Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady compared to last sale . Feeder cattle down 2.00 to 3.00 compared to last sale . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings light with quality average to plain .

Baby calves 5.00 to 50.00 9 head

1 hog

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.51/cwt on 92 head.

Average price

$116.51

92 head · 474 lb average

Value per head Derived

$553

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$19.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

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	506	123.26	624	51
Medium 2	417	112.03	467	21
Medium 3	454	104.02	472	20

One grade step is worth $19.24/cwt here — about $152 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 sale92 hd

116.51

—

NC average1 barns · 92 hd

116.51

+0.00

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	1,541	93.23	1,437	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,277	69.50	888	86
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	880	44.51	392	6thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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	—	472	107.06/cwt	100.00–110.00	505	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	464	116.36/cwt	111.00–120.00	540	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	127.89/cwt	123.00–136.00	399	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	610	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	290	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	322	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	445	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	521	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	528	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	120.55/cwt	116.00–127.00	628	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	108.01/cwt	105.00–113.00	742	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	120.38/cwt	116.00–132.00	687	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	127.48/cwt	120.00–138.00	544	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	270	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	297	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	423	102.49/cwt	100.00–110.00	434	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	275	121.71/cwt	114.00–132.00	335	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	417	107.31/cwt	102.00–110.00	447	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	325	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	159.14/cwt	130.00–173.00	667	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	108.45/cwt	103.00–114.00	833	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	680	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	619	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	315	118.50/cwt	117.00–120.00	373	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	245	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	294	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	418	114.46/cwt	113.00–116.00	478	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	275	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	135.97/cwt	132.00–139.00	515	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	127.73/cwt	120.00–136.00	607	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	435	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,049	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	879	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	375	101.22/cwt	100.00–105.00	380	4
Steers	Medium 3	—	245	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	267	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	330	104.63/cwt	96.00–113.00	345	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	141.00/cwt	140.00–142.00	324	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	156.61/cwt	132.00–170.00	575	5
Steers	Medium 3	—	545	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	600	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	366	121.03/cwt	117.00–126.00	443	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	395	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	399	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	172.30/cwt	170.00–176.00	891	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	125.51/cwt	120.00–141.00	725	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	138.49/cwt	120.00–163.00	712	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	114.92/cwt	110.00–120.00	764	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	147.45/cwt	130.00–164.00	702	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	119.18/cwt	110.00–130.00	750	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	75.65/cwt	73.00–84.00	997	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	996	56.49/cwt	54.00–60.00	563	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	39.86/cwt	34.00–43.00	356	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	53.82/cwt	52.00–56.00	460	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	68.06/cwt	61.00–72.00	881	52
Bulls	—	—	1,166	81.35/cwt	76.00–88.00	949	5
Bulls	—	—	1,683	102.00/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,717	4
Bulls	—	—	1,650	95.26/cwt	84.00–100.00	1,572	12
Bulls	Medium 3	—	470	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	470	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	915	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	796	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	700	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	665	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	558	106.30/cwt	96.00–110.00	593	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	620	95.00/cwt	94.00–96.00	589	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	570	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	538	104.98/cwt	100.00–110.00	565	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	335	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	328	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	455	118.00/cwt	113.00–121.00	537	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	108.24/cwt	100.00–117.00	783	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	200	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	210	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	573	101.78/cwt	100.00–104.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	310	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	344	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	374	114.81/cwt	114.00–116.00	429	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	234	112.84/cwt	111.00–117.00	264	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	112.61/cwt	109.00–117.00	707	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 Dec 30, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 279Last week 397Year ago 324

Slaughter CattleReceipts 121Last week 78Year ago 122

Baby calves 5.00 to 50.00 9 head

1 hog

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	472	100.00–110.00	107.06
1	—	270	110.00	110.00
6	—	423	100.00–110.00	102.49
2	—	538	100.00–110.00	104.98
1	—	335	98.00	98.00
1	—	200	105.00	105.00
4	—	573	100.00–104.00	101.78
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	464	111.00–120.00	116.36
1	—	610	98.00	98.00
1	—	290	111.00	111.00
1	—	445	117.00	117.00
2	—	528	107.00	107.00
1	—	680	91.00	91.00
1	—	310	111.00	111.00
5	—	374	114.00–116.00	114.81
3	—	234	111.00–117.00	112.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	312	123.00–136.00	127.89
8	—	521	116.00–127.00	120.55
3	—	687	105.00–113.00	108.01
1	—	705	104.00	104.00
6	—	571	116.00–132.00	120.38
6	—	427	120.00–138.00	127.48
2	—	768	103.00–114.00	108.45
5	—	379	132.00–139.00	135.97
14	—	475	120.00–136.00	127.73
3	—	628	109.00–117.00	112.61
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	275	114.00–132.00	121.71
2	—	315	117.00–120.00	118.50
1	—	245	120.00	120.00
2	—	418	113.00–116.00	114.46
7	—	366	117.00–126.00	121.03
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	102.00–110.00	107.31
1	—	325	100.00	100.00
1	—	275	101.00	101.00
4	—	375	100.00–105.00	101.22
1	—	245	109.00	109.00
1	—	545	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	419	130.00–173.00	159.14
1	—	460	159.00	159.00
1	—	290	150.00	150.00
1	—	760	138.00	138.00
1	—	615	143.00	143.00
1	—	1,165	118.00	118.00
2	—	230	140.00–142.00	141.00
5	—	367	132.00–170.00	156.61
3	—	517	170.00–176.00	172.30
1	—	330	134.00	134.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	96.00–113.00	104.63
1	—	395	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	578	120.00–141.00	125.51
10	—	514	120.00–163.00	138.49
2	—	665	110.00–120.00	114.92
6	—	476	130.00–164.00	147.45
1	—	785	100.00	100.00
5	—	629	110.00–130.00	119.18
2	—	723	100.00–117.00	108.24
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	100.00	100.00
4	—	558	96.00–110.00	106.30
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	87.00	87.00
1	—	700	95.00	95.00
2	—	620	94.00–96.00	95.00
1	—	570	114.00	114.00
3	—	455	113.00–121.00	118.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,318	73.00–84.00	75.65
7	—	996	54.00–60.00	56.49
52	—	1,294	61.00–72.00	68.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	893	34.00–43.00	39.86
2	—	855	52.00–56.00	53.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,166	76.00–88.00	81.35
4	—	1,683	101.00–103.00	102.00
12	—	1,650	84.00–100.00	95.26

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