Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2023-03-13

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Mar 13
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
54 head
67 vs last sale 121 72 vs year ago 126 · 57.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
38 vs last sale 57 25 vs year ago 44 · 56.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 2.00 higher this week 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 .

1 hog

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.10/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$145.10
22 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$806
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$410
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$2.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.96
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568145.2082521
Medium 2290143.004151thin
One grade step is worth $2.20/cwt here — about $410 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 sale22 hd
145.10
NC average8 barns · 1,161 hd
156.06
−10.96
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
BullsHigh1,429116.411,6633thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17891.711,08015

Every lot, as filed

25 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 and Large 1-2500150.00/cwt150.00–150.007501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2573186.46/cwt171.00–201.001,0682
SteersMedium and Large 1-2546205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1195
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17687.52/cwt83.00–90.001,0297
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20198.42/cwt93.00–104.001,1827
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660144.00/cwt144.00–144.009501
BullsMedium 2570130.09/cwt115.00–146.007422
BullsMedium and Large 1-2635158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0031
BullsMedium and Large 1-2705116.00/cwt114.00–118.008182
BullsMedium and Large 1-2825135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1141
BullsMedium and Large 1-2580170.00/cwt170.00–170.009861
SteersMedium and Large 1-2331232.20/cwt220.00–250.007694
SteersMedium and Large 1-2602177.27/cwt154.00–189.001,0673
SteersMedium and Large 1-2424203.63/cwt186.00–237.008634
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485150.88/cwt140.00–163.007323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2613154.00/cwt154.00–154.009444
HeifersMedium 2290143.00/cwt143.00–143.004151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580137.87/cwt130.00–155.008004
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2514155.98/cwt155.00–159.008026
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750120.00/cwt120.00–120.009001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725111.60/cwt108.00–115.008092
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02574.00/cwt74.00–74.007591
Bulls1,463121.12/cwt120.00–122.001,7722
Bulls1,360107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,4551

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.