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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Mar 29

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087

← Mar 22Mar 29Apr 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

392 head

▼ 599 vs last sale 991▼ 347 vs year ago 739 · −47.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

114 head

▼ 69 vs last sale 183▼ 23 vs year ago 137 · −16.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Baby calves 75.00 2 head

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $269.75/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −82.91 against this barn's trailing median of $352.66.

Average price

$269.75

34 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,489

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$512

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$95.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.79

vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	275.37	1,519	32
Medium and Large 2	560	179.82	1,007	2thin

One grade step is worth $95.55/cwt here — about $512 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale34 hd

269.75

—

NC average7 barns · 198 hd

264.96

+4.79

This barn, trailing median33 sales

352.66

−82.91

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $413.75, low $294.93, median $352.66 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,706	159.46	2,721	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,373	133.40	1,831	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	906	91.62	830	8thin

Every lot

62 lots · USDA AMS · Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) - Siler City, NC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	260	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	917	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	337.79/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,081	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	309.11/cwt	280.00–332.50	1,168	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	320.34/cwt	260.00–335.00	1,365	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	796	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	319.96/cwt	312.50–335.00	1,494	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	518	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,632	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	297.79/cwt	270.00–312.50	1,554	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	289.12/cwt	250.00–300.00	1,628	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	252.96/cwt	220.00–280.00	1,566	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	253.48/cwt	230.00–270.00	1,678	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	208.41/cwt	200.00–212.50	1,496	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,656	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	210	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	630	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	250	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	525	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	270.00/cwt	250.00–290.00	729	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	275.22/cwt	250.00–295.00	892	11
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	704	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	260.79/cwt	220.00–285.00	970	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	886	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	237.33/cwt	210.00–280.00	1,011	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	783	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	250.53/cwt	220.00–275.00	1,162	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	147.14/cwt	26.50–200.00	699	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	893	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	248.57/cwt	220.00–275.00	1,300	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	860	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	240.20/cwt	200.00–260.00	1,369	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	161.58/cwt	155.00–170.00	1,005	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	232.27/cwt	227.50–237.00	1,470	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,547	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	181.24/cwt	180.00–182.50	1,229	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,036	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,230	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	210	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	756	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	210	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	462	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	274	316.09/cwt	260.00–347.50	866	8
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	312	223.45/cwt	215.00–235.00	697	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	284.05/cwt	240.00–310.00	912	12
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	548	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	213.28/cwt	205.00–222.50	789	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	296.77/cwt	250.00–342.50	1,110	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	293.82/cwt	250.00–335.00	1,258	19
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	167.50/cwt	165.00–170.00	729	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	277.64/cwt	260.00–295.00	1,310	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	208.08/cwt	185.00–230.00	1,005	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	280.64/cwt	240.00–310.00	1,490	18
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	179.82/cwt	160.00–200.00	1,007	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	268.60/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,553	14
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	262.38/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,637	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	241.13/cwt	205.00–270.00	1,613	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,470	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	213.35/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,611	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	200–250	Large 3	235	234.73/cwt	222.50–247.50	552	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,621	151.49/cwt	140.00–156.00	2,456	4
Bulls	—	—	1,749	163.45/cwt	157.00–173.00	2,859	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	870	86.79/cwt	80.00–98.00	755	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	965	99.67/cwt	98.00–101.00	962	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,233	114.57/cwt	100.00–120.00	1,413	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,259	131.56/cwt	120.00–139.00	1,656	39
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,611	144.55/cwt	140.00–150.00	2,329	25

This sale against other markets

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) - Siler City, NC

Fri Mar 29, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 392Last week 991Year ago 739

Slaughter CattleReceipts 114Last week 183Year ago 137

Baby calves 75.00 2 head

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	300.00	300.00
2	250–300	270	250.00–290.00	270.00
11	300–350	324	250.00–295.00	275.22
10	350–400	372	220.00–285.00	260.79
18	400–450	426	210.00–280.00	237.33
15	450–500	464	220.00–275.00	250.53
17	500–550	523	220.00–275.00	248.57
13	550–600	570	200.00–260.00	240.20
2	600–650	633	227.50–237.00	232.27
1	650–700	650	238.00	238.00
1	800–850	820	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	210.00	210.00
1	300–350	335	210.00	210.00
1	350–400	385	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	435	180.00	180.00
4	450–500	475	26.50–200.00	147.14
1	500–550	510	175.00	175.00
1	550–600	555	155.00	155.00
3	600–650	622	155.00–170.00	161.58
2	650–700	678	180.00–182.50	181.24
1	700–750	740	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	360.00	360.00
8	250–300	274	260.00–347.50	316.09
12	300–350	321	240.00–310.00	284.05
12	350–400	374	250.00–342.50	296.77
19	400–450	428	250.00–335.00	293.82
7	450–500	472	260.00–295.00	277.64
18	500–550	531	240.00–310.00	280.64
14	550–600	578	250.00–285.00	268.60
4	600–650	624	250.00–285.00	262.38
5	650–700	669	205.00–270.00	241.13
1	700–750	735	200.00	200.00
3	750–800	755	210.00–215.00	213.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	220.00	220.00
3	300–350	312	215.00–235.00	223.45
2	350–400	370	205.00–222.50	213.28
2	400–450	435	165.00–170.00	167.50
2	450–500	483	185.00–230.00	208.08
2	550–600	560	160.00–200.00	179.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	352.50	352.50
5	300–350	320	320.00–347.50	337.79
5	350–400	378	280.00–332.50	309.11
21	400–450	426	260.00–335.00	320.34
5	450–500	467	312.50–335.00	319.96
17	500–550	522	270.00–312.50	297.79
9	550–600	563	250.00–300.00	289.12
13	600–650	619	220.00–280.00	252.96
3	650–700	662	230.00–270.00	253.48
3	700–750	718	200.00–212.50	208.41
1	750–800	770	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	518	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	222.50–247.50	234.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,259	120.00–139.00	131.56
11	—	1,233	100.00–120.00	114.57
25	—	1,611	140.00–150.00	144.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	870	80.00–98.00	86.79
3	—	965	98.00–101.00	99.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,749	157.00–173.00	163.45
4	—	1,621	140.00–156.00	151.49

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.