Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2021-04-12

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Apr 12
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
227 head
▲ 147 vs last sale 80▲ 168 vs year ago 59 · +284.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 40▲ 27 vs year ago 15 · +180.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady to up 2.00 to 3.00 . Feeder cattle up 3.00 to 6.00 . Demand was moderate to good ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average to attractive .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.46/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$125.46
76 head · 436 lb average
Value per head Derived
$546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$268
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$23.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.32
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2478129.9562154
Medium 2330119.1539314thin
Medium 3333106.203548thin
One grade step is worth $23.75/cwt here — about $268 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 sale76 hd
125.46
—
NC average8 barns · 1,481 hd
125.78
−0.32
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
Bulls—Low1,41886.251,2236thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49864.439655thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05462.7766222
CowsLean 85-90%Low75346.273484thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—275130.00/cwt130.00–130.003581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—663107.71/cwt100.00–113.007143
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—632117.30/cwt107.00–127.007413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—616114.81/cwt100.00–125.007075
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—225139.00/cwt139.00–139.003131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—780108.00/cwt108.00–108.008421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—378158.47/cwt133.00–174.0059910
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,07580.00/cwt80.00–80.008601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—473135.73/cwt131.00–140.0064210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—332163.92/cwt140.00–185.005449
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—479149.84/cwt139.00–161.007187
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—795105.00/cwt105.00–105.008351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—516146.06/cwt135.00–156.007546
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—671128.00/cwt128.00–128.008594
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—378136.31/cwt126.00–146.005156
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—426136.68/cwt132.00–141.0058218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—582140.35/cwt136.00–145.008173
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—195140.00/cwt140.00–140.002731
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1641
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53564.05/cwt62.00–66.009833
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05062.44/cwt58.00–67.0065616
CowsBoner 80-85%—96354.53/cwt54.00–55.005252
Bulls——1,11071.68/cwt70.00–74.007962
Bulls——1,28384.60/cwt81.00–87.001,0852
Dairy SteersLarge 3—64590.00/cwt90.00–90.005811
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11868.23/cwt68.00–69.007634
CowsLean 85-90%—74337.09/cwt34.00–40.002762
CowsLean 85-90%—76355.45/cwt54.00–57.004232
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43050.00/cwt50.00–50.007151
Bulls——1,860102.48/cwt102.00–103.001,9062
BullsMedium 2—565115.00/cwt115.00–115.006501
BullsMedium 2—530114.00/cwt114.00–114.006041
BullsMedium 2—480117.00/cwt117.00–117.005621
Dairy SteersLarge 3—280106.51/cwt106.00–107.002982
Dairy SteersLarge 3—1,00567.00/cwt67.00–67.006731
Dairy SteersLarge 3—97088.00/cwt88.00–88.008541
SteersMedium 3—318103.19/cwt100.00–110.003283
HeifersMedium 2—278118.13/cwt116.00–120.003282
HeifersMedium 3—315109.00/cwt109.00–109.003431
SteersMedium 2—400120.00/cwt120.00–120.004801
HeifersMedium 2—480125.00/cwt125.00–125.006001
HeifersMedium 2—318118.60/cwt110.00–128.003776
HeifersMedium 3—480102.00/cwt101.00–103.004902
HeifersMedium 3—200111.00/cwt111.00–111.002221
HeifersMedium 3—365110.00/cwt110.00–110.004021
BullsMedium 2—72594.00/cwt94.00–94.006821
SteersMedium 2—345120.00/cwt120.00–120.004141
HeifersMedium 3—275105.21/cwt100.00–110.002893
SteersMedium 2—475113.00/cwt113.00–113.005371
HeifersMedium 2—235120.00/cwt120.00–120.002821
HeifersMedium 2—359118.80/cwt110.00–125.004264
SteersMedium 2—165136.00/cwt136.00–136.002241
SteersMedium 2—370126.00/cwt126.00–126.004661
SteersMedium 3—405101.00/cwt101.00–101.004091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—470143.05/cwt128.00–159.0067212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—515143.53/cwt130.00–155.0073911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—573137.57/cwt131.00–142.007885
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—725109.00/cwt109.00–109.007901
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1001,090.91/cwt900.00–1,250.0012,0002
SteersMedium 2—295130.00/cwt130.00–130.003841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—590126.00/cwt126.00–126.007431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—420155.31/cwt130.00–173.0065211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—521124.10/cwt113.00–134.006478
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—83097.00/cwt97.00–97.008051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—625126.84/cwt111.00–140.007936
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—800109.00/cwt109.00–109.008721

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.