Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, boning type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower, while breaking type slaughter cows were 3.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly 6.00 to 8.00 higher and heifers were mostly 14.00 to 16.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.04/cwt on 180 head.

Average price

$139.04

180 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$250

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

$40.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.37

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	457	145.79	666	129
Medium 2	504	123.44	622	47
Medium 3	397	104.82	416	4thin

One grade step is worth $40.97/cwt here — about $250 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 sale180 hd

139.04

—

NC average7 barns · 556 hd

133.67

+5.37

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	1,727	107.01	1,848	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,484	80.31	1,192	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,206	74.92	903	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,010	66.92	676	17

Every lot, as filed

78 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	—	333	143.04/cwt	141.00–144.00	476	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	628	136.49/cwt	135.00–138.00	857	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	416	174.77/cwt	168.00–180.00	727	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	450	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	689	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	568	135.02/cwt	130.00–140.00	767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	144.83/cwt	144.00–145.00	731	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	150.85/cwt	150.00–152.00	419	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	145.03/cwt	139.00–151.00	534	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	331	182.56/cwt	180.00–190.00	604	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	668	114.81/cwt	110.00–119.00	767	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	363	191.96/cwt	189.00–194.00	697	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	136.56/cwt	130.00–141.00	721	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	142.37/cwt	136.00–147.00	675	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	143.50/cwt	140.00–147.00	495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	134.51/cwt	130.00–139.00	808	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	623	121.48/cwt	120.00–126.00	757	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	404	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	630	5
Heifers	Medium 3	—	410	104.10/cwt	100.00–108.00	427	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	523	127.20/cwt	124.00–129.00	665	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	713	114.01/cwt	110.00–116.00	813	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	363	124.33/cwt	120.00–130.00	451	7
Heifers	Medium 2Fancy	—	423	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	148.23/cwt	141.00–151.00	640	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	471	128.17/cwt	123.00–130.00	604	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	412	125.80/cwt	120.00–130.00	518	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	570	121.82/cwt	116.00–127.00	694	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	135.01/cwt	130.00–138.00	767	12
Steers	Medium 3	—	373	116.97/cwt	116.00–118.00	436	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	172.54/cwt	170.00–175.00	492	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	474	170.97/cwt	170.00–176.00	810	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	166.12/cwt	160.00–173.00	638	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	154.81/cwt	150.00–160.00	731	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	153.48/cwt	150.00–160.00	648	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	715	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	930	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	443	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	842	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	425	141.57/cwt	140.00–143.00	602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	153.77/cwt	151.00–157.00	884	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	154.83/cwt	152.00–159.00	796	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	167.37/cwt	160.00–174.00	547	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	452	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	633	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	147.34/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,008	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	160.90/cwt	155.00–165.00	991	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	210	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	380	178.56/cwt	175.00–186.00	679	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	485	166.74/cwt	166.00–167.00	809	4
Steers	Medium 2Value Added	—	545	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	779	3
Steers	Medium 2Value Added	—	748	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	995	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	514	173.44/cwt	166.00–175.00	891	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	136.29/cwt	131.00–141.00	904	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	146.55/cwt	140.00–151.00	906	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	154.13/cwt	149.00–160.00	737	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	116.98/cwt	115.00–119.00	977	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	158.59/cwt	155.00–162.00	836	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	153.44/cwt	150.00–156.00	876	7
Heifers	Medium 3	—	383	105.53/cwt	101.00–110.00	404	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	331	125.83/cwt	123.00–131.00	416	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	320	162.39/cwt	156.00–166.00	520	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	376	163.54/cwt	160.00–169.00	615	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	407	157.30/cwt	154.00–160.00	640	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	475	152.18/cwt	148.00–159.00	723	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	126.60/cwt	126.00–127.00	981	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	580	136.79/cwt	132.00–141.00	793	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	133.34/cwt	130.00–135.00	963	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	693	125.51/cwt	123.00–128.00	870	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	776	113.80/cwt	110.00–119.00	883	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	620	133.55/cwt	132.00–135.00	828	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	81.50/cwt	80.00–84.00	983	10
Bulls	—	—	1,916	118.17/cwt	115.00–121.00	2,264	5
Bulls	—	—	1,678	104.26/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,749	5
Bulls	—	—	1,375	86.00/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,183	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	869	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	73.45/cwt	70.00–76.00	894	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	60.32/cwt	60.00–61.00	694	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	83.83/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,257	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	75.41/cwt	72.00–76.00	1,115	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	872	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	68.97/cwt	67.00–71.00	690	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	53.75/cwt	53.00–54.00	545	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 Feb 11, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 586Last week 440Year ago 227

Slaughter CattleReceipts 162Last week 105Year ago 85

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	141.00–144.00	143.04
2	—	628	135.00–138.00	136.49
2	—	568	130.00–140.00	135.02
3	—	715	130.00	130.00
2	—	425	140.00–143.00	141.57
3	—	452	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	416	168.00–180.00	174.77
10	—	331	180.00–190.00	182.56
3	—	363	189.00–194.00	191.96
6	—	474	170.00–176.00	170.97
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	116.00–118.00	116.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	285	170.00–175.00	172.54
17	—	384	160.00–173.00	166.12
13	—	472	150.00–160.00	154.81
9	—	422	150.00–160.00	153.48
4	—	575	151.00–157.00	153.77
5	—	514	152.00–159.00	154.83
10	—	327	160.00–174.00	167.37
3	—	684	146.00–150.00	147.34
7	—	616	155.00–165.00	160.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	443	190.00	190.00
13	—	380	175.00–186.00	178.56
4	—	485	166.00–167.00	166.74
15	—	514	166.00–175.00	173.44
Steers — Medium 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	545	143.00	143.00
2	—	748	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	450	153.00	153.00
6	—	505	144.00–145.00	144.83
5	—	404	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	278	150.00–152.00	150.85
8	—	368	139.00–151.00	145.03
20	—	528	130.00–141.00	136.56
29	—	474	136.00–147.00	142.37
2	—	345	140.00–147.00	143.50
4	—	601	130.00–139.00	134.51
10	—	432	141.00–151.00	148.23
12	—	568	130.00–138.00	135.01
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	668	110.00–119.00	114.81
4	—	623	120.00–126.00	121.48
4	—	523	124.00–129.00	127.20
4	—	713	110.00–116.00	114.01
7	—	363	120.00–130.00	124.33
7	—	471	123.00–130.00	128.17
5	—	412	120.00–130.00	125.80
5	—	570	116.00–127.00	121.82
4	—	331	123.00–131.00	125.83
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	100.00–108.00	104.10
2	—	383	101.00–110.00	105.53
Heifers — Medium 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	320	156.00–166.00	162.39
12	—	376	160.00–169.00	163.54
3	—	407	154.00–160.00	157.30
4	—	475	148.00–159.00	152.18
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	663	131.00–141.00	136.29
15	—	618	140.00–151.00	146.55
10	—	478	149.00–160.00	154.13
2	—	835	115.00–119.00	116.98
15	—	527	155.00–162.00	158.59
7	—	571	150.00–156.00	153.44
5	—	775	126.00–127.00	126.60
3	—	722	130.00–135.00	133.34
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	580	132.00–141.00	136.79
2	—	693	123.00–128.00	125.51
4	—	776	110.00–119.00	113.80
2	—	620	132.00–135.00	133.55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,206	80.00–84.00	81.50
15	—	1,217	70.00–76.00	73.45
3	—	1,150	60.00–61.00	60.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,060	82.00	82.00
11	—	1,000	67.00–71.00	68.97
4	—	1,014	53.00–54.00	53.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,499	82.00–87.00	83.83
7	—	1,478	72.00–76.00	75.41
2	—	1,363	64.00	64.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,916	115.00–121.00	118.17
5	—	1,678	101.00–107.00	104.26
2	—	1,375	84.00–89.00	86.00

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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