Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2024-08-05

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Aug 5
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
94 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 55▼ 44 vs year ago 138 · −31.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 20▼ 13 vs year ago 43 · −30.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 2.00 lower 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 were moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 50.00 to 125.00 7 head

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $202.36/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −139.77 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$202.36
18 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,088
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.49
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535210.241,12514thin
Medium and Large 2547174.779554thin
One grade step is worth $35.47/cwt here — about $170 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 sale18 hd
202.36
—
NC average8 barns · 194 hd
223.85
−21.49
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
−139.77
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—Average1,512153.422,3203thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,250127.001,58822
CowsLean 85-90%Low842104.458794thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290245.00/cwt245.00–245.007111
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320285.00/cwt285.00–285.009121
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365250.00/cwt250.00–250.009131
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1401237.00/cwt237.00–237.009506
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1288227.39/cwt215.00–240.006552
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318253.19/cwt240.00–265.008052
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368233.28/cwt227.00–240.008582
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380195.00/cwt195.00–195.007411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421216.28/cwt215.00–218.009114
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465185.00/cwt185.00–185.008601
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475206.13/cwt200.00–212.009792
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524211.25/cwt210.00–213.001,1074
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,1491
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4111
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250225.00/cwt225.00–225.005631
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1327256.38/cwt230.00–275.008383
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368250.90/cwt240.00–260.009234
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435227.91/cwt210.00–250.009915
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473216.38/cwt200.00–230.001,0234
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515178.18/cwt162.00–195.009182
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518212.15/cwt200.00–227.001,0998
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558207.70/cwt200.00–212.001,1596
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578171.36/cwt165.00–178.009902
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618199.01/cwt180.00–218.001,2306
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1678172.36/cwt160.00–185.001,1692
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1601
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1733183.94/cwt179.00–190.001,3484
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2760152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1551
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815187.45/cwt185.00–190.001,5282
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1990175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,7331
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,512153.42/cwt150.00–157.002,3203
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82597.74/cwt95.00–100.008062
Cows—Lean 85-90%858111.15/cwt107.00–115.009542
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,209118.62/cwt108.00–125.001,4348
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,274131.79/cwt127.00–135.001,67914

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.