Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2021-03-29

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Mar 29
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
126 head
60 vs last sale 186 21 vs year ago 105 · +20.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
21 vs last sale 70 26 vs year ago 23 · +113.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle up 2.00 to 3.00 . Feeder cattle steady to up 2.00 to 3.00 . Demand was good ; market activity and buyer interest active . Offerings light with quality attractive to average.

Baby calves 35.00 to 65.00 7 head

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.74/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$126.74
44 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$511
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$247
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$22.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.68
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2416130.2154136
Medium 2393113.004445thin
Medium 3272108.002943thin
One grade step is worth $22.21/cwt here — about $247 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 sale44 hd
126.74
NC average9 barns · 1,573 hd
122.06
+4.68
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
BullsLow1,61776.881,2434thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,64166.651,0946thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13762.6371221
CowsLean 85-90%Average77743.5233810

Every lot, as filed

53 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2529146.07/cwt140.00–149.007734
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565118.22/cwt113.00–122.006683
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2332129.08/cwt124.00–135.004293
BullsMedium and Large 1-2463140.07/cwt131.00–150.006495
BullsMedium and Large 1-2670105.00/cwt105.00–105.007041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2318140.39/cwt130.00–152.004462
BullsMedium and Large 1-2623116.53/cwt104.00–130.007262
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670126.00/cwt126.00–126.008441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570145.00/cwt145.00–145.008271
SteersMedium and Large 1-2373162.58/cwt140.00–180.006066
BullsMedium and Large 1-2735106.00/cwt106.00–106.007791
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2366132.38/cwt124.00–135.0048513
CowsLean 85-90%81650.57/cwt45.00–57.004134
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24073.59/cwt68.00–78.009137
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10662.41/cwt58.00–66.006908
SteersMedium and Large 1-2290150.00/cwt150.00–150.004351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465153.32/cwt151.00–155.007133
Bulls1,45370.26/cwt68.00–74.001,0212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2523128.84/cwt121.00–136.006746
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2488124.00/cwt124.00–124.006052
Bulls1,72083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,4281
Bulls1,84084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,5461
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,86873.35/cwt68.00–80.001,3702
CowsLean 85-90%75138.82/cwt34.00–41.002926
BullsMedium 2555114.00/cwt114.00–114.006331
SteersMedium 2295131.00/cwt131.00–131.003861
Dairy SteersLarge 382568.00/cwt68.00–68.005611
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56265.39/cwt62.00–67.001,0213
BullsMedium 277590.00/cwt90.00–90.006981
Dairy SteersLarge 386567.00/cwt67.00–67.005801
BullsMedium 2515114.00/cwt114.00–114.005872
SteersMedium 3245101.00/cwt101.00–101.002471
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05950.13/cwt41.00–54.005316
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42557.00/cwt57.00–57.008121
BullsMedium 360085.00/cwt85.00–85.005101
SteersMedium 3435110.00/cwt110.00–110.004791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568128.66/cwt128.00–130.007313
BullsMedium and Large 1-2760101.00/cwt96.00–106.007682
HeifersMedium 2333113.00/cwt113.00–113.003762
BullsMedium 2483120.00/cwt120.00–120.005802
HeifersMedium 2385116.00/cwt116.00–116.004471
HeifersMedium 2405115.00/cwt115.00–115.004661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2431132.41/cwt120.00–136.0057114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2758111.07/cwt104.00–118.008422
HeifersMedium 3288108.00/cwt108.00–108.003112
HeifersMedium 3240108.00/cwt108.00–108.002591
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,130105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1871
SteersMedium and Large 1-2705116.00/cwt116.00–116.008181
BullsMedium and Large 1-294584.00/cwt84.00–84.007941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500123.00/cwt123.00–123.006151
SteersMedium 2210120.00/cwt120.00–120.002522
HeifersMedium 2510108.00/cwt108.00–108.005511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2427152.12/cwt140.00–167.0065011

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.