Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2024-12-16

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Dec 16
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
137 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 97▲ 106 vs year ago 31 · +341.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 16▲ 7 vs year ago 25 · +28.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were steady this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were 6.00 to 8.00 higher this week compared to last week . Demand was good ; market activity and buyer interest were active . Offerings moderate with quality average .

5 head of hogs

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $224.79/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −117.34 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$224.79
7 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,224
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$248
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$52.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−29.54
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539239.771,2935thin
Medium and Large 2558187.331,0452thin
One grade step is worth $52.44/cwt here — about $248 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale7 hd
224.79
—
NC average9 barns · 158 hd
254.32
−29.54
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
−117.34
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—Low1,706132.062,2536thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,160102.921,19416
CowsLean 85-90%Average97281.567935thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323355.27/cwt350.00–360.001,1482
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3631
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2741
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5251
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550307.50/cwt280.00–335.001,6912
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2794
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,6511
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1205225.00/cwt225.00–225.004611
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265245.00/cwt245.00–245.006491
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365250.00/cwt250.00–250.009131
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365205.00/cwt205.00–205.007481
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435200.98/cwt200.00–202.008742
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440238.89/cwt230.00–240.001,0519
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467227.39/cwt220.00–242.001,0623
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525228.14/cwt220.00–240.001,1986
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570220.50/cwt211.00–230.001,2572
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575170.00/cwt170.00–170.009781
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615170.68/cwt155.00–179.001,0503
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625203.67/cwt190.00–215.001,2734
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663198.61/cwt190.00–206.001,3173
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727175.58/cwt167.00–185.001,2763
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,3871
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2910137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2471
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1232305.83/cwt270.00–350.007103
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1277332.46/cwt240.00–367.509218
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335335.25/cwt250.00–370.001,1235
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1384343.17/cwt340.00–350.001,3183
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395215.00/cwt215.00–215.008491
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425307.05/cwt300.00–330.001,3059
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435185.00/cwt185.00–185.008051
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480194.10/cwt175.00–220.009326
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1482274.73/cwt250.00–283.001,3248
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1529234.21/cwt217.00–250.001,2394
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558187.33/cwt175.00–200.001,0452
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,5201
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673228.96/cwt215.00–247.501,5418
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3871
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820187.31/cwt175.00–202.001,5363
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1915188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,7201
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,680115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,9321
Bulls——1,711135.47/cwt131.00–140.002,3185
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92478.45/cwt70.00–88.007254
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,060119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,2611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12893.54/cwt91.00–95.001,0554
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,0951
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181104.87/cwt102.00–108.001,23911

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.