Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2024-10-14

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Oct 14
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
67 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 81▼ 87 vs year ago 154 · −56.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 16▼ 3 vs year ago 42 · −7.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 1.00 higher this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were 2.00 to 5.00 higher this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

Baby calves 115.00 2 head

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $218.33/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −123.80 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$218.33
6 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,221
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$473
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$64.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.99
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570229.001,3065thin
Medium and Large 2505165.008331thin
One grade step is worth $64.00/cwt here — about $473 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 sale6 hd
218.33
—
NC average8 barns · 244 hd
205.34
+12.99
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
−123.80
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—High1,710144.592,4729thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,160121.351,40718
CowsLean 85-90%Average937101.999565thin

Every lot

38 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
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2981
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370190.00/cwt190.00–190.007031
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445135.00/cwt135.00–135.006011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474211.56/cwt200.00–215.001,0036
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480170.00/cwt170.00–170.008161
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2514166.60/cwt145.00–190.008566
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1293
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0621
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1593210.84/cwt210.00–211.001,2506
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620209.46/cwt207.00–212.001,2992
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0582
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3730110.00/cwt110.00–110.008031
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220220.00/cwt220.00–220.004843
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1268230.09/cwt220.00–240.006172
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1308232.44/cwt230.00–235.007162
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370235.00/cwt235.00–235.008701
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420170.00/cwt170.00–170.007141
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1445205.00/cwt205.00–205.009121
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3450120.00/cwt120.00–120.005401
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1453230.85/cwt205.00–245.001,0465
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475185.00/cwt185.00–185.008791
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505165.00/cwt165.00–165.008331
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1241
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1579233.75/cwt230.00–235.001,3534
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0201
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2581
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1703210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4762
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1241
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2773135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0442
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1795165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3121
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,643145.30/cwt141.00–149.002,3876
Bulls——1,730126.00/cwt126.00–126.002,1801
Bulls——1,900151.77/cwt150.00–154.002,8842
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84396.09/cwt95.00–97.008102
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000105.93/cwt101.00–109.001,0593
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,060110.61/cwt110.00–112.001,1723
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,140122.06/cwt115.00–126.001,39112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,337129.22/cwt127.00–131.001,7283

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.