Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 3.

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were steady to 2.00 lower. Five- and six-weight feeder steers were mostly 11.00 to 15.00 higher, while four-weights were sharply higher; feeder bulls were 6.00 to 11.00 higher; while feeder heifers were mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves ranged 20.00 to 40.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.77/cwt on 131 head.

Average price

$124.77

131 head · 481 lb average

Value per head Derived

$600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$20.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.46

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	488	126.90	619	115
Medium 2	421	110.65	466	11thin
Medium 3	453	106.82	484	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.07/cwt here — about $135 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 sale131 hd

124.77

—

NC average8 barns · 696 hd

119.31

+5.46

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	1,670	86.86	1,451	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,620	62.80	1,017	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,153	58.94	679	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	900	40.79	367	14

Every lot, as filed

76 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	—	—	1,454	73.03/cwt	64.00–81.00	1,062	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	47.33/cwt	43.00–54.00	435	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	879	34.24/cwt	29.00–43.00	301	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	121.03/cwt	115.00–127.00	764	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	162.72/cwt	160.00–168.00	628	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,135	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	119.44/cwt	116.00–124.00	856	7
Bulls	—	—	1,737	91.11/cwt	87.00–97.00	1,583	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	62.34/cwt	56.00–65.00	1,010	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	68.08/cwt	67.00–69.00	1,105	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	175.98/cwt	156.00–184.00	484	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	832	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	128.03/cwt	121.00–133.00	721	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	177.00/cwt	176.00–178.00	602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	138.74/cwt	135.00–141.00	723	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	795	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	799	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	135.80/cwt	130.00–142.00	837	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	135.74/cwt	129.00–140.00	703	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	136.37/cwt	127.00–140.00	787	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	778	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	132.00/cwt	126.00–140.00	569	21
Heifers	Medium 2	—	870	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	687	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	383	118.57/cwt	115.00–122.00	454	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	520	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	603	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	825	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	734	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	750	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	600	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	615	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	492	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	310	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	326	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	465	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	512	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	270	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	297	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	68.09/cwt	66.00–72.00	833	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	59.78/cwt	55.00–65.00	696	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	50.16/cwt	44.00–54.00	529	10
Heifers	Medium 3	—	400	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	270	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	294	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	518	104.56/cwt	102.00–107.00	542	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	495	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	574	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	673	71.96/cwt	70.00–74.00	484	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	743	79.50/cwt	79.00–80.00	591	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	268	124.39/cwt	118.00–130.00	333	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	495	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	420	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	560	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	275	108.62/cwt	108.00–110.00	299	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	468	116.37/cwt	115.00–118.00	545	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	261	148.97/cwt	135.00–154.00	389	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	118.21/cwt	110.00–125.00	615	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,055	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	106.43/cwt	98.00–110.00	828	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	116.42/cwt	112.00–121.00	772	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	135.24/cwt	128.00–146.00	450	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	130.42/cwt	123.00–138.00	747	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	917	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	159.99/cwt	152.00–169.00	694	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	13,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	890.63/cwt	825.00–950.00	8,906	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,107.41/cwt	1,000.00–1,200.00	14,950	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	145.41/cwt	135.00–151.00	679	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	129.94/cwt	120.00–138.00	606	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	157.89/cwt	149.00–163.00	748	12
Steers	Medium 2	—	223	125.54/cwt	125.00–126.00	280	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	405	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	486	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	345	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	393	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	112.11/cwt	109.00–118.00	748	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	139.00/cwt	126.00–144.00	531	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	114.50/cwt	113.00–117.00	727	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	390	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	499	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	315	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	403	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	490	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	825	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 Mar 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 490Last week 479Year ago 508

Slaughter CattleReceipts 149Last week 155Year ago 112

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 1Year ago 0

Current hog receipts 3.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,454	64.00–81.00	73.03
13	—	1,737	87.00–97.00	91.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	920	43.00–54.00	47.33
7	—	879	29.00–43.00	34.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,620	56.00–65.00	62.34
2	—	1,623	67.00–69.00	68.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,224	66.00–72.00	68.09
61	—	1,164	55.00–65.00	59.78
10	—	1,055	44.00–54.00	50.16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	631	115.00–127.00	121.03
17	—	518	129.00–140.00	135.74
1	—	960	99.00	99.00
1	—	940	93.00	93.00
4	—	778	98.00–110.00	106.43
5	—	663	112.00–121.00	116.42
21	—	573	123.00–138.00	130.42
7	—	467	135.00–151.00	145.41
1	—	730	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	116.00	116.00
1	—	495	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	386	160.00–168.00	162.72
1	—	1,135	100.00	100.00
7	—	717	116.00–124.00	119.44
16	—	275	156.00–184.00	175.98
2	—	650	128.00	128.00
2	—	340	176.00–178.00	177.00
4	—	521	135.00–141.00	138.74
1	—	750	106.00	106.00
3	—	815	98.00	98.00
11	—	616	130.00–142.00	135.80
10	—	577	127.00–140.00	136.37
1	—	875	104.00	104.00
1	—	1,055	100.00	100.00
1	—	975	94.00	94.00
13	—	434	152.00–169.00	159.99
12	—	474	149.00–163.00	157.89
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	105.00	105.00
1	—	465	110.00	110.00
1	—	270	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	118.00–130.00	124.39
1	—	495	116.00	116.00
2	—	223	125.00–126.00	125.54
1	—	405	120.00	120.00
1	—	390	128.00	128.00
1	—	315	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	563	121.00–133.00	128.03
4	—	794	98.00	98.00
1	—	210	130.00	130.00
21	—	431	126.00–140.00	132.00
7	—	261	135.00–154.00	148.97
1	—	720	90.00	90.00
17	—	520	110.00–125.00	118.21
5	—	333	128.00–146.00	135.24
18	—	466	120.00–138.00	129.94
13	—	667	109.00–118.00	112.11
14	—	382	126.00–144.00	139.00
4	—	635	113.00–117.00	114.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	79.00	79.00
2	—	383	115.00–122.00	118.57
1	—	420	112.00	112.00
3	—	275	108.00–110.00	108.62
3	—	468	115.00–118.00	116.37
1	—	345	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	108.00	108.00
1	—	270	109.00	109.00
2	—	518	102.00–107.00	104.56
1	—	560	108.00	108.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	89.00	89.00
1	—	750	80.00	80.00
1	—	615	80.00	80.00
2	—	673	70.00–74.00	71.96
2	—	743	79.00–80.00	79.50

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,500	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	825.00–950.00	890.63
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,350	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,107.41

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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How this sale compares

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