Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2024-01-22

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jan 22
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 107▼ 25 vs year ago 72 · −34.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 29▼ 9 vs year ago 40 · −22.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 2..00 higher this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were 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 $170.13/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$170.13
21 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$827
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$562
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$71.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.40
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521189.0698511thin
Medium and Large 2470157.267398thin
Medium and Large 3360117.504232thin
One grade step is worth $71.56/cwt here — about $562 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 sale21 hd
170.13
—
NC average7 barns · 524 hd
191.53
−21.40
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
Bulls—Average1,535117.701,8072thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,208106.701,28925
CowsLean 85-90%High1,25399.001,2402thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$1,1351thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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—210200.00/cwt200.00–200.004201
Dairy SteersLarge 3—375130.00/cwt130.00–130.004881
HeifersMedium and Large 2—285145.00/cwt145.00–145.004131
HeifersMedium and Large 1—340187.00/cwt187.00–187.006362
CowsLean 85-90%—1,555112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,7421
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520173.00/cwt173.00–173.009004
HeifersMedium and Large 1—690156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0761
BullsMedium and Large 1—900120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0801
HeifersMedium and Large 2—553147.00/cwt147.00–147.008134
HeifersMedium and Large 2—305180.00/cwt180.00–180.005491
HeifersMedium and Large 3—305130.00/cwt130.00–130.003971
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615162.00/cwt162.00–162.009961
BullsMedium and Large 2—490165.00/cwt165.00–165.008091
BullsMedium and Large 2—613123.02/cwt121.00–125.007542
BullsMedium and Large 2—445175.00/cwt175.00–175.007791
BullsMedium and Large 1—385215.00/cwt215.00–215.008281
BullsMedium and Large 1—270225.00/cwt225.00–225.006081
BullsMedium and Large 1—585185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0821
CowsLean 85-90%—95086.00/cwt86.00–86.008171
Bulls——1,535117.70/cwt109.00–124.001,8072
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,342110.41/cwt106.00–116.001,48213
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,063102.69/cwt98.00–107.001,09212
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0001,135.00/head1,135.00–1,135.001,1351
BullsMedium and Large 2—518151.00/cwt150.00–152.007822
BullsMedium and Large 1—605160.00/cwt160.00–160.009681
BullsMedium and Large 2—225190.00/cwt190.00–190.004281
BullsMedium and Large 3—315135.00/cwt135.00–135.004251
BullsMedium and Large 1—675170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1481
BullsMedium and Large 2—335180.00/cwt180.00–180.006031
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380180.00/cwt180.00–180.006841
HeifersMedium and Large 1—495175.00/cwt175.00–175.008661
BullsMedium and Large 1—467214.57/cwt212.00–220.001,0023
BullsMedium and Large 3—405100.00/cwt100.00–100.004051
BullsMedium and Large 1—700161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1271

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.