Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-04-21

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Apr 21
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 125▲ 13 vs year ago 50 · +26.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 39▼ 13 vs year ago 42 · −31.0%
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 2.00 lower 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 .

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $268.56/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −73.56 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$268.56
7 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,447
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−45.01
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539268.561,4477thin
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 sale7 hd
268.56
—
NC average9 barns · 236 hd
313.58
−45.01
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
−73.56
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—Low1,437162.032,3284thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,211133.311,61411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,606128.142,0584thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average975108.171,0555thin

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 PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)800$9501thin

Every lot

33 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 1425336.62/cwt300.00–375.001,4312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530310.00/cwt300.00–320.001,6432
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0441
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0051
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380305.86/cwt295.00–317.001,1622
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3861
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473322.43/cwt320.00–325.001,5252
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514275.49/cwt220.00–305.001,4167
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570263.90/cwt220.00–285.001,5043
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0291
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615257.45/cwt250.00–272.001,5833
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6961
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1481
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0881
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0881
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433227.43/cwt225.00–230.009852
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1438312.46/cwt310.00–315.001,3692
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1701
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470332.98/cwt320.00–340.001,5653
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510281.25/cwt265.00–295.001,4344
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577251.65/cwt250.00–255.001,4523
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1621247.63/cwt220.00–275.001,5384
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6502
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723212.27/cwt205.00–220.001,5352
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,355155.02/cwt150.00–160.002,1012
Bulls——1,518169.04/cwt168.00–170.002,5662
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%878100.00/cwt100.00–100.008782
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,000152.59/cwt149.00–156.001,5262
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040113.62/cwt111.00–119.001,1823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,068119.33/cwt116.00–124.001,2743
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,353133.87/cwt130.00–145.001,8116
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,606128.14/cwt126.00–134.002,0584
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 3800950.00/head950.00–950.009501

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.