Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) Market Report

Siler City, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, February 12, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	402	718	678
Feeder cattle	227	417	403
Slaughter cattle	85	130	167
Replacement cattle	—	1	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week slaughter cattle were up 2.00 to 4.00 . Feeder cattle down 2.00 to 4.00 with a lot of undesirable cattle today with light demand and offerings light with quality plain to average . Baby calves 25.00 to 65.00 9 head

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Feeder Steers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	105.00	$105.00	$194	—
210–235	218	4	100.00–106.00	$102.02	$222	—
255–285	273	3	100.00–110.00	$103.73	$283	—
315–320	317	3	100.00–108.00	$104.00	$330	—
355–395	369	7	100.00–109.00	$104.57	$386	+4.57
460–475	468	2	101.00–108.00	$104.56	$489	—
520	520	2	100.00–102.00	$101.00	$525	-1.18
570	570	1	103.00	$103.00	$587	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	267	3	100.00–121.00	$111.23	$297	-8.14
310–345	320	7	109.00–115.00	$110.54	$354	-9.46
360–380	370	6	110.00–117.00	$112.21	$415	-7.28
410	410	2	111.00–116.00	$113.50	$465	+2.98
505–515	510	2	110.00–114.00	$111.98	$571	+1.02

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	129.00	$129.00	$348	-24.14
300	300	1	126.00	$126.00	$378	-32.81
365	365	2	123.00–125.00	$124.00	$453	-31.02
415	415	1	116.00	$116.00	$481	-20.02
455	455	1	117.00	$117.00	$532	-23.44
565	565	1	115.00	$115.00	$650	-13.49

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Feeder Heifers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	100.00	$100.00	$195	—
225	225	1	98.00	$98.00	$220	-2.00
250–285	273	3	100.00–103.00	$101.04	$276	+1.04
300–345	326	5	104.00–107.00	$105.20	$343	—
350–385	368	6	90.00–109.00	$102.38	$377	+2.38
425	425	1	109.00	$109.00	$463	+8.22
500–525	513	3	90.00–98.00	$93.05	$477	—
565–575	570	2	95.00–103.00	$99.04	$565	-3.96

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	2	112.00–114.00	$113.00	$198	—
300–340	317	3	110.00–114.00	$111.43	$353	—
350–360	355	2	117.00–118.00	$117.51	$417	+1.76
405–435	420	5	107.00–115.00	$110.81	$465	-4.53
490	490	1	106.00	$106.00	$519	-8.98
515	515	1	108.00	$108.00	$556	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	122.00	$122.00	$390	-11.04
370	370	1	115.00	$115.00	$426	-18.59
415–425	420	2	115.00–122.00	$118.54	$498	-11.32
635	635	1	94.00	$94.00	$597	-10.92

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	90.00	$90.00	$288	—
410	410	1	94.00	$94.00	$385	—
470	470	1	95.00	$95.00	$446	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	118.00	$118.00	$537	-13.86
645	645	1	95.00	$95.00	$613	-14.96
665–685	675	2	94.00–97.00	$95.52	$645	—
740	740	1	86.00	$86.00	$636	—
755	755	1	82.00	$82.00	$619	-1.48
810	810	1	80.00	$80.00	$648	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	114.00	$114.00	$519	+1.00
520–545	533	2	109.00–112.00	$110.46	$589	-1.57
570	570	1	107.00	$107.00	$610	+7.00

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	90.00	$90.00	$414	-13.95
515–520	518	2	101.00–105.00	$102.99	$533	+0.48
590	590	1	99.00	$99.00	$584	-2.02

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–495	488	2	81.00–91.00	$85.92	$419	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1235	948	80-85%	18	55.00–68.00	$61.40	$582	—
825–1390	1061	80-85%	7	41.00–55.00	$49.05	$520	—
820–1265	1065	80-85%	13	64.00–79.00	$73.14	$779	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–885	829	85-90%	5	50.00–62.00	$53.76	$446	—
730–1025	834	85-90%	10	30.00–49.00	$39.81	$332	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390–1650	1479	75-80%	7	69.00–81.00	$76.04	$1,125	—
1585	1585	75-80%	1	54.00	$54.00	$856	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–2190	1710	5	81.00–95.00	$88.21	$1,508	—
1890–2225	2058	2	99.00–100.00	$99.46	$2,047	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125–135	130	2	190.00	$190.00	-5.00
150	150	1	245.00	$245.00	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–125	117	3	125.00–225.00	$176.67	+1.67
125	125	2	135.00–195.00	$165.00	-10.00
150	150	1	240.00	$240.00	+25.00
150–165	155	3	245.00–310.00	$283.33	+68.33
200	200	2	330.00–400.00	$365.00	+75.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	2	64.00–71.00	$67.50	$111	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–120	114	4	195.00–240.00	$220.00	+67.61

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	1	95.00	$95.00	+30.00
65	65	2	105.00–145.00	$125.00	-3.00
75	75	3	115.00–155.00	$136.67	-30.83
85	85	1	120.00	$120.00	-41.25
90	90	1	180.00	$180.00	+18.75

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	40.00	$40.00	-31.67
30	30	1	50.00	$50.00	-21.67
45	45	1	75.00	$75.00	-10.00
50	50	1	100.00	$100.00	-25.83
60–65	62	3	85.00–120.00	$106.67	-19.16
75	75	1	160.00	$160.00	+25.00
90	90	1	130.00	$130.00	-77.00
95	95	1	230.00	$230.00	+23.00
100	100	1	160.00	$160.00	-61.25
100–120	110	3	200.00–250.00	$220.00	-1.25

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	3	100.00–115.00	$108.33	-39.17
90	90	2	110.00–120.00	$115.00	-32.50
100–135	114	11	125.00–280.00	$206.82	+15.71

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–120	110	2	210.00–250.00	$230.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.