Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) Market Report

Siler City, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, July 16, 2021

1,269 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $121.33/cwt +1.71 vs last sale · ≈ $689/hd at 568 lb · 36 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $122.02/cwt -1.01 vs last sale · ≈ $638/hd at 523 lb · 35 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.21/cwt -0.63 vs last sale · ≈ $698/hd at 576 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,269	1,003	927
Feeder cattle	753	523	549
Slaughter cattle	139	157	91
Replacement cattle	6	3	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle steady . Feeder cattle were steady to down 2.00 to 4.00 . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings heavy with quality average . Baby calves 65.00

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	140.00–162.00	$151.12	$360	+1.63
255–295	281	9	136.00–170.00	$149.80	$421	-18.41
300–345	330	15	131.00–155.00	$141.12	$466	-14.93
350–395	372	35	128.00–150.00	$138.61	$516	+0.57
400–445	421	31	127.00–144.00	$133.73	$563	-3.34
450–497	483	22	121.00–148.00	$139.16	$672	+8.67
500–545	519	24	124.00–145.00	$134.22	$697	-1.93
550–590	570	10	120.00–133.00	$127.88	$729	-1.00
605–645	626	18	120.00–133.00	$127.00	$795	-1.77
790	790	1	118.00	$118.00	$932	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	120.00	$120.00	$270	—
260	260	1	115.00	$115.00	$299	-10.94
310–345	321	4	116.00–132.00	$123.91	$398	+4.62
355–395	378	7	113.00–129.00	$123.18	$466	+3.09
425–445	431	8	114.00–125.00	$117.61	$507	-1.62
470–485	474	6	113.00–125.00	$119.17	$565	+0.17
535	535	1	112.00	$112.00	$599	+1.00
595	595	1	117.00	$117.00	$696	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	100.00	$100.00	$250	—
310–320	315	2	100.00	$100.00	$315	-4.28
570–590	580	2	101.00–107.00	$104.05	$603	+0.05

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	287	3	129.00–140.00	$133.55	$383	-0.40
300–345	327	5	130.00	$130.00	$425	-18.00
355–395	381	10	124.00–136.00	$128.86	$491	-7.38
405–445	425	28	120.00–136.00	$128.15	$545	-2.99
450–495	474	29	120.00–138.00	$129.04	$612	-6.27
500–545	525	31	114.00–128.00	$121.30	$637	-5.17
550–593	576	35	113.00–126.00	$121.21	$698	-0.63
600–648	620	9	100.00–123.00	$113.60	$704	-1.35
665–690	678	4	110.00–120.00	$114.97	$779	-4.48
700–725	713	2	90.00–114.00	$101.79	$726	-6.16
842	842	3	81.00	$81.00	$682	-20.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	119.00	$119.00	$333	-3.78
350–380	365	7	112.00–126.00	$118.21	$431	+2.53
420–445	426	5	111.00–120.00	$116.60	$497	-4.40
450–485	469	6	110.00–119.00	$115.34	$541	+0.58
510–540	526	5	106.00–110.00	$108.42	$570	-3.79
575	575	1	109.00	$109.00	$627	+2.00
655–670	663	2	94.00–96.00	$95.01	$630	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	110.00	$110.00	$253	+1.49
270	270	2	100.00–110.00	$105.00	$284	—
335–340	338	2	107.00–108.00	$107.50	$363	-2.02
355–380	372	3	103.00–109.00	$105.36	$392	-2.64
410–440	420	3	100.00–108.00	$102.60	$431	-4.32
465–475	470	4	104.00–110.00	$106.50	$501	+3.70
530–540	535	3	100.00–106.00	$103.65	$555	+5.39
570–595	578	3	103.00–105.00	$103.99	$601	—
670	670	1	86.00	$86.00	$576	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–495	475	16	121.00–138.00	$130.91	$622	-5.66
500–545	523	35	117.00–133.00	$122.02	$638	-1.01
550–595	568	36	116.00–126.00	$121.33	$689	+1.71
600–645	629	10	106.00–123.00	$113.21	$712	+0.10
650–695	667	17	101.00–114.00	$108.49	$724	-3.51
705–745	727	16	96.00–117.00	$103.19	$750	-3.74
760–780	770	2	96.00–113.00	$104.61	$805	-1.62
875	875	2	110.00–113.00	$111.50	$976	—
905–925	916	4	91.00–114.00	$105.77	$969	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–495	475	12	113.00–124.00	$119.66	$568	+2.83
515	515	1	114.00	$114.00	$587	+2.02
555–595	569	10	110.00–117.00	$114.48	$651	-0.03
625	625	1	92.00	$92.00	$575	-6.00
695	695	1	99.00	$99.00	$688	—
705	705	1	90.00	$90.00	$634	—
770	770	1	92.00	$92.00	$708	+6.50

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–480	470	5	105.00–110.00	$107.03	$503	+6.03
540–545	543	2	107.00–110.00	$108.49	$589	+6.12
550–595	564	4	102.00–110.00	$105.70	$596	+3.47
620	620	1	90.00	$90.00	$558	—
800	800	1	76.00	$76.00	$608	±0.00
965	965	1	80.00	$80.00	$772	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1270	1039	80-85%	14	54.00–64.00	$60.47	$628	—
845–1785	1126	80-85%	60	65.00–75.00	$70.49	$794	—
990–1900	1334	80-85%	19	71.00–83.00	$77.84	$1,038	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–855	785	85-90%	2	42.00–48.00	$45.27	$355	—
795–920	862	85-90%	9	56.00–64.00	$60.46	$521	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1845	1845	75-80%	1	70.00	$70.00	$1,292	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1550	1208	3	75.00–85.00	$81.86	$989	+0.60
1255–1675	1449	7	88.00–99.00	$95.64	$1,386	—
1555–1970	1786	8	100.00–110.00	$107.79	$1,925	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
185	185	1	265.00	$265.00	-60.00
200–225	213	2	400.00–470.00	$435.00	+116.25

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130–140	135	2	280.00–300.00	$290.00	+56.25
160	160	1	255.00	$255.00	-60.00
150–195	161	9	190.00–350.00	$295.00	-20.00
200–225	217	3	335.00–480.00	$401.67	-6.66
255	255	1	490.00	$490.00	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
1050–1100	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,125.00	$1,001.16	—
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	77.00	$77.00	$316	-3.00
515	515	1	78.00	$78.00	$402	—
580	580	1	79.00	$79.00	$458	—
605–615	610	2	70.00–77.00	$73.53	$449	—
830	830	1	87.00	$87.00	$722	—
875	875	1	89.00	$89.00	$779	—
960	960	1	89.00	$89.00	$854	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	175.00	$175.00	-12.61
100	100	1	110.00	$110.00	-77.61
100–130	115	16	130.00–195.00	$158.75	-28.86

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	60.00	$60.00	-23.33
30	30	1	70.00	$70.00	-13.33
40–45	44	5	65.00–120.00	$100.00	+16.67
50–55	53	19	85.00–175.00	$120.79	+10.79
60–65	62	17	110.00–190.00	$155.29	+29.46
70–75	74	7	120.00–255.00	$181.43	+50.72
80–85	84	14	175.00–275.00	$241.79	+66.79
90–95	92	13	175.00–275.00	$250.38	+85.38
100–135	111	14	200.00–360.00	$272.86	+46.86

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	5	55.00–65.00	$59.00	-2.25
30–35	33	10	60.00–80.00	$72.00	-4.67
40–45	43	15	70.00–90.00	$81.67	-10.66
50–55	53	10	85.00–115.00	$102.00	-24.88
60–65	63	17	100.00–165.00	$129.71	-18.07
70–75	72	14	115.00–185.00	$154.29	-4.80
80–85	82	5	160.00–195.00	$183.00	+9.25
90	90	1	185.00	$185.00	-39.62
90–95	94	5	200.00–285.00	$232.00	+7.38
100–105	100	11	200.00–295.00	$231.82	-33.18

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
55	55	1	105.00	$105.00	-10.00
95	95	1	145.00	$145.00	+30.00
100–145	117	37	125.00–260.00	$197.16	-8.99
150–185	162	5	180.00–245.00	$223.00	—
200	200	1	240.00	$240.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115–125	122	3	265.00–300.00	$278.33	+5.00

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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.