Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2026-02-20

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Feb 20
● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087
Feeder Cattle receipts
672 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 666▲ 644 vs year ago 28 · +2,300.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 128▲ 113 vs year ago 15 · +753.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 6.00 higher this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were 6.00 to 8.00 higher this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

16 head of hogs

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $413.75/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 33 of 33 comparable sales and sits +61.09 against this barn's trailing median of $352.66.
Average price
$413.75
48 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,212
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$615
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$122.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.73
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534425.082,27143
Medium and Large 2530325.551,7253thin
Medium and Large 3548302.501,6562thin
One grade step is worth $122.58/cwt here — about $615 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale48 hd
413.75
—
NC average9 barns · 242 hd
408.02
+5.73
This barn, trailing median33 sales
352.66
+61.09
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
428379330281median 352.6603/0605/0106/2608/2810/30
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,601202.053,23412
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,308169.182,21366
CowsLean 85-90%Low974127.551,24211

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$3,1751thin

Every lot

88 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1245650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,5931
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1255500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2751
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed265620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,6431
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed320700.00/cwt700.00–700.002,2401
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1329621.84/cwt600.00–660.002,0469
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3335305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0221
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376605.00/cwt600.00–610.002,2755
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1403579.97/cwt555.00–600.002,3376
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,1192
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9551
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488512.36/cwt500.00–524.002,50010
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516471.54/cwt430.00–504.002,43323
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed518518.00/cwt518.00–518.002,6836
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574480.18/cwt440.00–502.002,75613
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628428.75/cwt375.00–440.002,69342
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3041
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3650325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1131
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672373.74/cwt350.00–395.002,5125
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715360.03/cwt340.00–370.002,5746
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,6254
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5761
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1863259.51/cwt257.00–267.002,2404
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3270309.63/cwt300.00–320.008362
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,1621
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1281500.89/cwt470.00–530.001,4086
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed315530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,6701
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327470.55/cwt445.00–500.001,53911
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363350.44/cwt335.00–375.001,2723
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374448.49/cwt400.00–465.001,67725
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed375472.47/cwt470.00–475.001,7722
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3395300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1851
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420349.29/cwt320.00–380.001,4672
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425444.31/cwt400.00–470.001,88821
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468427.73/cwt390.00–455.002,00218
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed470467.58/cwt465.00–470.002,1982
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473341.01/cwt305.00–375.001,6134
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3495280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3861
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520311.92/cwt285.00–325.001,6223
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521381.21/cwt335.00–407.001,98632
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed535425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2741
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6522
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565307.50/cwt305.00–310.001,7372
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575364.99/cwt320.00–397.002,09912
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627342.10/cwt320.00–375.002,14519
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673318.51/cwt300.00–340.002,1444
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3041
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3735275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0212
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3780275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1451
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 3840275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,3101
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 3865250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1221584.21/cwt565.00–600.001,2915
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3225350.00/cwt350.00–350.007881
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1272584.15/cwt525.00–605.001,5895
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3652
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed278630.97/cwt620.00–640.001,7545
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1319600.30/cwt565.00–630.001,9157
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2372503.41/cwt500.00–510.001,8733
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377583.71/cwt530.00–610.002,20114
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed393617.52/cwt615.00–620.002,4272
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed407551.68/cwt530.00–575.002,2453
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424469.66/cwt420.00–500.001,99118
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2437402.53/cwt400.00–410.001,7596
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3455290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3201
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2461346.18/cwt325.00–370.001,5964
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471449.33/cwt400.00–480.002,11629
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524427.24/cwt380.00–460.002,23933
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530325.55/cwt300.00–350.001,7253
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3530295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5641
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3565310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7521
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568417.94/cwt395.00–455.002,37410
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2608318.36/cwt300.00–330.001,9363
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1611391.56/cwt375.00–410.002,39214
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1667331.08/cwt300.00–365.002,2087
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1717290.78/cwt270.00–305.002,0856
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1759277.99/cwt270.00–305.002,1105
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3795240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9081
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1830270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2411
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1885260.03/cwt255.00–265.002,3013
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1905245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,2171
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1975250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,4381
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,343196.43/cwt190.00–200.002,6386
Bulls——1,858207.68/cwt204.00–216.003,8596
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%967133.73/cwt130.00–138.001,2935
Cows—Lean 85-90%979122.40/cwt110.00–132.001,1986
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236149.78/cwt144.00–157.001,85116
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325171.19/cwt160.00–179.002,26835
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,346185.18/cwt180.00–197.002,49315
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3003,175.00/head3,175.00–3,175.003,1751

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.