Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2022-01-21

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Jan 21
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087
Feeder Cattle receipts
12 head
554 vs last sale 566 685 vs year ago 697 · 98.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
113 vs last sale 143 114 vs year ago 144 · 79.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale today small due to weather but cattle sold well .

Baby calves 10.00 to 40.00 5 head

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.04/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$112.04
6 head · 640 lb average
Value per head Derived
$717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$4.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2656112.847405thin
Medium 2560108.006051thin
One grade step is worth $4.84/cwt here — about $136 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 sale6 hd
112.04
NC average1 barns · 6 hd
112.04
+0.00
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,46692.961,3634thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17571.2983821
CowsLean 85-90%Low85746.934025thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium 2560108.00/cwt108.00–108.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,100104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,1441
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475124.00/cwt124.00–124.005891
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528115.61/cwt111.00–120.006102
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650105.00/cwt105.00–105.006831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006541
Bulls1,35092.91/cwt92.00–94.001,2542
Bulls2,115111.00/cwt111.00–111.002,3481
Bulls1,05075.00/cwt75.00–75.007881
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12969.17/cwt64.00–75.0078110
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31980.70/cwt76.00–91.001,0647
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04060.13/cwt58.00–63.006254
CowsLean 85-90%86043.66/cwt36.00–49.003754
CowsLean 85-90%84560.00/cwt60.00–60.005071
BullsMedium 269093.00/cwt93.00–93.006421
BullsMedium and Large 1-2545121.00/cwt121.00–121.006591
BullsMedium 2505110.00/cwt110.00–110.005561

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.