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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Aug 11

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095

← Aug 4Aug 11Aug 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

70 head

▼ 33 vs last sale 103▲ 16 vs year ago 54 · +29.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 30▲ 13 vs year ago 17 · +76.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 3.00 higher 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 .

Baby calves 220.00

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 $319.84/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 3 of 7 comparable sales and sits −22.29 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.

Average price

$319.84

12 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$529

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$98.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.78

vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	336.31	1,841	10thin
Medium and Large 2	553	237.50	1,312	2thin

One grade step is worth $98.81/cwt here — about $529 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale12 hd

319.84

—

NC average9 barns · 232 hd

326.62

−6.78

This barn, trailing median7 sales

342.13

−22.29

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	—	Low	1,532	183.25	2,808	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,291	158.09	2,041	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	870	124.50	1,083	2thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	255	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,046	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,776	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,775	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	696	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,914	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	230	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	966	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	963	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	334.94/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,306	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	337.36/cwt	315.00–355.00	1,441	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	330.26/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,536	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	308.81/cwt	270.00–330.00	1,581	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	309.27/cwt	285.00–325.00	1,763	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	307.53/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,885	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,470	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	215	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	946	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	357.56/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,191	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	375.96/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,410	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	352.72/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,527	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	334.81/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,567	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,269	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,148	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	313.93/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,654	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	358.69/cwt	295.00–560.00	2,037	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,488	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	282.45/cwt	260.00–305.00	1,754	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,260	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	252.51/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,737	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,692	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,515	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,606	1
Bulls	—	—	1,538	187.00/cwt	181.00–191.00	2,876	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	795	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	811	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	945	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,389	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,050	148.86/cwt	144.00–151.00	1,563	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,371	157.89/cwt	153.00–166.00	2,165	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,413	170.07/cwt	167.00–173.00	2,403	4

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 Aug 11, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 70Last week 103Year ago 54

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 30Year ago 17

Baby calves 220.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,371	153.00–166.00	157.89
5	—	1,050	144.00–151.00	148.86
4	—	1,413	167.00–173.00	170.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	147.00	147.00
1	—	795	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	172.00	172.00
3	—	1,538	181.00–191.00	187.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	420.00	420.00
1	250–300	275	350.00	350.00
2	350–400	390	330.00–340.00	334.94
6	400–450	427	315.00–355.00	337.36
5	450–500	465	300.00–345.00	330.26
3	500–550	512	270.00–330.00	308.81
5	550–600	570	285.00–325.00	309.27
2	600–650	613	300.00–315.00	307.53
1	700–750	735	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	530	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	560	317.00	317.00
4	650–700	696	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	510	225.00	225.00
1	550–600	595	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	630	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	440.00	440.00
2	300–350	333	355.00–360.00	357.56
3	350–400	375	350.00–390.00	375.96
2	400–450	433	345.00–360.00	352.72
2	450–500	468	330.00–340.00	334.81
5	500–550	527	295.00–330.00	313.93
5	550–600	568	295.00–560.00	358.69
4	600–650	621	260.00–305.00	282.45
2	650–700	688	250.00–255.00	252.51
1	700–750	705	240.00	240.00

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.