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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 24

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095

← Jun 17Jun 24Jul 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

70 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 88▼ 58 vs year ago 128 · −45.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

63 head

▲ 29 vs last sale 34▼ 13 vs year ago 76 · −17.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 3.00 higher this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle 3.00 to 4.00 lower this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

2 hogs

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 $205.52/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −110.44 against this barn's trailing median of $315.96.

Average price

$205.52

5 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,165

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$341

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

$63.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.10

vs NC average

−63.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	218.15	1,233	4thin
Medium and Large 2	575	155.00	891	1thin

One grade step is worth $63.15/cwt here — about $341 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 sale5 hd

205.52

—

NC average10 barns · 494 hd

242.62

−37.10

National average153 barns · 8,958 hd

269.28

−63.76

This barn, trailing median3 sales

315.96

−110.44

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

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $328.05, low $308.29, median $315.96 across 3 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	—	High	1,617	161.63	2,614	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,274	138.99	1,770	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	794	121.73	966	4thin

Every lot

42 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	247.27/cwt	230.00–265.00	952	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,107	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,389	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,055	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	233	212.37/cwt	200.00–225.00	495	2
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	235	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	423	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	255	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	548	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	671	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	407	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	192.41/cwt	190.00–195.00	799	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	218.67/cwt	215.00–222.00	918	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	101.02/cwt	100.00–102.00	424	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	450	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	221.93/cwt	212.00–245.00	1,050	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	941	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,231	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	214.20/cwt	200.00–222.00	1,232	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	891	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,081	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,053	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,938	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	725	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	544	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	256.91/cwt	240.00–265.00	873	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	798	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	239.41/cwt	225.00–244.00	1,044	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	540	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	774	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	226.49/cwt	215.00–255.00	1,058	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	500	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	560	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	219.86/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,165	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	218.34/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,229	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	599	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,208	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,602	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,335	149.93/cwt	144.00–152.00	2,002	3
Bulls	—	—	1,448	166.35/cwt	161.00–170.00	2,409	2
Bulls	—	—	2,210	174.47/cwt	173.00–176.00	3,856	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	783	130.97/cwt	100.00–180.00	1,025	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	825	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	776	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,037	123.73/cwt	119.00–129.00	1,283	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,267	138.20/cwt	131.00–144.00	1,751	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,442	150.39/cwt	145.00–159.00	2,169	15

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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

Mon Jun 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 70Last week 88Year ago 128

Slaughter CattleReceipts 63Last week 34Year ago 76

2 hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	200.00–225.00	212.37
1	250–300	255	215.00	215.00
1	300–350	305	220.00	220.00
2	400–450	420	215.00–222.00	218.67
4	450–500	473	212.00–245.00	221.93
1	500–550	535	230.00	230.00
3	550–600	575	200.00–222.00	214.20
8	1050–1100	1,053	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	180.00	180.00
2	400–450	415	190.00–195.00	192.41
1	450–500	495	190.00	190.00
1	550–600	575	155.00	155.00
1	650–700	655	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	107.00	107.00
2	400–450	420	100.00–102.00	101.02
1	450–500	450	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	250.00	250.00
3	300–350	340	240.00–265.00	256.91
6	400–450	436	225.00–244.00	239.41
5	450–500	467	215.00–255.00	226.49
2	500–550	530	215.00–225.00	219.86
3	550–600	563	215.00–225.00	218.34
1	650–700	690	175.00	175.00
1	900–950	905	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	170.00	170.00
1	400–450	420	190.00	190.00
1	450–500	455	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	120.00	120.00
1	500–550	500	112.00	112.00
1	550–600	570	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	230.00–265.00	247.27
1	400–450	410	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	505	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	185.00	185.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,267	131.00–144.00	138.20
10	—	1,037	119.00–129.00	123.73
15	—	1,442	145.00–159.00	150.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	783	100.00–180.00	130.97
1	—	825	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,210	173.00–176.00	174.47
2	—	1,448	161.00–170.00	166.35
3	—	1,335	144.00–152.00	149.93

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.