Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2022-01-31

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jan 31
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 64▲ 96 vs year ago 19 · +505.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 45▲ 17 vs year ago 16 · +106.3%
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

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly 6.00 to 8.00 lower with a limited comparison the previous week. Demand was good at lower prices; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was average. Baby calves (7 head) brought 5.00 per head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.73/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$141.73
35 head · 387 lb average
Value per head Derived
$549
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$39.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.93
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2376150.6856723
Medium 2411131.255408thin
Medium 3403111.254484thin
One grade step is worth $39.43/cwt here — about $119 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 sale35 hd
141.73
—
NC average8 barns · 510 hd
152.66
−10.93
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—Low1,71291.881,5733thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22868.258388thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52767.221,0275thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98765.376457thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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—345134.00/cwt134.00–134.004621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007201
HeifersMedium 3—605100.00/cwt100.00–100.006051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—310161.00/cwt161.00–161.004991
HeifersMedium 2—527118.28/cwt116.00–120.006233
HeifersMedium 2—372125.78/cwt122.00–130.004683
HeifersMedium 3—540103.00/cwt103.00–103.005561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—523131.99/cwt131.00–133.006903
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—735100.00/cwt100.00–100.007351
SteersMedium 3—385116.00/cwt116.00–116.004471
HeifersMedium 2—405118.00/cwt118.00–118.004781
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—579127.72/cwt125.00–133.007395
SteersMedium 3—530110.00/cwt110.00–110.005831
SteersMedium 3—420100.00/cwt100.00–100.004201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—200148.00/cwt146.00–150.002962
SteersMedium 2—510130.51/cwt130.00–131.006662
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—439157.80/cwt154.00–159.006934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—383160.01/cwt158.00–162.006132
SteersMedium 2—315139.00/cwt139.00–139.004381
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—260151.00/cwt151.00–151.003931
SteersMedium 2—290130.00/cwt130.00–130.003771
Dairy SteersLarge 3—62582.00/cwt82.00–82.005131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—335150.00/cwt150.00–150.005034
SteersMedium 3—275119.00/cwt119.00–119.003271
SteersMedium 2—395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005141
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—595140.00/cwt140.00–140.008331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—418144.94/cwt140.00–150.006065
SteersMedium 2—423130.00/cwt130.00–130.005503
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—380147.23/cwt146.00–150.005593
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—793112.01/cwt109.00–115.008882
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—520129.01/cwt128.00–130.006712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—613120.00/cwt120.00–120.007362
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—463146.98/cwt144.00–150.006812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—650122.00/cwt122.00–122.007931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—500144.00/cwt144.00–144.007201
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47564.00/cwt64.00–64.009441
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,54068.03/cwt66.00–71.001,0484
CowsLean 85-90%—97060.82/cwt58.00–63.005902
CowsLean 85-90%—99048.00/cwt48.00–48.004751
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19464.00/cwt64.00–64.007644
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23569.49/cwt69.00–70.008582
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01273.99/cwt73.00–75.007493
CowsLean 85-90%—94066.00/cwt66.00–66.006201
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29075.52/cwt75.00–76.009742
Bulls——1,67084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,4031
Bulls——1,73395.82/cwt94.00–97.001,6612
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0013,0001
BullsMedium 2—467122.59/cwt118.00–126.005723
BullsMedium 3—83584.00/cwt84.00–84.007011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,07587.00/cwt87.00–87.009351
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—483138.69/cwt136.00–140.006703
BullsMedium 3—530110.00/cwt110.00–110.005832
BullsMedium 3—600105.00/cwt105.00–105.006301
HeifersMedium 2—185128.00/cwt128.00–128.002371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—650115.00/cwt115.00–115.007481
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—434138.97/cwt137.00–142.006034
BullsMedium 3—685104.00/cwt104.00–104.007121
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—665112.81/cwt110.00–117.007505
BullsMedium 3—78585.00/cwt85.00–85.006671
HeifersMedium 3—380100.00/cwt100.00–100.003801
HeifersMedium 2—345121.00/cwt121.00–121.004171
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—462141.57/cwt138.00–145.006545

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.