Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2021-03-01

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Mar 1
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
43 head
3 vs last sale 46 135 vs year ago 178 · 75.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
1 vs last sale 47 7 vs year ago 55 · 12.7%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle up 3.00 to 5.00 . Feeder cattle steady with a light run due to weather . Demand was moderate with market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $121.08/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$121.08
12 head · 343 lb average
Value per head Derived
$415
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$21.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.01
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2392127.415007thin
Medium 2183121.002212thin
Medium 3335106.333563thin
One grade step is worth $21.08/cwt here — about $143 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 sale12 hd
121.08
NC average8 barns · 426 hd
136.09
−15.01
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
BullsLow1,56473.571,1515thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,62874.151,2075thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16267.2878238

Every lot, as filed

28 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14349.91/cwt43.00–54.005703
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11664.74/cwt59.00–68.0072218
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21573.03/cwt69.00–80.0088717
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62874.15/cwt70.00–82.001,2075
Bulls1,56473.57/cwt64.00–82.001,1515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2441125.38/cwt120.00–129.005535
BullsMedium and Large 1-273081.00/cwt81.00–81.005911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535114.98/cwt114.00–116.006152
HeifersSmall 331585.00/cwt85.00–85.002681
BullsMedium and Large 1-280085.00/cwt85.00–85.006801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568125.34/cwt122.00–129.007123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2305133.00/cwt133.00–133.004061
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2670100.00/cwt100.00–100.006701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2235132.00/cwt132.00–132.003101
SteersMedium 3175110.00/cwt110.00–110.001931
Dairy HeifersLarge 348844.00/cwt44.00–44.002152
SteersMedium 3455105.00/cwt105.00–105.004781
HeifersMedium 3310108.00/cwt108.00–108.003351
SteersMedium 3375104.00/cwt104.00–104.003901
SteersMedium 2183121.00/cwt121.00–121.002212
Dairy HeifersLarge 357850.00/cwt50.00–50.002894
BullsMedium and Large 1-286090.92/cwt84.00–98.007822
BullsMedium 2490110.00/cwt110.00–110.005391
HeifersMedium 2430106.00/cwt106.00–106.004561
HeifersMedium 2475115.00/cwt115.00–115.005461
HeifersMedium 2380116.03/cwt114.00–118.004412
HeifersMedium 278577.00/cwt77.00–77.006041
HeifersMedium 357591.00/cwt91.00–91.005231

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.