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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jan 13

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095

← Jan 6Jan 13Jan 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 43 vs last sale 68▼ 82 vs year ago 107 · −76.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 12▼ 9 vs year ago 29 · −31.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 2.00 higher 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 .

9 hogs

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $225.76/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −90.20 against this barn's trailing median of $315.96.

Average price

$225.76

3 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,242

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−14.64

vs NC average

−78.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	225.76	1,242	3thin

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

225.76

—

NC average8 barns · 147 hd

240.40

−14.64

National average192 barns · 30,803 hd

304.03

−78.27

This barn, trailing median3 sales

315.96

−90.20

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

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $328.05, low $308.29, median $315.96 across 3 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,791	150.37	2,693	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,300	124.70	1,620	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	800	99.73	798	3thin

Every lot

22 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	405	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	486	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	233.70/cwt	227.00–240.00	1,122	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	225.14/cwt	210.00–240.00	1,204	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,317	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,190	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	198.75/cwt	185.00–212.00	1,328	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,399	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,459	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,097	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	268.51/cwt	240.00–290.00	1,273	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	228.33/cwt	210.00–247.00	1,210	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,441	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,443	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,485	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,505	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,150	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,564	1
Bulls	—	—	1,898	152.77/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,900	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	750	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	615	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	825	108.59/cwt	107.00–110.00	896	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	870	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,018	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	925	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,267	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,400	124.12/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,738	8

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Monday) - Siler City, NC

Mon Jan 13, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 25Last week 68Year ago 107

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 12Year ago 29

9 hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	255.00	255.00
4	450–500	474	240.00–290.00	268.51
2	500–550	530	210.00–247.00	228.33
1	650–700	655	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	780	185.00	185.00
1	800–850	825	180.00	180.00
1	850–900	875	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	227.00–240.00	233.70
2	500–550	535	210.00–240.00	225.14
1	550–600	580	227.00	227.00
1	600–650	610	195.00	195.00
2	650–700	668	185.00–212.00	198.75
1	700–750	710	197.00	197.00
1	750–800	760	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,898	150.00–155.00	152.77
1	—	1,150	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	117.00	117.00
1	—	925	137.00	137.00
8	—	1,400	121.00–130.00	124.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	82.00	82.00
2	—	825	107.00–110.00	108.59

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.