Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-06-09

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 9
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 79▲ 6 vs year ago 74 · +8.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 31▼ 28 vs year ago 43 · −65.1%
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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 moderate with quality average .

3 head of hogs

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $277.32/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −64.81 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$277.32
10 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,523
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$369
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$71.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−37.05
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547291.651,5958thin
Medium and Large 2558220.001,2272thin
One grade step is worth $71.65/cwt here — about $369 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale10 hd
277.32
—
NC average9 barns · 158 hd
314.37
−37.05
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
−64.81
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—Average2,265177.004,0091thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,321137.511,81612
CowsLean 85-90%Low725102.007401thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6991
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458342.82/cwt315.00–380.001,5703
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8981
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9521
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220270.00/cwt270.00–270.005941
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300235.00/cwt235.00–235.007051
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330302.58/cwt300.00–305.009992
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365325.21/cwt320.00–330.001,1872
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425300.08/cwt260.00–335.001,2758
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461293.55/cwt280.00–310.001,3534
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480229.69/cwt220.00–240.001,1032
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528298.41/cwt295.00–300.001,5763
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561294.89/cwt275.00–305.001,6544
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,8461
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783218.64/cwt210.00–227.001,7122
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280305.00/cwt305.00–305.008541
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333310.19/cwt305.00–315.001,0332
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355210.00/cwt210.00–210.007461
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374348.08/cwt300.00–395.001,3024
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420320.77/cwt300.00–360.001,3473
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1462329.73/cwt305.00–365.001,5235
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524310.89/cwt290.00–330.001,6294
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1071
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570272.41/cwt235.00–300.001,5534
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3511
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1101
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1613269.92/cwt215.00–300.001,6553
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685257.90/cwt230.00–285.001,7672
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4941
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720262.33/cwt250.00–275.001,8892
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2835170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4201
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2870190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6531
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 3875155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3561
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,1001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,265177.00/cwt177.00–177.004,0091
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%725102.00/cwt102.00–102.007401
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180127.05/cwt121.00–133.001,4995
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,400168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,3521
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,425141.15/cwt134.00–145.002,0116

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.