Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 lower, while bulls were 3.00 to 4.00 higher on a very light test. Feeder steers were also lightly tested and were 3.00 to 4.00 lower; heifers were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 lower; and feeder bulls were sharply lower. Demand was moderate; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves (11 head) ranged 5.00 to 10.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $100.75/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$100.75

51 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$522

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$12.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.70

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	536	105.26	564	20
Medium 2	489	102.40	501	17thin
Medium 3	528	92.32	487	14thin

One grade step is worth $12.94/cwt here — about $77 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 sale51 hd

100.75

—

NC average8 barns · 879 hd

109.45

−8.70

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	—	High	1,486	77.28	1,148	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,592	56.48	899	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,127	52.97	597	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	952	41.42	394	5thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	6,490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	81.77/cwt	80.00–83.00	594	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	680	87.44/cwt	80.00–90.00	595	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	278	115.20/cwt	111.00–118.00	320	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	91.96/cwt	90.00–94.00	616	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	108.81/cwt	108.00–110.00	569	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	86.67/cwt	84.00–89.00	563	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	122.86/cwt	116.00–126.00	588	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	119.71/cwt	117.00–124.00	503	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	746	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	134.48/cwt	123.00–140.00	563	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	34.56/cwt	30.00–38.00	359	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	146.08/cwt	141.00–149.00	470	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	118.48/cwt	110.00–126.00	559	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	97.00/cwt	94.00–100.00	598	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	384	1
Steers	Small 3	—	415	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	374	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	136.30/cwt	127.00–141.00	522	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,131	54.21/cwt	50.00–58.00	613	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	46.00/cwt	45.00–48.00	411	3
Bulls	—	—	1,690	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,639	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	56.24/cwt	50.00–63.00	900	19
Bulls	Medium 2	—	725	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	395	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	435	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	295	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	201	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	45.52/cwt	42.00–49.00	498	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	61.40/cwt	60.00–63.00	721	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	413	95.03/cwt	90.00–100.00	392	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	615	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	492	1
Bulls	—	—	2,200	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,870	1
Bulls	—	—	1,180	68.13/cwt	64.00–73.00	804	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	340	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	343	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	755	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	523	97.34/cwt	91.00–104.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	563	100.87/cwt	100.00–105.00	568	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	537	107.31/cwt	104.00–109.00	576	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	488	110.49/cwt	109.00–112.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	565	91.97/cwt	85.00–100.00	520	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	315	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	347	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	670	80.51/cwt	80.00–81.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	515	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	536	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	295	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	319	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	385	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	424	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	520	93.76/cwt	88.00–100.00	488	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	615	89.34/cwt	84.00–94.00	549	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	233	119.37/cwt	117.00–122.00	278	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	385	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	447	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	620	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	527	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	305	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	357	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	890	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	623	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	580	104.49/cwt	104.00–105.00	606	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	426	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	470	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	517	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	562	99.96/cwt	98.00–104.00	562	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	6,400	1

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 (Monday) - Siler City, NC

Mon Jan 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 175Last week 88Year ago 208

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 55Year ago 102

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 1Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	590.00	590.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	640.00	640.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	726	80.00–83.00	81.77
1	—	510	107.00	107.00
3	—	650	84.00–89.00	86.67
3	—	420	117.00–124.00	119.71
1	—	600	95.00	95.00
6	—	472	110.00–126.00	118.48
1	—	305	126.00	126.00
1	—	355	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	278	111.00–118.00	115.20
1	—	445	110.00	110.00
1	—	395	110.00	110.00
6	—	563	100.00–105.00	100.87
1	—	315	110.00	110.00
2	—	670	80.00–81.00	80.51
1	—	515	104.00	104.00
1	—	620	85.00	85.00
1	—	470	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	90.00–100.00	95.03
1	—	615	80.00	80.00
5	—	565	85.00–100.00	91.97
6	—	520	88.00–100.00	93.76
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	680	80.00–90.00	87.44
1	—	725	85.00	85.00
1	—	755	77.00	77.00
3	—	537	104.00–109.00	107.31
2	—	488	109.00–112.00	110.49
3	—	615	84.00–94.00	89.34
1	—	890	70.00	70.00
4	—	580	104.00–105.00	104.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	670	90.00–94.00	91.96
5	—	523	108.00–110.00	108.81
7	—	479	116.00–126.00	122.86
1	—	760	87.00	87.00
1	—	855	79.00	79.00
6	—	616	94.00–100.00	97.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	91.00–104.00	97.34
3	—	562	98.00–104.00	99.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	95.00	95.00
10	—	419	123.00–140.00	134.48
5	—	322	141.00–149.00	146.08
6	—	383	127.00–141.00	136.30
1	—	685	110.00	110.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	101.00	101.00
1	—	295	108.00	108.00
1	—	385	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	233	117.00–122.00	119.37
1	—	385	116.00	116.00
1	—	305	117.00	117.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	68.00	68.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,040	30.00–38.00	34.56
3	—	893	45.00–48.00	46.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	61.00	61.00
19	—	1,600	50.00–63.00	56.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,131	50.00–58.00	54.21
9	—	1,093	42.00–49.00	45.52
4	—	1,175	60.00–63.00	61.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	97.00	97.00
1	—	2,200	85.00	85.00
3	—	1,180	64.00–73.00	68.13

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Monday) - Siler City, NC

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