Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2024-02-19

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 19
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
70 vs last sale 30 27 vs year ago 127 · 21.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
26 vs last sale 27 13 vs year ago 40 · +32.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were steady this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle steady to 3.00 to 6.00 higher this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

Baby claves 110.00 to 150.00 2 head

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $207.39/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$207.39
38 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,154
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$295
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$57.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.53
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552224.001,23727
Medium and Large 2566166.6394311thin
One grade step is worth $57.37/cwt here — about $295 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 sale38 hd
207.39
NC average8 barns · 583 hd
223.93
−16.53
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
BullsHigh1,828127.392,3299thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,194102.851,22840

Every lot, as filed

47 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,202112.14/cwt111.00–114.001,3489
CowsBoner 80-85%1,208102.92/cwt96.00–109.001,24324
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13790.64/cwt85.00–94.001,0317
Bulls1,932133.04/cwt130.00–137.002,5703
Bulls1,776124.57/cwt118.00–128.002,2126
BullsMedium and Large 1780182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4201
BullsMedium and Large 1245220.00/cwt220.00–220.005391
BullsMedium and Large 11,035137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,4182
BullsMedium and Large 2758160.95/cwt145.00–177.001,2202
BullsMedium and Large 1478210.76/cwt202.00–220.001,0072
BullsMedium and Large 1335235.45/cwt205.00–265.007892
HeifersMedium and Large 1630196.21/cwt187.00–205.001,2362
BullsMedium and Large 2245190.00/cwt190.00–190.004661
BullsMedium and Large 2513155.85/cwt150.00–162.008002
BullsMedium and Large 2620152.44/cwt150.00–155.009452
BullsMedium and Large 2550162.00/cwt162.00–162.008911
BullsMedium and Large 2478181.22/cwt167.00–195.008662
BullsMedium and Large 1530225.69/cwt215.00–237.001,1962
BullsMedium and Large 1563257.56/cwt245.00–270.001,4502
HeifersMedium and Large 1573225.30/cwt200.00–240.001,2913
HeifersMedium and Large 2510163.00/cwt163.00–163.008311
HeifersMedium and Large 2560175.00/cwt175.00–175.009801
SteersMedium and Large 1535220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1771
SteersMedium and Large 1465280.05/cwt275.00–285.001,3022
SteersMedium and Large 1625217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3561
SteersMedium and Large 1435227.59/cwt220.00–235.009902
HeifersMedium and Large 2715132.00/cwt132.00–132.009441
HeifersMedium and Large 1410231.50/cwt228.00–235.009492
HeifersMedium and Large 1700170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1901
SteersMedium and Large 1365280.59/cwt272.00–295.001,0243
SteersMedium and Large 1940194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,8241
HeifersMedium and Large 2420175.18/cwt170.00–180.007362
HeifersMedium and Large 1471220.41/cwt190.00–250.001,0384
HeifersMedium and Large 1780177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,3811
HeifersMedium and Large 2235180.00/cwt180.00–180.004231
HeifersMedium and Large 1945137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2951
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy455322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,4651
HeifersMedium and Large 1518244.83/cwt238.00–252.001,2682
HeifersMedium and Large 1263242.30/cwt230.00–250.006373
BullsMedium and Large 1418244.26/cwt210.00–275.001,0213
BullsMedium and Large 1384267.28/cwt230.00–290.001,0264
HeifersMedium and Large 1379234.48/cwt225.00–250.008894
HeifersMedium and Large 1335254.71/cwt252.00–260.008533
BullsMedium and Large 2690180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2421
HeifersMedium and Large 2474181.99/cwt160.00–195.008634
BullsMedium and Large 1702207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4533
BullsMedium and Large 1622218.05/cwt208.00–235.001,3565

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.