Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were up 1.00 to 2.00 compared to last week. Feeder cattle up 2.00 to 8.00 compared to last week . Demand was good ; market activity and buyer interest were active . Offerings moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 15.00 to 50.00 27 head

6 head of hogs

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.00/cwt on 219 head.

Average price

$122.00

219 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$350

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

$35.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.71

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	532	125.72	669	171
Medium 2	362	115.44	418	22
Medium 3	414	104.21	431	24
Small 3	355	90.00	320	2thin

One grade step is worth $35.72/cwt here — about $350 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 sale219 hd

122.00

—

NC average7 barns · 949 hd

115.29

+6.71

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	—	High	1,648	83.26	1,372	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,192	61.72	735	87
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	868	42.14	366	20

Every lot, as filed

87 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,975	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 3	—	850	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,738	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 3	—	800	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,000	1
Bulls	—	—	1,865	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,846	1
Bulls	—	—	1,429	72.41/cwt	65.00–80.00	1,035	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	127.15/cwt	114.00–138.00	668	48
Steers	Medium 3	—	417	106.16/cwt	100.00–119.00	443	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	455	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	496	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	228	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	251	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	263	104.71/cwt	100.00–109.00	275	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	120.82/cwt	116.00–124.00	825	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	131.93/cwt	120.00–141.00	627	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	821	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	111.40/cwt	110.00–117.00	782	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	130.40/cwt	125.00–133.00	506	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	120.47/cwt	110.00–125.00	757	18
Heifers	Medium 2	—	480	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	557	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	122.17/cwt	116.00–128.00	694	16
Heifers	Medium 2	—	565	108.54/cwt	107.00–110.00	613	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	245	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	279	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	435	116.00/cwt	113.00–120.00	505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	128.58/cwt	120.00–136.00	546	21
Heifers	Medium 3	—	540	98.00/cwt	90.00–104.00	529	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	424	109.74/cwt	109.00–110.00	465	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	321	115.80/cwt	110.00–120.00	372	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	438	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	305	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	275	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	405	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	365	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	377	106.50/cwt	100.00–110.00	402	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	266	117.68/cwt	110.00–124.00	313	8
Heifers	Medium 3	—	315	104.68/cwt	100.00–109.00	330	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	458	106.98/cwt	104.00–110.00	490	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	568	101.18/cwt	96.00–109.00	575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	128.17/cwt	120.00–139.00	411	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	265	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	318	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	462	116.76/cwt	113.00–123.00	539	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	415	116.37/cwt	111.00–122.00	483	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	315	105.71/cwt	100.00–112.00	333	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	230	118.07/cwt	117.00–119.00	272	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	380	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	140.21/cwt	132.00–152.00	788	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	129.07/cwt	110.00–133.00	936	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	129.15/cwt	120.00–138.00	856	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	190	141.03/cwt	140.00–142.00	268	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	323	119.60/cwt	110.00–125.00	386	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	470	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,110	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	145.38/cwt	130.00–157.00	757	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	144.22/cwt	128.00–162.00	672	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	152.66/cwt	136.00–165.00	566	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	149.90/cwt	132.00–165.00	639	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	150.66/cwt	140.00–165.00	494	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	140.11/cwt	130.00–150.00	392	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	136.94/cwt	135.00–140.00	865	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	280	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	110.12/cwt	100.00–120.00	737	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	138.65/cwt	122.00–150.00	785	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	137.55/cwt	124.00–153.00	707	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	104.49/cwt	100.00–109.00	891	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	796	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	959	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	59.74/cwt	55.00–65.00	685	42
Heifers	Medium 2	—	513	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	106.52/cwt	100.00–112.00	782	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	115.57/cwt	100.00–128.00	718	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	149.50/cwt	130.00–156.00	719	23
Bulls	Medium 2	—	715	87.48/cwt	84.00–91.00	625	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	770	82.45/cwt	80.00–85.00	635	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	270	103.17/cwt	100.00–110.00	279	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	105.22/cwt	100.00–120.00	805	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	483	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	580	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	525	115.52/cwt	113.00–118.00	606	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	655	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	590	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	855	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	816	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	618	96.99/cwt	96.00–98.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	522	101.65/cwt	100.00–105.00	531	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	645	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	516	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	465	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	465	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	585	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	644	1
Bulls	—	—	1,824	91.45/cwt	83.00–98.00	1,668	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	70.22/cwt	66.00–79.00	930	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,052	50.29/cwt	44.00–54.00	529	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	864	40.93/cwt	30.00–45.00	354	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	46.97/cwt	45.00–49.00	416	4

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 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 720Last week 1,018Year ago 950

Slaughter CattleReceipts 146Last week 151Year ago 155

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 0

Baby calves 15.00 to 50.00 27 head

6 head of hogs

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	625.00	625.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,865	99.00	99.00
9	—	1,429	65.00–80.00	72.41
10	—	1,824	83.00–98.00	91.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,146	55.00–65.00	59.74
30	—	1,325	66.00–79.00	70.22
15	—	1,052	44.00–54.00	50.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	864	30.00–45.00	40.93
4	—	885	45.00–49.00	46.97

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	525	114.00–138.00	127.15
21	—	683	116.00–124.00	120.82
26	—	475	120.00–141.00	131.93
1	—	805	102.00	102.00
5	—	702	110.00–117.00	111.40
10	—	388	125.00–133.00	130.40
18	—	628	110.00–125.00	120.47
16	—	568	116.00–128.00	122.17
21	—	425	120.00–136.00	128.58
5	—	321	120.00–139.00	128.17
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	116.00	116.00
2	—	565	107.00–110.00	108.54
1	—	245	114.00	114.00
3	—	435	113.00–120.00	116.00
4	—	321	110.00–120.00	115.80
1	—	365	120.00	120.00
8	—	266	110.00–124.00	117.68
2	—	513	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	90.00–104.00	98.00
4	—	424	109.00–110.00	109.74
3	—	377	100.00–110.00	106.50
3	—	315	100.00–109.00	104.68
2	—	458	104.00–110.00	106.98
4	—	568	96.00–109.00	101.18
5	—	270	100.00–110.00	103.17
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	90.00	90.00
1	—	405	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	100.00–119.00	106.16
1	—	455	109.00	109.00
2	—	228	110.00	110.00
2	—	263	100.00–109.00	104.71
2	—	315	100.00–112.00	105.71
1	—	380	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	120.00	120.00
3	—	462	113.00–123.00	116.76
2	—	415	111.00–122.00	116.37
2	—	230	117.00–119.00	118.07
7	—	323	110.00–125.00	119.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	562	132.00–152.00	140.21
1	—	815	127.00	127.00
9	—	725	110.00–133.00	129.07
11	—	663	120.00–138.00	129.15
2	—	190	140.00–142.00	141.03
1	—	910	122.00	122.00
27	—	521	130.00–157.00	145.38
23	—	466	128.00–162.00	144.22
20	—	371	136.00–165.00	152.66
41	—	426	132.00–165.00	149.90
7	—	328	140.00–165.00	150.66
5	—	280	130.00–150.00	140.11
3	—	632	135.00–140.00	136.94
3	—	200	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	669	100.00–120.00	110.12
19	—	566	122.00–150.00	138.65
16	—	514	124.00–153.00	137.55
2	—	853	100.00–109.00	104.49
1	—	995	80.00	80.00
1	—	905	106.00	106.00
12	—	734	100.00–112.00	106.52
21	—	621	100.00–128.00	115.57
23	—	481	130.00–156.00	149.50
4	—	765	100.00–120.00	105.22
1	—	800	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	84.00–91.00	87.48
2	—	770	80.00–85.00	82.45
2	—	483	120.00	120.00
2	—	525	113.00–118.00	115.52
1	—	655	90.00	90.00
1	—	855	87.00	87.00
2	—	618	96.00–98.00	96.99
1	—	585	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	110.00	110.00
3	—	522	100.00–105.00	101.65
2	—	645	80.00	80.00
1	—	465	100.00	100.00

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

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