Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2023-01-02

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jan 2
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
48 head
126 vs last sale 174 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
42 vs last sale 89 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Baby calves 8.00 1 head

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.45/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$108.45
29 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$555
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$194
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$14.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.35
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2567112.6463911thin
Medium 2487108.9153013thin
Medium 345398.024445thin
One grade step is worth $14.62/cwt here — about $194 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 sale29 hd
108.45
NC average3 barns · 267 hd
118.80
−10.35
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
BullsLow1,71597.651,6755thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22071.0086639
CowsLean 85-90%Low97947.394644thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
BullsMedium 3470108.00/cwt108.00–108.005081
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575124.04/cwt119.00–129.007132
BullsMedium and Large 1-2666113.71/cwt111.00–115.007574
BullsMedium and Large 1-2493122.99/cwt121.00–125.006062
BullsMedium and Large 1-2523125.13/cwt121.00–129.006542
BullsMedium and Large 1-2643109.02/cwt105.00–113.007012
HeifersMedium 267592.21/cwt90.00–95.006224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2589113.23/cwt110.00–120.006673
HeifersMedium 2318117.69/cwt112.00–123.003743
HeifersMedium 3480100.00/cwt100.00–100.004801
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635118.00/cwt118.00–118.007491
SteersMedium 2215129.00/cwt129.00–129.002771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350120.00/cwt120.00–120.004201
HeifersMedium 2260120.00/cwt120.00–120.003121
HeifersMedium 2590111.00/cwt111.00–111.006551
HeifersMedium 2480116.48/cwt115.00–118.005592
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460123.00/cwt123.00–123.005661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650101.00/cwt101.00–101.006571
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615109.10/cwt100.00–117.006713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750105.00/cwt105.00–105.007881
HeifersMedium 3280100.00/cwt100.00–100.002801
HeifersMedium 367080.00/cwt80.00–80.005361
HeifersMedium 3418105.04/cwt103.00–107.004392
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415123.00/cwt123.00–123.005101
HeifersMedium 2433115.00/cwt115.00–115.004982
Bulls1,18580.00/cwt80.00–80.009481
Bulls1,40599.15/cwt98.00–101.001,3932
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08359.82/cwt57.00–62.006484
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17669.30/cwt63.00–74.0081522
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33777.31/cwt75.00–82.001,03413
CowsLean 85-90%93541.52/cwt40.00–43.003882
Bulls2,290104.97/cwt104.00–106.002,4042
CowsLean 85-90%1,02353.25/cwt50.00–57.005452

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.