Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $195.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −154.97 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.

Average price

$195.00

2 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,048

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$591

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$90.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−58.87

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	240.00	1,356	1thin
Medium and Large 3	510	150.00	765	1thin

One grade step is worth $90.00/cwt here — about $591 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

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 sale2 hd

195.00

—

NC average5 barns · 75 hd

253.87

−58.87

This barn, trailing median5 sales

349.97

−154.97

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	1,115	110.00	1,227	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,273	114.16	1,453	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	780	66.00	515	1thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	285.03/cwt	250.00–305.00	747	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	235.00/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,008	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	260.00/cwt	245.00–275.00	855	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	256.79/cwt	240.00–280.00	930	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,141	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	846	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	224.93/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,199	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	226.49/cwt	226.00–227.00	1,291	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,110	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	243.33/cwt	230.00–250.00	706	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	260.96/cwt	250.00–265.00	981	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,103	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,102	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	985	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,379	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	207.70/cwt	200.00–215.00	972	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	651	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	101.78/cwt	90.00–112.00	1,118	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	121.59/cwt	116.00–127.00	1,676	5
Bulls	—	—	1,115	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,227	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	780	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	515	1

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 (Monday) - Siler City, NC

Mon Jan 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 68Last week 137Year ago 56

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 32Year ago 34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	130.00	130.00
2	400–450	420	155.00	155.00
1	500–550	510	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	275.00	275.00
3	250–300	262	250.00–305.00	285.03
5	300–350	329	245.00–275.00	260.00
5	350–400	362	240.00–280.00	256.79
4	400–450	429	225.00–250.00	235.00
1	450–500	465	237.00	237.00
1	550–600	565	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	180.00	180.00
1	250–300	270	215.00	215.00
2	450–500	468	200.00–215.00	207.70
1	600–650	630	175.00	175.00
1	950–1000	985	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	225.00	225.00
3	250–300	290	230.00–250.00	243.33
10	350–400	376	250.00–265.00	260.96
1	400–450	435	230.00	230.00
1	450–500	455	244.00	244.00
2	500–550	533	220.00–230.00	224.93
2	550–600	570	226.00–227.00	226.49
1	800–850	800	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	210.00	210.00
1	250–300	260	170.00	170.00
1	350–400	360	160.00	160.00
1	400–450	445	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	470	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	275.00	275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,098	90.00–112.00	101.78
5	—	1,378	116.00–127.00	121.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	66.00	66.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	110.00	110.00

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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