Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-09-22

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Sep 22
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
104 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 70▼ 7 vs year ago 111 · −6.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 20▲ 10 vs year ago 10 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 2.00 lower 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 .

Baby calves 230.00 to 300.00 2 head

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $292.05/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −23.90 against this barn's trailing median of $315.96.
Average price
$292.05
9 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,606
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.52
vs NC average
−73.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540302.311,6326thin
Medium and Large 2570271.551,5483thin
One grade step is worth $30.75/cwt here — about $85 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale9 hd
292.05
—
NC average9 barns · 357 hd
315.57
−23.52
National average172 barns · 11,458 hd
365.85
−73.80
This barn, trailing median3 sales
315.96
−23.90
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—Low1,381179.782,4835thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,184147.901,7519thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low913125.091,1424thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4001
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2751
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,9441
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1561
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565341.61/cwt335.00–345.001,9303
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2082
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677338.33/cwt327.00–345.002,2905
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2250305.00/cwt305.00–305.007631
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0551
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338339.78/cwt330.00–350.001,1482
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370252.57/cwt250.00–255.009352
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373329.82/cwt320.00–340.001,2303
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423286.46/cwt270.00–300.001,2123
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425220.00/cwt220.00–220.009351
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429333.80/cwt330.00–340.001,4324
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470269.09/cwt250.00–287.001,2652
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480331.46/cwt310.00–345.001,5913
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518298.04/cwt290.00–315.001,5443
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562306.57/cwt295.00–320.001,7233
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570271.55/cwt260.00–285.001,5483
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623292.30/cwt280.00–302.001,8217
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3751
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718266.71/cwt260.00–270.001,9153
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8601
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1818252.49/cwt240.00–270.002,0654
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 3825197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,6251
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1955255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,4351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1288398.21/cwt385.00–420.001,1473
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1381
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4821
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1701
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415282.32/cwt275.00–290.001,1722
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5701
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463365.08/cwt350.00–380.001,6902
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4651
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1533331.02/cwt327.00–335.001,7642
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578287.45/cwt285.00–290.001,6612
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6561
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680282.50/cwt280.00–285.001,9212
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2745220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6391
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9131
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6911
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1975205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,9991
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,375182.22/cwt174.00–189.002,5064
Bulls——1,405170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,3891
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%765138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0561
Cows—Lean 85-90%962120.79/cwt104.00–134.001,1623
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,184147.90/cwt144.00–150.001,7519

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.