Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2022-04-18

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Apr 18
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
55 head
201 vs last sale 256 132 vs year ago 187 · 70.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
66 vs last sale 94 28 vs year ago 56 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle steady to down 1.00 to 3.00 this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

Baby calves 60.00 to 115.00 3 head

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $112.57/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$112.57
20 head · 635 lb average
Value per head Derived
$715
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$22.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
26.03
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2585122.7671911thin
Medium 2696100.116979thin
One grade step is worth $22.65/cwt here — about $22 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
112.57
NC average8 barns · 597 hd
138.60
−26.03
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
BullsHigh2,050113.002,3171thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22775.8293022
CowsLean 85-90%Average94558.245502thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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 1-2435130.97/cwt128.00–134.005702
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2360128.97/cwt128.00–130.004642
HeifersMedium and Large 1-269599.00/cwt99.00–99.006881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605110.00/cwt110.00–110.006661
BullsMedium 283083.01/cwt81.00–85.006892
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450132.00/cwt132.00–132.005941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2678113.25/cwt104.00–123.007682
SteersMedium 3390104.00/cwt104.00–104.004061
SteersMedium 2225144.00/cwt144.00–144.003241
HeifersMedium 268092.00/cwt92.00–92.006261
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550124.00/cwt124.00–124.006821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495134.00/cwt134.00–134.006631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2423143.83/cwt140.00–148.006082
SteersMedium and Large 1-2285148.00/cwt148.00–148.004221
Dairy SteersLarge 3220127.00/cwt127.00–127.002791
Dairy SteersLarge 3270113.00/cwt113.00–113.003051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540122.00/cwt122.00–122.006591
HeifersMedium 3255100.00/cwt100.00–100.002551
HeifersMedium 2220125.33/cwt123.00–128.002762
Dairy SteersLarge 3315120.00/cwt120.00–120.003781
SteersMedium 2258136.03/cwt135.00–137.003512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320150.52/cwt150.00–151.004822
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620119.59/cwt114.00–130.007413
BullsMedium and Large 1-2512128.05/cwt124.00–130.006563
BullsMedium 298084.00/cwt84.00–84.008231
BullsMedium 290084.00/cwt84.00–84.007561
BullsMedium 272591.00/cwt91.00–91.006601
BullsMedium 2580113.00/cwt113.00–113.006551
CowsLean 85-90%94558.24/cwt55.00–63.005502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45284.56/cwt77.00–93.001,22810
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03170.92/cwt65.00–76.007319
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06261.37/cwt60.00–63.006523
Bulls2,050113.00/cwt113.00–113.002,3171
BullsMedium and Large 1-2468137.49/cwt135.00–140.006432
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750106.00/cwt106.00–106.007951
HeifersMedium 2255125.00/cwt125.00–125.003191
HeifersMedium 3370111.00/cwt111.00–111.004111
BullsMedium 2473121.00/cwt120.00–122.005723

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.