Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were steady to up 1.00 to 5.00 . Demand was good ;market activity and buyer interest were active . Offerings moderate with quality average .

12 head of hogs

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.41/cwt on 213 head.

Average price

$120.41

213 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$17.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.18

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	123.31	643	159
Medium 2	422	115.66	488	34
Medium 3	442	105.46	466	20

One grade step is worth $17.85/cwt here — about $177 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

120.41

—

NC average6 barns · 709 hd

115.23

+5.18

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	—	Low	1,620	82.85	1,342	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,243	57.70	717	77
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	961	44.99	432	11

Every lot, as filed

84 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
Bulls	Medium 2	—	620	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	558	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	470	116.81/cwt	110.00–122.00	549	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	143.30/cwt	134.00–153.00	755	12
Steers	Medium 3	—	323	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	323	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	125.04/cwt	124.00–130.00	469	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	115.13/cwt	110.00–122.00	831	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	124.84/cwt	120.00–129.00	529	14
Heifers	Medium 2	—	640	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	877	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	715	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	644	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	273	125.94/cwt	124.00–128.00	344	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	112.54/cwt	106.00–119.00	850	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	124.84/cwt	120.00–130.00	589	31
Steers	Medium 3	—	220	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	127.63/cwt	124.00–130.00	408	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	323	118.32/cwt	116.00–122.00	382	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	376	117.68/cwt	111.00–124.00	442	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	120.74/cwt	112.00–132.00	631	28
Heifers	Medium 3	—	468	107.97/cwt	104.00–110.00	505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	122.13/cwt	110.00–130.00	761	16
Heifers	Medium 2	—	428	116.71/cwt	116.00–119.00	500	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	275	124.22/cwt	120.00–128.00	342	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	389	106.53/cwt	100.00–110.00	414	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	125.55/cwt	114.00–130.00	722	25
Heifers	Medium 2	—	533	108.33/cwt	105.00–110.00	577	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	121.29/cwt	118.00–128.00	802	11
Heifers	Medium 3	—	320	105.50/cwt	103.00–108.00	338	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	405	105.99/cwt	103.00–110.00	429	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	471	116.64/cwt	114.00–120.00	549	9
Heifers	Medium 3	—	521	104.02/cwt	102.00–106.00	542	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	93.51/cwt	88.00–98.00	767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	142.83/cwt	129.00–155.00	460	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	259	134.34/cwt	132.00–135.00	348	5
Steers	Medium 3	—	479	105.64/cwt	100.00–110.00	506	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	425	105.66/cwt	101.00–110.00	449	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	380	112.50/cwt	108.00–117.00	428	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,210	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	381	123.54/cwt	120.00–128.00	471	7
Steers	Medium 3	—	570	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	593	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	323	120.98/cwt	120.00–122.00	391	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	140.66/cwt	133.00–147.00	667	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	126.71/cwt	120.00–134.00	973	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	144.04/cwt	142.00–146.00	883	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	139.54/cwt	125.00–156.00	585	29
Steers	Medium 2	—	424	118.86/cwt	115.00–122.00	504	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	269	150.60/cwt	134.00–154.00	405	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	143.88/cwt	130.00–155.00	538	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,463	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,419	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	230	115.91/cwt	112.00–120.00	267	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	525	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	599	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	355	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	284	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	465	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	130.27/cwt	123.00–145.00	727	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	134.78/cwt	120.00–141.00	895	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	122.36/cwt	116.00–135.00	640	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	112.99/cwt	107.00–124.00	715	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	110.48/cwt	110.00–114.00	760	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	91.83/cwt	84.00–100.00	807	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	96.50/cwt	92.00–101.00	975	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	95.79/cwt	84.00–104.00	743	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	131.88/cwt	120.00–140.00	634	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	854	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	101.33/cwt	100.00–103.00	728	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	215	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	234	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	675	96.37/cwt	95.00–98.00	650	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	121.79/cwt	116.00–127.00	702	9
Bulls	Medium 3	—	577	107.19/cwt	100.00–110.00	618	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	890	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	712	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	578	112.75/cwt	108.00–114.00	652	9
Heifers	Medium 3	—	575	101.70/cwt	100.00–104.00	585	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	81.01/cwt	80.00–82.00	871	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	531	103.70/cwt	98.00–110.00	551	8
Bulls	Medium 2	—	522	111.32/cwt	110.00–114.00	581	6
Bulls	Medium 3	—	478	108.31/cwt	104.00–110.00	518	6
Bulls	—	—	1,142	72.52/cwt	70.00–77.00	828	3
Bulls	—	—	1,859	88.02/cwt	84.00–92.00	1,636	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,067	52.39/cwt	41.00–54.00	559	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	815	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	58.66/cwt	55.00–64.00	751	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	906	51.65/cwt	50.00–54.00	468	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	992	41.19/cwt	34.00–46.00	409	7

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 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 671Last week 800Year ago 668

Slaughter CattleReceipts 120Last week 132Year ago 127

12 head of hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	90.00	90.00
11	—	470	110.00–122.00	116.81
3	—	675	95.00–98.00	96.37
1	—	890	80.00	80.00
9	—	578	108.00–114.00	112.75
6	—	522	110.00–114.00	111.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	820	88.00–98.00	93.51
22	—	523	116.00–135.00	122.36
20	—	633	107.00–124.00	112.99
8	—	688	110.00–114.00	110.48
5	—	879	84.00–100.00	91.83
2	—	1,010	92.00–101.00	96.50
8	—	776	84.00–104.00	95.79
11	—	481	120.00–140.00	131.88
1	—	970	88.00	88.00
3	—	718	100.00–103.00	101.33
9	—	576	116.00–127.00	121.79
2	—	1,075	80.00–82.00	81.01
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	577	100.00–110.00	107.19
8	—	531	98.00–110.00	103.70
6	—	478	104.00–110.00	108.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	527	134.00–153.00	143.30
23	—	322	129.00–155.00	142.83
1	—	1,120	108.00	108.00
6	—	474	133.00–147.00	140.66
3	—	768	120.00–134.00	126.71
2	—	613	142.00–146.00	144.04
29	—	419	125.00–156.00	139.54
7	—	269	134.00–154.00	150.60
25	—	374	130.00–155.00	143.88
2	—	1,463	97.00	97.00
15	—	558	123.00–145.00	130.27
1	—	725	134.00	134.00
7	—	664	120.00–141.00	134.78
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	100.00	100.00
1	—	220	108.00	108.00
4	—	479	100.00–110.00	105.64
2	—	425	101.00–110.00	105.66
2	—	380	108.00–117.00	112.50
1	—	570	104.00	104.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	273	124.00–128.00	125.94
7	—	381	120.00–128.00	123.54
2	—	323	120.00–122.00	120.98
11	—	424	115.00–122.00	118.86
2	—	230	112.00–120.00	115.91
1	—	525	114.00	114.00
2	—	555	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	375	124.00–130.00	125.04
8	—	722	110.00–122.00	115.13
14	—	424	120.00–129.00	124.84
1	—	805	109.00	109.00
2	—	755	106.00–119.00	112.54
31	—	472	120.00–130.00	124.84
11	—	320	124.00–130.00	127.63
1	—	880	100.00	100.00
28	—	523	112.00–132.00	120.74
16	—	623	110.00–130.00	122.13
25	—	575	114.00–130.00	125.55
11	—	661	118.00–128.00	121.29
5	—	259	132.00–135.00	134.34
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	90.00	90.00
1	—	715	90.00	90.00
3	—	323	116.00–122.00	118.32
9	—	376	111.00–124.00	117.68
4	—	428	116.00–119.00	116.71
4	—	275	120.00–128.00	124.22
3	—	533	105.00–110.00	108.33
9	—	471	114.00–120.00	116.64
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	104.00–110.00	107.97
4	—	389	100.00–110.00	106.53
2	—	320	103.00–108.00	105.50
3	—	405	103.00–110.00	105.99
4	—	521	102.00–106.00	104.02
1	—	215	109.00	109.00
3	—	575	100.00–104.00	101.70
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	80.00	80.00
1	—	465	72.00	72.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,142	70.00–77.00	72.52
6	—	1,859	84.00–92.00	88.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,067	41.00–54.00	52.39
1	—	1,235	66.00	66.00
63	—	1,280	55.00–64.00	58.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	906	50.00–54.00	51.65
7	—	992	34.00–46.00	41.19

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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