Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2022-02-14

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 14
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
114 head
38 vs last sale 76 81 vs year ago 33 · +245.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
54 vs last sale 37 70 vs year ago 21 · +333.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
1 vs last sale 1 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 22.

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher and boning type slaughter cows were 5.00 to 6.00 higher, while slaughter bulls were 2.00 lower. There were too few comparable feeder steers to establish an adequate market comparison; heifers were mostly 8.00 to 9.00 higher on a very light test; and feeder bulls were mostly 16.00 to 18.00 higher, also on a very light test. Demand was

good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average to attractive.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.33/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$138.33
29 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$812
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$317
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$40.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.37
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2589144.1785021
Medium 2604129.347826thin
Medium 3513103.945332thin
One grade step is worth $40.23/cwt here — about $317 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 sale29 hd
138.33
NC average7 barns · 456 hd
140.70
−2.37
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
BullsAverage1,823112.692,0546thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19179.2994428
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42878.051,11419
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00873.7074316

Every lot, as filed

26 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2566153.28/cwt153.00–155.008687
BullsMedium 3513103.94/cwt100.00–108.005332
BullsMedium 2668129.51/cwt126.00–133.008652
BullsMedium 2510130.04/cwt126.00–134.006632
BullsMedium and Large 1-2484155.68/cwt149.00–160.007534
BullsMedium 2635128.48/cwt127.00–130.008162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473145.57/cwt141.00–150.0068911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433148.97/cwt148.00–150.006452
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522141.35/cwt139.00–146.007383
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added440171.73/cwt170.00–181.007566
HeifersMedium 2693112.51/cwt110.00–115.007802
BullsMedium and Large 1-2527152.31/cwt150.00–155.008033
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008757
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2566133.76/cwt129.00–140.007576
SteersMedium 2Value Added369143.73/cwt143.00–144.005304
HeifersMedium 3428110.00/cwt110.00–110.004712
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,225928.98/cwt880.00–980.0011,3802
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19781.68/cwt80.00–85.0097813
CowsLean 85-90%1,07982.00/cwt81.00–83.008855
CowsLean 85-90%95474.21/cwt72.00–77.007085
Bulls1,650104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,7162
Bulls1,909117.04/cwt115.00–119.002,2344
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18677.21/cwt74.00–79.0091615
CowsLean 85-90%99366.37/cwt62.00–68.006596
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37482.02/cwt80.00–86.001,12710
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48873.63/cwt71.00–76.001,0969

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.