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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, May 19

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095

← May 12May 19May 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

36 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 37▼ 14 vs year ago 50 · −28.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 10▼ 22 vs year ago 29 · −75.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 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 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 $279.19/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −62.94 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.

Average price

$279.19

4 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−41.22

vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	279.19	1,570	4thin

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 sale4 hd

279.19

—

NC average9 barns · 170 hd

320.41

−41.22

This barn, trailing median7 sales

342.13

−62.94

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	—	Average	1,200	175.00	2,100	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,255	144.67	1,816	3thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,977	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,935	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	337.88/cwt	327.00–350.00	1,250	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	332.59/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,447	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	303.74/cwt	290.00–322.00	1,604	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,784	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	263.21/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,666	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	586	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	382.34/cwt	360.00–405.00	1,388	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	345.11/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,518	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	337.06/cwt	305.00–350.00	1,574	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	287.52/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,553	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	270.85/cwt	220.00–320.00	1,584	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,620	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,200	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,100	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,095	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,610	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,690	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,370	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,151	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 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 36Last week 37Year ago 50

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 10Year ago 29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	360.00–405.00	382.34
4	400–450	440	330.00–365.00	345.11
5	450–500	467	305.00–350.00	337.06
2	500–550	540	285.00–290.00	287.52
2	550–600	585	220.00–320.00	270.85
1	700–750	735	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	790	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	327.00–350.00	337.88
2	400–450	435	325.00–340.00	332.59
3	500–550	528	290.00–322.00	303.74
1	550–600	585	305.00	305.00
3	600–650	633	240.00–275.00	263.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	645	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,095	147.00	147.00
1	—	1,370	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	175.00	175.00

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.