Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2021-11-29

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Nov 29
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
166 head
41 vs last sale 125 12 vs year ago 178 · 6.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
28 vs last sale 80 52 vs year ago 56 · +92.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, boning type slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 lower; there were too few breaking type slaughter cows to establish an adequate market comparison. Feeder cattle were mostly 4.00 to 10.00 higher on a very light test. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.91/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$113.91
23 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$516
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$26.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.21
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2483119.7857814thin
Medium 2373113.844255thin
Medium 344893.474184thin
One grade step is worth $26.31/cwt here — about $160 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 sale23 hd
113.91
NC average3 barns · 328 hd
114.12
−0.21
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
BullsAverage1,55688.381,3757thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17260.6371142
CowsLean 85-90%Low88444.553949thin

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
HeifersMedium 3225101.40/cwt100.00–103.002282
SteersMedium and Large 1-2617139.00/cwt139.00–139.008585
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2478123.34/cwt121.00–125.005903
HeifersMedium 2308118.56/cwt116.00–121.003652
BullsMedium 367877.51/cwt75.00–80.005262
BullsMedium and Large 1-2683100.52/cwt96.00–105.006872
BullsMedium and Large 1-2559124.86/cwt119.00–131.006987
BullsMedium and Large 1-2605108.00/cwt108.00–108.006537
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465138.70/cwt136.00–141.006453
BullsMedium and Large 1-2520134.92/cwt133.00–137.007022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350142.00/cwt140.00–144.004972
SteersMedium and Large 1-2484137.41/cwt133.00–141.006655
HeifersMedium 2417110.70/cwt110.00–112.004623
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522136.97/cwt134.00–140.007153
HeifersMedium 367085.53/cwt84.00–87.005732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2509113.75/cwt112.00–116.005794
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428123.58/cwt119.00–126.005295
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575116.98/cwt116.00–118.006732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2416141.41/cwt138.00–146.005884
SteersMedium 2338128.66/cwt127.00–131.004353
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26266.17/cwt63.00–67.008356
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07052.40/cwt50.00–54.005615
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17160.89/cwt58.00–64.0071331
Bulls1,51084.98/cwt84.00–86.001,2832
Bulls1,27079.00/cwt79.00–79.001,0032
Bulls1,77796.89/cwt94.00–98.001,7223
CowsLean 85-90%91338.96/cwt37.00–42.003565
CowsLean 85-90%84851.53/cwt49.00–55.004374

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.