Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Baby calves 10.00 to 50.00 4 head

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.53/cwt on 266 head.

Average price

$118.53

266 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$594

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$21.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.10

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	521	123.35	643	177
Medium 2	442	113.46	501	54
Medium 3	490	101.97	500	35

One grade step is worth $21.38/cwt here — about $143 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 sale266 hd

118.53

—

NC average6 barns · 1,081 hd

115.43

+3.10

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	1,537	85.05	1,308	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,178	59.83	705	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	884	42.15	373	20

Every lot, as filed

82 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 2	—	545	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	621	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	372	107.07/cwt	105.00–110.00	398	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	320	107.49/cwt	100.00–110.00	344	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	384	116.26/cwt	116.00–117.00	446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	127.58/cwt	124.00–130.00	412	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	124.51/cwt	120.00–131.00	655	29
Steers	Medium 3	—	423	104.37/cwt	100.00–110.00	441	6
Steers	Medium 3	—	225	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	239	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	140.45/cwt	130.00–156.00	529	15
Heifers	Medium 3	—	383	109.03/cwt	108.00–110.00	418	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	320	103.09/cwt	100.00–106.00	330	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	114.68/cwt	100.00–120.00	759	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	124.43/cwt	120.00–130.00	704	21
Heifers	Medium 2	—	620	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	95.28/cwt	90.00–99.00	741	7
Heifers	Medium 3	—	576	98.03/cwt	94.00–104.00	565	7
Heifers	Medium 3	—	530	99.14/cwt	94.00–104.00	525	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	122.56/cwt	110.00–128.00	770	37
Heifers	Medium 2	—	422	115.72/cwt	111.00–123.00	488	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	745	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	126.48/cwt	120.00–134.00	539	30
Heifers	Medium 2	—	292	122.69/cwt	113.00–129.00	358	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	422	103.40/cwt	100.00–108.00	436	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	579	109.60/cwt	108.00–110.00	635	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	482	114.17/cwt	111.00–118.00	550	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	220	119.51/cwt	119.00–120.00	263	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	573	112.81/cwt	108.00–116.00	646	17
Steers	Medium 3	—	474	105.04/cwt	100.00–110.00	498	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	515	108.99/cwt	108.00–110.00	561	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	328	114.16/cwt	111.00–120.00	374	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	473	118.46/cwt	117.00–120.00	560	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	326	121.22/cwt	120.00–124.00	395	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	133.05/cwt	124.00–140.00	765	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	284	149.33/cwt	130.00–156.00	424	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	128.44/cwt	120.00–135.00	483	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	126.50/cwt	120.00–134.00	591	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	134.94/cwt	130.00–139.00	580	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	130.59/cwt	120.00–136.00	863	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	585	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	661	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	190	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	258	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	432	116.41/cwt	112.00–126.00	503	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	129.24/cwt	125.00–137.00	657	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	127.11/cwt	120.00–130.00	927	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	265	122.60/cwt	112.00–132.00	325	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	134.84/cwt	126.00–139.00	835	13
Steers	Medium 2	—	372	122.49/cwt	116.00–126.00	456	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	136.47/cwt	131.00–147.00	446	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	135.87/cwt	126.00–144.00	644	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	125.13/cwt	119.00–130.00	718	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	98.50/cwt	92.00–104.00	761	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	109.41/cwt	102.00–122.00	685	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	112.84/cwt	106.00–134.00	757	18
Bulls	Medium 3	—	526	106.27/cwt	101.00–109.00	559	7
Heifers	Medium 3	—	468	106.14/cwt	100.00–110.00	497	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	125.58/cwt	120.00–132.00	599	16
Heifers	Medium 2	—	665	86.62/cwt	81.00–92.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	690	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	618	97.32/cwt	97.00–98.00	601	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	98.97/cwt	93.00–105.00	706	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	125.00/cwt	117.00–130.00	645	15
Bulls	Medium 2	—	473	117.82/cwt	113.00–120.00	557	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	684	94.98/cwt	90.00–97.00	650	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	828	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	568	104.74/cwt	100.00–110.00	595	8
Bulls	Medium 3	—	620	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	496	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	680	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	732	90.03/cwt	86.00–92.00	659	6
Bulls	Medium 3	—	466	104.88/cwt	100.00–110.00	489	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	511	111.99/cwt	109.00–114.00	572	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	8,288	1
Bulls	—	—	1,587	87.04/cwt	74.00–95.00	1,381	11
Bulls	—	—	2,030	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	2,111	1
Bulls	—	—	1,330	76.88/cwt	72.00–82.00	1,023	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,031	52.27/cwt	50.00–54.00	539	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	420	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	892	40.77/cwt	30.00–48.00	364	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	59.90/cwt	55.00–65.00	706	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	68.63/cwt	66.00–73.00	929	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 Oct 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 800Last week 563Year ago 738

Slaughter CattleReceipts 132Last week 108Year ago 112

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Baby calves 10.00 to 50.00 4 head

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	114.00	114.00
2	—	473	117.00–120.00	118.46
5	—	326	120.00–124.00	121.22
1	—	585	113.00	113.00
1	—	190	136.00	136.00
10	—	432	112.00–126.00	116.41
5	—	265	112.00–132.00	122.60
11	—	372	116.00–126.00	122.49
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	105.00–110.00	107.07
5	—	320	100.00–110.00	107.49
6	—	423	100.00–110.00	104.37
1	—	225	106.00	106.00
4	—	474	100.00–110.00	105.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	377	130.00–156.00	140.45
11	—	575	124.00–140.00	133.05
11	—	284	130.00–156.00	149.33
2	—	775	129.00	129.00
18	—	430	130.00–139.00	134.94
7	—	661	120.00–136.00	130.59
8	—	508	125.00–137.00	129.24
4	—	729	120.00–130.00	127.11
13	—	619	126.00–139.00	134.84
11	—	327	131.00–147.00	136.47
16	—	474	126.00–144.00	135.87
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	384	116.00–117.00	116.26
1	—	620	90.00	90.00
19	—	422	111.00–123.00	115.72
3	—	292	113.00–129.00	122.69
5	—	579	108.00–110.00	109.60
12	—	482	111.00–118.00	114.17
2	—	220	119.00–120.00	119.51
2	—	515	108.00–110.00	108.99
4	—	328	111.00–120.00	114.16
2	—	665	81.00–92.00	86.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	323	124.00–130.00	127.58
29	—	526	120.00–131.00	124.51
6	—	662	100.00–120.00	114.68
21	—	566	120.00–130.00	124.43
7	—	778	90.00–99.00	95.28
37	—	628	110.00–128.00	122.56
1	—	745	100.00	100.00
30	—	426	120.00–134.00	126.48
1	—	805	88.00	88.00
18	—	376	120.00–135.00	128.44
18	—	467	120.00–134.00	126.50
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	108.00–110.00	109.03
2	—	320	100.00–106.00	103.09
7	—	576	94.00–104.00	98.03
8	—	530	94.00–104.00	99.14
5	—	422	100.00–108.00	103.40
10	—	468	100.00–110.00	106.14
1	—	690	87.00	87.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	573	108.00–116.00	112.81
3	—	618	97.00–98.00	97.32
6	—	473	113.00–120.00	117.82
4	—	684	90.00–97.00	94.98
6	—	732	86.00–92.00	90.03
5	—	511	109.00–114.00	111.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	574	119.00–130.00	125.13
7	—	773	92.00–104.00	98.50
23	—	626	102.00–122.00	109.41
1	—	855	94.00	94.00
18	—	671	106.00–134.00	112.84
1	—	905	94.00	94.00
16	—	477	120.00–132.00	125.58
7	—	713	93.00–105.00	98.97
15	—	516	117.00–130.00	125.00
1	—	820	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	526	101.00–109.00	106.27
8	—	568	100.00–110.00	104.74
1	—	620	80.00	80.00
1	—	680	87.00	87.00
4	—	466	100.00–110.00	104.88

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	975.00	975.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,587	74.00–95.00	87.04
1	—	2,030	104.00	104.00
5	—	1,330	72.00–82.00	76.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,031	50.00–54.00	52.27
55	—	1,178	55.00–65.00	59.90
9	—	1,354	66.00–73.00	68.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	840	50.00	50.00
17	—	892	30.00–48.00	40.77

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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How it compared 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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Replacement Cattle

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