Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-01-27

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jan 27
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 67▼ 36 vs year ago 78 · −46.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 66▲ 23 vs year ago 20 · +115.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 4.00 higher this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle 2.00 to 4.00 higher this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $214.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −101.96 against this barn's trailing median of $315.96.
Average price
$214.00
1 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,263
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−40.25
vs NC average
−90.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1590214.001,2631thin
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 sale1 hd
214.00
—
NC average8 barns · 200 hd
254.25
−40.25
National average182 barns · 24,858 hd
304.64
−90.64
This barn, trailing median3 sales
315.96
−101.96
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
342326310294median 315.9604/2704/2706/2208/1008/10
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,461166.762,43712
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,301135.851,76826
CowsLean 85-90%Average955116.141,1092thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,100$1,2501thin

Every lot

30 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
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3391
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4731
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2961
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375275.80/cwt260.00–290.001,0342
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375205.00/cwt205.00–205.007691
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435238.42/cwt235.00–242.001,0372
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1051
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,2631
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613211.25/cwt208.00–217.001,2954
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,1341
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5411
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1980177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,7351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1411
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478260.13/cwt255.00–265.001,2432
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1881
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3441
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1311
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635242.38/cwt235.00–250.001,5392
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2673181.07/cwt175.00–187.001,2192
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2731
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2815160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3041
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1860210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8061
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,394177.31/cwt161.00–200.002,4727
Bulls——1,425140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,9951
Bulls——1,588154.99/cwt150.00–158.002,4614
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%955116.14/cwt115.00–117.001,1092
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,138118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,3432
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,286132.80/cwt125.00–138.001,70815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,363144.89/cwt140.00–154.001,9759
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 21,1001,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501

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.