Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2021-05-21

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, May 21
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087
Feeder Cattle receipts
689 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 683▲ 410 vs year ago 279 · +147.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 168▼ 3 vs year ago 99 · −3.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 4▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were steady to up 1.00 . Feeder cattle steady to up 1.00 to 2.00 . Demand was moderate with market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.58/cwt on 207 head.
Average price
$134.58
207 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$227
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$34.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.24
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2455139.11633168
Medium 2404118.9148028
Medium 1400108.004321thin
Medium 3387104.9840610thin
One grade step is worth $34.12/cwt here — about $227 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 sale207 hd
134.58
—
NC average8 barns · 907 hd
134.82
−0.24
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,55695.821,49110
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,73670.451,2237thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15167.4777758
CowsLean 85-90%Average80654.004354thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls——1,03569.00/cwt69.00–69.007141
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—518123.36/cwt117.00–135.0063922
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—77590.00/cwt90.00–90.006981
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—371143.16/cwt130.00–168.0053126
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—478127.72/cwt120.00–135.0061114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—613129.38/cwt120.00–139.007932
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—795100.00/cwt100.00–100.007951
CowsLean 85-90%—79852.67/cwt50.00–54.004203
CowsLean 85-90%—83058.00/cwt58.00–58.004811
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26573.65/cwt69.00–78.0093224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—271155.53/cwt138.00–174.004219
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—327151.77/cwt130.00–167.0049621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—83397.00/cwt97.00–97.008082
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—419138.71/cwt130.00–150.0058127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—573132.78/cwt123.00–140.0076127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—690126.00/cwt126.00–126.008691
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—374134.59/cwt121.00–144.0050310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—564117.07/cwt113.00–120.0066010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—422128.36/cwt120.00–136.0054221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—523134.66/cwt123.00–138.0070420
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—481140.63/cwt124.00–144.0067624
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—319128.88/cwt120.00–144.004115
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—474130.19/cwt120.00–140.0061714
Bulls——1,865105.68/cwt104.00–107.001,9713
Bulls——1,48895.36/cwt88.00–107.001,4196
BullsMedium 2—569112.48/cwt108.00–117.006406
BullsMedium 2—77786.33/cwt85.00–88.006713
BullsMedium 2—69293.01/cwt90.00–96.006443
Dairy SteersLarge 3—66576.00/cwt76.00–76.005051
Dairy SteersLarge 3—62071.00/cwt71.00–71.004401
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,73473.50/cwt70.00–78.001,2744
SteersMedium 3—205100.00/cwt100.00–100.002051
SteersMedium 3—270110.00/cwt110.00–110.002971
HeifersMedium 3—335104.00/cwt104.00–104.003481
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,73866.38/cwt64.00–69.001,1543
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07164.19/cwt58.00–68.0068730
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07054.97/cwt52.00–57.005884
SteersMedium 3—425103.33/cwt100.00–110.004393
SteersMedium 3—370103.95/cwt100.00–110.003853
BullsMedium 3—473102.53/cwt100.00–110.004855
SteersMedium 1—400108.00/cwt108.00–108.004321
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 3—750575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,3131
Dairy SteersLarge 3—46560.00/cwt60.00–60.002791
BullsMedium 3—570105.17/cwt103.00–110.005995
BullsMedium 3—528102.02/cwt99.00–107.005393
HeifersMedium 2—500108.00/cwt108.00–108.005401
HeifersMedium 3—362108.36/cwt102.00–110.0039212
HeifersMedium 3—520100.00/cwt100.00–100.005201
BullsMedium 2—534112.14/cwt110.00–114.005997
HeifersMedium 2—555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006111
HeifersMedium 2—250120.00/cwt120.00–120.003001
SteersMedium 2—287123.82/cwt111.00–129.003555
HeifersMedium 3—423105.09/cwt101.00–110.004456
HeifersMedium 3—467105.33/cwt105.00–106.004923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—80585.00/cwt85.00–85.006841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—72390.00/cwt90.00–90.006512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—247137.27/cwt130.00–152.003393
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—714114.37/cwt100.00–118.008175
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—518123.28/cwt115.00–134.0063913
SteersMedium 2—582115.30/cwt114.00–118.006713
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,000725.00/cwt725.00–725.007,2501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,075850.58/cwt825.00–875.009,1442
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—277133.73/cwt130.00–144.003704
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—667100.74/cwt100.00–103.006724
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—845107.00/cwt107.00–107.009041
HeifersMedium 2—417114.04/cwt112.00–116.004763
BullsMedium 2—62094.47/cwt89.00–106.005866
HeifersMedium 2—373113.98/cwt112.00–116.004254
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—672108.17/cwt100.00–118.0072710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—77596.00/cwt96.00–96.007441
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—607108.95/cwt101.00–115.006613
HeifersMedium 3—55592.02/cwt90.00–94.005112
SteersMedium 2—377119.00/cwt119.00–119.004493
SteersMedium 2—464118.41/cwt114.00–122.005497
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—627108.68/cwt100.00–118.006815
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—71896.66/cwt90.00–107.006946
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—573119.83/cwt109.00–132.0068710
SteersMedium 3—535108.00/cwt108.00–108.005781
HeifersMedium 2—468115.59/cwt113.00–118.005413
HeifersMedium 2—69090.69/cwt88.00–94.006263
SteersMedium 2—421117.09/cwt111.00–123.004936
SteersMedium 2—210117.00/cwt117.00–117.002461
SteersMedium 2—337119.71/cwt115.00–124.004033
SteersMedium 3—475110.00/cwt110.00–110.005231

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.