Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-08-04

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Aug 4
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
103 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 38▲ 9 vs year ago 94 · +9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 8▲ 0 vs year ago 30 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle where steady this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

3 hogs

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $304.90/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −37.23 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$304.90
14 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$514
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$112.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.37
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538312.971,68413thin
Medium and Large 2585200.001,1701thin
One grade step is worth $112.97/cwt here — about $514 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 sale14 hd
304.90
—
NC average8 barns · 164 hd
319.27
−14.37
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
−37.23
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—Average1,539167.482,5784thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,317147.781,94615
CowsLean 85-90%Average904107.059687thin

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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2235280.00/cwt280.00–280.006581
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323362.02/cwt350.00–375.001,1692
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1131
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1970275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,6681
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230355.00/cwt355.00–355.008172
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260320.00/cwt320.00–320.008321
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318347.04/cwt315.00–362.001,10411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0551
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1391322.89/cwt300.00–330.001,2627
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1411327.49/cwt305.00–333.001,3465
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0441
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513308.84/cwt290.00–315.001,5844
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8361
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628296.49/cwt275.00–315.001,8623
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1960212.00/cwt212.00–212.002,0351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1243421.53/cwt420.00–422.001,0244
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2245250.00/cwt250.00–250.006131
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1263369.43/cwt315.00–405.009723
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328427.56/cwt420.00–435.001,4022
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0311
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0461
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420347.47/cwt310.00–360.001,4596
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475305.73/cwt275.00–350.001,4528
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3121
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522313.84/cwt280.00–340.001,6389
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574311.00/cwt285.00–330.001,7854
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1701
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1501
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625246.64/cwt240.00–250.001,5423
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1672263.52/cwt230.00–285.001,7713
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1783259.84/cwt250.00–270.002,0352
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0931
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1868240.71/cwt205.00–275.002,0892
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,470160.08/cwt154.00–166.002,3532
Bulls——1,608174.88/cwt170.00–179.002,8122
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%893119.86/cwt119.00–121.001,0702
Cows—Lean 85-90%909101.92/cwt90.00–110.009265
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,189135.39/cwt123.00–140.001,6104
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,363152.28/cwt144.00–158.002,07611

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.