Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2024-03-11

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Mar 11
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 79▲ 7 vs year ago 54 · +13.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 19▲ 1 vs year ago 19 · +5.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 5.00 higher 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 light with quality average .

Baby calves 100.00 to 190.00 2 head

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $228.53/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −113.60 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$228.53
11 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,289
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−18.71
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564228.531,28911thin
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 sale11 hd
228.53
—
NC average8 barns · 195 hd
247.24
−18.71
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
−113.60
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

7 sales
399365330295median 342.1304/1304/2707/1310/1910/26
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $385.25, low $309.49, median $342.13 across 7 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—High1,735148.962,5842thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,935124.002,3991thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,235121.461,50117

Every lot

32 lots · USDA AMS · Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Monday) - 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275300.00/cwt300.00–300.008251
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323301.50/cwt301.00–302.009742
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2210155.00/cwt155.00–155.003261
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324228.45/cwt213.00–257.007405
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380245.00/cwt245.00–245.009311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412240.30/cwt237.00–242.009903
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469226.70/cwt210.00–240.001,0634
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528224.07/cwt221.00–227.001,1832
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3565137.00/cwt137.00–137.007741
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575167.00/cwt167.00–167.009601
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2282
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1721
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1860165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4191
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220240.00/cwt240.00–240.005281
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290315.00/cwt315.00–315.009141
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,0271
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345205.00/cwt205.00–205.007071
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0261
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405190.00/cwt190.00–190.007701
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420289.29/cwt265.00–305.001,2154
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470255.82/cwt232.00–280.001,2023
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1532218.62/cwt200.00–230.001,1633
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1576232.25/cwt220.00–245.001,3388
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0071
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,1501
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1910135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2291
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,735148.96/cwt148.00–150.002,5842
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%855106.00/cwt106.00–106.009061
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,251119.66/cwt114.00–128.001,49713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295134.44/cwt133.00–138.001,7413
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,935124.00/cwt124.00–124.002,3991

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.