Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2026-02-09

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 9
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 31▼ 42 vs year ago 74 · −56.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 13▲ 7 vs year ago 26 · +26.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 3.00 to 5.00 higher compared to last Monday sale . Feeder cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 higher compared to last Monday sale . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −15.96 against this barn's trailing median of $315.96.
Average price
$300.00
1 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,680
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−75.86
vs NC average
−123.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2560300.001,6801thin
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 sale1 hd
300.00
—
NC average6 barns · 85 hd
375.86
−75.86
National average187 barns · 18,214 hd
423.95
−123.95
This barn, trailing median3 sales
315.96
−15.96
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

3 sales
342326310294median 315.9604/2704/2706/2208/1008/10
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $328.05, low $308.29, median $315.96 across 3 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—Average2,047188.373,8565thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,159167.231,93822

Every lot

22 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380435.07/cwt430.00–440.001,6532
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433438.29/cwt435.00–440.001,8983
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0241
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8401
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,2312
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4841
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360235.00/cwt235.00–235.008461
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385407.14/cwt380.00–435.001,5672
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2681
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5561
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470365.76/cwt345.00–375.001,7194
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6801
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3341
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1245540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,3231
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6801
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,2521
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,925200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,8501
Bulls——2,070156.00/cwt156.00–156.003,2291
Bulls——2,080195.28/cwt188.00–199.004,0623
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,107150.04/cwt130.00–162.001,6616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,153182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,0982
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,182172.48/cwt166.00–179.002,03914

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.