Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2026-06-15

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 15
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 91▲ 15 vs year ago 55 · +27.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 16▲ 35 vs year ago 19 · +184.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were steady 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 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 $391.80/cwt on 8 head, up $22.69 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 7 comparable sales and sits +49.67 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.
Average price
$391.80
▲ 22.69 vs prior sale
8 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,132
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$658
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$104.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.39
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548404.922,2187thin
Medium and Large 2520300.001,5601thin
One grade step is worth $104.92/cwt here — about $658 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 sale8 hd
391.80
—
NC average7 barns · 143 hd
376.41
+15.39
This barn, trailing median7 sales
342.13
+49.67
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—Low1,578197.153,1104thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,125157.711,77427
CowsLean 85-90%Average878142.681,2535thin

Every lot

39 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
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7431
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6961
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558400.07/cwt395.00–405.002,2322
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1643385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,4762
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,4932
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235415.00/cwt415.00–415.009751
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320280.00/cwt280.00–280.008961
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3041
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367379.65/cwt360.00–395.001,3937
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2581
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed395425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6791
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4761
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418295.42/cwt285.00–305.001,2352
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468290.08/cwt275.00–305.001,3582
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480358.59/cwt350.00–375.001,7213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,9011
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578324.30/cwt317.00–355.001,8745
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8591
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,2481
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,4913
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385420.95/cwt417.00–425.001,6212
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430391.22/cwt355.00–405.001,6827
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3341
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1462371.75/cwt355.00–385.001,7173
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5601
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1538376.50/cwt355.00–390.002,0263
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed550465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,5582
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560387.46/cwt385.00–390.002,1702
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1661
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660345.00/cwt325.00–365.002,2772
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3431
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1841
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,567201.53/cwt195.00–209.003,1583
Bulls——1,610184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,9621
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%838148.30/cwt147.00–150.001,2433
Cows—Lean 85-90%938134.25/cwt130.00–138.001,2592
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,046142.34/cwt130.00–150.001,4895
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,068168.85/cwt167.00–172.001,8034
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,159159.50/cwt153.00–165.001,84918

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.