Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle this week were 4.00 higher this week compared to last . Feeder cattle were steady this week compared to last week . Demand was good : market activity and buyer interest were active . Offerings heavy with quality average .

Baby calves 45.00 to 130.00 14 head

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.62/cwt on 338 head.

Average price

$130.62

338 head · 481 lb average

Value per head Derived

$628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$27.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.16

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	484	134.25	650	285
Medium 2	477	113.64	542	33
Medium 3	444	106.92	475	20

One grade step is worth $27.34/cwt here — about $175 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 sale338 hd

130.62

—

NC average8 barns · 939 hd

130.78

−0.16

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	—	Average	1,657	106.25	1,760	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,209	78.59	951	118
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	902	50.22	453	15

Every lot, as filed

91 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 and Large 1-2Value Added	—	516	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	872	14
Steers	Medium 3	—	380	113.46/cwt	110.00–120.00	431	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	325	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	358	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	440	114.00/cwt	110.00–118.00	502	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	142.50/cwt	140.00–150.00	328	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	143.53/cwt	134.00–156.00	464	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	146.19/cwt	130.00–155.00	395	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	514	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	761	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	468	151.55/cwt	148.00–154.00	709	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	124.17/cwt	116.00–130.00	721	28
Heifers	Medium 2	—	860	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	475	111.97/cwt	109.00–115.00	532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	114.43/cwt	100.00–120.00	715	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	773	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	135.64/cwt	119.00–156.00	708	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	139.23/cwt	120.00–150.00	592	42
Heifers	Medium 2	—	213	117.50/cwt	114.00–120.00	250	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	432	121.25/cwt	120.00–124.00	524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	138.21/cwt	120.00–152.00	517	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	140.02/cwt	125.00–150.00	666	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	103.75/cwt	100.00–108.00	751	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	110.25/cwt	100.00–118.00	730	11
Heifers	Medium 3	—	268	108.06/cwt	106.00–110.00	290	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	745	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	770	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	574	111.38/cwt	110.00–116.00	639	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	529	111.56/cwt	109.00–116.00	590	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	281	126.08/cwt	114.00–138.00	354	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	586	101.24/cwt	100.00–105.00	593	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	476	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	900	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	145.80/cwt	126.00–155.00	914	17
Steers	Medium 2	—	270	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	160.01/cwt	135.00–183.00	682	54
Steers	Medium 3	—	228	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	228	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	408	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	490	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	450	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	267	164.41/cwt	150.00–174.00	439	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	167.04/cwt	134.00–178.00	797	28
Steers	Medium 2	—	374	125.83/cwt	120.00–136.00	471	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	334	124.85/cwt	114.00–135.00	417	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	128.20/cwt	110.00–135.00	987	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	979	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	496	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	888	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	224	160.34/cwt	150.00–175.00	359	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	157.71/cwt	136.00–170.00	814	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	168.14/cwt	146.00–180.00	536	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	159.17/cwt	140.00–180.00	591	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	138.04/cwt	120.00–142.00	1,012	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	305	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	369	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	570	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	519	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 3	—	192	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	196	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	149.09/cwt	135.00–157.00	869	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	143.74/cwt	125.00–158.00	969	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	111.31/cwt	100.00–127.00	799	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	134.33/cwt	124.00–150.00	763	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	118.53/cwt	110.00–128.00	789	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	105.67/cwt	101.00–110.00	830	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	980	64.21/cwt	58.00–68.00	629	16
Heifers	Medium 3	—	335	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	335	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	610	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	533	106.71/cwt	101.00–110.00	569	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	376	125.72/cwt	123.00–130.00	473	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	418	112.01/cwt	110.00–118.00	468	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	96.96/cwt	94.00–100.00	842	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	910	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	915	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	365	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	402	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	473	105.37/cwt	100.00–110.00	498	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	245	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	277	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	488	122.51/cwt	121.00–124.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	568	115.71/cwt	110.00–120.00	657	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	125.89/cwt	115.00–135.00	775	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	151.03/cwt	135.00–175.00	711	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	141.68/cwt	125.00–163.00	744	19
Bulls	Medium 3	—	460	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	511	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	855	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	510	106.67/cwt	100.00–110.00	544	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	532	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	638	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	765	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	665	98.47/cwt	97.00–100.00	655	2
Bulls	—	—	1,520	99.03/cwt	92.00–108.00	1,505	10
Bulls	—	—	1,253	83.79/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,050	4
Bulls	—	—	1,905	119.76/cwt	110.00–125.00	2,281	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	75.79/cwt	69.00–80.00	898	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	87.52/cwt	81.00–99.00	1,160	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	872	45.38/cwt	37.00–50.00	396	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	946	57.49/cwt	53.00–65.00	544	6

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 Mar 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 896Last week 509Year ago 490

Slaughter CattleReceipts 177Last week 112Year ago 149

Baby calves 45.00 to 130.00 14 head

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	516	169.00	169.00
5	—	496	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	110.00–120.00	113.46
1	—	325	110.00	110.00
2	—	440	110.00–118.00	114.00
2	—	228	100.00	100.00
1	—	450	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	120.00	120.00
1	—	270	124.00	124.00
2	—	408	120.00	120.00
7	—	374	120.00–136.00	125.83
4	—	334	114.00–135.00	124.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	476	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	627	126.00–155.00	145.80
54	—	426	135.00–183.00	160.01
16	—	267	150.00–174.00	164.41
28	—	477	134.00–178.00	167.04
6	—	770	110.00–135.00	128.20
1	—	890	110.00	110.00
7	—	224	150.00–175.00	160.34
19	—	516	136.00–170.00	157.71
25	—	319	146.00–180.00	168.14
34	—	371	140.00–180.00	159.17
9	—	733	120.00–142.00	138.04
18	—	583	135.00–157.00	149.09
7	—	674	125.00–158.00	143.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	230	140.00–150.00	142.50
12	—	323	134.00–156.00	143.53
14	—	270	130.00–155.00	146.19
28	—	581	116.00–130.00	124.17
23	—	625	100.00–120.00	114.43
6	—	758	102.00	102.00
39	—	522	119.00–156.00	135.64
42	—	425	120.00–150.00	139.23
28	—	374	120.00–152.00	138.21
54	—	476	125.00–150.00	140.02
4	—	724	100.00–108.00	103.75
11	—	662	100.00–118.00	110.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	514	148.00	148.00
13	—	468	148.00–154.00	151.55
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	82.00	82.00
2	—	475	109.00–115.00	111.97
3	—	213	114.00–120.00	117.50
3	—	432	120.00–124.00	121.25
1	—	745	87.00	87.00
1	—	770	85.00	85.00
8	—	574	110.00–116.00	111.38
5	—	529	109.00–116.00	111.56
4	—	281	114.00–138.00	126.08
1	—	610	100.00	100.00
4	—	376	123.00–130.00	125.72
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	106.00–110.00	108.06
4	—	586	100.00–105.00	101.24
1	—	335	100.00	100.00
3	—	533	101.00–110.00	106.71
4	—	418	110.00–118.00	112.01
2	—	365	110.00	110.00
3	—	473	100.00–110.00	105.37
1	—	245	113.00	113.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	121.00	121.00
1	—	570	91.00	91.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	192	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	105.00	105.00
1	—	815	100.00	100.00
3	—	718	100.00–127.00	111.31
15	—	568	124.00–150.00	134.33
8	—	666	110.00–128.00	118.53
3	—	785	101.00–110.00	105.67
2	—	868	94.00–100.00	96.96
1	—	1,000	91.00	91.00
15	—	616	115.00–135.00	125.89
19	—	471	135.00–175.00	151.03
19	—	525	125.00–163.00	141.68
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	80.00	80.00
2	—	488	121.00–124.00	122.51
4	—	568	110.00–120.00	115.71
1	—	855	84.00	84.00
3	—	532	120.00	120.00
1	—	765	98.00	98.00
2	—	665	97.00–100.00	98.47
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	110.00	110.00
3	—	460	111.00	111.00
3	—	510	100.00–110.00	106.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	980	58.00–68.00	64.21
58	—	1,185	69.00–80.00	75.79
44	—	1,325	81.00–99.00	87.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	872	37.00–50.00	45.38
6	—	946	53.00–65.00	57.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,520	92.00–108.00	99.03
4	—	1,253	80.00–88.00	83.79
12	—	1,905	110.00–125.00	119.76

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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