Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2026-02-23

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 23
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 10▼ 55 vs year ago 90 · −61.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 45▼ 21 vs year ago 35 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were down 2.00 this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were steady 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 $358.47/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 6 of 7 comparable sales and sits +16.34 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$358.47
3 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,001
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−53.03
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558358.472,0013thin
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 sale3 hd
358.47
—
NC average7 barns · 258 hd
411.50
−53.03
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
+16.34
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—Average1,359195.762,6604thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,228163.922,01310

Every lot

23 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 · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1350405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4181
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365205.00/cwt205.00–205.007481
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430350.00/cwt300.00–400.001,5052
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0241
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6961
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625308.45/cwt290.00–330.001,9283
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,3231
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,4021
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1395495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,9551
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433419.65/cwt400.00–440.001,8172
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480397.58/cwt395.00–400.001,9082
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9951
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575347.70/cwt340.00–355.001,9992
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623337.65/cwt330.00–345.002,1042
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1121
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4101
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6451
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1878235.01/cwt230.00–240.002,0632
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,270209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,6541
Bulls——1,335200.02/cwt198.00–202.002,6702
Bulls——1,495174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,6011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,095172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,8832
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,261161.90/cwt158.00–168.002,0428

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.