Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-06-23

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 23
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 55▼ 25 vs year ago 70 · −35.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 19▼ 55 vs year ago 63 · −87.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were steady this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were 2.00 higher 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 $300.49/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −41.64 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$300.49
4 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,581
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.82
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526300.491,5814thin
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
300.49
—
NC average8 barns · 163 hd
296.67
+3.82
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
−41.64
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—High1,488185.502,7592thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,375150.202,0653thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average890134.091,1932thin

Every lot

24 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4631
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0571
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290270.00/cwt270.00–270.007831
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1312320.00/cwt320.00–320.009983
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335245.00/cwt245.00–245.008211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350220.00/cwt220.00–220.007701
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410313.27/cwt305.00–320.001,2843
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6081
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7252
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280270.00/cwt270.00–270.007561
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0442
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1336360.78/cwt330.00–370.001,2124
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374344.18/cwt330.00–355.001,2876
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405200.00/cwt200.00–200.008101
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427341.03/cwt305.00–355.001,4566
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3871
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1526300.49/cwt270.00–335.001,5814
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608305.04/cwt295.00–315.001,8552
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1695215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4941
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,420179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,5421
Bulls——1,555192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,9861
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%890134.09/cwt130.00–138.001,1932
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,375150.20/cwt145.00–157.002,0653

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.