Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Baby calves 30.00 to 40.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.90/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$110.90

33 head · 448 lb average

Value per head Derived

$497

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$13.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.54

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	485	115.25	559	17thin
Medium 2	398	113.36	452	6thin
Medium 3	416	102.03	424	10thin

One grade step is worth $13.22/cwt here — about $134 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

110.90

—

NC average8 barns · 1,131 hd

113.44

−2.54

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	—	Low	1,478	96.33	1,424	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,186	72.20	856	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	881	55.73	491	4thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Bulls	Medium 2	—	587	108.68/cwt	107.00–111.00	638	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	475	116.53/cwt	115.00–118.00	554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	252	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	381	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	70.25/cwt	67.00–75.00	814	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	955	59.52/cwt	59.00–60.00	568	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	492	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	137.50/cwt	130.00–139.00	452	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	131.87/cwt	128.00–134.00	498	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	113.00/cwt	110.00–117.00	597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	120.74/cwt	117.00–123.00	517	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	540	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	51.32/cwt	44.00–58.00	481	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	823	60.13/cwt	56.00–64.00	495	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	78.05/cwt	76.00–81.00	997	10
Bulls	—	—	1,175	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	952	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	475	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	542	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	400	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	452	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	750	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	615	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	540	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	583	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	445	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	347	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	260	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	156	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	432	106.94/cwt	104.00–109.00	462	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	285	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	288	1
Bulls	—	—	1,705	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,790	1
Bulls	—	—	1,555	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,602	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	385	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	404	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	345	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	345	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	525	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	562	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	295	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	342	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	560	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	375	116.05/cwt	114.00–119.00	435	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	355	105.52/cwt	104.00–107.00	375	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	485	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	100.43/cwt	95.00–103.00	631	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	558	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	515	98.56/cwt	90.00–104.00	508	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	310	102.52/cwt	101.00–104.00	318	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	481	104.65/cwt	100.00–110.00	503	9
Bulls	Medium 3	—	562	104.67/cwt	104.00–105.00	588	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	305	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	348	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	409	114.00/cwt	110.00–117.00	466	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	603	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	115.49/cwt	115.00–116.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	676	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	648	1

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 Jun 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 124Last week 115Year ago 70

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 29Year ago 25

Baby calves 30.00 to 40.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	587	107.00–111.00	108.68
2	—	475	115.00–118.00	116.53
1	—	750	82.00	82.00
1	—	540	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	107.00	107.00
9	—	481	100.00–110.00	104.65
3	—	562	104.00–105.00	104.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	117.00	117.00
2	—	603	100.00	100.00
2	—	518	115.00–116.00	115.49
1	—	690	98.00	98.00
1	—	720	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	126.00	126.00
3	—	528	110.00–117.00	113.00
8	—	428	117.00–123.00	120.74
1	—	450	120.00	120.00
3	—	628	95.00–103.00	100.43
1	—	580	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	113.00	113.00
1	—	560	105.00	105.00
3	—	375	114.00–119.00	116.05
1	—	305	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	101.00	101.00
2	—	355	104.00–107.00	105.52
1	—	485	109.00	109.00
4	—	515	90.00–104.00	98.56
2	—	310	101.00–104.00	102.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	252	151.00	151.00
1	—	400	123.00	123.00
7	—	329	130.00–139.00	137.50
7	—	378	128.00–134.00	131.87
1	—	450	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	114.00	114.00
1	—	295	116.00	116.00
5	—	409	110.00–117.00	114.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	104.00–109.00	106.94
1	—	385	105.00	105.00
1	—	345	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	78.00	78.00
2	—	260	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,159	67.00–75.00	70.25
2	—	955	59.00–60.00	59.52
10	—	1,278	76.00–81.00	78.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	938	44.00–58.00	51.32
2	—	823	56.00–64.00	60.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	81.00	81.00
1	—	1,705	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,555	103.00	103.00

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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