Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2024-08-12

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Aug 12
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
54 head
40 vs last sale 94 45 vs year ago 99 · 45.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
13 vs last sale 30 8 vs year ago 25 · 32.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 5.00 higher this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were were 3.00 to 4.00 higher this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

5 hogs

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $212.15/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits 137.81 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.
Average price
$212.15
6 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,141
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$36.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.18
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528224.481,1854thin
Medium and Large 2558187.501,0452thin
One grade step is worth $36.98/cwt here — about $140 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 sale6 hd
212.15
NC average8 barns · 115 hd
215.33
−3.18
This barn, trailing median5 sales
349.97
−137.81
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
BullsHigh1,288161.672,0833thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,208141.551,71014

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1650–700675202.50/cwt200.00–205.001,3676
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350305270.00/cwt270.00–270.008241
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300288270.00/cwt270.00–270.007782
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500478226.08/cwt222.00–230.001,0814
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350320170.00/cwt170.00–170.005441
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600570185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0551
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250215200.00/cwt200.00–200.004301
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550500215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0751
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600570190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0831
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650605217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3131
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,1342
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550528224.48/cwt222.00–227.001,1854
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450445217.00/cwt217.00–217.009661
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450435187.00/cwt187.00–187.008131
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750703169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,1884
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600558226.60/cwt225.00–227.001,2645
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450413254.70/cwt245.00–265.001,0522
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400366252.01/cwt240.00–280.009224
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550545190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0361
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700680160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0881
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500468175.00/cwt175.00–175.008193
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323230.23/cwt220.00–240.007442
CowsBoner 80-85%1,364161.53/cwt155.00–175.002,2034
CowsBoner 80-85%1,050122.93/cwt121.00–125.001,2913
Bulls1,630170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,7711
Bulls1,210150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8151
Bulls1,025165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,6911
CowsBoner 80-85%1,186138.12/cwt130.00–145.001,6387

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.