Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle steady to up 2.00 to 5.00 this week compared to last week . Demand was good ; market activity and buyer interest were active . Offerings moderate with quality average .

9 head of hogs

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.17/cwt on 249 head.

Average price

$165.17

249 head · 478 lb average

Value per head Derived

$789

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$425

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

$62.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.80

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	486	169.00	822	230
Medium 2	376	124.55	468	13thin
Medium 3	373	106.31	397	6thin

One grade step is worth $62.69/cwt here — about $425 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 sale249 hd

165.17

—

NC average8 barns · 799 hd

161.37

+3.80

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	1,725	101.18	1,745	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,202	78.12	939	101
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	887	55.19	490	25

Every lot, as filed

79 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 3	—	395	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	270	105.19/cwt	100.00–110.00	284	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	240	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	274	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	310	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	143.97/cwt	143.00–145.00	972	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	145.78/cwt	142.00–150.00	480	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	117.40/cwt	114.00–120.00	770	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	398	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	784	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	528	113.32/cwt	110.00–116.00	598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	148.82/cwt	131.00–170.00	414	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	108.53/cwt	100.00–110.00	776	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	964	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	318	125.80/cwt	120.00–129.00	400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	134.48/cwt	124.00–146.00	698	29
Heifers	Medium 2	—	470	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	109.33/cwt	104.00–114.00	834	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	673	96.28/cwt	90.00–103.00	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	141.80/cwt	130.00–150.00	527	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	680	153.78/cwt	145.00–159.00	1,046	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	138.74/cwt	120.00–151.00	658	35
Heifers	Medium 2	—	385	123.30/cwt	118.00–126.00	475	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	635	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	635	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	470	106.57/cwt	100.00–113.00	501	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	415	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	124.67/cwt	110.00–136.00	768	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	265	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	315	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	433	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	476	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	555	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	131.57/cwt	126.00–140.00	750	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	134.71/cwt	120.00–144.00	696	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	142.47/cwt	120.00–156.00	601	30
Steers	Medium 3	—	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	161.76/cwt	134.00–175.00	851	19
Steers	Medium 3	—	380	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	407	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	372	127.96/cwt	124.00–130.00	476	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	415	104.94/cwt	100.00–110.00	436	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	265	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	164.59/cwt	154.00–171.00	433	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	145.66/cwt	140.00–158.00	902	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	166.15/cwt	140.00–180.00	538	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	153.33/cwt	136.00–163.00	728	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	429	123.97/cwt	116.00–138.00	532	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	164.75/cwt	140.00–183.00	623	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,054	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	156.19/cwt	140.00–184.00	650	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	527	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,007	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	468	202.62/cwt	180.00–207.00	948	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	131.52/cwt	118.00–139.00	927	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	154.26/cwt	140.00–166.00	893	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	470	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	489	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	360	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	603	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	959	12
Bulls	Medium 2	—	608	95.02/cwt	90.00–100.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	113.66/cwt	113.00–114.00	858	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	134.86/cwt	113.00–145.00	916	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	116.44/cwt	110.00–123.00	948	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	970	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	535	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	992	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	230	106.78/cwt	102.00–112.00	246	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	340	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	374	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	483	122.99/cwt	122.00–124.00	594	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	578	111.01/cwt	110.00–112.00	642	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	138.97/cwt	120.00–146.00	863	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	133.27/cwt	120.00–142.00	762	24
Bulls	Medium 2	—	425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	531	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	575	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	543	119.00/cwt	118.00–120.00	646	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	150.37/cwt	130.00–163.00	719	33
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	977.07/cwt	925.00–1,075.00	9,849	3
Bulls	—Heavy Weight	—	2,593	83.29/cwt	80.00–87.00	2,160	2
Bulls	—	—	1,709	103.14/cwt	95.00–110.00	1,763	18
Bulls	—	—	1,378	87.43/cwt	83.00–94.00	1,205	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	872	62.15/cwt	60.00–64.00	542	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	896	51.28/cwt	43.00–59.00	459	16
Bulls	—	—	1,828	114.99/cwt	111.00–121.00	2,102	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,069	67.19/cwt	59.00–72.00	718	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	86.99/cwt	84.00–95.00	1,060	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	79.12/cwt	73.00–84.00	983	61

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 8, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 661Last week 578Year ago 676

Slaughter CattleReceipts 180Last week 157Year ago 138

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 1Year ago 3

9 head of hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	110.00	110.00
2	—	270	100.00–110.00	105.19
2	—	470	100.00–113.00	106.57
2	—	433	110.00	110.00
1	—	555	100.00	100.00
2	—	230	102.00–112.00	106.78
1	—	340	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	329	142.00–150.00	145.78
5	—	656	114.00–120.00	117.40
5	—	278	131.00–170.00	148.82
7	—	715	100.00–110.00	108.53
7	—	876	110.00	110.00
29	—	519	124.00–146.00	134.48
3	—	763	104.00–114.00	109.33
13	—	372	130.00–150.00	141.80
35	—	474	120.00–151.00	138.74
12	—	616	110.00–136.00	124.67
16	—	570	126.00–140.00	131.57
30	—	422	120.00–156.00	142.47
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	110.00–116.00	113.32
1	—	470	117.00	117.00
2	—	673	90.00–103.00	96.28
3	—	385	118.00–126.00	123.30
1	—	635	100.00	100.00
2	—	415	120.00	120.00
1	—	265	119.00	119.00
2	—	578	110.00–112.00	111.01
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	114.00	114.00
3	—	318	120.00–129.00	125.80
3	—	372	124.00–130.00	127.96
6	—	429	116.00–138.00	123.97
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	101.00	101.00
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
1	—	380	107.00	107.00
2	—	415	100.00–110.00	104.94
1	—	265	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	143.00–145.00	143.97
19	—	526	134.00–175.00	161.76
3	—	263	154.00–171.00	164.59
8	—	619	140.00–158.00	145.66
14	—	324	140.00–180.00	166.15
11	—	475	136.00–163.00	153.33
24	—	378	140.00–183.00	164.75
1	—	775	136.00	136.00
40	—	416	140.00–184.00	156.19
6	—	705	118.00–139.00	131.52
9	—	579	140.00–166.00	154.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	398	197.00	197.00
17	—	680	145.00–159.00	153.78
12	—	527	191.00	191.00
47	—	468	180.00–207.00	202.62
12	—	603	159.00	159.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	517	120.00–144.00	134.71
3	—	755	113.00–114.00	113.66
10	—	679	113.00–145.00	134.86
4	—	814	110.00–123.00	116.44
1	—	735	132.00	132.00
1	—	945	105.00	105.00
14	—	621	120.00–146.00	138.97
24	—	572	120.00–142.00	133.27
33	—	478	130.00–163.00	150.37
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	90.00–100.00	95.02
2	—	483	122.00–124.00	122.99
1	—	425	125.00	125.00
1	—	575	113.00	113.00
2	—	543	118.00–120.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	104.00	104.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	104.00	104.00
1	—	360	115.00	115.00

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	3	—	1,008	925.00–1,075.00	977.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,593	80.00–87.00	83.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,709	95.00–110.00	103.14
6	—	1,378	83.00–94.00	87.43
6	—	1,828	111.00–121.00	114.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	872	60.00–64.00	62.15
16	—	896	43.00–59.00	51.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,069	59.00–72.00	67.19
19	—	1,219	84.00–95.00	86.99
61	—	1,243	73.00–84.00	79.12

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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