Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2022-08-01

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Aug 1
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
97 head
45 vs last sale 142 26 vs year ago 123 · 21.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
8 vs last sale 35 4 vs year ago 23 · +17.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Baby calves 10.00 to 15.00 2 head

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.42/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$138.42
37 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$55.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.05
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538141.9676434
Medium 2585104.506112thin
Medium 369086.005931thin
One grade step is worth $55.96/cwt here — about $170 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 sale37 hd
138.42
NC average6 barns · 294 hd
134.37
+4.05
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
BullsAverage1,522101.811,5493thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21675.4191716
CowsLean 85-90%Average89050.004451thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1-277395.00/cwt95.00–95.007342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560152.00/cwt139.00–165.008512
SteersMedium 2435124.00/cwt124.00–124.005391
SteersMedium 2270114.00/cwt114.00–114.003081
HeifersMedium 2215125.00/cwt125.00–125.002691
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487124.00/cwt124.00–124.006043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2360137.00/cwt137.00–137.004931
SteersMedium and Large 1-2424146.42/cwt130.00–159.0062110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2275166.00/cwt166.00–166.004571
SteersMedium and Large 1-2470129.00/cwt129.00–129.006061
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528130.58/cwt127.00–134.006892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2655110.00/cwt110.00–110.007211
HeifersMedium 2430114.00/cwt114.00–114.004901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380150.00/cwt150.00–150.005701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2338156.94/cwt149.00–165.005302
SteersMedium and Large 1-2220142.00/cwt142.00–142.003121
SteersMedium 3365107.95/cwt106.00–110.003942
SteersMedium 3430105.00/cwt105.00–105.004521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2590119.00/cwt119.00–119.007021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585135.00/cwt135.00–135.007901
BullsMedium and Large 1-2534138.16/cwt121.00–147.007387
BullsMedium and Large 1-2663108.99/cwt107.00–111.007232
BullsMedium and Large 1-2477152.92/cwt121.00–175.0072915
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610134.74/cwt114.00–145.008229
BullsMedium 369086.00/cwt86.00–86.005931
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31683.09/cwt81.00–84.001,0935
CowsLean 85-90%89050.00/cwt50.00–50.004451
Bulls1,48597.71/cwt92.00–102.001,4512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21874.89/cwt70.00–80.009128
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04264.00/cwt63.00–65.006673
Bulls1,595110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,7551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2417129.99/cwt127.00–131.005426
BullsMedium 264090.00/cwt90.00–90.005761
BullsMedium 2530119.00/cwt119.00–119.006311
HeifersMedium 277580.00/cwt80.00–80.006202
HeifersMedium 261594.00/cwt94.00–94.005781

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.