Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2021-02-01

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 1
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
19 head
88 vs last sale 107 146 vs year ago 165 · 88.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
11 vs last sale 27 44 vs year ago 60 · 73.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There were too few head to establish an adequate market comparison. Offerings of cattle were very light due to inclement winter weather. Baby calves (2 head) ranged 20.00 to 45.00 per head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.89/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$131.89
11 head · 386 lb average
Value per head Derived
$508
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.51
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2386131.8950811thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale11 hd
131.89
NC average7 barns · 256 hd
128.37
+3.51
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
BullsLow1,48876.461,1382thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53361.009353thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20955.196677thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48559.00/cwt59.00–59.008762
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63065.00/cwt65.00–65.001,0601
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00538.00/cwt38.00–38.003821
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21857.46/cwt55.00–60.007005
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36561.00/cwt61.00–61.008331
BullsMedium and Large 1-280591.00/cwt91.00–91.007331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2327137.57/cwt131.00–143.004503
SteersMedium and Large 1-2438125.99/cwt125.00–127.005522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370134.00/cwt134.00–134.004961
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,03097.00/cwt97.00–97.009991
SteersMedium and Large 1-2270143.00/cwt143.00–143.003861
HeifersMedium 2505104.00/cwt104.00–104.005251
Bulls1,48876.46/cwt75.00–78.001,1382
BullsMedium 3475100.00/cwt100.00–100.004751
HeifersMedium 353595.00/cwt95.00–95.005081
BullsMedium and Large 1-2555108.00/cwt108.00–108.005991
BullsMedium and Large 1-2740101.00/cwt101.00–101.007471
BullsMedium and Large 1-2920100.00/cwt100.00–100.009201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2238137.36/cwt134.00–140.003273

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.