Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-12-01

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Dec 1
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
112 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 99▲ 53 vs year ago 59 · +89.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 42▼ 18 vs year ago 51 · −35.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 1.00 higher this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were 4.00 to 6.00 higher this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

2 head of hogs

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $249.63/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −92.50 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$249.63
9 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,351
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−47.24
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541249.631,3519thin
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 sale9 hd
249.63
—
NC average4 barns · 87 hd
296.87
−47.24
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
−92.50
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—Average1,467174.402,5583thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,210142.751,72829
CowsLean 85-90%Low991121.481,2045thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323434.42/cwt420.00–450.001,4032
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375432.53/cwt430.00–435.001,6222
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280292.59/cwt290.00–295.008192
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323328.57/cwt320.00–335.001,0614
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370130.00/cwt130.00–130.004811
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375306.16/cwt300.00–312.001,1482
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390262.34/cwt250.00–275.001,0232
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415254.88/cwt245.00–265.001,0582
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431313.07/cwt295.00–330.001,3495
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1495260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2871
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2881
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520290.00/cwt280.00–300.001,5082
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550260.00/cwt250.00–270.001,4302
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3971
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007981
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2913174.93/cwt170.00–180.001,5972
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1210430.00/cwt430.00–430.009031
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260375.00/cwt375.00–375.009751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275320.00/cwt320.00–320.008801
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1338385.11/cwt370.00–400.001,3022
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360374.86/cwt370.00–380.001,3492
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373317.15/cwt300.00–335.001,1832
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440335.24/cwt326.00–350.001,4753
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470250.11/cwt240.00–260.001,1762
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473301.90/cwt280.00–325.001,4282
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed475395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8761
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0691
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1526247.18/cwt235.00–280.001,3005
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560252.70/cwt245.00–275.001,4154
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6882
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,6341
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3801
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2805150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2081
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1850255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,1681
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2878167.85/cwt150.00–185.001,4742
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1900250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2501
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 3920170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5641
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,160190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,2041
Bulls——1,620166.60/cwt165.00–170.002,6992
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%940132.32/cwt127.00–138.001,2442
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025114.25/cwt112.00–118.001,1713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,118133.10/cwt130.00–134.001,4884
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191141.51/cwt135.00–148.001,68519
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,333153.12/cwt150.00–157.002,0416

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.