Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle up 2.00 this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle steady to up 2.00 to 4.00 this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

15 head of hogs

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.56/cwt on 189 head.

Average price

$153.56

189 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$330

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

$48.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.22

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	475	156.91	745	171
Medium 1-2	310	145.00	450	1thin
Medium 2	395	123.05	486	14thin
Medium 3	385	108.00	416	3thin

One grade step is worth $48.91/cwt here — about $330 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 sale189 hd

153.56

—

NC average8 barns · 776 hd

157.78

−4.22

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	1,529	101.52	1,552	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,252	77.68	972	104
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	819	53.18	435	14

Every lot, as filed

75 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 1-2	—	275	155.42/cwt	131.00–167.00	427	7
Steers	Medium 3	—	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	126.37/cwt	126.00–127.00	852	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	125.26/cwt	118.00–130.00	774	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	100.50/cwt	100.00–101.00	707	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	131.43/cwt	129.00–138.00	961	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	630	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	617	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	265	120.55/cwt	113.00–129.00	319	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	143.98/cwt	127.00–156.00	680	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,079	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	310	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	137.61/cwt	132.00–146.00	508	11
Heifers	Medium 2	—	665	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	389	121.45/cwt	115.00–127.00	472	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	400	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	448	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	144.53/cwt	133.00–153.00	749	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	141.49/cwt	141.00–142.00	396	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	139.61/cwt	120.00–148.00	796	32
Heifers	Medium 3	—	240	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	254	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	275	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	303	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	228	125.05/cwt	124.00–126.00	285	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	320	121.75/cwt	118.00–126.00	390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	132.28/cwt	125.00–140.00	429	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	159.06/cwt	139.00–170.00	515	11
Steers	Medium 3	—	305	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	317	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	385	137.18/cwt	133.00–139.00	528	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	142.84/cwt	139.00–148.00	597	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	153.24/cwt	136.00–160.00	950	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	152.81/cwt	140.00–161.00	798	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	160.36/cwt	140.00–167.00	922	26
Steers	Medium 2	—	340	117.79/cwt	114.00–125.00	400	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	730	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	686	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	420	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	496	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	110.01/cwt	109.00–111.00	1,136	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	155.98/cwt	146.00–170.00	356	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	161.88/cwt	130.00–178.00	691	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	159.39/cwt	138.00–181.00	595	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	159.09/cwt	138.00–179.00	741	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,027	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	710	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,221	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	151.73/cwt	133.00–157.00	1,023	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	130.99/cwt	110.00–144.00	811	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	155.37/cwt	134.00–169.00	735	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	148.77/cwt	134.00–163.00	784	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	137.01/cwt	121.00–144.00	792	14
Bulls	Medium 3	—	585	104.25/cwt	104.00–105.00	610	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	413	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	454	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	130.75/cwt	114.00–137.00	875	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	833	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	680	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	465	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	104.55/cwt	99.00–110.00	913	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	469	118.59/cwt	110.00–124.00	556	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	905	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	787	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	114.00/cwt	100.00–124.00	833	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	460	114.49/cwt	114.00–115.00	527	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	750	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	581	114.53/cwt	111.00–118.00	665	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	111.02/cwt	108.00–116.00	876	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	850	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 3	—	785	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,925	1
Bulls	—	—	1,727	111.01/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,917	5
Bulls	—	—	1,378	96.04/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,323	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	833	56.86/cwt	50.00–74.00	474	8
Bulls	—	—	1,258	86.00/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,082	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	76.18/cwt	69.00–79.00	929	52
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,032	63.67/cwt	57.00–68.00	657	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,351	83.35/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,126	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	571	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	786	44.73/cwt	40.00–50.00	352	5

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 May 13, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 557Last week 574Year ago 683

Slaughter CattleReceipts 144Last week 166Year ago 168

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 1Year ago 4

15 head of hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	275	131.00–167.00	155.42
5	—	731	129.00–138.00	131.43
11	—	324	139.00–170.00	159.06
10	—	620	136.00–160.00	153.24
9	—	522	140.00–161.00	152.81
26	—	575	140.00–167.00	160.36
2	—	1,033	109.00–111.00	110.01
4	—	228	146.00–170.00	155.98
48	—	427	130.00–178.00	161.88
27	—	373	138.00–181.00	159.39
14	—	466	138.00–179.00	159.09
1	—	870	118.00	118.00
1	—	1,110	110.00	110.00
1	—	820	128.00	128.00
5	—	674	133.00–157.00	151.73
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	110.00	110.00
1	—	305	104.00	104.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	385	133.00–139.00	137.18
6	—	340	114.00–125.00	117.79
1	—	730	94.00	94.00
2	—	420	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	674	126.00–127.00	126.37
1	—	230	132.00	132.00
12	—	618	118.00–130.00	125.26
2	—	703	100.00–101.00	100.50
1	—	775	103.00	103.00
29	—	472	127.00–156.00	143.98
1	—	955	113.00	113.00
11	—	369	132.00–146.00	137.61
25	—	518	133.00–153.00	144.53
2	—	280	141.00–142.00	141.49
32	—	570	120.00–148.00	139.61
7	—	324	125.00–140.00	132.28
14	—	418	139.00–148.00	142.84
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	98.00	98.00
2	—	265	113.00–129.00	120.55
1	—	665	90.00	90.00
4	—	389	115.00–127.00	121.45
1	—	400	112.00	112.00
2	—	228	124.00–126.00	125.05
2	—	320	118.00–126.00	121.75
4	—	469	110.00–124.00	118.59
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	106.00	106.00
1	—	275	110.00	110.00
2	—	413	110.00	110.00
1	—	465	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	92.00	92.00
12	—	619	110.00–144.00	130.99
32	—	473	134.00–169.00	155.37
24	—	527	134.00–163.00	148.77
14	—	578	121.00–144.00	137.01
10	—	669	114.00–137.00	130.75
1	—	915	91.00	91.00
2	—	873	99.00–110.00	104.55
5	—	731	100.00–124.00	114.00
4	—	789	108.00–116.00	111.02
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	585	104.00–105.00	104.25
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	104.00	104.00
1	—	905	87.00	87.00
2	—	460	114.00–115.00	114.49
1	—	750	94.00	94.00
4	—	581	111.00–118.00	114.53

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	785	500.00	500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,727	107.00–115.00	111.01
3	—	1,378	92.00–99.00	96.04
2	—	1,258	84.00–88.00	86.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	833	50.00–74.00	56.86
1	—	865	66.00	66.00
5	—	786	40.00–50.00	44.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,220	69.00–79.00	76.18
11	—	1,032	57.00–68.00	63.67
41	—	1,351	80.00–90.00	83.35

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle