Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2021-08-20

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Aug 20
● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087
Feeder Cattle receipts
650 head
▲ 193 vs last sale 457▼ 184 vs year ago 834 · −22.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 82▼ 5 vs year ago 150 · −3.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 2 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were steady . Feeder cattle were steady to up 2.00 to 3.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 25.00 to 85.00 8 head

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.83/cwt on 214 head.
Average price
$122.83
214 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$21.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.89
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2485127.59619145
Medium 2394116.9346143
Medium 3463106.0049126
One grade step is worth $21.60/cwt here — about $128 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 sale214 hd
122.83
—
NC average8 barns · 922 hd
121.93
+0.89
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—High1,49488.931,32917
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22869.6585583
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58063.009951thin
CowsLean 85-90%High87446.2840522

Every lot, as filed

88 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—279166.76/cwt160.00–172.004656
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—534121.46/cwt111.00–132.0064919
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—621122.56/cwt109.00–128.007619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—328137.08/cwt126.00–144.004509
SteersMedium 2—419122.58/cwt116.00–128.005144
SteersMedium 3—405110.00/cwt110.00–110.004461
SteersMedium 2—333120.00/cwt120.00–120.004003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—198144.00/cwt144.00–144.002853
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—735109.66/cwt109.00–110.008063
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—376133.93/cwt121.00–149.0050414
SteersMedium 2—373122.72/cwt116.00–128.004585
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—565126.57/cwt113.00–132.0071520
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—785100.06/cwt90.00–110.007852
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—283136.28/cwt135.00–140.003864
HeifersMedium 2—520109.65/cwt108.00–110.005706
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—99584.00/cwt84.00–84.008361
SteersMedium 3—520106.00/cwt106.00–106.005511
HeifersMedium 2—235121.00/cwt121.00–121.002841
HeifersMedium 2—268123.89/cwt116.00–135.003326
HeifersMedium 2—333118.21/cwt113.00–125.003945
HeifersMedium 2—573110.84/cwt107.00–115.006352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—668118.63/cwt115.00–123.007926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—427131.11/cwt123.00–136.0056020
HeifersMedium 3—515100.00/cwt100.00–100.005152
HeifersMedium 3—473109.38/cwt105.00–117.005176
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—478128.63/cwt123.00–134.0061532
HeifersMedium 2—497110.00/cwt110.00–110.005473
SteersMedium 3—465104.00/cwt104.00–104.004841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—526142.69/cwt130.00–150.007515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—473151.50/cwt143.00–160.0071713
SteersMedium 2—573117.04/cwt116.00–118.006712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—372150.00/cwt136.00–170.0055825
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—190147.00/cwt147.00–147.002791
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—315161.77/cwt140.00–179.0051013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—760105.00/cwt105.00–105.007981
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—225155.29/cwt140.00–162.003497
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—622138.11/cwt129.00–146.008599
SteersMedium 2—495122.00/cwt122.00–122.006041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—719133.30/cwt130.00–135.0095812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—658134.99/cwt129.00–147.008887
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—930104.00/cwt100.00–108.009672
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—424150.52/cwt130.00–166.0063832
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—840128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—566139.72/cwt131.00–147.0079115
Dairy SteersLarge 3—21272.58/cwt68.00–76.001543
Dairy SteersLarge 3—62070.00/cwt70.00–70.004341
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—408174.00/cwt174.00–174.0071020
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—477155.53/cwt149.00–159.0074211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—567128.83/cwt120.00–136.0073016
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—619119.92/cwt110.00–128.0074215
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—714107.08/cwt90.00–116.007659
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—673111.95/cwt102.00–129.007535
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—524130.89/cwt125.00–144.0068623
BullsMedium 3—572102.69/cwt101.00–104.005873
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27271.00/cwt65.00–75.0090341
CowsLean 85-90%—80566.00/cwt66.00–66.005311
CowsLean 85-90%—88841.31/cwt30.00–49.0036715
CowsLean 85-90%—85255.43/cwt50.00–60.004726
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58063.00/cwt63.00–63.009951
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,03658.58/cwt50.00–64.0060721
HeifersMedium 2—371118.20/cwt112.00–124.0043914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—243136.66/cwt134.00–138.003323
HeifersMedium 2—417118.03/cwt111.00–125.004926
HeifersMedium 3—372105.77/cwt99.00–111.003937
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—808102.67/cwt94.00–114.008303
BullsMedium 2—92077.00/cwt77.00–77.007081
BullsMedium 2—78085.48/cwt84.00–87.006672
HeifersMedium 3—417109.03/cwt108.00–110.004553
HeifersMedium 3—285111.00/cwt111.00–111.003161
HeifersMedium 3—576103.03/cwt98.00–106.005937
BullsMedium 2—71594.00/cwt94.00–94.006721
BullsMedium 3—490108.00/cwt108.00–108.005291
BullsMedium 2—473121.37/cwt116.00–127.005745
BullsMedium 3—510110.00/cwt110.00–110.005615
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—473140.86/cwt125.00–150.0066635
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—77396.66/cwt90.00–100.007473
BullsMedium 2—89588.00/cwt88.00–88.007881
BullsMedium 2—588112.00/cwt111.00–114.006593
BullsMedium 2—615100.00/cwt100.00–100.006151
BullsMedium 3—84080.00/cwt80.00–80.006721
BullsMedium 2—514113.79/cwt112.00–117.005859
BullsMedium 2—80089.00/cwt89.00–89.007121
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,200700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,4001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,000750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,5001
Bulls——1,748104.02/cwt101.00–107.001,8184
Bulls——1,64494.78/cwt88.00–100.001,5586
Bulls——1,22175.30/cwt66.00–84.009197
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,33478.09/cwt76.00–86.001,04221

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.