Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2022-06-06

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 6
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 191▼ 14 vs year ago 115 · −12.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 62▲ 14 vs year ago 29 · +48.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 3▼ 2 vs year ago 3 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle down a 1.00 compared to last week . Feeder cattle steady to up 1.00 to 4.00 this week compared to last week . Demand was good ; market activity and buyer interest were active . Offerings light with quality average .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.01/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$121.01
52 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$22.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.14
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2507125.7763836
Medium 2427114.3948810thin
Medium 3468103.504846thin
One grade step is worth $22.27/cwt here — about $154 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 sale52 hd
121.01
—
NC average8 barns · 800 hd
130.15
−9.14
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—High1,565109.201,7097thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24982.421,02925
CowsLean 85-90%Low88357.795107thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$1,0751thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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 3—460111.00/cwt111.00–111.005111
SteersMedium 2—425119.00/cwt119.00–119.005061
HeifersMedium 2—408117.96/cwt116.00–120.004812
HeifersMedium 2—338114.00/cwt114.00–114.003853
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—255150.00/cwt150.00–150.003831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—418125.72/cwt124.00–131.005264
HeifersMedium 2—76590.00/cwt90.00–90.006891
HeifersMedium 2—590112.00/cwt112.00–112.006611
HeifersMedium 3—545104.00/cwt104.00–104.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—530135.00/cwt135.00–135.007161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—368134.80/cwt129.00–141.004962
HeifersMedium 2—500107.00/cwt107.00–107.005351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—290137.00/cwt137.00–137.003971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—477131.42/cwt127.00–146.0062710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—324150.08/cwt141.00–159.004866
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—365157.70/cwt151.00–163.005765
SteersMedium 2—295120.00/cwt120.00–120.003541
SteersMedium 2—220128.00/cwt128.00–128.002821
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—595167.00/cwt167.00–167.009941
SteersMedium 2—390130.00/cwt130.00–130.005071
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—455164.50/cwt160.00–169.007482
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—413146.15/cwt140.00–153.006046
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—530150.00/cwt150.00–150.007951
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—630126.00/cwt126.00–126.007941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—561133.92/cwt124.00–163.007515
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—676116.59/cwt108.00–134.007884
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—700120.00/cwt120.00–120.008401
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—515136.00/cwt136.00–136.007001
BullsMedium 2—455123.00/cwt123.00–123.005601
CowsLean 85-90%—85050.00/cwt50.00–50.004251
CowsLean 85-90%—85070.00/cwt70.00–70.005951
CowsLean 85-90%—89656.91/cwt51.00–65.005105
CowsBoner 80-85%—98465.06/cwt61.00–70.006404
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13379.26/cwt76.00–84.008988
Bulls——1,671114.74/cwt110.00–119.001,9174
Bulls——1,423101.82/cwt97.00–107.001,4493
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,40189.71/cwt85.00–97.001,25713
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1001,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—670107.75/cwt104.00–114.007224
HeifersMedium 3—433101.00/cwt101.00–101.004372
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—628120.28/cwt104.00–126.0075510
HeifersMedium 3—355100.00/cwt100.00–100.003551
BullsMedium 2—76084.00/cwt84.00–84.006381
HeifersMedium 3—580104.00/cwt104.00–104.006031
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—445132.00/cwt132.00–132.005871
HeifersMedium 2—220138.00/cwt138.00–138.003041
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—326133.78/cwt132.00–136.004364
HeifersMedium 2—365119.00/cwt119.00–119.004341

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.