Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady with a light run of feeder cattle due to weather but sold well with quality average .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.30/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$118.30

13 head · 417 lb average

Value per head Derived

$493

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$30.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.52

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	407	122.99	501	11thin
Medium 3	468	92.50	432	2thin

One grade step is worth $30.49/cwt here — about $68 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 sale13 hd

118.30

—

NC average8 barns · 331 hd

111.78

+6.52

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	—	Average	1,703	86.74	1,477	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,576	71.00	1,119	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,133	61.90	701	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	897	46.01	413	3thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	477	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,092	61.57/cwt	57.00–67.00	672	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	76.20/cwt	70.00–83.00	1,210	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,562	64.77/cwt	60.00–68.00	1,012	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	235	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	148	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	72.30/cwt	69.00–78.00	924	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	352	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	482	1
Bulls	—	—	1,755	94.29/cwt	88.00–99.00	1,655	4
Bulls	—	—	1,598	71.63/cwt	65.00–77.00	1,145	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	40.52/cwt	40.00–41.00	374	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	134.62/cwt	126.00–144.00	563	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,063	52.09/cwt	44.00–57.00	554	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	126.31/cwt	125.00–127.00	650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	133.02/cwt	131.00–134.00	616	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	133.97/cwt	133.00–135.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	98.02/cwt	96.00–100.00	699	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	122.48/cwt	118.00–125.00	510	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	115.51/cwt	115.00–116.00	601	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	560	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	125.98/cwt	123.00–129.00	445	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	460	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	478	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	375	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	356	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	734	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	639	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	222	118.37/cwt	116.00–120.00	263	3

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 Feb 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 46Last week 33Year ago 134

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 21Year ago 94

Slaughter cattle steady with a light run of feeder cattle due to weather but sold well with quality average .

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	124.00	124.00
2	—	418	126.00–144.00	134.62
1	—	275	132.00	132.00
3	—	463	131.00–134.00	133.02
2	—	503	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	222	116.00–120.00	118.37
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	63.00	63.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	133.00	133.00
1	—	345	127.00	127.00
1	—	460	120.00	120.00
4	—	416	118.00–125.00	122.48
2	—	520	115.00–116.00	115.51
2	—	353	123.00–129.00	125.98
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	90.00	90.00
1	—	375	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	125.00–127.00	126.31
1	—	615	117.00	117.00
2	—	468	133.00–135.00	133.97
2	—	713	96.00–100.00	98.02
1	—	765	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	104.00	104.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,092	57.00–67.00	61.57
6	—	1,278	69.00–78.00	72.30
6	—	1,063	44.00–57.00	52.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,588	70.00–83.00	76.20
5	—	1,562	60.00–68.00	64.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	57.00	57.00
2	—	923	40.00–41.00	40.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,755	88.00–99.00	94.29
2	—	1,598	65.00–77.00	71.63

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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