Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2020-12-21

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Dec 21
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
69 head
62 vs last sale 131 69 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
9 vs last sale 23 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 1.00 to 4.00 lower on a fairly light test. There were too few feeder cattle to establish an adequate market comparison, however a lower undertone was noted. Due to it being a holiday week, demand was light; market activity and buy interest were slow. Offerings of cattle were light. Cattle quality was average. 10 head of baby calves ranged 10.00 to 55.00 per head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $107.31/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$107.31
17 head · 427 lb average
Value per head Derived
$459
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium 2 over Medium 3
$7.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
19.06
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 2385110.184246thin
Medium and Large 1-2526110.005795thin
Medium 3388102.203966thin
One grade step is worth $7.98/cwt here — about $28 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 sale17 hd
107.31
NC average6 barns · 326 hd
126.38
−19.06
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
BullsLow1,41774.841,0615thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15949.3557213
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45148.927107thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average84547.003971thin

Every lot, as filed

39 lots · USDA AMS · Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Monday) - Siler City, NC
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,22065.17/cwt64.00–66.007952
Bulls1,40376.93/cwt74.00–79.001,0792
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45544.00/cwt44.00–44.006401
CowsLean 85-90%84547.00/cwt47.00–47.003971
BullsSmall 352090.00/cwt90.00–90.004681
HeifersSmall 357074.00/cwt74.00–74.004221
BullsMedium and Large 1-287076.00/cwt76.00–76.006611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2355121.00/cwt121.00–121.004301
HeifersMedium 329095.00/cwt95.00–95.002761
BullsMedium 351899.95/cwt97.00–103.005183
HeifersMedium 268580.00/cwt80.00–80.005481
SteersMedium 2413107.35/cwt106.00–108.004433
BullsMedium 269080.00/cwt80.00–80.005521
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45049.74/cwt45.00–52.007216
BullsMedium 369580.00/cwt80.00–80.005561
BullsMedium 3455100.00/cwt100.00–100.004551
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19249.25/cwt45.00–56.0058710
CowsBoner 80-85%95844.00/cwt44.00–44.004222
SteersMedium 343299.71/cwt96.00–102.004313
HeifersMedium 3335100.00/cwt100.00–100.003351
HeifersMedium 2385105.00/cwt105.00–105.004041
BullsMedium 280071.00/cwt71.00–71.005681
SteersMedium 2363112.03/cwt107.00–117.004072
SteersMedium 2345115.00/cwt115.00–115.003971
HeifersMedium 3370100.00/cwt100.00–100.003701
SteersMedium 3280102.00/cwt102.00–102.002861
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415117.00/cwt117.00–117.004861
SteersMedium and Large 1-296589.00/cwt89.00–89.008591
HeifersMedium 346992.49/cwt86.00–99.004344
HeifersMedium 351581.00/cwt81.00–81.004171
BullsMedium and Large 1-265096.00/cwt96.00–96.006241
SteersMedium 3375106.04/cwt105.00–107.003982
BullsSmall 347080.00/cwt80.00–80.003761
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23561.00/cwt61.00–61.007531
HeifersMedium 355886.97/cwt80.00–94.004852
HeifersMedium 3435100.00/cwt100.00–100.004351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2290121.00/cwt121.00–121.003511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2605102.00/cwt102.00–102.006171
Bulls1,84090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6561

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.