Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2023-12-11

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Dec 11
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
46 head
67 vs last sale 113 130 vs year ago 176 · 73.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
1 vs last sale 34 35 vs year ago 68 · 51.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady 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 .

Baby calves 100.00 to 105.00 2 head

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.95/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$150.95
18 head · 422 lb average
Value per head Derived
$637
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$344
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
25.90
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511155.517946thin
Medium and Large 2384152.2958410thin
Medium and Large 3345130.504502thin
One grade step is worth $25.01/cwt here — about $344 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 sale18 hd
150.95
NC average8 barns · 935 hd
176.85
−25.90
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
BullsAverage1,560113.001,7632thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31692.861,22224
CowsLean 85-90%Average90460.765496thin

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 and Large 2595140.00/cwt140.00–140.008331
BullsMedium and Large 2228166.15/cwt150.00–185.003792
BullsMedium and Large 2443156.96/cwt150.00–164.006952
BullsMedium and Large 1335188.00/cwt188.00–188.006301
BullsMedium and Large 2380180.00/cwt180.00–180.006841
HeifersMedium and Large 3235130.00/cwt130.00–130.003061
SteersMedium and Large 1500185.00/cwt185.00–185.009251
HeifersMedium and Large 2335153.82/cwt145.00–162.005154
HeifersMedium and Large 2490144.00/cwt144.00–144.007061
HeifersMedium and Large 1535159.04/cwt157.00–161.008512
HeifersMedium and Large 1660130.00/cwt130.00–130.008581
HeifersMedium and Large 1325190.00/cwt190.00–190.006181
SteersMedium and Large 1840125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0501
SteersMedium and Large 1565186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0511
HeifersMedium and Large 2575149.00/cwt149.00–149.008571
HeifersMedium and Large 2283147.83/cwt140.00–155.004182
HeifersMedium and Large 1600132.00/cwt132.00–132.007921
HeifersMedium and Large 1410163.00/cwt163.00–163.006681
HeifersMedium and Large 3455131.00/cwt131.00–131.005961
BullsMedium and Large 1675163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,1001
BullsMedium and Large 1427185.84/cwt182.00–192.007945
BullsMedium and Large 1555172.00/cwt172.00–172.009552
BullsMedium and Large 2660133.99/cwt133.00–135.008842
BullsMedium and Large 3395125.00/cwt125.00–125.004941
HeifersMedium and Large 2433159.50/cwt159.00–160.006912
Bulls1,555117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,8191
Bulls1,565109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,7061
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39691.90/cwt86.00–96.001,28317
CowsLean 85-90%1,02374.01/cwt73.00–75.007572
CowsLean 85-90%84554.13/cwt52.00–57.004574
CowsBoner 80-85%1,186100.80/cwt97.00–107.001,1955
CowsBoner 80-85%96581.15/cwt77.00–85.007832

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.