Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2023-05-12

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, May 12
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087
Feeder Cattle receipts
570 head
▼ 300 vs last sale 870▲ 13 vs year ago 557 · +2.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
127 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 172▼ 17 vs year ago 144 · −11.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction to Trend

Compared to last week, Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 lower with feeder cattle selling steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average . 1 hog

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $170.23/cwt on 213 head.
Average price
$170.23
213 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$824
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$485
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$61.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.87
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505177.25895161
Medium and Large 2432154.4066744
Medium and Large 3354115.984108thin
One grade step is worth $61.27/cwt here — about $485 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 sale213 hd
170.23
—
NC average8 barns · 1,539 hd
176.10
−5.87
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,322110.271,45715
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,81591.001,6521thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16990.051,05371
CowsLean 85-90%Low94671.3067416

Every lot, as filed

81 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435165.84/cwt160.00–170.007217
HeifersMedium and Large 2—574136.41/cwt120.00–148.007835
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415100.00/cwt100.00–100.004151
BullsMedium and Large 1—530188.92/cwt175.00–202.001,00123
BullsMedium and Large 1—870148.00/cwt146.00–150.001,2882
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576172.10/cwt150.00–187.0099126
HeifersMedium and Large 2—680110.00/cwt110.00–110.007481
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385158.85/cwt150.00–166.006124
HeifersMedium and Large 3—335100.00/cwt100.00–100.003351
HeifersMedium and Large 3—283120.19/cwt110.00–137.003403
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380118.65/cwt107.00–130.004512
HeifersMedium and Large 2—327161.86/cwt155.00–174.005295
HeifersMedium and Large 2—464157.96/cwt140.00–177.0073313
HeifersMedium and Large 2—287160.16/cwt151.00–170.004603
HeifersMedium and Large 2—239156.70/cwt150.00–170.003753
HeifersMedium and Large 1—772153.56/cwt140.00–161.001,1853
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375190.90/cwt170.00–204.0071627
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422183.28/cwt170.00–196.0077319
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622168.75/cwt154.00–184.001,05010
HeifersMedium and Large 1—329190.43/cwt176.00–198.006278
HeifersMedium and Large 1—296190.88/cwt185.00–202.005659
HeifersMedium and Large 1—865143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,2371
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—588191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,1238
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520173.31/cwt150.00–186.0090118
HeifersMedium and Large 1—677156.28/cwt140.00–173.001,05814
HeifersMedium and Large 1—464177.14/cwt161.00–185.0082213
HeifersMedium and Large 1—818154.65/cwt149.00–160.001,2653
SteersMedium and Large 1—573204.42/cwt200.00–210.001,1714
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—551216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1907
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—452210.00/cwt210.00–210.009493
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—408234.00/cwt234.00–234.009553
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—616210.95/cwt209.00–215.001,29912
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0592
SteersMedium and Large 1—659189.30/cwt185.00–197.001,2477
SteersMedium and Large 1—534202.20/cwt188.00–214.001,0807
SteersMedium and Large 1—222216.74/cwt212.00–219.004813
SteersMedium and Large 1—855165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4111
SteersMedium and Large 1—645194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,2512
SteersMedium and Large 1—473208.91/cwt200.00–215.009885
Dairy SteersLarge 3—375121.00/cwt121.00–121.004541
Dairy SteersLarge 3—315125.00/cwt125.00–125.003941
SteersMedium and Large 1—314233.34/cwt217.00–240.0073311
SteersMedium and Large 1—378226.83/cwt210.00–237.008578
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—543210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1402
SteersMedium and Large 1—438217.62/cwt200.00–225.009536
BullsMedium and Large 1—763154.18/cwt148.00–159.001,1764
BullsMedium and Large 1—377206.94/cwt194.00–247.0078018
BullsMedium and Large 1—429187.19/cwt180.00–198.0080315
BullsMedium and Large 1—474193.12/cwt180.00–230.0091512
BullsMedium and Large 3—590100.00/cwt100.00–100.005901
BullsMedium and Large 3—430120.00/cwt120.00–120.005161
CowsLean 85-90%—93567.64/cwt60.00–82.006328
CowsLean 85-90%—95674.96/cwt70.00–84.007178
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,81591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,6521
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,04782.08/cwt76.00–85.0085919
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520127.00/cwt124.00–130.006602
HeifersMedium and Large 2—600138.00/cwt138.00–138.008281
BullsMedium and Large 1—274208.80/cwt191.00–230.005724
BullsMedium and Large 1—828139.17/cwt130.00–149.001,1525
BullsMedium and Large 1—624170.95/cwt151.00–190.001,06724
BullsMedium and Large 1—673169.06/cwt161.00–188.001,1388
BullsMedium and Large 1—916134.22/cwt130.00–140.001,2294
BullsMedium and Large 1—218206.35/cwt197.50–215.004502
BullsMedium and Large 2—524153.89/cwt135.00–168.008064
BullsMedium and Large 3—355110.00/cwt110.00–110.003911
BullsMedium and Large 1—970129.29/cwt120.00–136.001,2543
BullsMedium and Large 1—570182.14/cwt168.00–195.001,03810
BullsMedium and Large 1—713160.76/cwt155.00–170.001,1465
BullsMedium and Large 1—323213.62/cwt192.00–237.006906
BullsMedium and Large 2—474161.56/cwt140.00–179.007668
BullsMedium and Large 2—290171.00/cwt171.00–171.004961
BullsMedium and Large 2—360170.00/cwt170.00–170.006121
BullsMedium and Large 2—320155.63/cwt140.00–175.004983
BullsMedium and Large 2—578152.50/cwt120.00–172.008813
BullsMedium and Large 2—433159.77/cwt150.00–172.006925
Bulls——1,185106.34/cwt98.00–115.001,2607
Bulls——1,551120.79/cwt117.00–125.001,8736
Bulls——1,11392.43/cwt90.00–95.001,0292
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21091.42/cwt87.00–98.001,10645
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,237102.89/cwt100.00–109.001,2737

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.