Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-09-29

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Sep 29
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 104▼ 37 vs year ago 97 · −38.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 20▼ 7 vs year ago 26 · −26.9%
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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 market activity 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 $293.51/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −48.62 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$293.51
4 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−25.15
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560293.511,6434thin
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
293.51
—
NC average9 barns · 209 hd
318.66
−25.15
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
−48.62
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,133146.991,6659thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average883124.501,0992thin

Every lot

32 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2031
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0441
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,1411
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2723254.84/cwt250.00–260.001,8422
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275330.00/cwt330.00–330.009082
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323365.12/cwt350.00–380.001,1792
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0731
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372338.66/cwt300.00–365.001,2604
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477269.72/cwt250.00–280.001,2873
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6102
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6201
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610309.92/cwt300.00–320.001,8912
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678245.37/cwt225.00–265.001,6642
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1235390.32/cwt375.00–405.009172
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1255440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,1221
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1356442.31/cwt420.00–450.001,5756
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420340.36/cwt330.00–350.001,4302
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1341
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425170.00/cwt170.00–170.007231
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478332.57/cwt330.00–340.001,5904
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5911
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578286.35/cwt275.00–300.001,6553
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1627301.63/cwt270.00–317.001,8913
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8291
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6911
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2920170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5641
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%860146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2561
Cows—Lean 85-90%905103.00/cwt103.00–103.009321
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,000164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,6401
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,096140.76/cwt138.00–144.001,5434
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,203148.96/cwt145.00–154.001,7924

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.