Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-06-02

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 2
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
79 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 79▲ 6 vs year ago 73 · +8.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 27▲ 8 vs year ago 23 · +34.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 3.00 higher this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle steady this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate 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 $311.02/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −31.11 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$311.02
5 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,667
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−4.86
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536311.021,6675thin
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 sale5 hd
311.02
—
NC average9 barns · 206 hd
315.87
−4.86
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
−31.11
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—High1,448187.632,7183thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,304140.581,83328

Every lot

40 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0401
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,0271
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4621
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427360.57/cwt335.00–390.001,5407
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453382.57/cwt370.00–395.001,7332
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8461
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8921
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1880235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0681
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230240.00/cwt240.00–240.005521
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275295.00/cwt295.00–295.008111
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320285.00/cwt285.00–285.009121
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320205.00/cwt205.00–205.006561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383311.21/cwt300.00–325.001,1924
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417289.56/cwt275.00–300.001,2073
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467300.48/cwt285.00–327.001,4035
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1539279.98/cwt250.00–300.001,5096
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0561
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563292.11/cwt287.00–297.001,6452
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7551
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6501
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4251
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2235215.00/cwt215.00–215.005051
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285327.76/cwt320.00–335.009342
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300195.00/cwt195.00–195.005851
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1221
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369341.81/cwt290.00–365.001,2616
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425331.15/cwt300.00–355.001,4074
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460165.00/cwt165.00–165.007591
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469322.21/cwt300.00–335.001,5114
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525317.52/cwt290.00–345.001,6674
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6531
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3601
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1790230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8171
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1810200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6201
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1858229.96/cwt215.00–245.001,9732
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,265180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,2771
Bulls——1,540191.45/cwt191.00–192.002,9482
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,139129.29/cwt121.00–141.001,47312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,418147.85/cwt140.00–154.002,09714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,498157.37/cwt156.00–159.002,3572

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.