Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-01-03

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Jan 3
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087
Feeder Cattle receipts
425 head
▼ 110 vs last sale 535▼ 50 vs year ago 475 · −10.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
174 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 100▼ 27 vs year ago 201 · −13.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparison is due this week due to limited receipts and no sale coverage the previous week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $236.20/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −106.65 against this barn's trailing median of $342.85.
Average price
$236.20
30 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,285
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs NC average
−57.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544236.201,28530
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale30 hd
236.20
—
NC average1 barns · 30 hd
236.20
+0.00
National average41 barns · 9,437 hd
293.63
−57.43
This barn, trailing median33 sales
342.85
−106.65
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
404362320278median 342.8503/0605/0107/1009/0410/30
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $390.48, low $292.12, median $342.85 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,741143.542,49916
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,323127.881,691121
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,940118.002,2891thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97599.2596811

Every lot

63 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317326.90/cwt255.00–370.001,0368
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378341.66/cwt300.00–355.001,29112
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429308.36/cwt287.00–345.001,3236
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430220.00/cwt220.00–220.009461
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453322.49/cwt320.00–325.001,4612
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516278.71/cwt260.00–290.001,4385
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522188.92/cwt177.50–200.009863
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584258.88/cwt245.00–285.001,5128
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625253.50/cwt252.00–255.001,5842
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1684242.43/cwt240.00–247.501,6583
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1226242.76/cwt230.00–255.005494
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285190.00/cwt190.00–190.005421
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290246.76/cwt220.00–262.507164
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324279.41/cwt250.00–312.5090514
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374283.20/cwt240.00–315.001,05919
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375205.07/cwt200.00–210.007692
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2405180.00/cwt180.00–180.007291
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425281.87/cwt240.00–300.001,19816
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483261.99/cwt250.00–295.001,2658
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485185.00/cwt185.00–185.008971
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524242.19/cwt230.00–270.001,26917
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570228.37/cwt200.00–252.501,30213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612233.50/cwt200.00–260.001,42916
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620175.04/cwt170.00–180.001,0852
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2668168.05/cwt140.00–195.001,1233
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675223.68/cwt200.00–232.501,5109
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715162.91/cwt150.00–176.001,1652
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720226.25/cwt222.50–230.001,6292
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,2151
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770214.17/cwt200.00–216.001,6499
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1231269.03/cwt257.50–285.006216
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2243239.95/cwt235.00–245.005832
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1268268.63/cwt250.00–285.007207
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1321291.39/cwt260.00–340.009359
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3350150.00/cwt150.00–150.005251
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365230.00/cwt230.00–230.008401
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376290.84/cwt235.00–347.501,0948
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423204.25/cwt160.00–235.008644
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428306.30/cwt270.00–340.001,31116
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470280.42/cwt250.00–310.001,31816
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490212.50/cwt210.00–215.001,0412
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1517265.41/cwt240.00–290.001,37215
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530170.00/cwt170.00–170.009011
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578246.28/cwt230.00–285.001,42312
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2581
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0201
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623243.29/cwt235.00–260.001,5165
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1674230.79/cwt215.00–235.001,5567
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4881
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2781
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5861
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,4871
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2850172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,4621
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2986148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,4595
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,652151.94/cwt150.00–156.002,5103
Bulls——1,735138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,3941
Bulls——1,764141.90/cwt134.00–149.002,50312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%968103.85/cwt100.00–111.001,0058
Cows—Lean 85-90%99386.99/cwt77.00–98.008643
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,207114.53/cwt110.00–119.001,3827
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,313126.30/cwt120.00–130.001,65880
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,369134.36/cwt131.00–143.001,83934
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,940118.00/cwt118.00–118.002,2891

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.