Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2024-03-04

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Mar 4
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
79 head
23 vs last sale 56 42 vs year ago 121 · 34.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
27 vs last sale 46 38 vs year ago 57 · 66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 5.00 higher this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were steady to 3.00 to 6.00 higher this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

Baby calves 80.00

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $243.10/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits 106.86 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.
Average price
$243.10
9 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,380
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$583
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$108.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.48
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566255.121,4438thin
Medium and Large 2585147.008601thin
One grade step is worth $108.12/cwt here — about $583 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales
399371342314median 349.9704/1304/2705/1107/1307/20
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $385.25, low $327.99, median $349.97 across 5 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 sale9 hd
243.10
NC average4 barns · 84 hd
245.58
−2.48
This barn, trailing median5 sales
349.97
−106.86
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,955139.502,7272thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,170120.311,40714

Every lot, as filed

32 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450408305.03/cwt300.00–310.001,2452
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550510224.08/cwt215.00–230.001,1433
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0811
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750738187.47/cwt172.00–195.001,3843
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700670205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3741
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2191
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600590290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7111
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950918182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,6712
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450422232.80/cwt227.00–240.009824
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350328296.90/cwt285.00–305.009743
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600585147.00/cwt147.00–147.008601
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500470284.31/cwt240.00–297.001,3365
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750725140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0151
Bulls1,830138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,5251
Bulls2,080141.00/cwt141.00–141.002,9331
CowsBoner 80-85%1,123113.85/cwt110.00–118.001,2794
CowsBoner 80-85%1,208129.62/cwt125.00–141.001,5668
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,0662
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350313234.88/cwt230.00–240.007352
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250210205.00/cwt205.00–205.004311
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300277228.98/cwt220.00–240.006343
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850840142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1931
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400370242.29/cwt226.00–255.008966
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375295.44/cwt275.00–317.001,1082
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450413327.86/cwt305.00–340.001,3543
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500473314.14/cwt307.00–322.001,4862
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650613193.47/cwt187.00–200.001,1862
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600572256.99/cwt225.00–285.001,4707
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300274280.82/cwt265.00–305.007694
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400369299.65/cwt285.00–325.001,1066
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550520242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2581
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900880179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,5751

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.