Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, boning type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower, while slaughter bulls were 3.00 to 5.00 higher; there were too few breaking type slaughter cows to establish an adequate market comparison. Feeder steers were mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher; feeder heifers mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher; and feeder bulls were mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were fairly heavy. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves (9 head) ranged 40.00 to 100.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.75/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$119.75

61 head · 440 lb average

Value per head Derived

$527

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

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

$20.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.42

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	464	124.63	579	42
Medium 2	415	114.71	476	9thin
Medium 3	363	103.80	377	10thin

One grade step is worth $20.82/cwt here — about $202 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 sale61 hd

119.75

—

NC average8 barns · 1,194 hd

118.33

+1.42

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	—	Average	1,473	80.73	1,189	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,296	58.74	761	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	954	39.56	377	4thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	127.12/cwt	123.00–133.00	535	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	390	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	527	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	485	114.49/cwt	114.00–115.00	555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	127.26/cwt	123.00–132.00	601	10
Heifers	Medium 3	—	330	107.05/cwt	106.00–108.00	353	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	278	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	278	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	478	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	478	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	410	116.26/cwt	111.00–119.00	477	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	141.79/cwt	139.00–146.00	662	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	320	116.03/cwt	115.00–117.00	371	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	510	110.49/cwt	110.00–111.00	563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	123.47/cwt	121.00–126.00	652	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	363	163.05/cwt	159.00–165.00	592	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	333	118.05/cwt	116.00–120.00	393	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	139.34/cwt	134.00–142.00	454	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	122.30/cwt	120.00–128.00	448	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	122.62/cwt	120.00–128.00	356	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	112.61/cwt	110.00–115.00	700	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	125.51/cwt	122.00–129.00	782	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	145.09/cwt	142.00–148.00	614	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	143.13/cwt	136.00–149.00	548	8
Steers	Medium 3	—	427	104.32/cwt	100.00–107.00	445	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	205	76.00/cwt	74.00–78.00	156	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	273	118.43/cwt	116.00–120.00	323	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	363	119.97/cwt	116.00–124.00	435	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	124.00/cwt	121.00–127.00	725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	108.01/cwt	106.00–110.00	729	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	700	88.50/cwt	88.00–89.00	620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	140.51/cwt	134.00–145.00	663	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	102.05/cwt	100.00–106.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	610	95.50/cwt	95.00–96.00	583	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	954	39.56/cwt	38.00–40.00	377	4
Bulls	—	—	1,695	88.83/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,506	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	53.04/cwt	50.00–55.00	595	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	60.03/cwt	57.00–63.00	801	31
Bulls	—	—	1,306	74.66/cwt	72.00–78.00	975	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	122.25/cwt	119.00–126.00	697	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	98.01/cwt	97.00–99.00	792	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	485	105.05/cwt	100.00–110.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	368	116.78/cwt	111.00–120.00	430	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	364	105.98/cwt	104.00–108.00	386	4

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 Dec 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 302Last week 166Year ago 104

Slaughter CattleReceipts 87Last week 108Year ago 64

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	421	123.00–133.00	127.12
10	—	472	123.00–132.00	127.26
4	—	528	121.00–126.00	123.47
5	—	366	120.00–128.00	122.30
3	—	290	120.00–128.00	122.62
3	—	622	110.00–115.00	112.61
7	—	570	119.00–126.00	122.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	390	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	114.00–115.00	114.49
2	—	320	115.00–117.00	116.03
2	—	510	110.00–111.00	110.49
3	—	368	111.00–120.00	116.78
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	106.00–108.00	107.05
2	—	278	100.00	100.00
2	—	478	100.00	100.00
4	—	364	104.00–108.00	105.98
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	410	111.00–119.00	116.26
2	—	333	116.00–120.00	118.05
3	—	273	116.00–120.00	118.43
2	—	363	116.00–124.00	119.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	467	139.00–146.00	141.79
6	—	326	134.00–142.00	139.34
2	—	623	122.00–129.00	125.51
9	—	423	142.00–148.00	145.09
8	—	383	136.00–149.00	143.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	159.00–165.00	163.05
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	427	100.00–107.00	104.32
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	205	74.00–78.00	76.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	121.00–127.00	124.00
2	—	675	106.00–110.00	108.01
6	—	472	134.00–145.00	140.51
3	—	628	100.00–106.00	102.05
2	—	808	97.00–99.00	98.01
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	700	88.00–89.00	88.50
2	—	610	95.00–96.00	95.50
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	100.00–110.00	105.05

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	954	38.00–40.00	39.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,121	50.00–55.00	53.04
31	—	1,335	57.00–63.00	60.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,695	88.00–90.00	88.83
4	—	1,306	72.00–78.00	74.66

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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