Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-01-06

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jan 6
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 137▲ 12 vs year ago 56 · +21.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 32▼ 22 vs year ago 34 · −64.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 5.00 higher this week compared to last sale . Feeder cattle were steady compared to last sale . 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 $195.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −147.13 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$195.00
2 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,048
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$591
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$90.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−58.87
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565240.001,3561thin
Medium and Large 3510150.007651thin
One grade step is worth $90.00/cwt here — about $591 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 sale2 hd
195.00
—
NC average5 barns · 75 hd
253.87
−58.87
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
−147.13
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—Low1,115110.001,2271thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,273114.161,4538thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low78066.005151thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330200.00/cwt200.00–200.006601
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0581
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200210.00/cwt210.00–210.004201
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230225.00/cwt225.00–225.005181
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260170.00/cwt170.00–170.004421
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290243.33/cwt230.00–250.007063
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360160.00/cwt160.00–160.005761
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376260.96/cwt250.00–265.0098110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445190.00/cwt190.00–190.008461
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,1101
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533224.93/cwt220.00–230.001,1992
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570226.49/cwt226.00–227.001,2912
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3715107.00/cwt107.00–107.007651
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3201
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2215180.00/cwt180.00–180.003871
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240275.00/cwt275.00–275.006601
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1262285.03/cwt250.00–305.007473
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270215.00/cwt215.00–215.005811
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1329260.00/cwt245.00–275.008555
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1362256.79/cwt240.00–280.009305
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375130.00/cwt130.00–130.004881
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3420155.00/cwt155.00–155.006512
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1429235.00/cwt225.00–250.001,0084
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1021
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468207.70/cwt200.00–215.009722
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3510150.00/cwt150.00–150.007651
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3561
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1031
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2985140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3791
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,115110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2271
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78066.00/cwt66.00–66.005151
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,098101.78/cwt90.00–112.001,1183
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,378121.59/cwt116.00–127.001,6765

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.