Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady to down 1.00 compared to last week. Feeder cattle steady to down 2.00 to 3.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings heavy with quality plain to average .

Baby calves 20.00 to 65.00 27 head

9 head of hogs

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.98/cwt on 288 head.

Average price

$111.98

288 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$550

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$352

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

$20.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.52

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	543	115.07	625	166
Medium 2	458	112.02	513	59
Medium 3	391	104.26	407	60
Small 3	287	95.00	273	3thin

One grade step is worth $20.07/cwt here — about $352 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 sale288 hd

111.98

—

NC average8 barns · 1,269 hd

110.47

+1.52

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	1,657	86.55	1,434	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	57.96	706	87
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	863	41.95	362	22

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	—	425	116.64/cwt	111.00–127.00	496	18
Steers	Medium 2	—	222	121.86/cwt	115.00–128.00	271	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	121.47/cwt	112.00–125.00	578	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	125.66/cwt	120.00–131.00	454	9
Steers	Medium 3	—	300	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	330	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	428	102.90/cwt	100.00–110.00	440	9
Steers	Medium 3	—	271	103.52/cwt	100.00–110.00	281	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	595	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	123.33/cwt	120.00–130.00	395	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	98.38/cwt	84.00–111.00	716	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	115.24/cwt	110.00–120.00	663	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	120.48/cwt	113.00–125.00	508	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	114.65/cwt	111.00–126.00	601	35
Heifers	Medium 2	—	322	113.09/cwt	109.00–116.00	364	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	429	112.35/cwt	110.00–115.00	482	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	110.10/cwt	100.00–118.00	678	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	481	116.00/cwt	113.00–119.00	558	19
Heifers	Medium 2	—	578	109.49/cwt	109.00–110.00	633	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	623	92.70/cwt	87.00–98.00	578	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	665	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	508	108.83/cwt	106.00–110.00	553	12
Heifers	Medium 3	—	469	103.63/cwt	100.00–110.00	486	11
Heifers	Small 3	—	287	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	273	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	365	115.30/cwt	114.00–117.00	421	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	110.85/cwt	100.00–116.00	756	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	388	117.71/cwt	111.00–120.00	457	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	133.39/cwt	122.00–144.00	494	29
Steers	Medium 2	—	326	115.47/cwt	112.00–120.00	376	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	505	108.18/cwt	105.00–109.00	546	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	138.52/cwt	134.00–152.00	382	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	138.56/cwt	128.00–159.00	452	28
Steers	Medium 2	—	450	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	509	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	190	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	228	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	360	104.74/cwt	100.00–110.00	377	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	269	122.74/cwt	118.00–128.00	330	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	136.04/cwt	126.00–142.00	652	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	128.25/cwt	120.00–143.00	807	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	127.51/cwt	120.00–145.00	750	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	598	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	879	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	132.35/cwt	124.00–135.00	876	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	131.58/cwt	120.00–144.00	687	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	280	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	130.22/cwt	120.00–143.00	553	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	116.42/cwt	115.00–122.00	881	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	694	91.25/cwt	90.00–95.00	633	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	92.15/cwt	89.00–96.00	702	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	94.34/cwt	91.00–100.00	675	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	123.00/cwt	115.00–131.00	695	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	999	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	105.69/cwt	99.00–114.00	705	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	887	50.85/cwt	45.00–55.00	451	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	59.48/cwt	55.00–65.00	743	65
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,515	65.66/cwt	65.00–66.00	995	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,038	50.74/cwt	36.00–54.00	527	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	856	39.33/cwt	30.00–49.00	337	17
Bulls	—	—	1,327	78.78/cwt	71.00–84.00	1,045	5
Bulls	—	—	1,920	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,920	1
Bulls	—	—	1,768	92.55/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,636	6
Bulls	—Heavy Weight	—	2,375	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	105.36/cwt	100.00–116.00	661	27
Bulls	Medium 3	—	621	82.82/cwt	82.00–87.00	514	6
Bulls	Medium 3	—	578	104.39/cwt	100.00–109.00	603	5
Bulls	Medium 3	—	477	105.39/cwt	100.00–110.00	503	10
Bulls	Medium 3	—	525	102.52/cwt	90.00–109.00	538	12
Bulls	Small 3	—	570	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	373	105.01/cwt	102.00–110.00	392	12
Bulls	Medium 2	—	778	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	622	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	723	91.45/cwt	90.00–93.00	661	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	527	112.59/cwt	110.00–115.00	593	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	624	93.40/cwt	90.00–96.00	583	8
Bulls	Medium 2	—	475	113.43/cwt	111.00–119.00	539	22
Heifers	Medium 2	—	260	115.00/cwt	114.00–116.00	299	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	511	100.87/cwt	98.00–104.00	515	7
Heifers	Medium 3	—	281	103.74/cwt	100.00–106.00	292	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	576	112.64/cwt	108.00–118.00	649	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	127.82/cwt	120.00–137.00	597	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	124.69/cwt	120.00–130.00	658	12
Heifers	Medium 3	—	223	106.27/cwt	104.00–110.00	237	5
Heifers	Medium 3	—	324	104.69/cwt	102.00–109.00	339	7
Heifers	Medium 3	—	418	105.14/cwt	100.00–110.00	439	13

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 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,018Last week 710Year ago 326

Slaughter CattleReceipts 151Last week 142Year ago 58

Baby calves 20.00 to 65.00 27 head

9 head of hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	425	111.00–127.00	116.64
3	—	222	115.00–128.00	121.86
4	—	388	111.00–120.00	117.71
4	—	326	112.00–120.00	115.47
1	—	450	113.00	113.00
1	—	190	120.00	120.00
4	—	269	118.00–128.00	122.74
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	110.00	110.00
9	—	428	100.00–110.00	102.90
4	—	271	100.00–110.00	103.52
1	—	595	108.00	108.00
5	—	505	105.00–109.00	108.18
3	—	360	100.00–110.00	104.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	370	122.00–144.00	133.39
11	—	276	134.00–152.00	138.52
28	—	326	128.00–159.00	138.56
14	—	479	126.00–142.00	136.04
9	—	629	120.00–143.00	128.25
7	—	588	120.00–145.00	127.51
6	—	662	124.00–135.00	132.35
1	—	715	132.00	132.00
39	—	522	120.00–144.00	131.58
1	—	200	140.00	140.00
36	—	425	120.00–143.00	130.22
5	—	757	115.00–122.00	116.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	598	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	476	112.00–125.00	121.47
9	—	361	120.00–131.00	125.66
3	—	320	120.00–130.00	123.33
9	—	728	84.00–111.00	98.38
3	—	850	81.00	81.00
49	—	575	110.00–120.00	115.24
12	—	422	113.00–125.00	120.48
35	—	524	111.00–126.00	114.65
12	—	616	100.00–118.00	110.10
8	—	682	100.00–116.00	110.85
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	322	109.00–116.00	113.09
12	—	429	110.00–115.00	112.35
19	—	481	113.00–119.00	116.00
2	—	578	109.00–110.00	109.49
2	—	623	87.00–98.00	92.70
1	—	665	90.00	90.00
12	—	508	106.00–110.00	108.83
4	—	365	114.00–117.00	115.30
2	—	260	114.00–116.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	469	100.00–110.00	103.63
12	—	373	102.00–110.00	105.01
7	—	511	98.00–104.00	100.87
5	—	281	100.00–106.00	103.74
5	—	223	104.00–110.00	106.27
7	—	324	102.00–109.00	104.69
13	—	418	100.00–110.00	105.14
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	287	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	694	90.00–95.00	91.25
2	—	778	80.00	80.00
2	—	723	90.00–93.00	91.45
10	—	527	110.00–115.00	112.59
8	—	624	90.00–96.00	93.40
22	—	475	111.00–119.00	113.43
13	—	576	108.00–118.00	112.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	762	89.00–96.00	92.15
9	—	716	91.00–100.00	94.34
9	—	565	115.00–131.00	123.00
1	—	970	103.00	103.00
11	—	667	99.00–114.00	105.69
27	—	627	100.00–116.00	105.36
15	—	467	120.00–137.00	127.82
12	—	528	120.00–130.00	124.69
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	621	82.00–87.00	82.82
5	—	578	100.00–109.00	104.39
10	—	477	100.00–110.00	105.39
12	—	525	90.00–109.00	102.52
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	98.00	98.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	887	45.00–55.00	50.85
17	—	856	30.00–49.00	39.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,249	55.00–65.00	59.48
4	—	1,515	65.00–66.00	65.66
18	—	1,038	36.00–54.00	50.74
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,327	71.00–84.00	78.78
1	—	1,920	100.00	100.00
6	—	1,768	88.00–95.00	92.55
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,375	76.00	76.00

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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