Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-05-09

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, May 9
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087
Feeder Cattle receipts
678 head
▲ 102 vs last sale 576▲ 63 vs year ago 615 · +10.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
164 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 180▲ 27 vs year ago 137 · +19.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were steady 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 .

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.34/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 11 of 33 comparable sales and sits −19.51 against this barn's trailing median of $342.85.
Average price
$323.34
70 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,759
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+20.91
vs NC average
−9.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544323.341,75970
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 sale70 hd
323.34
—
NC average9 barns · 341 hd
302.43
+20.91
National average172 barns · 12,542 hd
332.82
−9.48
This barn, trailing median33 sales
342.85
−19.51
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—Average1,656183.473,03827
CowsBreaker 75-80%High2,140163.003,4881thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,269155.601,974107
CowsLean 85-90%Low913109.701,0025thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,0671
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1311419.23/cwt350.00–475.001,3048
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378434.54/cwt395.00–460.001,64320
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479370.91/cwt350.00–425.001,77720
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525354.76/cwt330.00–380.001,86226
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569347.73/cwt325.00–355.001,97915
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618339.16/cwt310.00–347.002,09634
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673330.71/cwt300.00–341.002,2268
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2951
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,3471
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,095226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,4751
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225350.56/cwt325.00–380.007894
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265385.13/cwt375.00–395.001,0213
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328378.50/cwt330.00–405.001,24113
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350250.00/cwt250.00–250.008751
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365387.84/cwt305.00–410.001,41631
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424351.98/cwt290.00–380.001,49234
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471335.78/cwt300.00–375.001,58230
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477210.21/cwt200.00–225.001,0033
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523333.90/cwt300.00–360.001,74641
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574308.41/cwt280.00–350.001,77029
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630300.13/cwt280.00–310.001,89123
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663283.45/cwt250.00–305.001,8797
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2728175.15/cwt160.00–190.001,2752
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9481
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768235.03/cwt230.00–240.001,8053
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2481
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added803255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,04814
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825236.52/cwt225.00–247.501,9512
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1860250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1288423.29/cwt400.00–450.001,2193
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324448.04/cwt420.00–465.001,45212
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372421.78/cwt380.00–450.001,56919
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2388302.52/cwt300.00–305.001,1742
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425220.00/cwt220.00–220.009351
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427395.01/cwt330.00–435.001,68736
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468352.54/cwt300.00–390.001,65022
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1517332.05/cwt285.00–375.001,71722
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567318.91/cwt280.00–340.001,80814
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1627316.46/cwt275.00–348.001,98433
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673284.68/cwt250.00–309.001,91617
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1719287.41/cwt250.00–307.002,0665
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785257.56/cwt240.00–275.002,0224
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1818236.72/cwt230.00–240.001,9363
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1883241.24/cwt237.50–245.002,1302
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1932219.96/cwt200.00–240.002,0503
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,640192.80/cwt185.00–207.003,16213
Bulls——1,666180.56/cwt172.00–184.003,00811
Bulls——1,687153.73/cwt132.00–160.002,5933
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%888101.66/cwt100.00–103.009032
Cows—Lean 85-90%930115.06/cwt110.00–120.001,0703
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181135.99/cwt120.00–144.001,60615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236152.37/cwt144.00–159.001,88345
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,328164.95/cwt160.00–170.002,19147
Cows—Breaker 75-80%2,140163.00/cwt163.00–163.003,4881

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.