Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were steady. Feeder cattle were steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly heavy with quality plain to average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.96/cwt on 369 head.

Average price

$154.96

369 head · 439 lb average

Value per head Derived

$681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$48.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.63

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	443	157.78	699	339
Medium 2	387	125.74	487	25
Medium 3	457	109.40	500	5thin

One grade step is worth $48.39/cwt here — about $199 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 sale369 hd

154.96

—

NC average7 barns · 1,169 hd

148.32

+6.63

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	—	Average	1,800	90.04	1,620	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,152	62.07	715	84
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,518	60.95	925	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	813	41.11	334	17

Every lot, as filed

94 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	Medium 2	—	590	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	643	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	665	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	625	1
Bulls	—	—	1,897	92.84/cwt	89.00–95.00	1,761	6
Bulls	—	—	1,915	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,896	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	418	178.60/cwt	170.00–180.00	747	70
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	52.44/cwt	49.00–54.00	823	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,502	63.69/cwt	56.00–69.00	957	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	856	51.17/cwt	49.00–55.00	438	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	140.96/cwt	133.00–147.00	663	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	327	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	634	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	390	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	683	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	124.81/cwt	112.00–138.00	855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	109.12/cwt	100.00–118.00	802	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	148.93/cwt	131.00–165.00	558	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	148.55/cwt	130.00–170.00	621	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	274	171.86/cwt	155.00–184.00	471	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	942	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	122.61/cwt	119.00–123.00	939	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	799	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	513	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	811	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	142.47/cwt	129.00–154.00	815	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	217	165.65/cwt	140.00–175.00	359	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	147.21/cwt	121.00–157.00	751	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	120.40/cwt	114.00–129.00	689	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	155.98/cwt	136.00–178.00	505	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	123.53/cwt	120.00–129.00	768	14
Bulls	—	—	1,596	81.37/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,299	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,083	54.05/cwt	50.00–57.00	585	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	71.21/cwt	69.00–74.00	931	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	63.22/cwt	57.00–68.00	731	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	38.01/cwt	30.00–46.00	304	13
Heifers	Medium 3	—	467	105.29/cwt	100.00–110.00	492	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	800	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	6,080	1
Heifers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	370	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	463	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	520	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	629	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	425	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	544	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	835	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	523	103.18/cwt	100.00–106.00	540	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,022	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	433	107.51/cwt	105.00–110.00	466	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	533	104.23/cwt	100.00–109.00	556	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	535	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	228	122.97/cwt	120.00–126.00	280	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	473	122.51/cwt	116.00–128.00	579	20
Bulls	Medium 2	—	523	115.68/cwt	114.00–121.00	605	8
Heifers	Medium 3	—	377	106.64/cwt	100.00–110.00	402	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	420	109.33/cwt	108.00–110.00	459	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	323	116.05/cwt	100.00–126.00	375	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	570	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	587	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	326	118.80/cwt	115.00–126.00	387	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	276	123.18/cwt	116.00–130.00	340	6
Bulls	Medium 3	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	381	121.29/cwt	115.00–126.00	462	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	432	122.22/cwt	118.00–126.00	528	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	268	133.94/cwt	128.00–140.00	359	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	373	128.95/cwt	123.00–137.00	481	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	262	147.16/cwt	136.00–151.00	386	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	110.49/cwt	106.00–116.00	739	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	147.08/cwt	140.00–154.00	343	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	121.29/cwt	114.00–128.00	623	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	131.08/cwt	120.00–143.00	556	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	110.41/cwt	97.00–118.00	679	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	98.59/cwt	95.00–102.00	808	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	105.34/cwt	98.00–110.00	798	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	106.34/cwt	104.00–111.00	754	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	128.78/cwt	122.00–134.00	742	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	130.39/cwt	121.00–135.00	623	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	111.28/cwt	100.00–121.00	747	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	458	165.43/cwt	149.00–172.00	758	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	129.97/cwt	121.00–137.00	673	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	137.77/cwt	130.00–173.00	521	20
Heifers	Medium 2	—	516	110.01/cwt	109.00–111.00	568	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	139.25/cwt	128.00–154.00	443	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	223	131.48/cwt	124.00–137.00	293	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	485	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	611	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	135.88/cwt	126.00–153.00	648	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	940	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	570	121.43/cwt	119.00–124.00	692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	117.72/cwt	104.00–124.00	731	20
Steers	Medium 2	—	534	121.97/cwt	121.00–124.00	651	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	426	118.60/cwt	111.00–125.00	505	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	768	94.65/cwt	90.00–98.00	727	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	723	88.98/cwt	88.00–90.00	643	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	462	119.81/cwt	112.00–127.00	554	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	870	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	571	111.82/cwt	109.00–118.00	638	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	683	99.49/cwt	99.00–100.00	680	2

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 Apr 23, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 947Last week 877Year ago 531

Slaughter CattleReceipts 148Last week 158Year ago 131

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	109.00	109.00
20	—	473	116.00–128.00	122.51
8	—	523	114.00–121.00	115.68
3	—	768	90.00–98.00	94.65
2	—	723	88.00–90.00	88.98
1	—	870	85.00	85.00
2	—	683	99.00–100.00	99.49
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	121.00	121.00
1	—	835	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	533	100.00–109.00	104.23
1	—	490	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	820	95.00–102.00	98.59
3	—	758	98.00–110.00	105.34
6	—	709	104.00–111.00	106.34
19	—	576	122.00–134.00	128.78
20	—	671	100.00–121.00	111.28
18	—	518	121.00–137.00	129.97
29	—	477	126.00–153.00	135.88
1	—	870	108.00	108.00
20	—	621	104.00–124.00	117.72
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	94.00	94.00
2	—	228	120.00–126.00	122.97
8	—	326	115.00–126.00	118.80
6	—	276	116.00–130.00	123.18
7	—	381	115.00–126.00	121.29
4	—	516	109.00–111.00	110.01
5	—	426	111.00–125.00	118.60
10	—	462	112.00–127.00	119.81
5	—	571	109.00–118.00	111.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	90.00	90.00
1	—	850	94.00	94.00
1	—	1,050	96.00	96.00
24	—	572	114.00–129.00	120.40
5	—	262	136.00–151.00	147.16
8	—	669	106.00–116.00	110.49
2	—	233	140.00–154.00	147.08
21	—	514	114.00–128.00	121.29
52	—	424	120.00–143.00	131.08
1	—	705	105.00	105.00
14	—	615	97.00–118.00	110.41
46	—	478	121.00–135.00	130.39
20	—	378	130.00–173.00	137.77
11	—	318	128.00–154.00	139.25
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	100.00–110.00	105.29
6	—	523	100.00–106.00	103.18
2	—	433	105.00–110.00	107.51
3	—	377	100.00–110.00	106.64
1	—	570	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	418	170.00–180.00	178.60
2	—	560	150.00	150.00
12	—	327	194.00	194.00
10	—	390	175.00	175.00
14	—	628	150.00	150.00
12	—	513	158.00	158.00
21	—	458	149.00–172.00	165.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	470	133.00–147.00	140.96
2	—	685	112.00–138.00	124.81
2	—	735	100.00–118.00	109.12
30	—	375	131.00–165.00	148.93
50	—	418	130.00–170.00	148.55
17	—	274	155.00–184.00	171.86
1	—	800	112.00	112.00
1	—	1,200	118.00	118.00
10	—	766	119.00–123.00	122.61
11	—	572	129.00–154.00	142.47
10	—	217	140.00–175.00	165.65
13	—	510	121.00–157.00	147.21
21	—	324	136.00–178.00	155.98
14	—	622	120.00–129.00	123.53
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	110.00	110.00
1	—	535	109.00	109.00
3	—	420	108.00–110.00	109.33
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	100.00–126.00	116.05
3	—	432	118.00–126.00	122.22
2	—	268	128.00–140.00	133.94
8	—	373	123.00–137.00	128.95
3	—	223	124.00–137.00	131.48
1	—	485	126.00	126.00
2	—	570	119.00–124.00	121.43
3	—	534	121.00–124.00	121.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,897	89.00–95.00	92.84
2	—	1,915	99.00	99.00
4	—	1,596	78.00–84.00	81.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,570	49.00–54.00	52.44
6	—	1,502	56.00–69.00	63.69
1	—	1,460	70.00	70.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	856	49.00–55.00	51.17
13	—	800	30.00–46.00	38.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,083	50.00–57.00	54.05
4	—	1,308	69.00–74.00	71.21
66	—	1,157	57.00–68.00	63.22

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	760.00	760.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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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Slaughter Cattle

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