Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle down 2.00 to 3.00 compared to last week . Feeder cattle steady to down 3.00 to 5.00 this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average.

Baby calves 20.00 to 90.00 20 head

5 head of hogs

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.30/cwt on 213 head.

Average price

$119.30

213 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$22.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.36

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	534	126.68	677	133
Medium 2	436	114.12	497	25
Medium 3	424	103.80	441	55

One grade step is worth $22.88/cwt here — about $236 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 sale213 hd

119.30

—

NC average7 barns · 935 hd

116.94

+2.36

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	1,670	88.79	1,483	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	63.97	774	84
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	902	46.50	419	12

Every lot, as filed

96 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
Steers	Medium 3	—	570	109.67/cwt	109.00–110.00	625	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	538	116.01/cwt	115.00–117.00	624	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	375	124.50/cwt	122.00–128.00	467	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	313	121.76/cwt	114.00–126.00	381	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	119.49/cwt	110.00–125.00	795	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	130.81/cwt	123.00–135.00	742	13
Steers	Medium 3	—	455	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	455	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	520	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	608	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	268	105.83/cwt	100.00–112.00	284	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	330	107.21/cwt	104.00–111.00	354	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	130.77/cwt	130.00–134.00	479	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	113.15/cwt	105.00–114.00	841	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	123.50/cwt	115.00–131.00	651	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	130.66/cwt	121.00–145.00	555	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	284	143.86/cwt	134.00–161.00	409	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	129.78/cwt	121.00–134.00	439	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	469	114.98/cwt	112.00–119.00	539	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	124.88/cwt	110.00–134.00	771	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	131.92/cwt	120.00–138.00	624	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	896	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	295	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	348	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	535	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	103.98/cwt	100.00–109.00	793	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	375	120.13/cwt	117.00–124.00	450	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	705	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	426	116.79/cwt	111.00–120.00	498	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	755	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	315	101.23/cwt	100.00–110.00	319	8
Heifers	Medium 3	—	605	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	484	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	430	107.47/cwt	106.00–109.00	462	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	390	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	131.19/cwt	122.00–141.00	820	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	573	113.49/cwt	113.00–114.00	650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	142.36/cwt	130.00–155.00	525	18
Steers	Medium 2	—	265	118.12/cwt	114.00–130.00	313	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	220	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	275	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	422	118.01/cwt	111.00–125.00	498	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	135.18/cwt	125.00–148.00	711	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	125.42/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,021	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	131.54/cwt	115.00–136.00	947	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	135.59/cwt	121.00–142.00	896	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	136.73/cwt	130.00–144.00	797	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	145.33/cwt	135.00–157.00	676	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	142.59/cwt	134.00–158.00	602	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	291	152.79/cwt	144.00–162.00	445	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	151.57/cwt	133.00–163.00	496	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	128.97/cwt	120.00–134.00	997	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	954	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	343	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	203	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	203	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	595	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	405	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	265	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	212	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	338	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	304	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	108.05/cwt	100.00–119.00	676	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	133.85/cwt	121.00–147.00	625	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	106.76/cwt	100.00–114.00	724	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	102.36/cwt	93.00–112.00	782	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	65.79/cwt	61.00–69.00	816	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	952	44.88/cwt	40.00–50.00	427	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	752	51.37/cwt	51.00–52.00	386	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,122	57.21/cwt	52.00–60.00	642	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	72.17/cwt	70.00–78.00	924	11
Bulls	—	—	1,849	100.52/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,859	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	700	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	223	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	223	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	259	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	259	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	329	117.25/cwt	114.00–120.00	386	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	630	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	617	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	525	104.46/cwt	100.00–106.00	548	9
Heifers	Medium 3	—	472	108.06/cwt	103.00–110.00	510	18
Heifers	Medium 3	—	570	101.96/cwt	100.00–104.00	581	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	385	106.73/cwt	103.00–110.00	411	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	423	107.03/cwt	102.00–110.00	453	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	650	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	90.66/cwt	90.00–92.00	789	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	100.68/cwt	92.00–106.00	718	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	123.08/cwt	117.00–130.00	703	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	127.20/cwt	120.00–142.00	659	21
Bulls	Medium 2	—	820	86.02/cwt	85.00–87.00	705	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	605	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	484	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	476	115.96/cwt	111.00–124.00	552	11
Bulls	Medium 2	—	740	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	765	83.02/cwt	80.00–86.00	635	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	523	109.02/cwt	108.00–110.00	570	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	523	113.94/cwt	110.00–117.00	596	5
Bulls	Medium 3	—	870	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	609	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	465	105.16/cwt	100.00–110.00	489	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	563	113.27/cwt	110.00–117.00	638	11
Bulls	Medium 2	—	650	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	880	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	739	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	573	106.69/cwt	98.00–110.00	611	12
Bulls	—	—	1,300	71.66/cwt	64.00–80.00	932	6
Bulls	—	—	1,778	92.78/cwt	86.00–99.00	1,650	14

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 Sep 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 712Last week 640Year ago 809

Slaughter CattleReceipts 139Last week 204Year ago 79

Baby calves 20.00 to 90.00 20 head

5 head of hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	109.00–110.00	109.67
1	—	455	100.00	100.00
1	—	520	117.00	117.00
2	—	268	100.00–112.00	105.83
4	—	330	104.00–111.00	107.21
2	—	430	106.00–109.00	107.47
1	—	390	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	115.00–117.00	116.01
4	—	375	122.00–128.00	124.50
6	—	313	114.00–126.00	121.76
2	—	573	113.00–114.00	113.49
8	—	265	114.00–130.00	118.12
1	—	220	125.00	125.00
9	—	422	111.00–125.00	118.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	625	122.00–141.00	131.19
18	—	369	130.00–155.00	142.36
9	—	526	125.00–148.00	135.18
29	—	814	125.00–128.00	125.42
7	—	720	115.00–136.00	131.54
7	—	661	121.00–142.00	135.59
6	—	583	130.00–144.00	136.73
17	—	465	135.00–157.00	145.33
19	—	422	134.00–158.00	142.59
4	—	291	144.00–162.00	152.79
13	—	327	133.00–163.00	151.57
12	—	773	120.00–134.00	128.97
1	—	875	109.00	109.00
1	—	245	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	665	110.00–125.00	119.49
13	—	567	123.00–135.00	130.81
5	—	366	130.00–134.00	130.77
10	—	743	105.00–114.00	113.15
15	—	527	115.00–131.00	123.50
17	—	425	121.00–145.00	130.66
4	—	284	134.00–161.00	143.86
4	—	338	121.00–134.00	129.78
17	—	617	110.00–134.00	124.88
32	—	473	120.00–138.00	131.92
2	—	800	112.00	112.00
3	—	763	100.00–109.00	103.98
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	469	112.00–119.00	114.98
1	—	295	118.00	118.00
1	—	535	107.00	107.00
5	—	375	117.00–124.00	120.13
1	—	560	110.00	110.00
1	—	705	84.00	84.00
4	—	426	111.00–120.00	116.79
1	—	755	90.00	90.00
5	—	329	114.00–120.00	117.25
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	315	100.00–110.00	101.23
1	—	605	80.00	80.00
1	—	700	75.00	75.00
4	—	223	100.00	100.00
4	—	259	100.00	100.00
9	—	525	100.00–106.00	104.46
18	—	472	103.00–110.00	108.06
2	—	570	100.00–104.00	101.96
4	—	385	103.00–110.00	106.73
4	—	423	102.00–110.00	107.03
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	203	100.00	100.00
1	—	595	68.00	68.00
1	—	265	80.00	80.00
2	—	338	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	92.00	92.00
1	—	845	95.00	95.00
16	—	626	100.00–119.00	108.05
12	—	467	121.00–147.00	133.85
10	—	678	100.00–114.00	106.76
5	—	764	93.00–112.00	102.36
3	—	870	90.00–92.00	90.66
13	—	713	92.00–106.00	100.68
15	—	571	117.00–130.00	123.08
21	—	518	120.00–142.00	127.20
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	98.00	98.00
2	—	820	85.00–87.00	86.02
11	—	476	111.00–124.00	115.96
1	—	740	80.00	80.00
2	—	765	80.00–86.00	83.02
5	—	523	110.00–117.00	113.94
11	—	563	110.00–117.00	113.27
1	—	650	93.00	93.00
1	—	880	84.00	84.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	88.00	88.00
1	—	605	80.00	80.00
2	—	523	108.00–110.00	109.02
1	—	870	70.00	70.00
2	—	465	100.00–110.00	105.16
12	—	573	98.00–110.00	106.69

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,241	61.00–69.00	65.79
26	—	1,122	52.00–60.00	57.21
11	—	1,281	70.00–78.00	72.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	952	40.00–50.00	44.88
3	—	752	51.00–52.00	51.37
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,849	100.00–101.00	100.52
6	—	1,300	64.00–80.00	71.66
14	—	1,778	86.00–99.00	92.78

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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