Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-14

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 moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings average with quality average .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.11/cwt on 314 head.

Average price

$125.11

314 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$23.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.92

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	502	128.37	644	252
Medium 2	432	115.69	499	40
Medium 3	441	104.97	463	22

One grade step is worth $23.40/cwt here — about $181 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 sale314 hd

125.11

—

NC average7 barns · 870 hd

119.20

+5.92

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	1,752	94.09	1,648	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,260	64.58	814	93
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	944	47.74	450	17

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	122.55/cwt	111.00–130.00	765	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	113.21/cwt	106.00–125.00	756	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	133.58/cwt	120.00–159.00	632	22
Steers	Medium 3	—	420	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	151.64/cwt	140.00–167.00	432	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	137.74/cwt	120.00–149.00	585	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	134.92/cwt	120.00–150.00	645	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	106.74/cwt	101.00–110.00	823	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	772	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	116.38/cwt	100.00–127.00	720	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	127.84/cwt	119.00–143.00	991	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	528	111.65/cwt	109.00–116.00	590	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	137.87/cwt	122.00–154.00	452	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	110.22/cwt	100.00–123.00	744	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	127.10/cwt	115.00–147.00	658	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	306	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	431	117.81/cwt	115.00–122.00	508	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	476	116.45/cwt	110.00–119.00	554	10
Heifers	Medium 3	—	265	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	265	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	418	115.63/cwt	110.00–118.00	483	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	570	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	650	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	133.69/cwt	120.00–146.00	500	31
Heifers	Medium 3	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	574	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	574	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	278	123.35/cwt	120.00–128.00	343	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	520	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	338	115.71/cwt	112.00–120.00	391	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	124.31/cwt	117.00–131.00	712	39
Bulls	Medium 2	—	524	113.01/cwt	110.00–117.00	592	8
Steers	Medium 3	—	285	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	314	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	375	107.54/cwt	103.00–110.00	403	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	460	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	492	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	335	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	355	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	152.84/cwt	130.00–166.00	497	21
Steers	Medium 2	—	470	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	141.65/cwt	126.00–151.00	939	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,028	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	275	134.55/cwt	133.00–136.00	370	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	230	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	311	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	151.45/cwt	130.00–170.00	565	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	120.94/cwt	112.00–139.00	877	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	126.47/cwt	115.00–139.00	1,046	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	139.54/cwt	122.00–156.00	814	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	139.38/cwt	124.00–150.00	735	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	141.63/cwt	121.00–165.00	599	38
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	273	110.63/cwt	110.00–112.00	302	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	300	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	151.03/cwt	130.00–169.00	711	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,052	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	133.94/cwt	125.00–150.00	833	11
Bulls	Medium 3	—	529	104.02/cwt	102.00–109.00	550	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	105.76/cwt	100.00–115.00	749	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	125.99/cwt	116.00–149.00	722	19
Heifers	Medium 2	—	366	118.27/cwt	115.00–120.00	433	8
Heifers	Medium 3	—	419	105.69/cwt	100.00–110.00	443	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	287	135.30/cwt	130.00–141.00	388	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	755	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	107.73/cwt	100.00–111.00	767	8
Bulls	Medium 2	—	608	93.95/cwt	90.00–98.00	571	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	715	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	127.96/cwt	117.00–149.00	664	21
Heifers	Medium 3	—	381	106.59/cwt	100.00–110.00	406	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	561	110.50/cwt	109.00–113.00	620	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	463	122.01/cwt	120.00–124.00	565	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	655	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	490	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	670	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	596	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	775	87.30/cwt	80.00–91.00	677	7
Bulls	Medium 3	—	567	94.99/cwt	90.00–100.00	539	3
Bulls	—Heavy Weight	—	2,440	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	2,245	1
Bulls	—	—	1,698	89.28/cwt	81.00–93.00	1,516	9
Bulls	—	—	1,731	98.62/cwt	94.00–104.00	1,707	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	59.98/cwt	55.00–63.00	720	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	67.12/cwt	64.00–74.00	872	57
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	903	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	55.77/cwt	51.00–58.00	547	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	44.39/cwt	37.00–50.00	412	12

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 Oct 14, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 738Last week 925Year ago 800

Slaughter CattleReceipts 151Last week 134Year ago 132

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	624	111.00–130.00	122.55
13	—	668	106.00–125.00	113.21
22	—	473	120.00–159.00	133.58
4	—	708	100.00–115.00	105.76
19	—	573	116.00–149.00	125.99
21	—	519	117.00–149.00	127.96
1	—	800	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	524	110.00–117.00	113.01
2	—	608	90.00–98.00	93.95
1	—	715	90.00	90.00
6	—	561	109.00–113.00	110.50
2	—	463	120.00–124.00	122.01
1	—	655	94.00	94.00
7	—	775	80.00–91.00	87.30
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	529	102.00–109.00	104.02
1	—	490	105.00	105.00
1	—	670	89.00	89.00
3	—	567	90.00–100.00	94.99
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	100.00	100.00
1	—	285	110.00	110.00
3	—	375	103.00–110.00	107.54
1	—	460	107.00	107.00
1	—	335	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	285	140.00–167.00	151.64
7	—	775	119.00–143.00	127.84
21	—	325	130.00–166.00	152.84
6	—	663	126.00–151.00	141.65
1	—	970	106.00	106.00
27	—	373	130.00–170.00	151.45
5	—	725	112.00–139.00	120.94
3	—	827	115.00–139.00	126.47
11	—	583	122.00–156.00	139.54
11	—	527	124.00–150.00	139.38
38	—	423	121.00–165.00	141.63
7	—	471	130.00–169.00	151.03
1	—	855	123.00	123.00
11	—	622	125.00–150.00	133.94
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	431	115.00–122.00	117.81
1	—	470	114.00	114.00
2	—	275	133.00–136.00	134.55
1	—	230	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	425	120.00–149.00	137.74
45	—	478	120.00–150.00	134.92
4	—	771	101.00–110.00	106.74
1	—	830	93.00	93.00
19	—	619	100.00–127.00	116.38
12	—	328	122.00–154.00	137.87
14	—	675	100.00–123.00	110.22
35	—	518	115.00–147.00	127.10
1	—	235	130.00	130.00
31	—	374	120.00–146.00	133.69
39	—	573	117.00–131.00	124.31
3	—	287	130.00–141.00	135.30
8	—	712	100.00–111.00	107.73
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	528	109.00–116.00	111.65
10	—	476	110.00–119.00	116.45
8	—	418	110.00–118.00	115.63
1	—	570	111.00	111.00
1	—	650	94.00	94.00
3	—	278	120.00–128.00	123.35
3	—	338	112.00–120.00	115.71
8	—	366	115.00–120.00	118.27
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	265	100.00	100.00
2	—	475	110.00	110.00
3	—	574	100.00	100.00
1	—	520	110.00	110.00
7	—	419	100.00–110.00	105.69
1	—	755	100.00	100.00
6	—	381	100.00–110.00	106.59
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	273	110.00–112.00	110.63
1	—	300	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,440	92.00	92.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,698	81.00–93.00	89.28
10	—	1,731	94.00–104.00	98.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,200	55.00–63.00	59.98
57	—	1,299	64.00–74.00	67.12
1	—	1,115	81.00	81.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	981	51.00–58.00	55.77
12	—	928	37.00–50.00	44.39

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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