Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady compared to last week . Feeder cattle steady to up 2.00 to 4.00 . Demand was good ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 20.00 to 50.00 15 head

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.28/cwt on 245 head.

Average price

$146.28

245 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$295

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

$42.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.78

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	479	149.86	719	212
Medium 2	427	126.00	538	28
Medium 3	393	107.78	423	5thin

One grade step is worth $42.09/cwt here — about $295 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 sale245 hd

146.28

—

NC average8 barns · 1,236 hd

144.49

+1.78

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	1,577	97.01	1,529	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	74.00	1,103	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,226	70.47	864	100
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	876	43.76	383	18

Every lot, as filed

83 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,103	1
Bulls	—	—	1,805	107.73/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,945	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	132.88/cwt	120.00–148.00	644	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	149.63/cwt	132.00–174.00	633	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	161.23/cwt	141.00–188.00	522	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	152.07/cwt	136.00–165.00	721	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	105.02/cwt	102.00–108.00	830	2
Bulls	—	—	1,573	96.01/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,510	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	52.01/cwt	50.00–56.00	464	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	867	39.63/cwt	30.00–49.00	344	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	139.57/cwt	124.00–148.00	807	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	107.47/cwt	100.00–115.00	785	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	97.50/cwt	91.00–105.00	702	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	120.17/cwt	114.00–125.00	876	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	157.46/cwt	134.00–174.00	590	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	127.28/cwt	120.00–133.00	729	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	134.91/cwt	129.00–143.00	642	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	161.50/cwt	150.00–180.00	441	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	293	200.47/cwt	197.00–204.00	587	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	102.46/cwt	100.00–106.00	789	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,407	79.76/cwt	76.00–87.00	1,122	33
Heifers	Medium 3	—	375	104.11/cwt	100.00–108.00	390	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	265	127.41/cwt	120.00–132.00	338	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	210	130.79/cwt	120.00–140.00	275	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	805	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	652	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	510	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	398	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	830	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	664	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	573	104.05/cwt	100.00–110.00	596	6
Steers	Medium 3	—	416	107.72/cwt	100.00–114.00	448	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	565	100.97/cwt	100.00–102.00	570	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	59.22/cwt	50.00–64.00	653	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	69.63/cwt	65.00–74.00	804	43
Bulls	—	—	1,219	80.58/cwt	76.00–84.00	982	7
Bulls	Medium 3	—	478	103.51/cwt	102.00–105.00	495	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	870	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	687	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	419	107.58/cwt	104.00–110.00	451	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	642	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	783	84.98/cwt	80.00–90.00	665	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	450	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	522	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	310	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	363	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	300	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	324	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	524	116.53/cwt	110.00–124.00	611	8
Heifers	Medium 3	—	273	104.92/cwt	104.00–106.00	286	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	345	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	383	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	461	105.80/cwt	100.00–110.00	488	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	530	109.02/cwt	107.00–110.00	578	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	960	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	730	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	578	117.51/cwt	117.00–118.00	679	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	540	105.01/cwt	104.00–106.00	567	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	730	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	569	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	125.32/cwt	116.00–139.00	649	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	140.35/cwt	135.00–160.00	539	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	135.07/cwt	124.00–142.00	571	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	120.50/cwt	110.00–128.00	740	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	135.66/cwt	124.00–140.00	901	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,044.89/cwt	775.00–1,250.00	11,494	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	119.77/cwt	115.00–126.00	800	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	122.42/cwt	111.00–135.00	755	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	119.72/cwt	110.00–124.00	785	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	131.18/cwt	120.00–139.00	683	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	150.44/cwt	130.00–161.00	776	22
Bulls	Medium 2	—	640	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	640	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	720	86.66/cwt	86.00–88.00	624	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	479	122.71/cwt	115.00–128.00	588	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	127.56/cwt	114.00–138.00	731	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	819	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	318	128.53/cwt	128.00–129.00	409	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	430	123.84/cwt	119.00–129.00	533	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	430	114.54/cwt	112.00–120.00	493	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	135.38/cwt	121.00–144.00	842	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	144.00/cwt	135.00–164.00	491	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	329	194.76/cwt	188.00–198.00	641	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	475	127.89/cwt	120.00–129.00	607	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	385	124.90/cwt	121.00–129.00	481	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	567	115.74/cwt	113.00–120.00	656	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	550	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	395	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	478	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	511	109.25/cwt	108.00–110.00	558	4

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 Aug 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 733Last week 347Year ago 679

Slaughter CattleReceipts 165Last week 127Year ago 96

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 1Year ago 4

Baby calves 20.00 to 50.00 15 head

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	74.00	74.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	893	50.00–56.00	52.01
12	—	867	30.00–49.00	39.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,407	76.00–87.00	79.76
24	—	1,103	50.00–64.00	59.22
43	—	1,155	65.00–74.00	69.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,805	105.00–113.00	107.73
3	—	1,573	90.00–99.00	96.01
7	—	1,219	76.00–84.00	80.58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	485	120.00–148.00	132.88
4	—	730	100.00–115.00	107.47
3	—	812	90.00	90.00
4	—	770	100.00–106.00	102.46
15	—	518	116.00–139.00	125.32
8	—	668	115.00–126.00	119.77
19	—	617	111.00–135.00	122.42
16	—	573	114.00–138.00	127.56
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	81.00	81.00
2	—	783	80.00–90.00	84.98
8	—	524	110.00–124.00	116.53
1	—	640	100.00	100.00
3	—	720	86.00–88.00	86.66
8	—	479	115.00–128.00	122.71
3	—	567	113.00–120.00	115.74
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	573	100.00–110.00	104.05
2	—	478	102.00–105.00	103.51
1	—	870	79.00	79.00
3	—	530	107.00–110.00	109.02
1	—	960	76.00	76.00
1	—	730	78.00	78.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	423	132.00–174.00	149.63
11	—	324	141.00–188.00	161.23
28	—	474	136.00–165.00	152.07
33	—	578	124.00–148.00	139.57
4	—	729	114.00–125.00	120.17
22	—	375	134.00–174.00	157.46
1	—	775	123.00	123.00
5	—	273	150.00–180.00	161.50
8	—	664	124.00–140.00	135.66
22	—	516	130.00–161.00	150.44
19	—	622	121.00–144.00	135.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	293	197.00–204.00	200.47
8	—	329	188.00–198.00	194.76
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	210	120.00–140.00	130.79
1	—	535	120.00	120.00
2	—	578	117.00–118.00	117.51
2	—	318	128.00–129.00	128.53
7	—	430	119.00–129.00	123.84
11	—	475	120.00–129.00	127.89
2	—	385	121.00–129.00	124.90
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	416	100.00–114.00	107.72
1	—	300	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	790	102.00–108.00	105.02
1	—	245	150.00	150.00
6	—	720	91.00–105.00	97.50
25	—	573	120.00–133.00	127.28
19	—	476	129.00–143.00	134.91
8	—	384	135.00–160.00	140.35
17	—	423	124.00–142.00	135.07
18	—	614	110.00–128.00	120.50
8	—	656	110.00–124.00	119.72
41	—	521	120.00–139.00	131.18
1	—	910	90.00	90.00
13	—	341	135.00–164.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	100.00–108.00	104.11
2	—	565	100.00–102.00	100.97
4	—	419	104.00–110.00	107.58
2	—	273	104.00–106.00	104.92
1	—	345	111.00	111.00
4	—	461	100.00–110.00	105.80
3	—	540	104.00–106.00	105.01
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	265	120.00–132.00	127.41
1	—	310	117.00	117.00
7	—	430	112.00–120.00	114.54
1	—	550	110.00	110.00
1	—	395	121.00	121.00
1	—	470	120.00	120.00
4	—	511	108.00–110.00	109.25
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	116.00	116.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	78.00	78.00
1	—	830	80.00	80.00

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	2	—	1,100	775.00–1,250.00	1,044.89

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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