Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower, while boning type slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers were mostly 9.00 to 10.00 higher; heifers were mostly 5.00 to 6.00 higher; while feeder bulls were mixed, 7.00 lower to 1.00 higher on a light test. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was average with some attractive. Baby calves (23 head) ranged 25.00 to 110.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.90/cwt on 130 head.

Average price

$132.90

130 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$599

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$3

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

$38.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.28

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	438	140.96	617	91
Medium 2	411	120.63	496	25
Medium 3	605	102.44	620	14thin

One grade step is worth $38.52/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale130 hd

132.90

—

NC average8 barns · 909 hd

127.62

+5.28

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	1,947	108.01	2,103	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,476	75.79	1,119	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,166	73.64	859	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	942	71.32	672	10

Every lot, as filed

68 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 1-2Fancy	—	480	143.98/cwt	140.00–148.00	691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	513	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	718	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	417	120.90/cwt	115.00–125.00	504	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	373	118.28/cwt	116.00–121.00	441	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	134.93/cwt	130.00–140.00	513	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	135.94/cwt	132.00–140.00	447	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	133.46/cwt	130.00–136.00	749	16
Heifers	Medium 3	—	782	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	727	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	571	120.49/cwt	120.00–122.00	688	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	134.15/cwt	130.00–140.00	555	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	126.94/cwt	124.00–130.00	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	149.76/cwt	144.00–154.00	413	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	483	121.80/cwt	118.00–126.00	588	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	125.72/cwt	121.00–132.00	676	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	407	185.52/cwt	180.00–193.00	755	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	318	191.24/cwt	184.00–194.00	608	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	469	167.97/cwt	166.00–171.00	788	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	605	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	805	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	372	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	580	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	420	150.42/cwt	150.00–152.00	632	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	363	126.26/cwt	125.00–127.50	458	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	420	125.90/cwt	122.00–130.00	529	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	381	190.28/cwt	184.00–200.00	725	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	270	173.67/cwt	172.00–175.00	469	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	238	173.54/cwt	170.00–177.00	413	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	225	136.64/cwt	130.00–143.00	307	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	152.65/cwt	148.00–160.00	801	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	232	158.14/cwt	154.00–164.00	367	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	122.01/cwt	118.00–126.00	870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	149.62/cwt	145.00–154.00	408	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	147.91/cwt	143.00–150.00	685	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	535	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	428	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	157.79/cwt	151.00–162.00	589	6
Steers	Medium 3	—	362	111.31/cwt	109.00–115.00	403	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	157.70/cwt	151.00–162.00	508	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	144.34/cwt	143.00–145.00	924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	160.41/cwt	158.00–166.00	683	14
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	374	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	318	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	525	102.08/cwt	100.00–104.00	536	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	485	117.34/cwt	115.00–121.00	569	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	629	116.78/cwt	111.00–121.00	735	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	132.43/cwt	130.00–139.00	767	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	146.19/cwt	140.00–150.00	691	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	131.67/cwt	130.00–135.00	694	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	56.51/cwt	56.00–57.00	494	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	665	106.73/cwt	106.00–110.00	710	7
Heifers	Medium 3	—	513	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	320	118.84/cwt	114.00–123.00	380	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	280	128.00/cwt	126.00–130.00	358	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	223	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	227	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	790	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	790	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	885	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	779	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	579	104.48/cwt	100.00–108.00	605	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	313	149.93/cwt	145.00–156.00	469	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	415	146.31/cwt	145.00–148.00	607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	362	148.74/cwt	145.00–151.00	538	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	900	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	4,410	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	11,550	1
Bulls	—	—	1,930	114.71/cwt	114.00–116.00	2,214	4
Bulls	—	—	1,970	99.07/cwt	98.00–100.00	1,952	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	74.24/cwt	72.00–76.00	865	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,554	83.25/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,294	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	52.01/cwt	50.00–54.00	577	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	80.16/cwt	80.00–81.00	951	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	83.15/cwt	80.00–86.00	859	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	934	72.32/cwt	70.00–74.00	675	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,383	65.41/cwt	63.00–68.00	905	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	71.89/cwt	69.00–74.00	1,029	10

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 Feb 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 440Last week 366Year ago 417

Slaughter CattleReceipts 105Last week 153Year ago 130

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	480	140.00–148.00	143.98
2	—	513	140.00	140.00
10	—	313	145.00–156.00	149.93
3	—	415	145.00–148.00	146.31
3	—	362	145.00–151.00	148.74
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	417	115.00–125.00	120.90
4	—	373	116.00–121.00	118.28
4	—	571	120.00–122.00	120.49
4	—	483	118.00–126.00	121.80
6	—	320	114.00–123.00	118.84
2	—	280	126.00–130.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	380	130.00–140.00	134.93
4	—	329	132.00–140.00	135.94
16	—	561	130.00–136.00	133.46
6	—	414	130.00–140.00	134.15
4	—	474	124.00–130.00	126.94
9	—	276	144.00–154.00	149.76
3	—	538	121.00–132.00	125.72
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	782	93.00	93.00
7	—	665	106.00–110.00	106.73
2	—	513	102.00	102.00
2	—	223	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	605	133.00	133.00
8	—	372	156.00	156.00
5	—	420	150.00–152.00	150.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	407	180.00–193.00	185.52
5	—	318	184.00–194.00	191.24
4	—	469	166.00–171.00	167.97
14	—	381	184.00–200.00	190.28
3	—	270	172.00–175.00	173.67
2	—	238	170.00–177.00	173.54
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	125.00–127.50	126.26
2	—	420	122.00–130.00	125.90
2	—	225	130.00–143.00	136.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	525	148.00–160.00	152.65
3	—	232	154.00–164.00	158.14
2	—	713	118.00–126.00	122.01
2	—	273	145.00–154.00	149.62
5	—	463	143.00–150.00	147.91
6	—	373	151.00–162.00	157.79
6	—	322	151.00–162.00	157.70
3	—	640	143.00–145.00	144.34
14	—	426	158.00–166.00	160.41
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	362	109.00–115.00	111.31
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	80.00	80.00
4	—	374	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	100.00–104.00	102.08
2	—	790	100.00	100.00
3	—	885	88.00	88.00
4	—	579	100.00–108.00	104.48
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	115.00–121.00	117.34
6	—	629	111.00–121.00	116.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	579	130.00–139.00	132.43
6	—	473	140.00–150.00	146.19
6	—	527	130.00–135.00	131.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	56.00–57.00	56.51
2	—	1,033	80.00–86.00	83.15
6	—	934	70.00–74.00	72.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,165	72.00–76.00	74.24
2	—	1,110	50.00–54.00	52.01
6	—	1,187	80.00–81.00	80.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,554	81.00–85.00	83.25
2	—	1,383	63.00–68.00	65.41
10	—	1,432	69.00–74.00	71.89
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,930	114.00–116.00	114.71
3	—	1,970	98.00–100.00	99.07

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	490.00	490.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,050.00	1,050.00

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) - Siler City, NC

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle