Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2024-02-12

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 12
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
61 vs last sale 91 28 vs year ago 58 · 48.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
31 vs last sale 58 6 vs year ago 21 · +28.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were steady this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were steady 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 $185.21/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$185.21
12 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$814
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$179
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$75.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
37.74
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1449203.299127thin
Medium and Large 2390168.006554thin
Medium and Large 3575127.507331thin
One grade step is worth $75.79/cwt here — about $179 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 sale12 hd
185.21
NC average8 barns · 1,163 hd
222.95
−37.74
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
BullsHigh1,502117.701,7687thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,282102.281,31115

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 PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)850$1,0382thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1635175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1111
SteersMedium and Large 2430195.00/cwt195.00–195.008391
SteersMedium and Large 1340250.00/cwt250.00–250.008501
SteersMedium and Large 1440247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,0871
SteersMedium and Large 3745123.00/cwt123.00–123.009161
HeifersMedium and Large 1380203.00/cwt203.00–203.007711
BullsMedium and Large 2650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008451
BullsMedium and Large 1325222.00/cwt222.00–222.007221
BullsMedium and Large 1545192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0461
BullsMedium and Large 2205195.00/cwt195.00–195.004001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,250103.51/cwt97.00–108.001,2949
Bulls1,755131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,2991
CowsBoner 80-85%97590.19/cwt88.00–91.008793
CowsBoner 80-85%1,683110.69/cwt110.00–111.001,8633
Bulls1,564120.90/cwt114.00–126.001,8914
Bulls1,253104.65/cwt101.00–110.001,3112
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29001,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2800875.00/head875.00–875.008751
HeifersMedium and Large 1790158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,2481
HeifersMedium and Large 2765144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1021
BullsMedium and Large 1485227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1011
BullsMedium and Large 2325182.00/cwt182.00–182.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 3665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007981
BullsMedium and Large 1290207.00/cwt207.00–207.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 1535185.00/cwt185.00–185.009901
HeifersMedium and Large 2615140.00/cwt140.00–140.008611
SteersMedium and Large 1540180.00/cwt180.00–180.009721
BullsMedium and Large 1430200.00/cwt200.00–200.008602
BullsMedium and Large 3575127.50/cwt127.50–127.507331
BullsMedium and Large 2380165.00/cwt165.00–165.006271

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.