Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2024-09-02

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Sep 2
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 108▼ 17 vs year ago 52 · −32.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 28▼ 21 vs year ago 39 · −53.8%
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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 $213.39/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −128.74 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$213.39
3 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,170
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.52
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548213.391,1703thin
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 sale3 hd
213.39
—
NC average8 barns · 161 hd
211.87
+1.52
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
−128.74
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—Average1,757150.742,6493thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,294130.821,69214

Every lot

25 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 1400250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340170.00/cwt170.00–170.005781
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423174.16/cwt170.00–182.007373
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,1371
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1721
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0661
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1855145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2401
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1970150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4551
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325257.00/cwt257.00–257.008351
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368238.88/cwt220.00–257.008792
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418234.97/cwt230.00–240.009822
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445190.00/cwt190.00–190.008461
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0321
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480192.47/cwt190.00–195.009242
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1031
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560215.09/cwt205.00–225.001,2052
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0371
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0281
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2171
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 11,050141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,4811
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,757150.74/cwt146.00–158.002,6493
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,035140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4491
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,118118.97/cwt115.00–124.001,3302
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,349132.14/cwt125.00–136.001,78311

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.