Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-04

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 was moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.23/cwt on 16 head, down $9.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −42.62 against this barn's trailing median of $351.85.

Average price

$309.23

▼ 9.74 vs prior sale

16 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.22

vs NC average

−22.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	309.23	1,662	16thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $390.48, low $292.12, median $351.85 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale16 hd

309.23

—

NC average9 barns · 171 hd

300.02

+9.22

National average157 barns · 5,611 hd

331.52

−22.29

This barn, trailing median32 sales

351.85

−42.62

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	—	Low	1,732	178.46	3,090	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,289	151.83	1,958	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,825	145.13	2,649	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	968	127.97	1,239	2thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	920	$2,156	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	750	$1,650	1thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	338.99/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,295	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	285.46/cwt	270.00–300.00	928	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	319.65/cwt	305.00–327.00	1,659	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	292.42/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,661	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	328.54/cwt	305.00–345.00	2,011	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	267	363.75/cwt	350.00–370.00	971	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	315.45/cwt	300.00–355.00	1,495	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	366.21/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,198	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	391.78/cwt	360.00–415.00	1,622	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,109	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	333.57/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,401	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	390.34/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,245	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	283.21/cwt	260.00–307.00	1,722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	236.32/cwt	215.00–260.00	1,581	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	337.25/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	305.17/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,724	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	360	340.07/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,224	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,634	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,089	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	238.46/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,269	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	960	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	440	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,078	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,065	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,127	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	205	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	574	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	435	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	406.36/cwt	395.00–440.00	1,097	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	402.76/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,530	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,557	1
Bulls	—	—	1,695	168.95/cwt	168.00–170.00	2,864	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	154.52/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,958	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	925	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	750	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	2,191.29/head	1,900.00–2,700.00	2,191	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	300	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,050	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	138.84/cwt	128.00–148.00	1,674	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,560	165.25/cwt	162.00–168.00	2,578	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,760	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,464	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	127.97/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,239	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,858	147.69/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,744	2
Bulls	—	—	1,768	187.98/cwt	185.00–190.00	3,323	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	535	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	570	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	232	373.81/cwt	350.00–410.00	867	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	222.31/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,701	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	390.42/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,612	3

How this sale compares

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 (Friday) - Siler City, NC

Fri Sep 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 142Last week 388Year ago 604

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 81Year ago 101

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 1Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	232	350.00–410.00	373.81
3	250–300	267	350.00–370.00	363.75
8	300–350	327	355.00–370.00	366.21
6	350–400	382	310.00–350.00	338.99
5	400–450	420	320.00–360.00	333.57
8	450–500	474	300.00–355.00	315.45
9	500–550	519	305.00–327.00	319.65
5	550–600	565	295.00–320.00	305.17
1	600–650	605	300.00	300.00
1	950–1000	995	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	280.00	280.00
1	350–400	355	250.00	250.00
1	850–900	865	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	275.00	275.00
1	550–600	570	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	355	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	440	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	490	230.00	230.00
3	500–550	532	225.00–250.00	238.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	400.00	400.00
6	250–300	270	395.00–440.00	406.36
7	300–350	319	370.00–420.00	390.34
3	350–400	380	390.00–425.00	402.76
8	400–450	414	360.00–415.00	391.78
1	450–500	475	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	518	320.00–355.00	337.25
2	550–600	568	290.00–295.00	292.42
2	600–650	608	260.00–307.00	283.21
6	650–700	669	215.00–260.00	236.32
3	750–800	765	220.00–225.00	222.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	350.00	350.00
2	350–400	360	335.00–345.00	340.07
1	400–450	435	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	270.00–300.00	285.46
1	400–450	440	245.00	245.00
1	550–600	550	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	340	410.00	410.00
1	350–400	380	430.00	430.00
3	400–450	413	365.00–405.00	390.42
1	450–500	495	360.00	360.00
2	500–550	523	345.00	345.00
3	600–650	612	305.00–345.00	328.54
1	650–700	680	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	715	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	335.00	335.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,695	168.00–170.00	168.95
2	—	1,768	185.00–190.00	187.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,267	150.00–161.00	154.52
6	—	1,206	128.00–148.00	138.84
3	—	1,560	162.00–168.00	165.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,858	145.00–150.00	147.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	968	126.00–130.00	127.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	2,050.00	2,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	1,650.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	918	1,900.00–2,700.00	2,191.29

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.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle