	372	128.00–139.00	134.43
4	—	280	125.00–136.00	129.57
12	—	518	106.00–116.00	111.77
13	—	419	117.00–128.00	122.21
12	—	466	115.00–121.00	118.05
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	468	110.00–118.00	112.52
3	—	673	84.00–90.00	88.00
8	—	518	104.00–108.00	105.27
3	—	383	110.00	110.00
2	—	575	105.00–106.00	105.48
3	—	330	111.00–119.00	116.09
6	—	273	110.00–115.00	112.73
2	—	213	111.00–120.00	115.45
5	—	432	111.00–115.00	113.21
1	—	620	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	465	100.00–108.00	103.99
5	—	527	97.00–104.00	100.98
14	—	421	100.00–108.00	105.05
6	—	320	100.00–107.00	103.27
4	—	276	100.00–107.00	101.87
8	—	381	103.00–105.00	103.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	90.00	90.00
3	—	714	100.00–109.00	103.05
13	—	472	120.00–139.00	131.58
19	—	580	110.00–120.00	113.79
5	—	630	103.00–110.00	108.37
14	—	531	114.00–127.00	118.12
1	—	805	100.00	100.00
6	—	671	104.00–116.00	109.34
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	512	101.00–109.00	104.60
2	—	633	82.00	82.00
2	—	480	100.00–103.00	101.55
6	—	575	97.00–106.00	102.84
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	475	110.00–114.00	112.00
1	—	680	96.00	96.00
1	—	630	90.00	90.00
5	—	530	110.00–114.00	111.62
10	—	570	110.00–114.00	111.18
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	63.00–65.00	64.00
2	—	390	68.00–71.00	69.52
1	—	335	45.00	45.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,397	58.00–78.00	72.86
1	—	2,320	93.00	93.00
5	—	1,821	80.00–85.00	82.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	49.00	49.00
10	—	1,520	54.00–60.00	57.17
10	—	1,672	60.00–72.00	67.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	42.00	42.00
5	—	854	34.00–39.00	35.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,216	60.00–72.00	66.21
38	—	1,104	51.00–83.00	56.42
10	—	1,074	40.00–50.00	45.44

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	650.00	650.00

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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

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