Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-11-03

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Nov 3
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
117 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 80▲ 34 vs year ago 83 · +41.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 51▲ 7 vs year ago 20 · +35.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 3.00 lower this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were 4.00 to 5.00 lower this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate 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 $237.89/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −104.24 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$237.89
10 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,333
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$413
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$75.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−61.30
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560245.431,3749thin
Medium and Large 2565170.009611thin
One grade step is worth $75.43/cwt here — about $413 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale10 hd
237.89
—
NC average9 barns · 196 hd
299.19
−61.30
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
−104.24
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—Low1,272171.102,1763thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,137134.201,52617
CowsLean 85-90%Low82093.007631thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325349.38/cwt325.00–370.001,1353
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5682
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8401
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9691
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0151
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8331
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275270.00/cwt270.00–270.007431
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3275165.00/cwt165.00–165.004541
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315240.00/cwt240.00–240.007561
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329319.24/cwt317.00–330.001,0506
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373307.96/cwt290.00–325.001,1496
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425285.35/cwt270.00–300.001,2132
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4551
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513275.07/cwt270.00–280.001,4112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525145.00/cwt145.00–145.007611
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0801
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7241
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3761
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8381
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828200.13/cwt190.00–215.001,6573
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1895220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9691
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2230260.00/cwt260.00–260.005981
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1233432.93/cwt400.00–470.001,0094
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,0661
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295300.00/cwt300.00–300.008851
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333337.66/cwt305.00–360.001,12413
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370326.73/cwt300.00–355.001,20911
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425319.63/cwt305.00–330.001,3583
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473305.93/cwt300.00–320.001,4476
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523248.46/cwt210.00–280.001,2993
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565170.00/cwt170.00–170.009611
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578243.92/cwt230.00–260.001,4106
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5251
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680215.11/cwt200.00–230.001,4632
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3751
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2715175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2511
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1762203.01/cwt200.00–210.001,5475
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1818204.79/cwt195.00–215.001,6752
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1940185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7391
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,235164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,0251
Bulls——1,290174.65/cwt171.00–180.002,2532
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82093.00/cwt93.00–93.007631
Cows—Boner 80-85%988160.68/cwt155.00–167.001,5882
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,146124.47/cwt114.00–130.001,4268
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170137.76/cwt131.00–143.001,6127

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.