Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady this week compared to last week. Feeder cattle steady to up 1.00 to 3.00 this week compared to last week. Demand was good ; market activity and buyer interest were active . Offerings moderate with quality average .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.15/cwt on 188 head.

Average price

$158.15

188 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$56.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.48

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	464	160.21	744	178
Medium 2	371	133.50	495	6thin
Medium 3	487	103.69	504	4thin

One grade step is worth $56.52/cwt here — about $240 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 sale188 hd

158.15

—

NC average8 barns · 716 hd

154.67

+3.48

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	1,584	111.15	1,760	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,232	79.39	978	98
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	873	61.23	535	10

Every lot, as filed

73 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 1-2	—	278	147.23/cwt	139.00–159.00	409	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	171.19/cwt	150.00–183.00	476	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	595	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	595	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	370	131.67/cwt	130.00–135.00	487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	143.32/cwt	130.00–158.00	461	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	144.58/cwt	130.00–158.00	536	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	768	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	804	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	712	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	883	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	105.07/cwt	100.00–110.00	804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	136.20/cwt	120.00–152.00	780	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	839	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	485	114.28/cwt	100.00–150.00	554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	145.83/cwt	125.00–157.00	624	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	112.94/cwt	100.00–126.00	776	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	144.20/cwt	120.00–152.00	754	13
Heifers	Medium 3	—	550	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	142.26/cwt	126.00–153.00	683	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	613	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	481	122.06/cwt	120.00–128.00	587	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	320	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	970	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	574	110.48/cwt	110.00–112.00	634	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	343	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	343	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	468	118.55/cwt	113.00–122.00	555	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	921	115.63/cwt	105.00–124.00	1,065	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	138.43/cwt	122.00–151.00	720	13
Steers	Medium 3	—	428	107.37/cwt	100.00–115.00	460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	113.10/cwt	110.00–119.00	817	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	148.11/cwt	141.00–159.00	923	10
Steers	Medium 3	—	495	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	495	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	168.69/cwt	147.00–189.00	385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	117.97/cwt	110.00–126.00	730	14
Steers	Medium 2	—	420	133.00/cwt	131.00–135.00	559	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	275	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	385	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	153.72/cwt	140.00–169.00	658	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	159.48/cwt	153.00–180.00	520	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	154.26/cwt	138.00–170.00	734	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	122.99/cwt	122.00–124.00	990	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	151.04/cwt	136.00–166.00	864	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	160.88/cwt	138.00–175.00	827	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	974	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	965	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	917	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	154.51/cwt	140.00–170.00	576	22
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	470	93.55/cwt	92.00–95.00	440	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	440	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	396	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	422	194.38/cwt	174.00–200.00	820	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	146.49/cwt	128.00–159.00	981	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	133.53/cwt	118.00–144.00	840	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	121.06/cwt	108.00–127.00	948	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	120.45/cwt	118.00–123.00	997	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,146	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,082	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	118.41/cwt	108.00–124.00	863	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	290	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	394	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	435	122.05/cwt	120.00–124.00	531	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	535	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	482	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	580	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	136.63/cwt	121.00–150.00	780	16
Bulls	Medium 2	—	695	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	626	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	146.84/cwt	130.00–162.00	697	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	133.55/cwt	110.00–145.00	903	6
Bulls	Medium 3	—	505	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	505	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,800	1
Bulls	—Heavy Weight	—	2,425	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,964	1
Bulls	—	—	1,585	119.36/cwt	114.00–126.00	1,892	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,033	69.88/cwt	62.00–74.00	722	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	843	65.39/cwt	61.00–69.00	551	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	58.46/cwt	44.00–70.00	522	6
Bulls	—	—	1,518	105.90/cwt	98.00–110.00	1,608	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	79.89/cwt	74.00–85.00	995	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,416	88.44/cwt	86.00–92.00	1,252	20

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 Apr 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 578Last week 561Year ago 590

Slaughter CattleReceipts 157Last week 231Year ago 170

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 5Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	278	139.00–159.00	147.23
11	—	322	130.00–158.00	143.32
12	—	371	130.00–158.00	144.58
2	—	765	100.00–110.00	105.07
15	—	573	120.00–152.00	136.20
1	—	815	103.00	103.00
26	—	428	125.00–157.00	145.83
6	—	687	100.00–126.00	112.94
13	—	523	120.00–152.00	144.20
21	—	480	126.00–153.00	142.26
1	—	915	106.00	106.00
3	—	722	110.00–119.00	113.10
14	—	619	110.00–126.00	117.97
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	768	90.00	90.00
4	—	481	120.00–128.00	122.06
1	—	320	120.00	120.00
4	—	574	110.00–112.00	110.48
1	—	290	136.00	136.00
2	—	435	120.00–124.00	122.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	628	128.00	128.00
11	—	712	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	485	100.00–150.00	114.28
1	—	550	105.00	105.00
2	—	343	100.00	100.00
1	—	535	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	278	150.00–183.00	171.19
10	—	623	141.00–159.00	148.11
2	—	228	147.00–189.00	168.69
30	—	428	140.00–169.00	153.72
17	—	326	153.00–180.00	159.48
22	—	476	138.00–170.00	154.26
2	—	805	122.00–124.00	122.99
10	—	572	136.00–166.00	151.04
17	—	514	138.00–175.00	160.88
1	—	755	129.00	129.00
1	—	715	135.00	135.00
22	—	373	140.00–170.00	154.51
10	—	670	128.00–159.00	146.49
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	100.00	100.00
2	—	428	100.00–115.00	107.37
1	—	495	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	130.00–135.00	131.67
2	—	420	131.00–135.00	133.00
1	—	275	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	577	159.00	159.00
26	—	422	174.00–200.00	194.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	146.00	146.00
5	—	921	105.00–124.00	115.63
13	—	520	122.00–151.00	138.43
7	—	629	118.00–144.00	133.53
4	—	783	108.00–127.00	121.06
2	—	828	118.00–123.00	120.45
1	—	1,005	114.00	114.00
1	—	975	111.00	111.00
4	—	729	108.00–124.00	118.41
16	—	571	121.00–150.00	136.63
25	—	475	130.00–162.00	146.84
6	—	676	110.00–145.00	133.55
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	113.00–122.00	118.55
1	—	580	117.00	117.00
1	—	695	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	92.00–95.00	93.55
1	—	440	90.00	90.00

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 (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	900.00	900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,425	81.00	81.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,585	114.00–126.00	119.36
13	—	1,518	98.00–110.00	105.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,033	62.00–74.00	69.88
56	—	1,245	74.00–85.00	79.89
20	—	1,416	86.00–92.00	88.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	843	61.00–69.00	65.39
6	—	893	44.00–70.00	58.46

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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Steers · 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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Replacement Cattle

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