Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2021-02-15

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 15
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
33 head
71 vs last sale 104 117 vs year ago 150 · 78.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
14 vs last sale 35 89 vs year ago 110 · 80.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 2 1 vs year ago 2 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale this week to small to trend the feeder cattle . Slaughter cattle up 2.00 to 4.00 . Due to the weather activity and numbers slow .

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $94.71/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$94.71
14 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$543
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$15
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 3
$42.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.32
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2484112.665466thin
Medium 260585.005141thin
Medium 360084.995105thin
Small 375870.005302thin
One grade step is worth $42.66/cwt here — about $15 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 sale14 hd
94.71
NC average8 barns · 329 hd
108.03
−13.32
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
BullsAverage1,79599.001,7771thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,63074.941,2223thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10164.9571512

Every lot, as filed

18 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
Bulls1,79599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,7771
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63074.94/cwt73.00–77.001,2223
CowsBoner 80-85%97264.28/cwt62.00–67.006253
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19972.96/cwt70.00–78.008755
BullsMedium 356592.00/cwt92.00–92.005201
HeifersMedium 246094.00/cwt94.00–94.004322
BullsMedium and Large 1-2469111.49/cwt101.00–115.005234
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2850660.00/cwt660.00–660.005,6101
BullsSmall 374566.00/cwt66.00–66.004921
BullsSmall 377074.00/cwt74.00–74.005701
BullsMedium 367072.00/cwt72.00–72.004821
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07655.44/cwt50.00–59.005974
BullsMedium 374574.00/cwt74.00–74.005511
BullsMedium 351093.47/cwt92.00–95.004772
HeifersMedium 349585.00/cwt85.00–85.004211
SteersMedium 369570.00/cwt70.00–70.004871
BullsMedium 260585.00/cwt85.00–85.005141
BullsMedium and Large 1-2515115.00/cwt115.00–115.005922

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.