Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2026-07-10

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Fri, Jul 10
● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2087
Feeder Cattle receipts
404 head
▼ 216 vs last sale 620▼ 161 vs year ago 565 · −28.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 142▼ 29 vs year ago 137 · −21.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 3▲ 3 vs year ago 1 · +300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were down 1.00 this week compared to last sale. . Feeder cattle were 6.00 to 10.00 lower this week compared to last sale. Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

11 head of hogs

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $390.48/cwt on 25 head, up $31.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 33 of 33 comparable sales and sits +47.64 against this barn's trailing median of $342.85.
Average price
$390.48
▲ 31.08 vs prior sale
25 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,100
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,011
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$208.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.39
vs NC average
−25.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537408.302,19122
Medium and Large 2525289.811,5222thin
Medium and Large 3590200.001,1801thin
One grade step is worth $208.30/cwt here — about $1,011 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale25 hd
390.48
—
NC average8 barns · 216 hd
371.10
+19.39
National average149 barns · 8,242 hd
416.11
−25.63
This barn, trailing median33 sales
342.85
+47.64
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

33 sales
404362320278median 342.8503/0605/0107/1009/0410/30
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $390.48, low $292.12, median $342.85 across 33 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—High1,607187.893,02012
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,226160.171,96441
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,840148.002,7231thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low938140.961,3216thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)950$1,7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)783$1,3593thin

Every lot

96 lots · USDA AMS · Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) - 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225534.89/cwt510.00–565.001,2044
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1258539.85/cwt525.00–555.001,3932
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2327366.68/cwt360.00–370.001,1993
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0801
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380477.60/cwt475.00–480.001,8152
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427453.90/cwt435.00–480.001,9388
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5231
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474374.71/cwt365.00–405.001,7766
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4961
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529412.34/cwt355.00–435.002,1819
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7761
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574401.27/cwt360.00–420.002,3034
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed608390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3713
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7051
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626347.62/cwt320.00–375.002,1764
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1695330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2941
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725332.76/cwt310.00–340.002,4134
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2801
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2790225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7781
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3091
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,1281
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3250230.00/cwt230.00–230.005751
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed260510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,3261
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268444.29/cwt420.00–475.001,1913
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295300.00/cwt300.00–300.008851
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322400.69/cwt370.00–430.001,29012
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed340455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5471
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368421.46/cwt385.00–445.001,55113
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373277.58/cwt275.00–280.001,0352
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376326.28/cwt300.00–350.001,2277
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy378363.58/cwt350.00–375.001,3744
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410462.33/cwt455.00–480.001,8964
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423195.09/cwt190.00–200.008252
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433414.11/cwt375.00–440.001,79310
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed462441.70/cwt440.00–445.002,0413
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471382.92/cwt350.00–415.001,8048
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4952
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505415.83/cwt380.00–435.002,10011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525289.81/cwt280.00–300.001,5222
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568400.76/cwt375.00–415.002,27611
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3590200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1801
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy610295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8001
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2724
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671315.34/cwt280.00–340.002,1165
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2683229.98/cwt225.00–235.001,5712
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2721
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1985240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,3641
Feeder Cattle · Bulls37 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1208455.30/cwt430.00–480.009472
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed230520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,1961
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Fleshy265400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0601
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278452.10/cwt440.00–465.001,2573
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2278294.68/cwt290.00–300.008192
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1321461.05/cwt420.00–495.001,4809
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330300.00/cwt300.00–300.009901
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375235.00/cwt235.00–235.008811
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379411.56/cwt370.00–455.001,56012
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1851
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed411467.54/cwt460.00–475.001,9224
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421417.87/cwt395.00–455.001,75914
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423270.89/cwt240.00–300.001,1462
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy470355.16/cwt350.00–365.001,6693
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478410.44/cwt380.00–445.001,96211
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2493270.03/cwt265.00–275.001,3312
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3495225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1141
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520347.86/cwt330.00–375.001,8095
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed525415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,1791
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3530200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0601
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3565200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1301
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575315.04/cwt310.00–320.001,8112
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1576367.48/cwt355.00–375.002,1174
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2588250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4702
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1616320.12/cwt300.00–335.001,9727
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed640390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,4962
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2751
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4391
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9441
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735197.74/cwt180.00–215.001,4532
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7981
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1825229.52/cwt210.00–250.001,8942
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2825185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5261
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2920180.05/cwt175.00–185.001,6562
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1923220.19/cwt210.00–230.002,0322
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1961216.27/cwt210.00–220.002,0784
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2990175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,7331
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,238169.95/cwt156.00–180.002,1043
Bulls——1,683191.85/cwt185.00–205.003,2298
Bulls——2,110210.00/cwt210.00–210.004,4311
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%897132.05/cwt130.00–136.001,1843
Cows—Lean 85-90%978149.86/cwt146.00–157.001,4663
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,121148.35/cwt140.00–152.001,6638
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,249159.53/cwt153.00–167.001,99327
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,263178.83/cwt175.00–185.002,2596
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,840148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,7231
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 2675963.89/head925.00–1,000.009642
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 29501,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501

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.