Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2023-05-29

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, May 29
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
62 head
38 vs last sale 100 129 vs year ago 191 · 67.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
2 vs last sale 39 25 vs year ago 62 · 40.3%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady this week compare 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 .

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $174.85/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$174.85
22 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$888
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$417
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.63
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550179.8899017thin
Medium and Large 2363157.785735thin
One grade step is worth $22.10/cwt here — about $417 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
174.85
NC average7 barns · 566 hd
178.48
−3.63
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
BullsAverage1,458116.351,6962thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,274101.371,29132
CowsLean 85-90%Average72563.504602thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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 2675121.00/cwt121.00–121.008171
BullsMedium and Large 1405199.21/cwt196.00–202.508072
BullsMedium and Large 1730159.37/cwt150.00–169.001,1632
BullsMedium and Large 2415170.00/cwt170.00–170.007061
HeifersMedium and Large 2400147.00/cwt147.00–147.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 1270195.00/cwt195.00–195.005271
HeifersMedium and Large 1478170.00/cwt170.00–170.008132
HeifersMedium and Large 1521185.62/cwt170.00–197.509674
BullsMedium and Large 2325151.95/cwt147.50–156.004942
HeifersMedium and Large 2235177.50/cwt177.50–177.504171
HeifersMedium and Large 1435182.50/cwt182.50–182.507941
HeifersMedium and Large 1713159.00/cwt158.00–160.001,1342
SteersMedium and Large 1485182.00/cwt182.00–182.008831
SteersMedium and Large 1570202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,1511
HeifersMedium and Large 1685158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0821
HeifersMedium and Large 3395125.00/cwt125.00–125.004941
SteersMedium and Large 2410156.00/cwt156.00–156.006401
SteersMedium and Large 1685178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2191
HeifersMedium and Large 2363145.14/cwt136.00–160.005273
HeifersMedium and Large 2580125.00/cwt125.00–125.007251
HeifersMedium and Large 2470167.00/cwt167.00–167.007851
SteersMedium and Large 1525190.49/cwt190.00–191.001,0002
BullsMedium and Large 1875145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2691
BullsMedium and Large 1475196.55/cwt194.00–199.009342
BullsMedium and Large 1665170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1311
BullsMedium and Large 1308195.54/cwt190.00–206.006023
BullsMedium and Large 1508198.02/cwt193.00–203.001,0062
BullsMedium and Large 2375157.50/cwt150.00–165.005912
CowsBoner 80-85%1,427106.89/cwt103.00–111.001,52517
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12796.29/cwt90.00–101.001,08513
CowsBoner 80-85%92887.50/cwt87.00–88.008122
Bulls1,458116.35/cwt114.00–118.001,6962
CowsLean 85-90%78080.00/cwt80.00–80.006241
CowsLean 85-90%67047.00/cwt47.00–47.003151
HeifersMedium and Large 1785151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,1851
BullsMedium and Large 1763143.03/cwt140.00–146.001,0912
BullsMedium and Large 1563181.95/cwt170.00–194.001,0242

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.