Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle down 4.00 to 6.00 compared to last week . Feeder cattle steady to up 1.00 to 3.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 40.00 to 75.00 8 head

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.79/cwt on 207 head.

Average price

$120.79

207 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$362

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

$33.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.59

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	522	125.63	656	154
Medium 2	439	111.56	489	21
Medium 3	438	105.17	461	28
Small 3	318	92.50	294	4thin

One grade step is worth $33.13/cwt here — about $362 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

120.79

—

NC average8 barns · 1,214 hd

115.21

+5.59

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	—	Average	1,480	86.12	1,275	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,169	59.55	696	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	860	44.25	380	33

Every lot, as filed

97 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	—	368	105.74/cwt	100.00–110.00	389	6
Steers	Small 3	—	435	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	392	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	139.11/cwt	130.00–153.00	458	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	130.42/cwt	121.00–135.00	484	18
Steers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	380	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	471	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	136.72/cwt	122.00–142.00	845	8
Steers	Small 3	—	583	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	525	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	280	106.33/cwt	100.00–110.00	298	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	127.08/cwt	116.00–130.00	839	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	137.89/cwt	133.00–144.00	383	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	128.24/cwt	120.00–136.00	613	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	125.25/cwt	114.00–130.00	654	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	91.96/cwt	90.00–96.00	749	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	615	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	255	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	306	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	103.07/cwt	100.00–114.00	750	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	108.79/cwt	98.00–115.00	836	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	125.51/cwt	114.00–135.00	723	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	124.87/cwt	110.00–129.00	787	18
Heifers	Medium 2	—	238	122.58/cwt	120.00–125.00	292	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	560	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	830	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	664	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	285	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	268	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	695	92.00/cwt	90.00–94.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	370	120.55/cwt	117.00–125.00	446	4
Heifers	Small 3	—	320	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	288	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	235	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	226	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	430	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	387	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	419	103.17/cwt	100.00–110.00	432	9
Steers	Medium 3	—	308	105.37/cwt	100.00–110.00	325	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	538	105.07/cwt	100.00–110.00	565	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	225	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	279	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	109.31/cwt	107.00–116.00	836	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,145	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	420	120.18/cwt	111.00–124.00	505	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	305	111.50/cwt	111.00–112.00	340	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	480	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,096	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	130.36/cwt	120.00–134.00	739	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	379	119.07/cwt	113.00–124.00	451	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	142.85/cwt	140.00–150.00	321	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	136.86/cwt	130.00–150.00	710	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	133.96/cwt	125.00–140.00	568	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	151.96/cwt	130.00–168.00	489	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	139.02/cwt	130.00–147.00	669	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	129.60/cwt	128.00–132.00	896	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	266	155.76/cwt	141.00–167.00	414	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	121.47/cwt	110.00–134.00	878	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	805	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	749	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	905	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	796	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	865	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	744	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	965	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	154.08/cwt	140.00–166.00	578	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	119.34/cwt	115.00–130.00	683	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	133.38/cwt	124.00–147.00	634	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	98.68/cwt	90.00–103.00	704	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	102.65/cwt	99.00–106.00	691	6
Bulls	Medium 3	—	560	103.90/cwt	100.00–108.00	582	9
Bulls	Medium 3	—	522	108.40/cwt	100.00–111.00	566	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	579	112.64/cwt	110.00–115.00	652	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	858	42.46/cwt	30.00–49.00	364	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,032	52.12/cwt	50.00–54.00	538	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	435	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	483	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	318	115.73/cwt	113.00–120.00	368	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	128.76/cwt	120.00–136.00	542	17
Heifers	Medium 3	—	419	104.37/cwt	100.00–110.00	437	8
Heifers	Medium 3	—	562	106.35/cwt	104.00–109.00	598	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	330	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	350	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	475	115.74/cwt	113.00–118.00	550	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	513	104.49/cwt	104.00–106.00	536	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	893	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	732	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	108.70/cwt	104.00–114.00	672	19
Heifers	Medium 3	—	373	107.98/cwt	106.00–110.00	403	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	465	102.49/cwt	100.00–105.00	477	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	280	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	308	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	663	92.94/cwt	90.00–96.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	915	83.48/cwt	82.00–85.00	764	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	600	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	99.03/cwt	94.00–104.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	124.22/cwt	120.00–134.00	637	27
Bulls	Medium 2	—	712	87.25/cwt	82.00–90.00	621	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	465	103.59/cwt	100.00–110.00	482	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	440	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	458	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	690	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	770	88.97/cwt	86.00–90.00	685	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	521	111.26/cwt	104.00–116.00	580	8
Bulls	Medium 2	—	462	117.40/cwt	110.00–123.00	542	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,500	1
Bulls	—	—	1,714	89.54/cwt	81.00–95.00	1,535	10
Bulls	—	—	1,146	81.23/cwt	75.00–84.00	931	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	59.42/cwt	55.00–64.00	678	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	52.31/cwt	50.00–58.00	454	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	66.16/cwt	65.00–67.00	906	12

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 Oct 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 750Last week 712Year ago 1,083

Slaughter CattleReceipts 142Last week 139Year ago 118

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Baby calves 40.00 to 75.00 8 head

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	368	100.00–110.00	105.74
3	—	280	100.00–110.00	106.33
9	—	419	100.00–110.00	103.17
3	—	308	100.00–110.00	105.37
2	—	538	100.00–110.00	105.07
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	90.00	90.00
2	—	583	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	120.00	120.00
1	—	225	124.00	124.00
11	—	420	111.00–124.00	120.18
2	—	305	111.00–112.00	111.50
1	—	480	118.00	118.00
9	—	379	113.00–124.00	119.07
Steers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	618	122.00–142.00	136.72
4	—	765	107.00–116.00	109.31
1	—	1,060	108.00	108.00
3	—	818	134.00	134.00
6	—	567	120.00–134.00	130.36
1	—	960	125.00	125.00
6	—	225	140.00–150.00	142.85
8	—	519	130.00–150.00	136.86
15	—	424	125.00–140.00	133.96
11	—	322	130.00–168.00	151.96
12	—	481	130.00–147.00	139.02
5	—	691	128.00–132.00	129.60
5	—	266	141.00–167.00	155.76
6	—	723	110.00–134.00	121.47
27	—	375	140.00–166.00	154.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	329	130.00–153.00	139.11
18	—	371	121.00–135.00	130.42
11	—	660	116.00–130.00	127.08
1	—	240	130.00	130.00
3	—	278	133.00–144.00	137.89
18	—	478	120.00–136.00	128.24
19	—	522	114.00–130.00	125.25
3	—	815	90.00–96.00	91.96
8	—	728	100.00–114.00	103.07
6	—	768	98.00–115.00	108.79
20	—	576	114.00–135.00	125.51
18	—	630	110.00–129.00	124.87
17	—	421	120.00–136.00	128.76
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	90.00	90.00
2	—	255	120.00	120.00
2	—	238	120.00–125.00	122.58
1	—	535	110.00	110.00
1	—	560	106.00	106.00
1	—	830	80.00	80.00
2	—	695	90.00–94.00	92.00
4	—	370	117.00–125.00	120.55
1	—	435	111.00	111.00
3	—	318	113.00–120.00	115.73
3	—	475	113.00–118.00	115.74
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	94.00	94.00
1	—	320	90.00	90.00
1	—	235	96.00	96.00
1	—	430	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	419	100.00–110.00	104.37
3	—	562	104.00–109.00	106.35
1	—	330	106.00	106.00
4	—	513	104.00–106.00	104.49
4	—	373	106.00–110.00	107.98
6	—	465	100.00–105.00	102.49
2	—	280	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	93.00	93.00
1	—	905	88.00	88.00
1	—	865	86.00	86.00
1	—	965	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	572	115.00–130.00	119.34
17	—	475	124.00–147.00	133.38
6	—	713	90.00–103.00	98.68
6	—	673	99.00–106.00	102.65
19	—	618	104.00–114.00	108.70
2	—	830	94.00–104.00	99.03
27	—	513	120.00–134.00	124.22
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	560	100.00–108.00	103.90
6	—	522	100.00–111.00	108.40
3	—	465	100.00–110.00	103.59
1	—	440	104.00	104.00
1	—	690	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	579	110.00–115.00	112.64
3	—	893	82.00	82.00
2	—	663	90.00–96.00	92.94
2	—	915	82.00–85.00	83.48
1	—	600	96.00	96.00
3	—	712	82.00–90.00	87.25
4	—	770	86.00–90.00	88.97
8	—	521	104.00–116.00	111.26
13	—	462	110.00–123.00	117.40

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	858	30.00–49.00	42.46
6	—	868	50.00–58.00	52.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,032	50.00–54.00	52.12
37	—	1,141	55.00–64.00	59.42
12	—	1,370	65.00–67.00	66.16
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,714	81.00–95.00	89.54
7	—	1,146	75.00–84.00	81.23

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	—	1,000	750.00	750.00

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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