Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were up 1.00 to 2.00 compared to last week . Feeder cattle were steady this week compared to last . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality plain to average .

Baby calves 5.00 to 85.00 36 head

2 head of hogs

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.84/cwt on 202 head.

Average price

$118.84

202 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$583

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$284

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

$24.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.01

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	513	122.41	627	146
Medium 2	425	113.19	481	34
Medium 3	456	104.53	477	20
Small 3	353	97.50	344	2thin

One grade step is worth $24.91/cwt here — about $284 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 sale202 hd

118.84

—

NC average8 barns · 1,130 hd

110.83

+8.01

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	1,550	87.90	1,363	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,270	60.42	767	96
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	2,135	58.01	1,239	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	972	43.50	423	8thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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 and Large 1-2	—	376	128.13/cwt	125.00–130.00	482	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	538	109.49/cwt	109.00–110.00	589	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	115.63/cwt	100.00–127.00	715	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	114.33/cwt	100.00–120.00	766	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	423	115.29/cwt	113.00–119.00	488	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	377	104.87/cwt	100.00–110.00	395	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	124.85/cwt	120.00–128.00	601	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	120.81/cwt	112.00–130.00	633	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	123.65/cwt	116.00–128.00	704	31
Heifers	Medium 2	—	575	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	621	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	568	113.52/cwt	110.00–117.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	483	114.26/cwt	110.00–116.00	552	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	327	113.89/cwt	110.00–120.00	372	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	277	119.88/cwt	115.00–125.00	332	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	438	113.20/cwt	110.00–114.00	496	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	124.40/cwt	120.00–131.00	403	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	390	114.00/cwt	110.00–120.00	445	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	821	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	481	104.22/cwt	100.00–110.00	501	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	320	105.31/cwt	100.00–110.00	337	2
Heifers	Small 3	—	265	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	257	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	125.89/cwt	120.00–131.00	541	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	692	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	670	95.21/cwt	92.00–99.00	638	5
Heifers	Small 3	—	440	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	585	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	614	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	387	118.97/cwt	116.00–125.00	460	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	137.68/cwt	128.00–153.00	512	25
Steers	Medium 3	—	527	103.34/cwt	100.00–105.00	545	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	220	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	220	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	472	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	510	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	135.83/cwt	122.00–144.00	700	22
Steers	Medium 2	—	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	122.21/cwt	113.00–128.00	874	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	323	120.88/cwt	116.00–126.00	390	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	285	124.11/cwt	121.00–127.00	354	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	416	103.68/cwt	100.00–110.00	431	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	134.99/cwt	128.00–140.00	450	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	382	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	138.38/cwt	125.00–147.00	780	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	136.86/cwt	130.00–145.00	632	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	124.80/cwt	110.00–140.00	784	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	630	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	134.40/cwt	115.00–141.00	880	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	133.34/cwt	122.00–149.00	565	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	126.92/cwt	123.00–128.00	726	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	112.04/cwt	100.00–122.00	688	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	106.25/cwt	100.00–111.00	708	8
Bulls	Medium 3	—	668	84.03/cwt	81.00–87.00	561	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	570	103.23/cwt	96.00–107.00	588	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	41.33/cwt	34.00–47.00	407	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	467	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	380	105.00/cwt	100.00–110.00	399	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	690	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	628	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	790	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	664	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	550	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	506	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	778	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	529	102.82/cwt	100.00–105.00	544	5
Heifers	Medium 3	—	428	105.67/cwt	100.00–109.00	452	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	125.46/cwt	120.00–130.00	654	15
Bulls	Medium 3	—	645	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	516	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	466	114.87/cwt	110.00–120.00	535	8
Bulls	Small 3	—	470	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	423	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	615	96.46/cwt	94.00–99.00	593	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	569	111.22/cwt	110.00–115.00	633	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	463	104.10/cwt	100.00–110.00	482	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	528	101.45/cwt	100.00–106.00	536	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	965	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	782	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	525	113.54/cwt	110.00–116.00	596	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	129.91/cwt	120.00–141.00	621	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,250	1
Bulls	—	—	1,694	92.79/cwt	86.00–99.00	1,572	10
Bulls	—	—	1,927	101.70/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,960	3
Bulls	—	—	1,123	72.86/cwt	69.00–78.00	818	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	53.07/cwt	49.00–66.00	584	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	61.62/cwt	56.00–66.00	802	69
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,449	69.54/cwt	67.00–76.00	1,008	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	2,135	58.01/cwt	56.00–60.00	1,239	2

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 Nov 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 710Last week 517Year ago 626

Slaughter CattleReceipts 142Last week 100Year ago 157

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 1

Baby calves 5.00 to 85.00 36 head

2 head of hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	376	125.00–130.00	128.13
17	—	618	100.00–127.00	115.63
11	—	670	100.00–120.00	114.33
13	—	481	120.00–128.00	124.85
18	—	524	112.00–130.00	120.81
31	—	569	116.00–128.00	123.65
1	—	760	96.00	96.00
6	—	324	120.00–131.00	124.40
1	—	720	114.00	114.00
40	—	430	120.00–131.00	125.89
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	538	109.00–110.00	109.49
1	—	575	108.00	108.00
4	—	483	110.00–116.00	114.26
5	—	327	110.00–120.00	113.89
7	—	277	115.00–125.00	119.88
5	—	438	110.00–114.00	113.20
3	—	390	110.00–120.00	114.00
1	—	690	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	481	100.00–110.00	104.22
2	—	320	100.00–110.00	105.31
1	—	585	105.00	105.00
2	—	380	100.00–110.00	105.00
5	—	529	100.00–105.00	102.82
6	—	428	100.00–109.00	105.67
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	97.00	97.00
1	—	440	98.00	98.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	113.00–119.00	115.29
2	—	568	110.00–117.00	113.52
6	—	387	116.00–125.00	118.97
1	—	455	120.00	120.00
1	—	530	110.00	110.00
2	—	323	116.00–126.00	120.88
2	—	285	121.00–127.00	124.11
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	100.00–110.00	104.87
3	—	527	100.00–105.00	103.34
1	—	220	100.00	100.00
3	—	472	108.00	108.00
7	—	416	100.00–110.00	103.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	372	128.00–153.00	137.68
22	—	515	122.00–144.00	135.83
8	—	715	113.00–128.00	122.21
1	—	790	103.00	103.00
9	—	333	128.00–140.00	134.99
1	—	970	116.00	116.00
1	—	275	139.00	139.00
14	—	564	125.00–147.00	138.38
13	—	462	130.00–145.00	136.86
6	—	628	110.00–140.00	124.80
4	—	655	115.00–141.00	134.40
23	—	424	122.00–149.00	133.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	86.00	86.00
1	—	855	89.00	89.00
14	—	572	123.00–128.00	126.92
22	—	614	100.00–122.00	112.04
8	—	666	100.00–111.00	106.25
1	—	915	85.00	85.00
1	—	705	100.00	100.00
15	—	521	120.00–130.00	125.46
1	—	750	94.00	94.00
15	—	478	120.00–141.00	129.91
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	670	92.00–99.00	95.21
1	—	790	84.00	84.00
8	—	466	110.00–120.00	114.87
2	—	615	94.00–99.00	96.46
4	—	569	110.00–115.00	111.22
1	—	965	81.00	81.00
8	—	525	110.00–116.00	113.54
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	81.00–87.00	84.03
7	—	570	96.00–107.00	103.23
1	—	645	80.00	80.00
3	—	463	100.00–110.00	104.10
4	—	528	100.00–106.00	101.45
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	92.00	92.00
1	—	470	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	985	34.00–47.00	41.33
2	—	933	50.00	50.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,100	49.00–66.00	53.07
69	—	1,301	56.00–66.00	61.62
7	—	1,449	67.00–76.00	69.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,135	56.00–60.00	58.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,694	86.00–99.00	92.79
3	—	1,927	100.00–105.00	101.70
6	—	1,123	69.00–78.00	72.86

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	—	1,000	725.00	725.00

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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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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