Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2021-05-31

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, May 31
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
91 head
49 vs last sale 140 38 vs year ago 129 · 29.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
16 vs last sale 31 8 vs year ago 39 · +20.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle up 1.00 to 2.00 . Feeder cattle steady to up 1.00 to 3.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

Baby calves 45.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.19/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$115.19
33 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$589
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$272
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$14.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.58
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521117.3261226
Medium 2498108.005386thin
Medium 3330103.003401thin
One grade step is worth $14.32/cwt here — about $272 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 sale33 hd
115.19
NC average6 barns · 819 hd
112.61
+2.58
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
BullsHigh1,90599.001,8862thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,59868.891,1016thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27366.2584330

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1-2615107.00/cwt107.00–107.006581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-291585.00/cwt85.00–85.007781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2512137.94/cwt135.00–141.007063
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469141.77/cwt133.00–144.006656
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2588115.50/cwt115.00–116.006792
SteersMedium and Large 1-2265140.00/cwt140.00–140.003711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560130.67/cwt120.00–132.007329
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2455125.00/cwt125.00–125.005691
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42672.14/cwt70.00–75.001,0296
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25266.08/cwt62.00–70.0082720
Bulls1,695100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6951
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72873.17/cwt72.00–74.001,2642
Bulls2,11598.00/cwt98.00–98.002,0731
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14858.29/cwt57.00–59.006694
HeifersMedium 2415116.00/cwt116.00–116.004811
BullsMedium 281580.00/cwt80.00–80.006521
BullsMedium 271081.00/cwt81.00–81.005751
BullsMedium 262594.00/cwt94.00–94.005881
Dairy SteersLarge 360089.00/cwt89.00–89.005341
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53366.75/cwt65.00–68.001,0234
HeifersMedium 269597.00/cwt97.00–97.006741
HeifersMedium 2330111.00/cwt111.00–111.003661
HeifersMedium 2520106.00/cwt106.00–106.005511
BullsMedium 2518110.49/cwt110.00–111.005722
HeifersMedium 2455112.00/cwt112.00–112.005101
HeifersMedium 2575106.00/cwt106.00–106.006101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2715107.50/cwt105.00–110.007692
BullsMedium and Large 1-2520124.37/cwt120.00–129.006472
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2900825.00/cwt825.00–825.007,4251
Dairy SteersMedium 358099.00/cwt99.00–99.005741
SteersMedium 3300100.00/cwt100.00–100.003001
HeifersMedium 3330103.00/cwt103.00–103.003401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383125.34/cwt125.00–126.004803
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518122.22/cwt120.00–123.006334
SteersMedium and Large 1-2323153.02/cwt151.00–155.004942
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2780100.00/cwt100.00–100.007801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2684110.48/cwt105.00–116.007564
BullsMedium and Large 1-2576125.92/cwt120.00–134.007254
SteersMedium and Large 1-2417138.07/cwt132.00–149.005767
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415124.61/cwt114.00–129.005179
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2664103.96/cwt98.00–109.006904

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.