Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) Market Report

Siler City, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, June 18, 2021

1,051 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $118.26/cwt +0.51 vs last sale · ≈ $669/hd at 566 lb · 26 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $141.43/cwt -10.22 vs last sale · ≈ $529/hd at 374 lb · 23 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.43/cwt +4.47 vs last sale · ≈ $616/hd at 476 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,051	1,273	1,125
Feeder cattle	574	776	755
Slaughter cattle	147	208	127
Replacement cattle	1	3	1

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle this week were steady to compared to last week . Feeder cattle steady to down 2.00 to 4.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average . 5 head of hogs

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	218	3	130.00–171.00	$149.40	$326	+9.40
265	265	1	137.00	$137.00	$363	-21.07
300–345	324	12	130.00–166.00	$147.94	$479	-9.90
350–398	374	23	130.00–160.00	$141.43	$529	-10.22
400–445	416	16	127.00–151.00	$137.52	$572	+1.10
460–480	470	6	130.00–135.00	$133.82	$629	-5.93
505–535	524	18	124.00–140.00	$130.65	$685	-1.50
550–595	569	5	133.00–135.00	$133.77	$761	-2.73
610–622	620	8	126.00–130.00	$129.01	$800	+4.61
650–692	673	7	119.00–125.00	$121.67	$819	+10.69
725–735	730	2	112.00–120.00	$116.03	$847	-9.92
763	763	4	124.00	$124.00	$946	±0.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	133.00	$133.00	$233	+17.00
220–225	223	2	121.00–122.00	$121.49	$271	-2.51
250–280	267	3	120.00–125.00	$122.94	$328	+2.02
310–325	320	3	113.00–120.00	$116.95	$374	-5.32
350–385	363	4	112.00–127.00	$120.81	$439	-2.08
400–445	424	12	114.00–127.00	$120.63	$511	+1.85
450–490	465	3	114.00–121.00	$117.57	$547	—
545	545	1	114.00	$114.00	$621	—
565	565	1	119.00	$119.00	$672	-1.00

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	110.00	$110.00	$308	+10.00
300–310	305	2	103.00–110.00	$106.44	$325	—
375–390	383	4	100.00–110.00	$105.20	$403	-1.28
420–445	435	3	109.00–110.00	$109.66	$477	+5.71
475–485	480	2	100.00	$100.00	$480	-7.01
545	545	1	103.00	$103.00	$561	-1.00
690	690	1	100.00	$100.00	$690	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	275	2	131.00–136.00	$133.64	$368	-6.03
320–345	332	15	125.00–136.00	$132.28	$439	-8.48
350–395	372	18	120.00–136.00	$127.94	$476	-5.86
400–445	419	15	120.00–135.00	$127.15	$533	-0.55
460–493	476	19	120.00–137.00	$129.43	$616	+4.47
500–540	521	17	115.00–131.00	$120.38	$627	+3.55
550–590	566	26	115.00–122.00	$118.26	$669	+0.51
600–645	616	11	107.00–120.00	$113.74	$701	+0.24
650–670	659	6	113.00–115.00	$114.50	$755	+3.41
755	755	1	87.00	$87.00	$657	-4.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	115.00	$115.00	$282	—
270	270	1	114.00	$114.00	$308	-6.65
300–340	322	6	115.00–121.00	$117.27	$378	-2.06
375–395	383	10	111.00–123.00	$115.60	$443	-2.39
403–435	412	10	112.00–119.00	$114.58	$472	-1.21
450–495	471	4	110.00–118.00	$114.37	$539	-1.02
505–530	523	4	106.00–110.00	$107.47	$562	-2.55
565–575	570	2	107.00–110.00	$108.51	$619	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	100.00	$100.00	$265	-7.60
350–385	368	5	100.00–110.00	$106.43	$392	+2.42
410–435	419	4	100.00–110.00	$103.48	$434	-3.30
450–485	468	12	100.00–108.00	$103.20	$483	-2.76
525–545	535	2	100.00	$100.00	$535	-2.01
550–585	565	3	94.00–104.00	$98.10	$554	-4.04

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453–475	457	9	123.00–130.00	$128.98	$589	+1.77
500–545	523	8	116.00–127.00	$120.44	$630	-0.09
550–595	573	15	115.00–123.00	$117.94	$676	+0.56
600–640	611	12	104.00–118.00	$113.90	$696	+2.98
650–690	668	3	108.00–112.00	$110.36	$737	+3.85
715–740	730	5	94.00–106.00	$100.56	$734	-1.43
755–765	760	2	98.00	$98.00	$745	+4.05
800–815	808	2	90.00–100.00	$94.95	$767	-0.55

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–495	481	8	111.00–119.00	$115.02	$553	-3.65
505–545	524	5	109.00–114.00	$111.20	$583	+0.68
550–570	557	6	110.00–115.00	$112.18	$625	-0.13
610–635	623	2	90.00–98.00	$94.08	$586	+0.08
755	755	1	80.00	$80.00	$604	—
915	915	1	80.00	$80.00	$732	—
970	970	1	91.00	$91.00	$883	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–495	481	4	105.00–110.00	$107.73	$518	+3.26
510–515	513	2	103.00–109.00	$106.01	$544	+2.56
560–570	565	3	99.00–105.00	$101.98	$576	-1.71

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1060	991	80-85%	6	60.00–63.00	$62.17	$616	—
835–1755	1171	80-85%	36	64.00–75.00	$71.16	$833	—
945–1885	1329	80-85%	54	66.00–93.00	$80.50	$1,070	-2.50

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–875	841	85-90%	4	56.00–66.00	$59.56	$501	-2.38
735–1000	860	85-90%	6	36.00–49.00	$42.26	$363	-12.47

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	1	81.00	$81.00	$1,094	—
1070–2050	1682	6	89.00–98.00	$94.66	$1,592	—
1615–2320	1846	4	101.00–105.00	$103.17	$1,905	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95	95	1	123.00	$123.00	—
100–125	113	3	185.00–230.00	$208.33	—
200	200	1	295.00	$295.00	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125	125	1	280.00	$280.00	+64.69
150–195	173	2	390.00	$390.00	+125.62
200–225	217	3	390.00–540.00	$456.67	+106.67

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	80.00	$80.00	$212	—
395	395	1	88.00	$88.00	$348	—
438	438	2	84.00	$84.00	$368	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	95.00	$95.00	—
95	95	5	110.00–130.00	$121.00	—
100–135	111	41	120.00–215.00	$162.44	-4.87

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	2	40.00–50.00	$45.00	-40.00
45	45	3	75.00–80.00	$76.67	-13.33
50–55	54	7	85.00–125.00	$101.43	-20.24
60–65	63	8	90.00–125.00	$111.88	-31.87
70–75	72	15	100.00–165.00	$147.00	-16.13
100–115	103	5	160.00–255.00	$188.00	—
120	120	1	175.00	$175.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
15	15	4	25.00–50.00	$36.25	-31.25
20–25	22	7	45.00–80.00	$56.43	-11.07
30–35	32	7	50.00–80.00	$62.86	-24.22
40–45	44	15	65.00–115.00	$91.33	-15.86
50–55	53	14	90.00–135.00	$110.36	-17.56
60–65	62	12	100.00–180.00	$133.75	+0.54
70–75	73	14	78.00–175.00	$146.64	-16.14
80–85	82	6	115.00–175.00	$151.67	+1.67
90	90	1	165.00	$165.00	-32.00
90	90	1	195.00	$195.00	-2.00
100	100	4	205.00–240.00	$218.75	-32.92
118	118	1	230.00	$230.00	-21.67
150	150	1	390.00	$390.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	95.00	$95.00	-57.50
85	85	1	120.00	$120.00	-32.50
90	90	3	100.00–160.00	$123.33	-29.17
95	95	1	100.00	$100.00	-52.50
100	100	2	80.00–90.00	$85.00	-92.81
100–135	107	10	125.00–380.00	$189.50	+11.69

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–125	112	5	200.00–480.00	$320.00	+90.71
150	150	1	290.00	$290.00	—

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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.