Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2024-07-29

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jul 29
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
55 head
35 vs last sale 90 9 vs year ago 64 · 14.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
15 vs last sale 35 34 vs year ago 54 · 63.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were steady this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were 2.00 to 3.00 higher this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market and activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings were light with quality average .

Baby calves 75.00 to 120.00

4 head of hogs

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $196.25/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits 153.72 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.
Average price
$196.25
4 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,101
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$316
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$62.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
33.62
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553227.501,2572thin
Medium and Large 2570165.009412thin
One grade step is worth $62.50/cwt here — about $316 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale4 hd
196.25
NC average9 barns · 201 hd
229.87
−33.62
This barn, trailing median5 sales
349.97
−153.72
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
BullsAverage1,430152.832,1853thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,295128.151,6609thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average869102.078873thin

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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,366133.89/cwt130.00–137.001,8296
CowsBoner 80-85%1,153116.68/cwt116.00–118.001,3453
CowsLean 85-90%820110.00/cwt110.00–110.009021
CowsLean 85-90%89398.11/cwt96.00–100.008762
Bulls1,430152.83/cwt150.00–155.002,1853
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300290270.00/cwt270.00–270.007831
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475207.58/cwt205.00–210.009862
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475258.22/cwt250.00–272.001,2273
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800760135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0261
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450420175.04/cwt155.00–195.007354
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350340232.54/cwt230.00–235.007912
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750710225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5981
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250240280.00/cwt280.00–280.006721
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450428241.78/cwt225.00–260.001,0352
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300295180.00/cwt180.00–180.005311
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800760160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2161
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650614246.40/cwt215.00–256.001,5138
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600565200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1301
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700670183.80/cwt170.00–200.001,2314
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650640220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4081
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600585245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4331
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600585215.93/cwt212.00–220.001,2632
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450415200.00/cwt200.00–200.008301
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400355221.69/cwt210.00–230.007873
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513214.81/cwt207.00–220.001,1023
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600570165.00/cwt165.00–165.009412
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400350250.00/cwt250.00–250.008751
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500465227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0581
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550540255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3771
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800780185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4431
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425215.00/cwt215.00–215.009141
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400380170.00/cwt170.00–170.006461

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.