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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Jun 5

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087

← May 22Jun 5Jun 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

446 head

▲ 31 vs last sale 415▼ 57 vs year ago 503 · −11.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

162 head

▲ 46 vs last sale 116▲ 21 vs year ago 141 · +14.9%

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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 $371.55/cwt on 34 head, up $17.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 33 comparable sales and sits +28.70 against this barn's trailing median of $342.85.

Average price

$371.55

▲ 17.89 vs prior sale

34 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,004

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$583

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

$128.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.22

vs NC average

−33.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	390.41	2,083	29
Medium and Large 2	572	262.13	1,500	5thin

One grade step is worth $128.28/cwt here — about $583 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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

371.55

—

NC average8 barns · 233 hd

362.33

+9.22

National average170 barns · 11,904 hd

404.76

−33.21

This barn, trailing median33 sales

342.85

+28.70

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	—	Low	1,662	202.26	3,361	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,259	167.28	2,106	85
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	160.00	2,496	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	923	145.73	1,346	12

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	225	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,305	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	574.72/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,552	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	509.70/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,682	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,925	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	470.28/cwt	445.00–490.00	1,956	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	457.35/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,113	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	425.26/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,233	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,345	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	387.28/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,355	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,592	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,788	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	235	503.19/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,182	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	260	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,391	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	271	471.22/cwt	450.00–495.00	1,277	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	839	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	470.30/cwt	425.00–495.00	1,510	19
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	322	398.08/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,282	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	373	385.85/cwt	350.00–405.00	1,439	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	447.79/cwt	420.00–485.00	1,679	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	400	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	860	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	404.30/cwt	375.00–440.00	1,686	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	418	464.98/cwt	455.00–470.00	1,944	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	429.55/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,997	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	475	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,734	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,213	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	505	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,273	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	401.41/cwt	370.00–435.00	2,091	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	530	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,908	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,472	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	354.82/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,037	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	579	260.16/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,506	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	337.62/cwt	310.00–347.00	2,110	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	314.90/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,129	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	316.50/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,263	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	735	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,654	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,694	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	276.21/cwt	255.00–295.00	2,273	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	259.05/cwt	250.00–270.00	2,269	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	263.27/cwt	240.00–290.00	2,522	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	205	556.67/cwt	530.00–590.00	1,141	3
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	215	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	968	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	474.09/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,256	3
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	290	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,566	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	305	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,617	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	495.45/cwt	465.00–515.00	1,625	10
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	328	437.37/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,435	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	368	408.48/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,503	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	470.63/cwt	420.00–495.00	1,741	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	378	502.38/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,899	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	390.20/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,483	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	408	483.36/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,972	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,141	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	435.51/cwt	405.00–465.00	1,838	17
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	968	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	420.57/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,031	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	485	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,698	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,075	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	412.17/cwt	375.00–430.00	2,168	15
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	409.15/cwt	390.00–435.00	2,332	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,725	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	580	352.39/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,044	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	389.34/cwt	350.00–405.00	2,453	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	387.72/cwt	370.00–425.00	2,629	11
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	316.89/cwt	300.00–340.00	2,263	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	334.68/cwt	320.00–360.00	2,584	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,730	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,093	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	200–250	Large 3	245	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	760	1
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3	345	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,242	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,418	178.90/cwt	170.00–187.00	2,537	2
Bulls	—	—	1,671	198.97/cwt	194.00–204.00	3,325	10
Bulls	—	—	1,761	222.16/cwt	210.00–235.00	3,912	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	887	139.86/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,241	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	996	157.47/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,568	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,202	156.40/cwt	148.00–160.00	1,880	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,281	169.55/cwt	161.00–178.00	2,172	55
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,282	190.05/cwt	179.00–210.00	2,436	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,560	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,496	1

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.

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

Fri Jun 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 446Last week 415Year ago 503

Slaughter CattleReceipts 162Last week 116Year ago 141

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,281	161.00–178.00	169.55
6	—	1,282	179.00–210.00	190.05
24	—	1,202	148.00–160.00	156.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	996	154.00–160.00	157.47
8	—	887	135.00–145.00	139.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	170.00–187.00	178.90
4	—	1,761	210.00–235.00	222.16
10	—	1,671	194.00–204.00	198.97

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	390.00–405.00	398.08
3	350–400	373	350.00–405.00	385.85
2	450–500	475	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	530	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	735	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	235	500.00–510.00	503.19
4	250–300	271	450.00–495.00	471.22
19	300–350	321	425.00–495.00	470.30
26	350–400	375	420.00–485.00	447.79
23	400–450	417	375.00–440.00	404.30
23	450–500	465	400.00–450.00	429.55
20	500–550	521	370.00–435.00	401.41
7	550–600	574	340.00–375.00	354.82
8	600–650	625	310.00–347.00	337.62
4	650–700	676	300.00–320.00	314.90
3	700–750	715	300.00–325.00	316.50
1	750–800	770	220.00	220.00
4	800–850	823	255.00–295.00	276.21
5	850–900	876	250.00–270.00	259.05
3	950–1000	958	240.00–290.00	263.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	430	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	485	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	545	270.00	270.00
4	550–600	579	250.00–270.00	260.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	535.00	535.00
3	400–450	418	455.00–470.00	464.98
1	500–550	505	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	205	530.00–590.00	556.67
3	250–300	265	450.00–500.00	474.09
10	300–350	328	465.00–515.00	495.45
10	350–400	370	420.00–495.00	470.63
17	400–450	422	405.00–465.00	435.51
8	450–500	483	400.00–450.00	420.57
15	500–550	526	375.00–430.00	412.17
13	550–600	570	390.00–435.00	409.15
5	600–650	630	350.00–405.00	389.34
11	650–700	678	370.00–425.00	387.72
6	700–750	714	300.00–340.00	316.89
3	750–800	772	320.00–360.00	334.68
1	800–850	815	335.00	335.00
1	900–950	930	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	450.00	450.00
2	300–350	328	435.00–440.00	437.37
3	350–400	368	405.00–415.00	408.48
1	450–500	485	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	580	340.00–365.00	352.39
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	385.00–395.00	390.20
1	400–450	415	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	450	215.00	215.00
1	500–550	500	215.00	215.00
1	550–600	575	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	540.00	540.00
3	300–350	305	530.00	530.00
2	350–400	378	500.00–505.00	502.38
6	400–450	408	475.00–485.00	483.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	580.00	580.00
2	250–300	270	570.00–580.00	574.72
2	300–350	330	490.00–530.00	509.70
1	350–400	385	500.00	500.00
7	400–450	416	445.00–490.00	470.28
4	450–500	462	450.00–460.00	457.35
8	500–550	525	415.00–435.00	425.26
1	550–600	565	415.00	415.00
2	600–650	608	370.00–405.00	387.28
1	700–750	730	355.00	355.00
1	850–900	885	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	310.00	310.00
3	300–350	345	360.00	360.00

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.