Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2024-01-08

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jan 8
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
56 head
25 vs last sale 31 97 vs year ago 153 · 63.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
9 vs last sale 25 44 vs year ago 78 · 56.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 2.00 higher 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 .

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $160.82/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$160.82
24 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$670
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$46.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
19.84
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1454178.018088thin
Medium and Large 2370159.2258912thin
Medium and Large 3483131.236334thin
One grade step is worth $46.78/cwt here — about $174 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 sale24 hd
160.82
NC average5 barns · 605 hd
180.66
−19.84
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
BullsAverage1,553114.801,7835thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,450101.691,47525

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
BullsMedium and Large 3480145.00/cwt145.00–145.006961
BullsMedium and Large 3605118.00/cwt118.00–118.007141
BullsMedium and Large 2565152.00/cwt152.00–152.008591
BullsMedium and Large 1370190.00/cwt190.00–190.007031
BullsMedium and Large 1885113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0001
BullsMedium and Large 2500157.00/cwt157.00–157.007851
HeifersMedium and Large 2434162.46/cwt162.00–165.007056
SteersMedium and Large 2530147.00/cwt147.00–147.007791
HeifersMedium and Large 3220120.00/cwt120.00–120.002641
HeifersMedium and Large 1640150.00/cwt150.00–150.009601
HeifersMedium and Large 3375132.00/cwt132.00–132.004951
HeifersMedium and Large 2315145.00/cwt145.00–145.004571
SteersMedium and Large 2670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008711
SteersMedium and Large 2475185.00/cwt185.00–185.008791
SteersMedium and Large 2570155.00/cwt155.00–155.008841
HeifersMedium and Large 2253155.00/cwt155.00–155.003923
BullsMedium and Large 2423175.95/cwt175.00–177.007442
HeifersMedium and Large 1338170.00/cwt170.00–170.005752
HeifersMedium and Large 2200145.00/cwt145.00–145.002901
HeifersMedium and Large 2385145.00/cwt145.00–145.005581
HeifersMedium and Large 1400207.00/cwt207.00–207.008281
BullsMedium and Large 1273190.00/cwt190.00–190.005192
BullsMedium and Large 1450180.00/cwt180.00–180.008101
BullsMedium and Large 1740142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0511
HeifersMedium and Large 1540165.00/cwt165.00–165.008911
HeifersMedium and Large 1935133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,2441
HeifersMedium and Large 2465152.00/cwt152.00–152.007071
BullsMedium and Large 2370150.00/cwt150.00–150.005551
BullsMedium and Large 1320209.53/cwt209.00–210.006702
BullsMedium and Large 3423130.95/cwt130.00–132.005542
BullsMedium and Large 2478155.05/cwt145.00–165.007412
BullsMedium and Large 2310150.00/cwt150.00–150.004651
BullsMedium and Large 2223159.92/cwt150.00–175.003574
Bulls1,651117.50/cwt112.00–123.001,9404
Bulls1,160104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,2061
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49996.12/cwt90.00–100.001,4419
CowsBoner 80-85%1,423104.83/cwt101.00–110.001,49216

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.