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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, May 12

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095

← May 5May 12May 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

37 head

▼ 39 vs last sale 76▼ 29 vs year ago 66 · −43.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 31▼ 3 vs year ago 13 · −23.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady 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 this week due to rain with quality average .

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $295.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −47.13 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.

Average price

$295.00

1 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−37.61

vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	595	295.00	1,755	1thin

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

295.00

—

NC average9 barns · 203 hd

332.61

−37.61

This barn, trailing median7 sales

342.13

−47.13

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,170	156.00	1,825	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,098	150.00	1,646	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	877	100.37	880	3thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,836	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	295.16/cwt	285.00–305.00	915	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	339.47/cwt	290.00–352.00	1,310	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,134	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,617	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	235	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	940	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,003	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	321.76/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,232	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	327.16/cwt	317.00–335.00	1,358	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	324.42/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,560	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,755	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,694	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,736	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,728	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,935	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,170	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,825	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	845	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	980	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	893	92.56/cwt	90.00–95.00	827	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,025	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,497	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,170	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,802	1

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 May 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 37Last week 76Year ago 66

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 31Year ago 13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	146.00	146.00
1	—	1,170	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	893	90.00–95.00	92.56
1	—	845	116.00	116.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	285.00–305.00	295.16
5	350–400	386	290.00–352.00	339.47
1	400–450	405	280.00	280.00
3	500–550	530	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	400.00	400.00
1	250–300	295	340.00	340.00
2	350–400	383	300.00–345.00	321.76
3	400–450	415	317.00–335.00	327.16
5	450–500	481	320.00–330.00	324.42
1	550–600	595	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	605	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	655	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	720	240.00	240.00
1	850–900	860	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	270.00	270.00

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.