Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2024-02-26

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 26
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
56 head
44 vs last sale 100 58 vs year ago 114 · 50.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
7 vs last sale 53 14 vs year ago 60 · 23.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 1.00 higher this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle steady to 2.00 to 4.00 higher this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings were moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 50.00 to 75.00 2 head

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $194.12/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$194.12
26 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$945
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$272
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$83.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
29.16
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1477211.451,00818thin
Medium and Large 2486164.347996thin
Medium and Large 3578127.507362thin
One grade step is worth $83.95/cwt here — about $272 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 sale26 hd
194.12
NC average7 barns · 1,125 hd
223.28
−29.16
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
BullsHigh1,923129.912,4993thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,224103.631,26832
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02459.976144thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 2605162.00/cwt162.00–162.009801
BullsMedium and Large 1528210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1092
BullsMedium and Large 1240220.00/cwt220.00–220.005281
BullsMedium and Large 2770162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,2471
HeifersMedium and Large 2535165.00/cwt165.00–165.008831
HeifersMedium and Large 1315246.00/cwt246.00–246.007751
SteersMedium and Large 1625249.76/cwt240.00–260.001,5612
SteersMedium and Large 1438300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3142
HeifersMedium and Large 2335182.00/cwt182.00–182.006101
HeifersMedium and Large 1423224.46/cwt210.00–232.009493
HeifersMedium and Large 1225219.06/cwt200.00–235.004932
SteersMedium and Large 2490179.00/cwt165.00–192.008773
SteersMedium and Large 1525220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1552
SteersMedium and Large 1495284.50/cwt280.00–289.001,4082
HeifersMedium and Large 11,170152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,7781
SteersMedium and Large 1385300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1551
SteersMedium and Large 1585257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,5031
HeifersMedium and Large 2450187.00/cwt187.00–187.008421
HeifersMedium and Large 1600185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1101
HeifersMedium and Large 3460132.00/cwt132.00–132.006071
HeifersMedium and Large 2408158.52/cwt155.00–162.006472
HeifersMedium and Large 2780135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0531
HeifersMedium and Large 11,010150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5151
HeifersMedium and Large 3695123.00/cwt123.00–123.008551
HeifersMedium and Large 1513202.83/cwt185.00–230.001,0414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15389.73/cwt82.00–94.001,0359
CowsBoner 80-85%1,367114.46/cwt110.00–120.001,56510
CowsLean 85-90%95751.30/cwt50.00–54.004913
CowsLean 85-90%1,22586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,0541
CowsBoner 80-85%1,163104.91/cwt96.00–109.001,22013
Bulls2,225132.86/cwt131.00–135.002,9562
Bulls1,320124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,6371
HeifersMedium and Large 1370243.11/cwt220.00–265.009002
HeifersMedium and Large 1460239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,0991
BullsMedium and Large 1610220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3421
BullsMedium and Large 1330300.00/cwt300.00–300.009901
BullsMedium and Large 1255240.00/cwt240.00–240.006121
BullsMedium and Large 2685170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1651
HeifersMedium and Large 1258212.52/cwt210.00–215.005482

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.