Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 7.

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly 1.00 higher. Feeder cattle were steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves (14 head) ranged 10.00 to 75.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.29/cwt on 154 head.

Average price

$134.29

154 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

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

$34.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.62

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	510	140.23	715	122
Medium 2	467	115.02	537	20
Medium 3	422	106.02	447	12thin

One grade step is worth $34.22/cwt here — about $267 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 sale154 hd

134.29

—

NC average9 barns · 884 hd

139.91

−5.62

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	1,644	100.80	1,657	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,210	79.25	959	71
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	856	62.68	537	11

Every lot, as filed

83 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 2	—	610	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	370	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	411	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	515	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	515	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	390	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	390	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	545	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	142.00/cwt	141.00–143.00	305	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	410	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	443	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	309	146.93/cwt	145.00–150.00	454	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	136.96/cwt	120.00–152.00	712	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	378	184.57/cwt	181.00–188.00	698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	500	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	309	162.63/cwt	158.00–177.00	503	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	780	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,209	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	123.31/cwt	118.00–130.00	836	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	154.35/cwt	130.00–163.00	661	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	116.98/cwt	110.00–124.00	1,010	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	275	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	120.64/cwt	118.00–124.00	949	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	358	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	213	125.76/cwt	122.00–130.00	268	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	144.11/cwt	139.00–146.00	393	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	161.52/cwt	160.00–162.00	635	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	498	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	896	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	135.56/cwt	125.00–141.00	779	15
Heifers	Medium 2	—	470	117.54/cwt	113.00–120.00	552	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	555	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	380	116.88/cwt	114.00–120.00	444	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	565	113.93/cwt	110.00–116.00	644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	134.60/cwt	125.00–138.00	840	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,034	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	310	104.67/cwt	104.00–106.00	324	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	428	107.77/cwt	100.00–113.00	461	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	589	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	884	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,218	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	658	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,099	4
Steers	Small 3	—	415	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	411	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	730	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	730	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	440	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	157.84/cwt	135.00–177.00	579	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	156.20/cwt	130.00–179.00	661	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	153.51/cwt	152.00–155.00	419	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	948	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,194	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	159.23/cwt	142.00–167.00	1,045	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	140.56/cwt	130.00–150.00	888	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	156.20/cwt	132.00–175.00	826	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	162.52/cwt	136.00–175.00	928	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	395	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	340	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	475	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	147.80/cwt	130.00–161.00	1,055	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	709	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,134	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	163.77/cwt	150.00–174.00	791	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	148.95/cwt	147.00–151.00	1,151	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	332	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	269	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	440	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	308	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	116.49/cwt	116.00–117.00	973	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	954	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	140.28/cwt	136.00–145.00	878	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	133.51/cwt	110.00–144.00	892	12
Bulls	Medium 3	—	595	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	495	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	968	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	150.38/cwt	130.00–165.00	857	14
Bulls	Medium 2	—	535	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	599	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	505	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	556	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	462	106.63/cwt	104.00–110.00	493	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	516	111.20/cwt	110.00–112.00	574	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	147.71/cwt	124.00–154.00	708	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	152.68/cwt	134.00–176.00	734	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	129.62/cwt	125.00–132.00	942	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	132.32/cwt	120.00–153.00	1,023	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	126.35/cwt	118.00–135.00	900	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	540	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	562	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	146.05/cwt	130.00–174.00	761	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	986	65.83/cwt	60.00–68.00	649	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	75.27/cwt	70.00–80.00	854	31
Bulls	—	—	1,455	88.04/cwt	84.00–92.00	1,281	3
Bulls	—	—	1,668	100.37/cwt	97.00–104.00	1,674	7
Bulls	—	—	1,744	111.13/cwt	107.00–119.00	1,938	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	86.47/cwt	81.00–91.00	1,157	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	902	54.10/cwt	44.00–65.00	488	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	834	64.21/cwt	63.00–65.00	536	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	848	68.71/cwt	67.00–72.00	583	3

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 Aug 5, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 455Last week 426Year ago 733

Slaughter CattleReceipts 110Last week 85Year ago 165

Current hog receipts 7.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	92.00	92.00
1	—	440	120.00	120.00
2	—	213	122.00–130.00	125.76
6	—	470	113.00–120.00	117.54
2	—	380	114.00–120.00	116.88
3	—	565	110.00–116.00	113.93
5	—	516	110.00–112.00	111.20
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	111.00	111.00
1	—	555	100.00	100.00
3	—	310	104.00–106.00	104.67
3	—	428	100.00–113.00	107.77
3	—	462	104.00–110.00	106.63
1	—	540	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	309	145.00–150.00	146.93
25	—	520	120.00–152.00	136.96
4	—	678	118.00–130.00	123.31
14	—	428	130.00–163.00	154.35
2	—	863	110.00–124.00	116.98
3	—	787	118.00–124.00	120.64
1	—	245	146.00	146.00
4	—	273	139.00–146.00	144.11
4	—	393	160.00–162.00	161.52
15	—	575	125.00–141.00	135.56
11	—	624	125.00–138.00	134.60
1	—	940	110.00	110.00
1	—	820	118.00	118.00
14	—	479	124.00–154.00	147.71
6	—	712	118.00–135.00	126.35
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	100.00	100.00
1	—	390	100.00	100.00
1	—	410	108.00	108.00
1	—	275	101.00	101.00
1	—	730	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	126.00	126.00
1	—	440	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	215	141.00–143.00	142.00
5	—	309	158.00–177.00	162.63
1	—	870	140.00	140.00
16	—	367	135.00–177.00	157.84
17	—	423	130.00–179.00	156.20
2	—	273	152.00–155.00	153.51
2	—	948	126.00	126.00
11	—	656	142.00–167.00	159.23
11	—	632	130.00–150.00	140.56
9	—	529	132.00–175.00	156.20
4	—	571	136.00–175.00	162.52
8	—	714	130.00–161.00	147.80
10	—	483	150.00–174.00	163.77
2	—	773	147.00–151.00	148.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	181.00–188.00	184.57
1	—	500	184.00	184.00
2	—	498	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	155.00	155.00
8	—	589	150.00	150.00
4	—	658	167.00	167.00
8	—	709	160.00	160.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	99.00	99.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	86.00	86.00
1	—	475	95.00	95.00
3	—	332	81.00	81.00
1	—	440	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	116.00–117.00	116.49
1	—	935	102.00	102.00
7	—	626	136.00–145.00	140.28
12	—	668	110.00–144.00	133.51
14	—	570	130.00–165.00	150.38
16	—	481	134.00–176.00	152.68
5	—	727	125.00–132.00	129.62
3	—	773	120.00–153.00	132.32
11	—	521	130.00–174.00	146.05
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	106.00	106.00
1	—	505	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	112.00	112.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	986	60.00–68.00	65.83
31	—	1,135	70.00–80.00	75.27
32	—	1,338	81.00–91.00	86.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	902	44.00–65.00	54.10
5	—	834	63.00–65.00	64.21
3	—	848	67.00–72.00	68.71
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,455	84.00–92.00	88.04
7	—	1,668	97.00–104.00	100.37
4	—	1,744	107.00–119.00	111.13

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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