Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2022-02-28

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 28
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
55 head
162 vs last sale 217 12 vs year ago 43 · +27.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
33 vs last sale 61 20 vs year ago 48 · 41.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady this week compared to last week. Feeder cattle steady to down 2.00 to 4.00 this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate with buyer activity and interest were moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.16/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$125.16
20 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$24.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.70
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2455130.7959614thin
Medium 2447117.675263thin
Medium 3420106.404473thin
One grade step is worth $24.39/cwt here — about $149 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 sale20 hd
125.16
NC average8 barns · 850 hd
130.86
−5.70
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
BullsAverage1,650108.001,7821thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,43779.511,14320
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08354.645922thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1-2275121.00/cwt121.00–121.003331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373138.06/cwt135.00–141.005152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2455169.00/cwt169.00–169.007691
HeifersMedium and Large 1-274590.00/cwt90.00–90.006711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2316163.25/cwt146.00–172.005164
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2427140.58/cwt139.00–144.006005
HeifersMedium 2475119.00/cwt119.00–119.005652
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515130.67/cwt114.00–141.006733
SteersMedium 2365119.00/cwt119.00–119.004341
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615117.00/cwt117.00–117.007201
HeifersMedium 2390115.00/cwt115.00–115.004491
SteersMedium 2275150.00/cwt150.00–150.004131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2378143.55/cwt130.00–170.005433
SteersMedium 2300128.00/cwt128.00–128.003841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2645144.00/cwt144.00–144.009291
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500155.00/cwt155.00–155.007751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2423159.69/cwt133.00–178.006754
BullsMedium and Large 1-2695127.00/cwt127.00–127.008831
BullsMedium and Large 1-2630130.00/cwt130.00–130.008191
BullsMedium and Large 1-2560134.00/cwt134.00–134.007501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2840115.00/cwt115.00–115.009661
BullsMedium and Large 1-2515148.00/cwt148.00–148.007621
BullsMedium 282084.00/cwt84.00–84.006891
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315132.00/cwt132.00–132.004161
HeifersMedium 3420106.40/cwt100.00–110.004473
BullsMedium and Large 1-2458159.38/cwt152.00–167.007302
BullsMedium 2510116.00/cwt116.00–116.005921
Bulls1,650108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,7821
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51083.51/cwt80.00–89.001,26113
CowsLean 85-90%1,08354.64/cwt53.00–57.005922
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32064.00/cwt64.00–64.008451
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29973.44/cwt68.00–78.009546

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.