Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 3.00 to 5.00 higher and bulls were 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers were mostly 5.00 to 13.00 higher; heifers mostly steady to 1.00 higher; and feeder bulls were 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.59/cwt on 127 head.

Average price

$116.59

127 head · 454 lb average

Value per head Derived

$529

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$19.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.30

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	448	122.52	549	82
Medium 2	490	109.14	534	20
Medium 3	445	103.08	458	25

One grade step is worth $19.45/cwt here — about $90 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 sale127 hd

116.59

—

NC average7 barns · 523 hd

107.29

+9.30

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	—	High	1,590	89.72	1,427	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,611	71.18	1,147	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,201	65.25	783	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	850	34.52	293	10

Every lot, as filed

66 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
Bulls	—	—	1,905	101.82/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,940	2
Bulls	—	—	1,340	74.74/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,002	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	131.86/cwt	120.00–139.00	618	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	133.59/cwt	123.00–139.00	504	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,622	71.82/cwt	66.00–79.00	1,165	21
Bulls	—	—	1,578	90.25/cwt	78.00–97.00	1,424	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	114.71/cwt	106.00–118.00	660	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	131.40/cwt	120.00–137.00	348	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	34.52/cwt	29.00–41.00	293	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	64.49/cwt	64.00–65.00	967	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	121.19/cwt	119.00–124.00	628	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	109.96/cwt	107.00–114.00	677	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	129.86/cwt	120.00–138.00	539	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	153.14/cwt	141.00–164.00	426	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	158.81/cwt	149.00–166.00	516	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	115.95/cwt	110.00–122.00	765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	140.44/cwt	135.00–146.00	661	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	62.19/cwt	55.00–65.00	726	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,031	50.98/cwt	44.00–55.00	526	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	480	106.31/cwt	103.00–109.00	510	10
Heifers	Medium 3	—	280	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	280	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	465	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	525	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	287	119.37/cwt	115.00–123.00	343	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	660	92.50/cwt	90.00–95.00	611	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	385	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	385	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	476	103.95/cwt	100.00–108.00	495	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	427	115.34/cwt	114.00–116.00	493	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	69.86/cwt	66.00–77.00	875	31
Heifers	Medium 3	—	205	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	205	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	433	100.78/cwt	100.00–104.00	436	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	775	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	486	114.98/cwt	110.00–118.00	559	5
Steers	Medium 3	—	350	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	350	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	522	110.96/cwt	107.00–116.00	579	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	525	102.18/cwt	100.00–106.00	536	5
Heifers	Medium 3	—	560	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	577	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	333	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	400	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	518	102.51/cwt	101.00–104.00	531	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	865	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	155.02/cwt	149.00–161.00	574	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	133.04/cwt	125.00–142.00	435	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	837	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	139.95/cwt	130.00–160.00	322	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	707	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	136.02/cwt	130.00–150.00	578	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	114.74/cwt	110.00–119.00	596	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	14,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	104.92/cwt	101.00–111.00	659	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	918	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	83.48/cwt	81.00–86.00	649	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	522	112.03/cwt	110.00–115.00	585	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	586	101.66/cwt	100.00–105.00	596	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	128.49/cwt	120.00–134.00	726	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	420	110.52/cwt	110.00–111.00	464	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	573	101.02/cwt	100.00–102.00	579	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	275	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	311	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	379	115.75/cwt	115.00–118.00	439	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	116.64/cwt	111.00–125.00	554	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	695	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	390	119.49/cwt	119.00–120.00	466	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	440	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	462	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 Feb 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 417Last week 210Year ago 185

Slaughter CattleReceipts 130Last week 75Year ago 75

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,905	101.00–103.00	101.82
2	—	1,340	73.00–77.00	74.74
11	—	1,578	78.00–97.00	90.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,622	66.00–79.00	71.82
2	—	1,500	64.00–65.00	64.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	850	29.00–41.00	34.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,167	55.00–65.00	62.19
4	—	1,031	44.00–55.00	50.98
31	—	1,253	66.00–77.00	69.86

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	469	120.00–139.00	131.86
6	—	518	119.00–124.00	121.19
4	—	616	107.00–114.00	109.96
1	—	920	91.00	91.00
1	—	970	86.00	86.00
1	—	1,055	87.00	87.00
2	—	778	81.00–86.00	83.48
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	113.00	113.00
2	—	660	90.00–95.00	92.50
2	—	575	100.00	100.00
3	—	522	110.00–115.00	112.03
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	476	100.00–108.00	103.95
2	—	518	101.00–104.00	102.51
1	—	865	74.00	74.00
2	—	573	100.00–102.00	101.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	377	123.00–139.00	133.59
8	—	575	106.00–118.00	114.71
5	—	265	120.00–137.00	131.40
11	—	415	120.00–138.00	129.86
9	—	327	125.00–142.00	133.04
10	—	519	110.00–119.00	114.74
2	—	728	80.00	80.00
3	—	628	101.00–111.00	104.92
1	—	670	104.00	104.00
17	—	475	111.00–125.00	116.64
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	480	103.00–109.00	106.31
1	—	280	100.00	100.00
1	—	385	100.00	100.00
1	—	205	100.00	100.00
10	—	433	100.00–104.00	100.78
2	—	560	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	427	114.00–116.00	115.34
1	—	775	76.00	76.00
5	—	486	110.00–118.00	114.98
6	—	586	100.00–105.00	101.66
1	—	275	113.00	113.00
4	—	379	115.00–118.00	115.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	278	141.00–164.00	153.14
11	—	325	149.00–166.00	158.81
2	—	660	110.00–122.00	115.95
6	—	471	135.00–146.00	140.44
10	—	370	149.00–161.00	155.02
4	—	230	130.00–160.00	139.95
1	—	520	136.00	136.00
13	—	425	130.00–150.00	136.02
7	—	565	120.00–134.00	128.49
4	—	604	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	287	115.00–123.00	119.37
3	—	522	107.00–116.00	110.96
2	—	333	120.00	120.00
1	—	495	110.00	110.00
2	—	420	110.00–111.00	110.52
2	—	390	119.00–120.00	119.49
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	100.00	100.00
5	—	525	100.00–106.00	102.18
1	—	440	105.00	105.00

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	—	1,200	1,175.00	1,175.00

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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

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