Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2024-09-16

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Sep 16
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 87▼ 59 vs year ago 131 · −45.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 51▲ 13 vs year ago 35 · +37.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 3.00 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 moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 150.00 to 175.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $206.41/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −135.72 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$206.41
8 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,136
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.69
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551208.761,1517thin
Medium and Large 2545190.001,0361thin
One grade step is worth $18.76/cwt here — about $115 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 sale8 hd
206.41
—
NC average9 barns · 280 hd
202.72
+3.69
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
−135.72
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—Average1,467149.752,1975thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,265121.291,53423
CowsLean 85-90%Average950101.0095915

Every lot

40 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
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470190.00/cwt190.00–190.008931
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1714
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2774
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658208.77/cwt182.00–222.001,3746
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1200220.00/cwt220.00–220.004401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365185.00/cwt185.00–185.006751
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395220.00/cwt220.00–220.008691
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440165.00/cwt165.00–165.007261
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460192.00/cwt192.00–192.008831
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473214.02/cwt210.00–218.001,0122
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3485142.00/cwt142.00–142.006891
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518193.62/cwt190.00–197.001,0032
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560110.00/cwt110.00–110.006161
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1401
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0821
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628191.99/cwt190.00–194.001,2062
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1201
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2331
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1980147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,4411
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1331222.85/cwt212.00–250.007384
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380220.00/cwt220.00–220.008361
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1432216.98/cwt215.00–220.009373
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2439200.50/cwt200.00–202.008804
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473217.14/cwt210.00–225.001,0272
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480194.84/cwt190.00–200.009352
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522205.78/cwt200.00–210.001,0743
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0361
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573210.99/cwt210.00–212.001,2094
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640192.44/cwt185.00–200.001,2322
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1678198.13/cwt180.00–226.001,3434
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0931
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1790170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3431
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,000134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3401
Bulls——1,510151.58/cwt145.00–155.002,2893
Bulls——1,805160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,8881
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90284.47/cwt79.00–98.007625
Cows—Lean 85-90%974109.26/cwt100.00–115.001,06410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,085135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4651
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255112.82/cwt100.00–118.001,4167
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,281124.33/cwt120.00–131.001,59315

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.