Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle down 1.00 this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle steady to down 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 .

Baby calves 35.00 to 60.00 4 head

5 head of hogs

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.73/cwt on 179 head.

Average price

$129.73

179 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$23.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.15

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	540	130.95	707	165
Medium 2	405	118.60	480	10thin
Medium 3	438	107.25	469	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.70/cwt here — about $237 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 sale179 hd

129.73

—

NC average8 barns · 881 hd

130.88

−1.15

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	—	Low	1,718	104.56	1,797	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,193	76.16	909	78
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	820	49.65	407	12

Every lot, as filed

69 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	—	268	142.56/cwt	130.00–154.00	382	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	560	112.00/cwt	110.00–114.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	550	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	649	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	330	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	138.51/cwt	127.00–147.00	517	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	445	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	265	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	318	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	200	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	240	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	315	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	347	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	570	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	138.49/cwt	122.00–145.00	654	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	112.02/cwt	100.00–116.00	857	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	142.95/cwt	136.00–148.00	469	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	135.48/cwt	120.00–147.00	768	18
Heifers	Medium 3	—	470	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	395	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	435	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	255	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	283	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	280	124.31/cwt	114.00–140.00	348	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	153.14/cwt	132.00–170.00	510	8
Steers	Medium 3	—	370	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	370	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	137.77/cwt	120.00–149.00	712	30
Heifers	Medium 2	—	358	119.49/cwt	118.00–121.00	428	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	155.92/cwt	130.00–159.00	836	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	153.01/cwt	144.00–159.00	869	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	133.32/cwt	128.00–137.00	957	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,182	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	103.80/cwt	100.00–110.00	745	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	119.60/cwt	110.00–138.00	749	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,035	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	140.29/cwt	127.00–149.00	951	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	146.36/cwt	146.00–150.00	905	11
Steers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	139.48/cwt	130.00–148.00	586	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	152.95/cwt	140.00–161.00	711	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	515	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	905	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	155.72/cwt	134.00–172.00	584	20
Steers	Medium 2	—	420	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	521	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	395	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	474	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	153.01/cwt	136.00–171.00	656	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	131.44/cwt	121.00–147.00	753	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	146.47/cwt	127.00–160.00	751	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	108.38/cwt	100.00–116.00	787	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	110.48/cwt	107.00–114.00	840	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	535	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	556	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	67.12/cwt	64.00–70.00	577	2
Bulls	—	—	1,280	82.28/cwt	76.00–88.00	1,053	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	812	46.15/cwt	40.00–53.00	375	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	82.87/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,070	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,068	65.57/cwt	62.00–68.00	700	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	74.53/cwt	69.00–79.00	866	42
Bulls	—	—	1,832	112.14/cwt	107.00–116.00	2,054	9
Bulls	—	—	1,689	99.82/cwt	90.00–104.00	1,686	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	143.53/cwt	130.00–157.00	686	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	120.30/cwt	106.00–133.00	806	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	127.45/cwt	110.00–136.00	789	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	881	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	525	116.80/cwt	112.00–120.00	613	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	515	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	639	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	852	107.74/cwt	90.00–111.00	918	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	874	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	488	122.46/cwt	120.00–125.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	468	106.70/cwt	105.00–109.00	499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	118.63/cwt	116.00–123.00	795	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	229	142.66/cwt	131.00–152.00	327	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 May 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 502Last week 557Year ago 689

Slaughter CattleReceipts 118Last week 144Year ago 96

Baby calves 35.00 to 60.00 4 head

5 head of hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	130.00–154.00	142.56
12	—	373	127.00–147.00	138.51
21	—	472	122.00–145.00	138.49
9	—	765	100.00–116.00	112.02
4	—	328	136.00–148.00	142.95
18	—	567	120.00–147.00	135.48
30	—	517	120.00–149.00	137.77
4	—	718	100.00–110.00	103.80
19	—	626	110.00–138.00	119.60
24	—	420	130.00–148.00	139.48
13	—	852	90.00–111.00	107.74
5	—	670	116.00–123.00	118.63
4	—	229	131.00–152.00	142.66
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	110.00–114.00	112.00
1	—	330	120.00	120.00
1	—	445	119.00	119.00
1	—	265	120.00	120.00
1	—	200	120.00	120.00
2	—	358	118.00–121.00	119.49
1	—	515	124.00	124.00
1	—	460	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	110.00	110.00
1	—	570	109.00	109.00
1	—	470	100.00	100.00
1	—	395	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	118.00	118.00
4	—	525	112.00–120.00	116.80
2	—	488	120.00–125.00	122.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	573	121.00–147.00	131.44
9	—	513	127.00–160.00	146.47
1	—	920	93.00	93.00
4	—	726	100.00–116.00	108.38
2	—	760	107.00–114.00	110.48
16	—	478	130.00–157.00	143.53
11	—	670	106.00–133.00	120.30
16	—	619	110.00–136.00	127.45
1	—	855	103.00	103.00
1	—	840	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	104.00	104.00
1	—	575	110.00	110.00
3	—	468	105.00–109.00	106.70
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	111.00	111.00
2	—	370	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	280	114.00–140.00	124.31
1	—	420	124.00	124.00
1	—	395	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	333	132.00–170.00	153.14
17	—	536	130.00–159.00	155.92
16	—	568	144.00–159.00	153.01
3	—	718	128.00–137.00	133.32
13	—	938	126.00	126.00
5	—	767	135.00	135.00
5	—	678	127.00–149.00	140.29
1	—	950	110.00	110.00
11	—	618	146.00–150.00	146.36
7	—	465	140.00–161.00	152.95
2	—	823	110.00	110.00
20	—	375	134.00–172.00	155.72
26	—	429	136.00–171.00	153.01
Steers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	104.00	104.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	860	64.00–70.00	67.12
10	—	812	40.00–53.00	46.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,291	80.00–90.00	82.87
10	—	1,068	62.00–68.00	65.57
42	—	1,162	69.00–79.00	74.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	76.00–88.00	82.28
9	—	1,832	107.00–116.00	112.14
5	—	1,689	90.00–104.00	99.82

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