Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle down 1.00 to 2.00 . Feeder cattle steady to up 1.00 to 2.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 10.00 to 60.00 12 head

4 head of hogs

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.23/cwt on 169 head.

Average price

$141.23

169 head · 473 lb average

Value per head Derived

$668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$363

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

$38.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.51

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	144.34	691	147
Medium 2	443	121.93	541	20
Medium 3	310	106.00	329	2thin

One grade step is worth $38.34/cwt here — about $363 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 sale169 hd

141.23

—

NC average8 barns · 715 hd

141.75

−0.51

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	1,697	96.45	1,637	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,121	70.37	789	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	831	47.41	394	23

Every lot, as filed

72 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
Heifers	Medium 3	—	467	110.46/cwt	104.00–125.00	516	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	570	104.94/cwt	100.00–110.00	598	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	445	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	454	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	310	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	136.10/cwt	127.00–141.00	646	14
Heifers	Medium 2	—	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	655	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	668	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	535	109.88/cwt	109.00–110.00	588	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	88.01/cwt	86.00–90.00	818	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	132.61/cwt	124.00–146.00	568	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	523	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	129.24/cwt	120.00–138.00	679	29
Heifers	Medium 2	—	316	119.63/cwt	112.00–127.00	378	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	372	120.46/cwt	117.00–124.00	448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	123.66/cwt	122.00–125.00	820	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	124.60/cwt	120.00–129.00	770	17
Steers	Medium 2	—	660	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	113.08/cwt	110.00–116.00	820	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	126.01/cwt	116.00–132.00	723	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	134.69/cwt	130.00–143.00	512	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	585	120.40/cwt	118.00–122.00	704	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	149.65/cwt	130.00–156.00	706	19
Steers	Medium 3	—	370	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	139.77/cwt	130.00–148.00	728	13
Steers	Medium 3	—	250	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	101.76/cwt	95.00–105.00	786	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	260	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	338	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	155.34/cwt	140.00–166.00	433	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	133.90/cwt	122.00–143.00	953	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	217	126.46/cwt	120.00–130.00	274	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	333	129.02/cwt	127.00–131.00	430	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	420	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	143.16/cwt	130.00–167.00	537	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	151.45/cwt	131.00–164.00	489	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	106.53/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,143	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	138.46/cwt	130.00–144.00	942	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	145.79/cwt	125.00–149.00	841	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	139.44/cwt	128.00–147.00	852	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	485	121.40/cwt	115.00–131.00	589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	145.20/cwt	130.00–160.00	608	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	135.22/cwt	124.00–143.00	1,061	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	129.32/cwt	125.00–142.00	687	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	106.60/cwt	100.00–109.00	782	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,073	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	128.26/cwt	120.00–138.00	732	21
Bulls	Medium 2Fleshy	—	975	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	780	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	846	54.47/cwt	50.00–62.00	461	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	77.61/cwt	74.00–80.00	931	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	69.87/cwt	65.00–75.00	796	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	998	65.17/cwt	60.00–80.00	650	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	819	41.40/cwt	34.00–48.00	339	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	524	1
Bulls	—	—	1,889	104.49/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,974	7
Bulls	—	—	1,564	93.80/cwt	88.00–98.00	1,467	5
Bulls	—	—	1,358	74.95/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,018	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	13,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	112.29/cwt	102.00–124.00	692	7
Bulls	Medium 3	—	568	103.23/cwt	100.00–110.00	586	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	513	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	564	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	577	115.61/cwt	113.00–117.00	667	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	466	118.93/cwt	114.00–123.00	554	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	718	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	596	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	750	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	625	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	544	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	535	102.04/cwt	100.00–104.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	665	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	665	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	140.27/cwt	125.00–152.00	663	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	112.43/cwt	100.00–128.00	749	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	130.38/cwt	124.00–135.00	433	9

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 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 518Last week 650Year ago 648

Slaughter CattleReceipts 115Last week 145Year ago 106

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 2Year ago 1

Baby calves 10.00 to 60.00 12 head

4 head of hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	467	104.00–125.00	110.46
3	—	570	100.00–110.00	104.94
1	—	445	102.00	102.00
1	—	310	105.00	105.00
1	—	655	102.00	102.00
1	—	625	87.00	87.00
2	—	535	100.00–104.00	102.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	135.00	135.00
14	—	475	127.00–141.00	136.10
2	—	930	86.00–90.00	88.01
9	—	428	124.00–146.00	132.61
29	—	525	120.00–138.00	129.24
3	—	663	122.00–125.00	123.66
17	—	618	120.00–129.00	124.60
2	—	725	110.00–116.00	113.08
1	—	810	96.00	96.00
25	—	574	116.00–132.00	126.01
7	—	380	130.00–143.00	134.69
3	—	772	95.00–105.00	101.76
9	—	332	124.00–135.00	130.38
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	110.00	110.00
8	—	535	109.00–110.00	109.88
4	—	316	112.00–127.00	119.63
3	—	372	117.00–124.00	120.46
1	—	750	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	111.00	111.00
1	—	660	118.00	118.00
5	—	585	118.00–122.00	120.40
2	—	260	130.00	130.00
3	—	217	120.00–130.00	126.46
2	—	333	127.00–131.00	129.02
1	—	420	124.00	124.00
3	—	485	115.00–131.00	121.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	472	130.00–156.00	149.65
13	—	521	130.00–148.00	139.77
6	—	279	140.00–166.00	155.34
6	—	712	122.00–143.00	133.90
20	—	375	130.00–167.00	143.16
12	—	323	131.00–164.00	151.45
2	—	1,073	105.00–108.00	106.53
3	—	680	130.00–144.00	138.46
17	—	577	125.00–149.00	145.79
7	—	611	128.00–147.00	139.44
38	—	419	130.00–160.00	145.20
4	—	785	124.00–143.00	135.22
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	102.00	102.00
1	—	250	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	531	125.00–142.00	129.32
1	—	860	95.00	95.00
7	—	734	100.00–109.00	106.60
1	—	750	143.00	143.00
21	—	571	120.00–138.00	128.26
7	—	616	102.00–124.00	112.29
20	—	473	125.00–152.00	140.27
10	—	666	100.00–128.00	112.43
Bulls — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	100.00–110.00	103.23
2	—	513	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	577	113.00–117.00	115.61
4	—	466	114.00–123.00	118.93
2	—	718	83.00	83.00
2	—	665	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	846	50.00–62.00	54.47
13	—	819	34.00–48.00	41.40
1	—	845	62.00	62.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,200	74.00–80.00	77.61
30	—	1,139	65.00–75.00	69.87
11	—	998	60.00–80.00	65.17
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,889	100.00–106.00	104.49
5	—	1,564	88.00–98.00	93.80
2	—	1,358	70.00–80.00	74.95

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	1	—	1,300	1,000.00	1,000.00

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) - Siler City, NC

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