Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2024-04-22

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Apr 22
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 81▼ 71 vs year ago 121 · −58.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 21▼ 30 vs year ago 72 · −41.7%
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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 light with quality average .

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $230.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −112.13 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$230.00
2 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,334
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$568
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$90.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−22.61
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1590275.001,6231thin
Medium and Large 2570185.001,0551thin
One grade step is worth $90.00/cwt here — about $568 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale2 hd
230.00
—
NC average7 barns · 209 hd
252.61
−22.61
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
−112.13
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—High1,716143.662,4659thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,231117.201,44225
CowsLean 85-90%Average85387.457465thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2811
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290265.00/cwt265.00–265.007691
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300165.00/cwt165.00–165.004951
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325238.03/cwt220.00–260.007743
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1350250.00/cwt250.00–250.008751
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410200.00/cwt200.00–200.008201
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427223.13/cwt220.00–229.009533
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465200.00/cwt200.00–200.009301
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1490222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,0881
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0501
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3231
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2711
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670147.00/cwt147.00–147.009851
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1631
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1823165.02/cwt164.00–166.001,3582
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1295300.00/cwt300.00–300.008851
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376258.07/cwt220.00–305.009705
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415180.00/cwt180.00–180.007471
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420282.88/cwt270.00–295.001,1883
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485270.00/cwt250.00–290.001,3102
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495200.00/cwt200.00–200.009901
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0551
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1590275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6231
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645230.00/cwt215.00–245.001,4842
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0731
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1678200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3562
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1631
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3231
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1790190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5011
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,310148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,9391
Bulls——1,608139.81/cwt135.00–146.002,2485
Bulls——2,032148.62/cwt148.00–150.003,0203
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81779.88/cwt61.00–90.006533
Cows—Lean 85-90%90898.80/cwt96.00–101.008972
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,132112.36/cwt110.00–115.001,27212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,322121.66/cwt117.00–129.001,60813

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.