Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-10-13

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Oct 13
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 79▲ 23 vs year ago 67 · +34.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 16▼ 18 vs year ago 39 · −46.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 1.00 lower this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were 3.00 to 4.00 lower this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were 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 $266.14/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −75.99 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$266.14
12 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,449
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$303
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$55.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−36.72
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544270.791,47411thin
Medium and Large 2545215.001,1721thin
One grade step is worth $55.79/cwt here — about $303 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 sale12 hd
266.14
—
NC average5 barns · 167 hd
302.86
−36.72
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
−75.99
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—Average1,230172.732,1253thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,122142.231,5959thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low85580.006841thin

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 1215490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,0541
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2092
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365379.86/cwt375.00–385.001,3862
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1985240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,3641
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245265.00/cwt265.00–265.006491
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278294.91/cwt285.00–305.008202
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1314324.86/cwt285.00–355.001,0205
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369311.20/cwt305.00–315.001,1484
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423303.26/cwt290.00–310.001,2836
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3881
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516292.49/cwt270.00–302.001,5098
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560272.63/cwt265.00–280.001,5272
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623240.12/cwt230.00–250.001,4962
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8341
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1283345.13/cwt340.00–350.009772
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320378.23/cwt375.00–380.001,2103
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3340210.00/cwt210.00–210.007141
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373352.99/cwt340.00–370.001,3174
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1901
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1439322.58/cwt315.00–325.001,4164
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2443250.14/cwt225.00–275.001,1082
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3443182.40/cwt165.00–200.008082
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470322.66/cwt300.00–340.001,5173
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3341
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515280.75/cwt250.00–300.001,4465
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1721
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569262.49/cwt255.00–275.001,4946
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635258.54/cwt245.00–265.001,6423
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3431
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673246.75/cwt225.00–270.001,6612
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2805175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4091
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1835202.50/cwt195.00–210.001,6912
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1870235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0451
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,218177.09/cwt175.00–180.002,1572
Bulls——1,255164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,0581
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85580.00/cwt80.00–80.006841
Cows—Boner 80-85%970131.15/cwt124.00–139.001,2723
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,154144.72/cwt140.00–150.001,6705
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,415163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,3061

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.