Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current hog receipts 2.

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle had a higher undertone, while feeder cattle had a lower undertone. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.31/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$116.31

62 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$32.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.77

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	461	134.62	621	8thin
Medium 2	481	123.87	595	20
Small 1-2	589	108.10	637	31
Medium and Large 3	415	102.00	423	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.62/cwt here — about $197 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 sale62 hd

116.31

—

NC average8 barns · 1,179 hd

136.08

−19.77

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	—	High	1,345	97.97	1,318	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,453	84.13	1,222	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,184	78.69	932	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,001	67.61	677	18

Every lot, as filed

69 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
Bulls	Medium 2	—	460	137.59/cwt	134.00–139.00	633	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	865	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	804	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	631	105.79/cwt	100.00–108.00	668	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	578	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	340	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	335	122.03/cwt	120.00–126.00	409	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	131.99/cwt	130.00–136.00	566	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	566	122.70/cwt	120.00–124.00	694	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	230	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	271	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	477	125.24/cwt	125.00–126.00	597	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	393	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	474	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	523	127.27/cwt	125.00–129.00	666	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	260	117.08/cwt	115.00–119.00	304	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	335	115.49/cwt	115.00–116.00	387	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	139.02/cwt	138.00–140.00	651	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	425	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	527	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	840	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	798	1
Steers	Medium 2Fancy	—	345	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	462	178.31/cwt	173.00–181.00	824	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	703	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	724	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	360	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	135.49/cwt	135.00–136.00	702	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	678	106.98/cwt	100.00–109.00	725	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	255	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	332	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	105.00/cwt	100.00–110.00	467	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	295	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	454	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	890	1
Steers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	295	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	360	1
Steers	Medium 2Fancy	—	530	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	163.07/cwt	160.00–166.00	709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	372	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	735	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	956	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	423	134.37/cwt	130.00–138.00	568	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	395	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	593	1
Steers	Medium 2Value Added	—	700	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	980	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	553	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	940	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	690	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	869	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	640	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	730	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	535	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	637	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	875	1
Bulls	Medium 2Fleshy	—	393	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	503	3
Bulls	Medium 2Fleshy	—	470	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	588	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	75.94/cwt	73.00–79.00	778	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	903	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	763	116.38/cwt	111.00–119.00	888	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	616	128.26/cwt	124.00–130.00	790	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	520	135.68/cwt	135.00–136.00	706	3
Bulls	Medium 2Fleshy	—	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	820	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	656	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	945	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	784	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	742	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	913	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	550	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	710	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	705	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	776	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,150	893.91/cwt	860.00–925.00	10,280	2
Bulls	—	—	1,435	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,579	2
Bulls	—	—	1,590	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,574	1
Bulls	—	—	1,133	85.42/cwt	84.00–87.00	968	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	81.56/cwt	79.00–84.00	965	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	68.00/cwt	65.00–71.00	773	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,209	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	88.99/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,119	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	423	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	57.21/cwt	54.00–59.00	549	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	68.93/cwt	66.00–71.00	707	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,439	85.00/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,223	7

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 May 16, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 165Last week 156Year ago 144

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 54Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 0

Current hog receipts 2.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	134.00–139.00	137.59
4	—	690	126.00	126.00
7	—	616	124.00–130.00	128.26
3	—	520	135.00–136.00	135.68
3	—	742	123.00	123.00
4	—	550	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	114.00	114.00
1	—	535	119.00	119.00
3	—	763	111.00–119.00	116.38
1	—	705	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	162.00	162.00
2	—	575	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	393	128.00	128.00
1	—	470	125.00	125.00
1	—	540	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	80.00	80.00
1	—	945	83.00	83.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	93.00	93.00
9	—	631	100.00–108.00	105.79
3	—	578	114.00	114.00
1	—	230	118.00	118.00
2	—	260	115.00–119.00	117.08
2	—	335	115.00–116.00	115.49
1	—	515	110.00	110.00
1	—	840	95.00	95.00
3	—	703	103.00	103.00
1	—	360	118.00	118.00
7	—	678	100.00–109.00	106.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	103.00	103.00
1	—	585	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	335	120.00–126.00	122.03
6	—	566	120.00–124.00	122.70
4	—	477	125.00–126.00	125.24
2	—	393	120.00–121.00	120.50
4	—	523	125.00–129.00	127.27
1	—	425	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	429	130.00–136.00	131.99
2	—	468	138.00–140.00	139.02
2	—	518	135.00–136.00	135.49
Steers — Medium 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	145.00	145.00
1	—	530	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	173.00–181.00	178.31
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	130.00	130.00
1	—	735	130.00	130.00
3	—	423	130.00–138.00	134.37
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	100.00–110.00	105.00
1	—	315	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	154.00	154.00
1	—	395	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	159.00	159.00
1	—	305	161.00	161.00
2	—	435	160.00–166.00	163.07
Steers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	700	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,025	73.00–79.00	75.94
1	—	845	50.00	50.00
4	—	960	54.00–59.00	57.21
7	—	1,026	66.00–71.00	68.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,183	79.00–84.00	81.56
3	—	1,137	65.00–71.00	68.00
2	—	1,258	88.00–90.00	88.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	78.00	78.00
7	—	1,439	81.00–88.00	85.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,435	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,590	99.00	99.00
2	—	1,133	84.00–87.00	85.42

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	860.00–925.00	893.91

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Monday) - Siler City, NC

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle