Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-09-01

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Sep 1
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
76 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 119▲ 41 vs year ago 35 · +117.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 25▼ 8 vs year ago 18 · −44.4%
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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 .

4 head of hogs

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $285.64/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −30.31 against this barn's trailing median of $315.96.
Average price
$285.64
4 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,624
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−46.60
vs NC average
−85.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569285.641,6244thin
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
285.64
—
NC average8 barns · 234 hd
332.24
−46.60
National average145 barns · 7,681 hd
371.51
−85.87
This barn, trailing median3 sales
315.96
−30.31
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

3 sales
342326310294median 315.9604/2704/2706/2208/1008/10
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $328.05, low $308.29, median $315.96 across 3 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—High1,895199.003,7711thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,294156.422,0256thin

Every lot

37 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1721
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495200.00/cwt200.00–200.009901
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533247.65/cwt215.00–280.001,3202
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,8151
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1228413.08/cwt390.00–440.009422
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0081
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323337.06/cwt305.00–365.001,0893
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377348.81/cwt295.00–375.001,3153
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420301.26/cwt280.00–325.001,2654
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478300.10/cwt270.00–320.001,4343
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6471
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578279.19/cwt240.00–310.001,6143
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608267.61/cwt240.00–295.001,6272
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3431
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671262.57/cwt215.00–315.001,7625
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6271
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230450.65/cwt440.00–460.001,0362
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1295420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2391
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1661
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355200.00/cwt200.00–200.007101
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,2051
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6611
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0251
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5471
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2463250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1582
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515331.54/cwt320.00–345.001,7073
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568312.90/cwt300.00–330.001,7776
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623284.16/cwt260.00–307.001,7702
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655250.04/cwt245.00–255.001,6382
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9251
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1775249.81/cwt240.00–260.001,9362
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0531
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1890225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0031
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,895199.00/cwt199.00–199.003,7711
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,0011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270144.20/cwt141.00–148.001,8312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,352159.71/cwt156.00–163.002,1593

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.