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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Mar 7

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087

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Feeder Cattle receipts

684 head

▲ 684 vs last sale 0▼ 55 vs year ago 739 · −7.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

150 head

▲ 150 vs last sale 0▲ 47 vs year ago 103 · +45.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were steady this week . Feeder cattle were steady to 2.00 to 5.00 higher this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.73/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −86.12 against this barn's trailing median of $342.85.

Average price

$256.73

65 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,416

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$473

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

$86.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.40

vs NC average

−48.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	259.40	1,430	63
Medium and Large 2	555	172.50	957	2thin

One grade step is worth $86.90/cwt here — about $473 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 sale65 hd

256.73

—

NC average9 barns · 283 hd

256.32

+0.40

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−48.29

This barn, trailing median33 sales

342.85

−86.12

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,726	172.73	2,981	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	139.53	1,749	95
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	944	104.18	984	14

Every lot

80 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	222	414.29/cwt	395.00–440.00	920	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	282	379.77/cwt	325.00–420.00	1,071	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	408.33/cwt	345.00–450.00	1,319	22
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	385.85/cwt	339.00–425.00	1,447	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	418	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,714	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	364.18/cwt	320.00–425.00	1,562	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	920	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	337.52/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,583	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	489	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,809	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	275.38/cwt	232.00–300.00	1,399	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	516	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,816	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	288.47/cwt	250.00–322.00	1,659	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	612	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,867	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	276.75/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,744	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,544	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	671	284.20/cwt	272.00–290.00	1,907	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	703	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,659	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,544	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,670	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,840	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	835	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,929	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	220	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	462	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	267	319.68/cwt	245.00–380.00	854	10
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	667	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	337.23/cwt	290.00–350.00	1,123	25
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	833	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	750	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	319.67/cwt	280.00–350.00	1,202	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	209.91/cwt	195.00–240.00	890	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	293.15/cwt	260.00–320.00	1,249	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	282.41/cwt	245.00–300.00	1,339	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	264.52/cwt	210.00–285.00	1,354	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	798	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	251.78/cwt	210.00–280.00	1,443	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,131	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	596	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,550	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	240.35/cwt	215.00–260.00	1,473	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	983	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	242.18/cwt	215.00–290.00	1,625	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,596	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,292	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	835	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,253	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,863	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,514	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	870	163.52/cwt	162.00–165.00	1,423	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,656	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	240	316.41/cwt	265.00–370.00	759	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	260	363.11/cwt	330.00–410.00	944	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	323.42/cwt	285.00–395.00	1,038	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	319.49/cwt	255.00–410.00	1,201	17
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	199.78/cwt	180.00–210.00	773	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	191.17/cwt	150.00–230.00	818	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	292.49/cwt	250.00–355.00	1,258	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	276.90/cwt	245.00–325.00	1,310	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	239.72/cwt	200.00–330.00	1,136	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,010	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	276.24/cwt	235.00–325.00	1,417	12
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	243.61/cwt	220.00–295.00	1,367	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	167.50/cwt	160.00–175.00	972	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	268.63/cwt	235.00–295.00	1,652	14
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	616	173.80/cwt	150.00–190.00	1,071	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	229.57/cwt	200.00–255.00	1,522	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,173	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,620	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,520	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,520	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	835	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,336	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	873	160.20/cwt	150.00–170.00	1,399	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	895	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,566	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	178.52/cwt	170.00–187.00	1,648	2
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	178.43/cwt	170.00–187.00	1,709	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	425	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	829	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,487	142.96/cwt	128.00–160.00	2,126	3
Bulls	—	—	1,769	174.30/cwt	167.00–178.00	3,083	7
Bulls	—	—	1,777	182.52/cwt	178.00–193.00	3,243	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	926	117.67/cwt	106.00–135.00	1,090	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	958	94.07/cwt	81.00–104.00	901	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	138.94/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,688	56
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,217	123.18/cwt	110.00–129.00	1,499	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,372	152.33/cwt	146.00–159.00	2,090	23

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 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 684Last week 0Year ago 739

Slaughter CattleReceipts 150Last week 0Year ago 103

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	222	395.00–440.00	414.29
5	250–300	282	325.00–420.00	379.77
22	300–350	323	345.00–450.00	408.33
16	350–400	375	339.00–425.00	385.85
25	400–450	429	320.00–425.00	364.18
14	450–500	469	320.00–350.00	337.52
4	500–550	508	232.00–300.00	275.38
12	550–600	575	250.00–322.00	288.47
10	600–650	630	260.00–290.00	276.75
1	650–700	650	237.50	237.50
1	700–750	715	216.00	216.00
4	750–800	795	210.00	210.00
1	800–850	800	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	418	410.00	410.00
7	450–500	489	370.00	370.00
11	500–550	516	352.00	352.00
5	600–650	612	305.00	305.00
16	650–700	671	272.00–290.00	284.20
5	700–750	703	236.00	236.00
9	800–850	835	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	210.00	210.00
1	250–300	290	230.00	230.00
1	300–350	340	245.00	245.00
1	350–400	375	200.00	200.00
4	400–450	424	195.00–240.00	209.91
1	500–550	515	155.00	155.00
1	550–600	595	190.00	190.00
1	650–700	655	150.00	150.00
1	750–800	760	170.00	170.00
1	800–850	835	150.00	150.00
2	850–900	870	162.00–165.00	163.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	267	245.00–380.00	319.68
25	300–350	333	290.00–350.00	337.23
26	350–400	376	280.00–350.00	319.67
15	400–450	426	260.00–320.00	293.15
31	450–500	474	245.00–300.00	282.41
28	500–550	512	210.00–285.00	264.52
20	550–600	573	210.00–280.00	251.78
5	600–650	613	215.00–260.00	240.35
8	650–700	671	215.00–290.00	242.18
4	800–850	839	222.00	222.00
1	850–900	865	175.00	175.00
1	900–950	910	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	596	260.00	260.00
8	700–750	700	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	180.00–210.00	199.78
2	400–450	428	150.00–230.00	191.17
5	450–500	474	200.00–330.00	239.72
1	500–550	505	200.00	200.00
2	550–600	580	160.00–175.00	167.50
4	600–650	616	150.00–190.00	173.80
1	650–700	690	170.00	170.00
1	800–850	835	160.00	160.00
2	850–900	873	150.00–170.00	160.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	265.00–370.00	316.41
3	250–300	260	330.00–410.00	363.11
7	300–350	321	285.00–395.00	323.42
17	350–400	376	255.00–410.00	319.49
12	400–450	430	250.00–355.00	292.49
13	450–500	473	245.00–325.00	276.90
12	500–550	513	235.00–325.00	276.24
7	550–600	561	220.00–295.00	243.61
14	600–650	615	235.00–295.00	268.63
3	650–700	663	200.00–255.00	229.57
1	700–750	720	225.00	225.00
1	750–800	760	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	800	190.00	190.00
1	850–900	895	175.00	175.00
2	900–950	923	170.00–187.00	178.52
2	950–1000	958	170.00–187.00	178.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	195.00	195.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,215	130.00–145.00	138.94
16	—	1,217	110.00–129.00	123.18
23	—	1,372	146.00–159.00	152.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	958	81.00–104.00	94.07
6	—	926	106.00–135.00	117.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,769	167.00–178.00	174.30
8	—	1,777	178.00–193.00	182.52
3	—	1,487	128.00–160.00	142.96

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.