Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2023-02-13

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 13
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 93 vs last sale 151▼ 56 vs year ago 114 · −49.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 94▼ 70 vs year ago 91 · −76.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle sold well but with a light run due to weather it was noncomparable . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.31/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$115.31
20 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$265
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$16.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.56
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2597119.9271611thin
Medium 2483117.515674thin
Medium 3436103.414515thin
One grade step is worth $16.51/cwt here — about $265 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
115.31
—
NC average8 barns · 1,000 hd
138.87
−23.56
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28674.6596014
CowsLean 85-90%Average91457.715274thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 2—495135.00/cwt135.00–135.006683
BullsMedium 3—52598.00/cwt98.00–98.005151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—435169.65/cwt163.00–176.007382
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—235200.00/cwt200.00–200.004701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—710113.00/cwt113.00–113.008021
SteersMedium 2—335121.00/cwt121.00–121.004051
SteersMedium 2—378139.50/cwt139.00–140.005272
SteersMedium 2—245139.00/cwt139.00–139.003411
HeifersMedium 2—425115.51/cwt115.00–116.004912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—765112.00/cwt112.00–112.008571
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—673120.51/cwt120.00–121.008112
SteersMedium 2—295156.00/cwt156.00–156.004601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—533120.31/cwt116.00–129.006413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—450152.00/cwt152.00–152.006841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—740111.00/cwt111.00–111.008211
HeifersMedium 2—495129.00/cwt129.00–129.006391
HeifersMedium 3—515103.04/cwt101.00–105.005312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—383160.68/cwt150.00–174.006154
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—635117.06/cwt110.00–124.007432
HeifersMedium 2—585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006441
HeifersMedium 3—368100.48/cwt100.00–101.003702
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—575126.00/cwt126.00–126.007251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—605126.00/cwt126.00–126.007621
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—650124.00/cwt124.00–124.008061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—530134.73/cwt127.00–142.007144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005532
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006931
HeifersMedium 3—415110.00/cwt110.00–110.004571
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,60582.40/cwt81.00–83.001,3233
CowsLean 85-90%—91457.71/cwt52.00–61.005274
CowsBoner 80-85%—99666.81/cwt64.00–68.006654
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31475.80/cwt72.00–80.009967

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.