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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Dec 8

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095

← Dec 1Dec 8Dec 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

46 head

▼ 66 vs last sale 112▼ 51 vs year ago 97 · −52.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 33▲ 2 vs year ago 16 · +12.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 1.00 lower this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were 2.00 to 5.00 lower this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $247.75/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −94.38 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.

Average price

$247.75

9 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,362

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$234

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$31.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−67.57

vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	251.22	1,389	8thin
Medium and Large 2	525	220.00	1,155	1thin

One grade step is worth $31.22/cwt here — about $234 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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

247.75

—

NC average9 barns · 165 hd

315.32

−67.57

This barn, trailing median7 sales

342.13

−94.38

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,752	173.12	3,033	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,293	125.98	1,628	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,080	102.52	1,107	4thin

Every lot

25 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,000	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,220	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	255	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	765	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	720	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	321.68/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,023	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,012	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	800	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	923	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	287.50/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,265	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	245.05/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,201	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,416	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	262.06/cwt	225.00–275.00	1,494	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	312.50/cwt	305.00–320.00	828	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,189	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	322.56/cwt	285.00–345.00	1,358	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	310.16/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,436	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,155	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	264.81/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,417	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	246.69/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,379	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,613	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,924	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,752	173.12/cwt	169.00–180.00	3,033	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	95.69/cwt	90.00–107.00	974	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,224	123.18/cwt	115.00–132.00	1,508	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,265	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,556	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,635	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,289	1

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Monday) - Siler City, NC

Mon Dec 8, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 46Last week 112Year ago 97

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 33Year ago 16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	123.00	123.00
3	—	1,018	90.00–107.00	95.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	140.00	140.00
5	—	1,224	115.00–132.00	123.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,752	169.00–180.00	173.12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	240.00	240.00
1	350–400	390	205.00	205.00
1	400–450	410	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	300.00	300.00
3	300–350	318	310.00–340.00	321.68
1	350–400	355	285.00	285.00
2	400–450	440	285.00–290.00	287.50
2	450–500	490	240.00–250.00	245.05
1	500–550	515	275.00	275.00
4	550–600	570	225.00–275.00	262.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	305.00–320.00	312.50
1	350–400	355	335.00	335.00
9	400–450	421	285.00–345.00	322.56
2	450–500	463	300.00–320.00	310.16
2	500–550	535	255.00–275.00	264.81
6	550–600	559	240.00–265.00	246.69
1	750–800	750	215.00	215.00
1	850–900	855	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,000	222.00	222.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.